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967826

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/09/2018
	date	04/09/2018
	date tabled	04/09/2018
	ddp created	04/09/2018 21:21:52
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	04/09/2018 21:29:17 12/09/2018 17:25:03
	hansard heading	Self-employed
	house id	1
	identifier	170293
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	12/09/2018 16:53:50
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the number of self-employed individuals.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 170293
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	170293
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy relies on published labour market statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) which are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/previousReleases" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/previousReleases</a></p>
	creator	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

967825

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/09/2018
	date	04/09/2018
	date tabled	04/09/2018
	ddp created	04/09/2018 21:21:50
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	04/09/2018 21:29:14 12/09/2018 17:25:08
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Billing
	house id	1
	identifier	170292
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	12/09/2018 16:53:42
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the proportion of late payments to SMEs.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 170292
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	170292
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government understands how important tackling late payment is, especially for smaller businesses. In due course, the Department will be publishing a call for evidence to understand the current trends and evidence on how late payments are affecting SMEs and to seek views on how the Government could go further to tackle the problem.</p>
	creator	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1077248

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/02/2019
	date	25/02/2019
	date tabled	25/02/2019
	ddp created	25/02/2019 22:59:15
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	27/02/2019 11:15:13 04/03/2019 14:24:04
	hansard heading	Connect Airways: Flybe
	house id	1
	identifier	225560
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/03/2019 13:52:23
	question text	To ask Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the treatment of shareholders by Flybe during the purchasing of its working assets by the Connect Airways consortium.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 225560
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	225560
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The treatment of shareholders of listed companies in the context of a takeover is regulated by the Takeover Code, overseen by the Takeover Panel. This is independent of Government.</p>
	creator	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1077245

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/02/2019
	date	25/02/2019
	date tabled	25/02/2019
	ddp created	25/02/2019 22:59:08
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	27/02/2019 11:15:11 28/02/2019 17:17:02
	hansard heading	Connect Airways: Flybe
	house id	1
	identifier	225557
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/02/2019 16:45:19
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to make an assessment of the effect on Flybe shareholders of the treatment of those shareholders by Flybe during its takeover by the Connect Airways consortium.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 225557
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	225557
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The treatment of shareholders of listed companies in the context of a takeover is regulated by the Takeover Code, overseen by the Takeover Panel. This is independent of Government.</p>
	creator	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1077244

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/02/2019
	date	25/02/2019
	date tabled	25/02/2019
	ddp created	25/02/2019 22:59:06
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	27/02/2019 11:15:08 28/02/2019 17:17:03
	hansard heading	Connect Airways: Flybe
	house id	1
	identifier	225556
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/02/2019 16:45:19
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made on the treatment of shareholders by Flybe during its takeover by the Connect Airways consortium.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 225556
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	225556
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The treatment of shareholders of listed companies in the context of a takeover is regulated by the Takeover Code, overseen by the Takeover Panel. This is independent of Government.</p>
	creator	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

973185

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/10/2018
	date	13/09/2018
	date tabled	13/09/2018
	ddp created	13/09/2018 18:01:44
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	13/09/2018 18:15:22 09/10/2018 14:22:03
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Brexit
	house id	1
	identifier	174775
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/10/2018 13:50:30
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the 2018-19 Main Estimates, how much funding his Department has allocated to prepare for the UK to leave the EU.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 174775
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	174775
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>HM Treasury has already allocated over £2 billion of additional funding to departments and the devolved administrations for EU exit preparations so far. A full breakdown of how this was allocated to departments can be found in my rt. hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, made on the 13 March 2018: <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>.</p>
	creator	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1010637

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/11/2018
	date	20/11/2018
	date tabled	20/11/2018
	ddp created	20/11/2018 20:27:56
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	20/11/2018 20:38:18 26/11/2018 17:54:01
	hansard heading	Employment: Pastoral Care
	house id	1
	identifier	193545
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/11/2018 17:22:24
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to support employers in the provision of pastoral care programmes.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 193545
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	193545
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government encourages businesses to support the Stevenson Farmer mental health core standards, including the commitment to provide employees with good working conditions and ensure they have a healthy work life balance and opportunities for development. We are working with the Campaign to End Loneliness and a group of leading employers to develop case studies and good practice guidance to tackle loneliness and build social connections within the workforce. Acas has also published guidance for employers on how to promote wellbeing at work.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1062030

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/02/2019
	date	15/02/2019
	date tabled	15/02/2019
	ddp created	15/02/2019 15:26:14
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	18/02/2019 17:36:54 20/02/2019 18:07:13
	hansard heading	Salisbury
	house id	1
	identifier	222007
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/02/2019 17:34:49
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps are being taken as part of the long-term programme that has been developed to reposition Salisbury after the Novichok attack last year; and what the objectives of that programme are.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 222007
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	222007
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department is supporting the aspiration of Wiltshire Council to move the narrative away from the incidents and decontamination activity and look to the future for the city and South Wiltshire.</p><p> </p><p>Wiltshire Council are in the early stages of developing a longer-term strategy to further promote recovery and ensure the sustainability of growth in Salisbury and South Wiltshire. Visitor numbers need to be supported to increase to pre-incident levels and wider support and investment in Salisbury and across South Wiltshire is needed to ensure the area retains its status an attractive location for tourists, businesses and investors.</p><p> </p><p>The strategy will focus on local community and wellbeing; economy and regeneration; infrastructure, tourism and culture, with key elements expected to help inform the wider Swindon and Wiltshire Local Industrial Strategy which will be published by March 2020.</p>
	creator	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1059869

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/02/2019
	date	12/02/2019
	date tabled	12/02/2019
	ddp created	12/02/2019 22:04:58
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	12/02/2019 22:17:04 19/02/2019 17:07:22
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Salisbury
	house id	1
	identifier	220212
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 16:33:54
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the criteria were for the Government decision to allocate the city of Salisbury a ministerial champion in his Department.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 220212
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	220212
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The unprecedented nerve agent attack in Salisbury and subsequent incident in Amesbury was an act of aggression on UK soil, with the hazardous agent involved resulting in the contamination of multiple sites across Salisbury and Amesbury and the tragic death of Dawn Sturgess.</p><p> </p><p>The attack has resulted in an estimated loss of over 1 million visits to Salisbury which is a key tourist attraction in the region, and a potential loss to the local economy of £56 million. With the imminent completion of decontamination activity, the Department has agreed with Defra, Cabinet Office and other key partners that the focus should now move towards building confidence and long-term economic recovery.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition of these unprecedented events, my noble Friend the rt. hon. the Lord Henley in his role as Local Growth Champion for Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) which includes the boundaries of Salisbury and Amesbury has agreed to act as the ongoing single Ministerial point of contact within Government for the leaders of Wilshire Council so that they may continue to raise any legacy issues arising at a political level.</p>
	creator	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1037283

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/01/2019
	date	08/01/2019
	date tabled	08/01/2019
	ddp created	08/01/2019 13:24:57
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	08/01/2019 13:25:19 08/01/2019 16:02:07
	hansard heading	Money Laundering
	house id	1
	identifier	908448
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/01/2019 15:30:20
	question text	What steps he is taking to tackle money laundering.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 908448
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	908448
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Financial Action Task Force has just completed a landmark review of the UK’s regime for tackling money laundering, concluding that we have some of the strongest controls in the world.</p><p> </p><p>We are building on our strengths. In the last six months, the Department has published a draft bill to tackle money laundering in the property market; set out reforms to tackle misuse of limited partnerships; and committed to consulting on reforms to Companies House.</p>
	creator	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss