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1092213

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/03/2019
	date	20/03/2019
	date tabled	20/03/2019
	ddp created	20/03/2019 20:09:22
	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	20/03/2019 20:33:19 02/04/2019 13:00:15
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	identifier	234824
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/04/2019 12:22:06
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row 11 of the table on page 35 of the BEIS 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, if he will publish a breakdown of spending under the heading Market Frameworks.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 234824
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	234824
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The breakdown of expenditure included under Market Frameworks Resource DEL is as shown in the following table: -</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Citizens Advice</p></td><td><p>35.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chartered Trading Standards Institute</p></td><td><p>13.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Minimum Wage (NMW) Enforcement</p></td><td><p>12.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NMW &amp; NLW (National Living Wage) enforcement and awareness raising campaigns</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NMW Enforcement complex cases</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Labour Market Enforcement Agency</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Small Business Commissioner</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Convention of Scottish Local Authorities</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office for Product Safety and Standards: Product Regulations</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU Expertise: General Costs</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Labour Market Emerging Priorities</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Departmental Programme Translation Work</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paternity Adoption and Shared Parental Pay</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Consumer Centre</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Minimum Wage</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ADR (alternative dispute resolution) Directive</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shared Parental Leave Comms</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>College For Europe</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Consumer Advocacy for Energy, Post and cross-sector</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>eIDAS Implementation</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total (Market Frameworks)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>84.3*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>*Table does not add up due to rounding</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table>
	creator	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1092211

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/03/2019
	date	20/03/2019
	date tabled	20/03/2019
	ddp created	20/03/2019 20:08:37
	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	20/03/2019 20:33:13 02/04/2019 12:53:02
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: British Shipbuilders
	house id	1
	identifier	234822
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/04/2019 12:21:58
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row five of the table on page 35 of the BEIS 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, what the spending under British Shipbuilders relates to.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 234822
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	234822
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department has responsibility for liabilities arising from the former publicly-owned company British Shipbuilders. The liabilities largely relate to damages due to former workers who were exposed to asbestos over a period until the late 1980s.</p>
	creator	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1092210

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/03/2019
	date	20/03/2019
	date tabled	20/03/2019
	ddp created	20/03/2019 20:08:01
	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	20/03/2019 20:33:11 02/04/2019 12:53:04
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	identifier	234821
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/04/2019 12:21:52
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row three of the table on page 35 of the BEIS 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, if he will publish a detailed breakdown under the heading Business and Enterprise.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 234821
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	234821
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The breakdown of expenditure included in Business and Enterprise Resource DEL is as shown in the following table: -</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carbon Price Floor Compensation</p></td><td><p>60.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU ETS compensation</p></td><td><p>28.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Productivity Council</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence Solution Centre</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sponsorship</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall Grant</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Economic Intelligence And Analysis</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Building Information Management</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Advanced Manufacturing: Research</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regional Support Programme</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office for Life Sciences: Database and Web Portal</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total (Business and Enterprise)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>101.6*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>*Table does not add up due to rounding</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table>
	creator	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1092209

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/03/2019
	date	20/03/2019
	date tabled	20/03/2019
	ddp created	20/03/2019 20:07:57
	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	20/03/2019 20:33:09 02/04/2019 12:53:05
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	identifier	234820
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/04/2019 12:21:44
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to row four of the table on page 35 of the BEIS 2018-19 Main Estimate Memorandum, if he will publish the other programmes with their respective budgets referred to in that table.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 234820
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	234820
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The breakdown of expenditure included in Other Programmes under Deliver an ambitious industrial strategy Resource DEL is as shown in the following table: -</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ordnance Survey - Public Sector Mapping Agreement</p></td><td><p>6.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office for Product Safety &amp; Standards</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Design council</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portfolio Management</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Launch Investments</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>International Science and Innovation Policy</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Homes England: Innovation</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Centrally held</p></td><td><p>15.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intellectual Property Office dividend</p></td><td><p>-1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total (Other programmes)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29.4*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Table does not add up due to rounding</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table>
	creator	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1092187

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/03/2019
	date	20/03/2019
	date tabled	20/03/2019
	ddp created	20/03/2019 20:06:42
	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	20/03/2019 20:32:19 02/04/2019 12:53:07
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Consultants
	house id	1
	identifier	234810
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/04/2019 12:21:37
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many consultants his Department has hired since 2016; and what the cost of that hiring was to the public purse.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 234810
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	234810
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of consultants hired in any one year as this work is often commissioned as part of an outcomes based contract to ensure value for money.</p><p> </p><p>The amount spent on consultants each year since 2016 is:</p><p> </p><p>2016-17 - £63.0 million of which £41.4 million was related to Site Licence Companies</p><p>2017-18 - £50.4 million of which £37.3 million was related to Site Licence Companies.</p><p> </p><p>Site Licence Companies manage and operate the nuclear facilities at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) sites.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1122744

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/04/2019
	date	24/04/2019
	date tabled	24/04/2019
	ddp created	24/04/2019 19:29:25
	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	25/04/2019 13:45:06 01/05/2019 16:35:14
	hansard heading	Furniture: Regulation
	house id	1
	identifier	246981
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	01/05/2019 16:03:06
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the responses to the September 2016 Consultation on Updating the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 246981
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	246981
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>We intend to publish the responses received to the Consultation alongside the Government’s response, which will be published in due course.</p>
	creator	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1109037

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/04/2019
	date	02/04/2019
	date tabled	02/04/2019
	ddp created	02/04/2019 18:20:47
	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	03/04/2019 17:47:53 11/04/2019 15:39:22
	hansard heading	Self-employed: Billing
	house id	1
	identifier	239900
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/04/2019 15:00:12
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to tackle late payments to freelancers.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 239900
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	239900
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Government is clear that unfavourable payment practices is a serious issue. That is why we have a range of measures in place with the aim to address the imbalance in market power between parties, increase transparency and encourage better payment practices through culture change.</p><p> </p><p>The Payment Practices and Performance Reporting Requirement requires large businesses to report biannually on their payment practices and performance. Businesses must publish this information on gov.uk, providing transparency in payment practices and making payment behaviour a reputational, board room issue. To date over 13,000 reports have been submitted.</p><p> </p><p>Government continues to support the Prompt Payment Code as a best practice in payment standards. Last year the Secretary of State announced a new, tough and transparent compliance regime to ensure the Code is rigorously enforced. The Secretary of State also announced that he had appointed the Small Business Commissioner to the Prompt Payment Code Compliance Board.</p><p> </p><p>Last year Government launched a Call for Evidence to assess what further steps and intervention may be needed to create a responsible payment culture. A full response will be published shortly and will contain a full package of policy measures.</p><p> </p><p>At Spring Statement Government announced that it will require large company’s Audit Committees to review payments practices and report them in their annual accounts. This will elevate payment practices to Board level and increase transparency.</p>
	creator	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1122844

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/04/2019
	date	24/04/2019
	date tabled	24/04/2019
	ddp created	24/04/2019 19:33:23
	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	24/04/2019 19:42:37 01/05/2019 16:34:03
	hansard heading	Post Office: Corporate Hospitality
	house id	1
	identifier	246967
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	01/05/2019 16:03:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether Ministers in his Department have accepted (a) gifts and (b) hospitality from the Post Office in the last 12 months.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 246967
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	246967
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Ministers at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have not accepted gifts or hospitality from the Post Office in the last 12 months</p>
	creator	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1122843

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/04/2019
	date	24/04/2019
	date tabled	24/04/2019
	ddp created	24/04/2019 19:33:21
	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	24/04/2019 19:42:35 01/05/2019 16:34:05
	hansard heading	Post Office: Civil Proceedings
	house id	1
	identifier	246966
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	01/05/2019 16:02:54
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many times official in his Departmental have met with (a) directors and (b) officials of the Post Office to discuss the ongoing group litigation order taken by subpostmasters against the Post Office.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 246966
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	246966
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Officials in the Department meet with the directors and officials of Post Office on a regular basis to discuss a number of issues including the ongoing group litigation case. These include senior officials from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and senior officials from UKGI acting on behalf of BEIS.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1122403

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/04/2019
	date	23/04/2019
	date tabled	23/04/2019
	ddp created	23/04/2019 19:24:40
	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	23/04/2019 19:26:21 01/05/2019 16:34:06
	hansard heading	Energy: Innovation
	house id	1
	identifier	246550
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	01/05/2019 16:02:34
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the viability of peer-to-peer energy sharing; and whether his Department plans to support this technology.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 246550
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	246550
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Innovative technologies such as peer-to-peer energy trading could provide many new opportunities and there are a number of ongoing trials in this field, some of which are supported by InnovateUK and Government innovation funding. There are over 120 future systems projects across the UK, including those as part of the newly announced Government funded ‘Prospering from the Energy Revolution’.</p><p> </p><p>The joint Government and Ofgem Future Energy Retail Market Review is reviewing the design of the energy retail market to promote competition and drive innovation by introducing further flexibility into the regulatory framework. This will consider the barriers preventing innovative business models entering the market, including peer-to-peer.</p>
	creator	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes