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1104673

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Automation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that 1.5 million jobs could be lost due to increased automation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL14798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy sets out the Government’s ambition to make the UK a global centre for AI and data innovation and to embed the power of these technologies across our economy.</p><p>The estimate does not consider the potential job creation resulting from automation. World Economic Forum estimate that automation will create 133 million new globally by 2022.</p><p>The Government recognises that demand for skills will continue to change, in part in response to automation. In order to equip the UK to capitalise on this opportunity, we have committed to improving the UK's system for training in digital skills, lifelong learning to ensure that working people have the support they need to navigate the challenge of automation to a higher-wage future. The Government are investing £406 million in maths, digital and technical education and have committed £100 million for the first phase of developing the National Retraining Scheme to support people vulnerable to technological change.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 04/04/2019 15:29:54 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1105881

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Building Regulations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Written Statement of 20 June 2018 on Business Impact Target, HCWS776, whether exclusion from the business impact target as set out in that Statement applies to all elements of the Building Regulations; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	238395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the Written Statement of 20 June 2018, regulatory provisions, including relevant building regulations, are excluded are excluded from the Business Impact Target if certified by departments or regulators as relating to the safety of tenants, residents and occupants in buildings that stem from, or relate to, Government’s response to the Grenfell tragedy, reviews, inquiries or working groups.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/04/2019 16:42:04 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1105880

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Buildings: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to Written Statement of 20 June 2018, on Business Impact Target, HCWS776, whether exclusion from the business impact target as set out in that statement applies to the (a) conduct of fire risk assessment and fire safety training across different housing types and business types, and (b) provision of appropriate fire-fighting equipment, fire safety signs, emergency lighting and fire alarm systems across different housing types and business types.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	238394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the Written Statement of 20 June 2018, regulatory provisions, including relevant building regulations, are excluded are excluded from the Business Impact Target if certified by departments or regulators as relating to the safety of tenants, residents and occupants in buildings that stem from, or relate to, Government’s response to the Grenfell tragedy, reviews, inquiries or working groups.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/04/2019 16:41:55 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1107774

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Business: Billing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that large companies issue payments to contractors within reasonable times.
	tabling member constituency	Gordon
	tabling member printed	Colin Clark
	uin	238676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <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>During the Spring Statement, the 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><p>Government is clear that unfavourable payment practices is a serious issue, particularly for smaller businesses. 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>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>The Small Business Commissioner, launched in December 2017, is committed to supporting Britain’s 5.7 million small businesses to resolve payment disputes with larger private sector businesses, helping drive a culture change in payment practices.</p><p>Government continues to support the Prompt Payment Code as a best practice in payment standards. Last year, my rt. hon. Friend 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> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 04/04/2019 15:12:49 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4650 label Biography information for Colin Clark

1105907

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Business: Intellectual Property
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to charge businesses to re-register for intellectual property protection in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	238407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government has confirmed we will create comparable UK trade marks and re registered designs free of charge, in respect of all registered EU trade marks and designs.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses with pending EU trade mark and design applications can apply to the UK for the same protections afforded to their EU right, and pay the normal UK fees.</p><p> </p><p>Patents covering the UK are not affected by EU exit; this includes patents granted under the (non-EU) European Patent Convention, which the UK will continue to be party to.</p><p> </p><p>Supplementary protection certificates for patented pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals already take effect as UK national rights under EU law. As the current legal framework will be maintained at exit, these will not need to be re-registered to remain in effect.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 02/04/2019 16:43:38 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1105648

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with the Cabinet Office on his Department having a civil service presence in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
	uin	237765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>BEIS already has a presence in Scotland. Through the core department and 7 of its partner organisations, BEIS has a presence of over 800 people, based primarily in Edinburgh (459), Glasgow (223) and Aberdeen (120), with smaller numbers in other locations.</p><p> </p><p>Last November, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster wrote to all Secretaries of State setting out the importance of the Government's commitment to relocate both public bodies and Civil Service roles into the regions and nations of the United Kingdom. To support this, the Places for Growth Programme are increasing their engagement with departments in the run up to the Spending Review and are drawing on advice and support from colleagues across Whitehall, including the BEIS Industrial Strategy Team.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>For information – further detail on locations of BEIS and its partner organisations</strong></p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out these organisations (correct as of August 2018):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Organisation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Location</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BEIS – Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment &amp; Decommissioning (OPRED)</p></td><td><p>Aberdeen</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OFGEM</p></td><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Research &amp; Innovation</p></td><td><p>Multiple</p></td><td><p>Edinburgh – 354 Glasgow – 3 Perth – 1 Dumfries - 1 <strong>Total - 359</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Met Office</p></td><td><p>Multiple</p></td><td><p>Aberdeen – 31 Edinburgh – 29 Nairn and Moray – 12 Shetland – 5 Dumfries and Galloway – 3 <strong>Total - 84</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ACAS</p></td><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Insolvency Service</p></td><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Companies House</p></td><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA)</p></td><td><p>Multiple</p></td><td><p>Caithness and Sutherland - 3 Ross and Cromarty – 2 <strong>Total - 5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>833</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 03/04/2019 16:35:29 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

1105712

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Copyright: EU Law
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the EU Article 13 copyright directive on the UK in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL14884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The powers to implement Copyright Directive via secondary legislation are found in the European Communities Act 1972. In the event of a no-deal Brexit, the Government would not have access to these powers and would not be able implement the Directive.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has one of the world’s best intellectual property frameworks, and we will continue to keep it under review to ensure that it is suitable for the digital age.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 03/04/2019 15:21:47 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1093433

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many mandatory cyber security training sessions civil servants working in his Department are required to undertake.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	235793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>Within BEIS there is only one mandatory training course that includes elements of cyber security, the Responsible for Information course via Civil Service Learning. BEIS staff are required to undertake this on an annual basis.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 04/04/2019 15:13:08 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1108759

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Energy: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2019 to Question 233620 on Energy: Housing, who the technical author was of PAS 2035.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	239303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The technical author for PAS 2035 is Peter Rickaby, as appointed by the independent British Standards Institute (BSI).</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 04/04/2019 15:07:52 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1108760

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Energy: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many individuals gained a Level 5 Diploma in Retrofit Coordination and Risk Management in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	239304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The Retrofit Academy and its partners, the Federation of Master Builders, Engie and INCA, developed the Open College Network West Midlands Level 5 Diploma in Retrofit Coordination and Risk Management course.</p><p>The new online Level 5 Diploma in Retrofit Coordination and Risk Management, was developed by the Federation of Master Builders with funding from the Construction Industry Training Board, specifically to support the development of PAS 2035 (Publicly Available Standards for domestic retrofit) in response to the Each Home Counts review.</p><p>The Department does not own the qualification nor hold information on industry uptake.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 239305 239306 question first answered 04/04/2019 09:23:39 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western