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1147013

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/10/2019
	date	30/09/2019
	date tabled	30/09/2019
	ddp created	30/09/2019 21:12:27
	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	01/10/2019 15:35:22 07/10/2019 15:40:03
	hansard heading	Retail Trade
	house id	1
	identifier	292087
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/10/2019 15:08:56
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps she is taking to increase consumer confidence in high street retail.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 292087
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	292087
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Government wants high street retail to thrive. We are committed to supporting the sector whilst it responds to changing consumer expectations and recognise that 82% of sales by value are still in physical stores.</p><p> </p><p>The industry led Retail Sector Council has brought Government and industry together. Its aim is to accelerate positive change, increase the productivity of the sector, and ensure the sector remains robust and sustainable to continue providing a valuable service to consumers and the community.</p><p> </p><p>Government is also taking steps to help high streets and communities adapt. On 26th August, my rt. hon. Friends the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government announced the expansion of the Future High Streets Fund from £675m to £1bn which will enable more local areas in England to invest in town centre infrastructure, increase access to high streets and support redevelopment and densification around high streets.</p><p> </p><p>We have also launched ​a new forward-thinking High Streets Task Force supporting local leaders to revitalise high streets and town centres. ​The High Streets Task Force will be comprised of experts who will provide tailored guidance and advice to local authorities and other local partners seeking to breathe new life into their local high streets and town centres.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, Government has helped create over 360 town teams, and given over £18million to towns - funding successful initiatives such as &quot;Love Your Local Market&quot;, the &quot;Great British High Street&quot; and also supporting Small Business Saturday UK, where an estimated £812 million was spent with small businesses across the UK for Small Business Saturday in 2018, up from £748 million in 2017.</p>
	creator	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1147033

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/10/2019
	date	30/09/2019
	date tabled	30/09/2019
	ddp created	30/09/2019 21:13:33
	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	30/09/2019 21:19:15 07/10/2019 15:41:06
	hansard heading	Gratuities
	house id	1
	identifier	292105
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/10/2019 15:09:03
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to tackle unfair practices in the hospitality sector in relation to (a) tips, (b) gratuities, (c) cover charges and (d) service charges.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 292105
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	292105
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Through the Good Work Plan, the Government is taking forward the largest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation. In order to improve fairness for workers, we have committed to introduce legislation to ensure that tips left to workers will go to them in full.</p><p>We expect over a million workers to benefit from new rules on tips, many of whom are in low-paid jobs. Consumers will have reassurance that the money they leave in good faith is going to the staff, as they intended.</p><p>We have been working closely with stakeholders and across Government to prepare this legislation and will lay measures in Parliament as soon as possible.</p>
	creator	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

1147159

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/10/2019
	date	30/09/2019
	date tabled	30/09/2019
	ddp created	30/09/2019 21:21:40
	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	01/10/2019 16:35:16 07/10/2019 17:10:40
	hansard heading	Employment: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	identifier	292139
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/10/2019 16:38:15
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to require employers to provide domestic abuse survivors with (a) flexible working arrangements and (b) a period of paid leave.
	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 292139
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	292139
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Domestic abuse is a devastating crime which shatters the lives of victims and their families, and this Government remains committed to transforming the response to this abuse. That is why we have introduced the landmark Domestic Abuse Bill, which had its Second Reading on 2 October and will be carried over to the next Parliamentary session.</p><p>Employers should take all steps which are reasonably possible to ensure their health, safety and wellbeing of their employees.</p><p>We know that 97% of employers offer some form of flexible working. Many employers also offer compassionate leave or special leave to employees to enable them to take time to deal with a wide range of circumstances. This type of leave is agreed between the employer and the employee, either as a contractual entitlement or on a discretionary basis.</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

1146707

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/10/2019
	date	26/09/2019
	date tabled	26/09/2019
	ddp created	26/09/2019 16:55:24
	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	26/09/2019 17:05:26 03/10/2019 10:35:16
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: East Riding
	house id	1
	identifier	291270
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	03/10/2019 10:03:36
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that small businesses in East Yorkshire are prepared for the UK leaving the EU.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 291270
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	291270
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department is maintaining efforts to ensure businesses across the UK are ready to leave the EU on 31 October. We are pursuing a range of actions to promote awareness and understanding of what businesses, including SMEs, need to do.</p><p>We have published an SME Brexit guidance leaflet and launched a series of Get Ready Roadshows. These specifically target SMEs with information and advice and ensure intermediaries, such as banks and accountants, have the information needed to support businesses. We also recently unveiled a £10 million Business Readiness Fund for business organisations and trade associations to support businesses across the UK in understanding the steps they should take to prepare for 31 October.</p><p>Along with key local partners, the Humber LEP and Growth Hub are playing an important role in helping to deliver events and provide information to support local businesses. We will also be hosting a Brexit Business Readiness Event in Hull on 3 October.</p>
	creator	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1145847

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/09/2019
	date	25/09/2019
	date tabled	25/09/2019
	ddp created	25/09/2019 18:34:27
	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	25/09/2019 18:58:41 03/10/2019 10:35:09
	hansard heading	Living Wage
	house id	1
	identifier	291050
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	03/10/2019 10:03:49
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps she has taken to encourage companies operating in the UK to ensure that workers throughout its supply chain are paid a living wage.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 291050
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	291050
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Through the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) the Government helps to protect the lowest paid in society. In April, the Government increased the NLW by 4.9% to £8.21. This means that a full-time worker on the NLW will be £2,750 better off over the course of a year, compared to when the policy was first introduced.</p><p> </p><p>Employers are required by law to ensure that all workers due the NMW or NLW receive it. The Government takes tough action against the minority of employers who underpay the NMW. We have doubled the budget for NMW enforcement and compliance to £27.4 million since 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also encourages employers to pay more than the NLW where they can but recognises that the ability to do so will vary across businesses and sectors.</p>
	creator	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1146014

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/09/2019
	date	25/09/2019
	date tabled	25/09/2019
	ddp created	25/09/2019 18:42:46
	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	26/09/2019 15:05:34 07/10/2019 21:04:09
	hansard heading	Business
	house id	1
	identifier	290689
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/10/2019 11:33:39
	question first ministerially corrected	07/10/2019 20:32:09
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent meetings (a) Ministers and (b) Officials in her Department have had with businesses in the (i) automotive (ii) pharmaceutical (iii) retail and food sector businesses about the impact of leaving the EU without a deal on their businesses; and if she will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 290689
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	290689
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular engagement with a large number of businesses across all sectors, including from the automotive, pharmaceutical and retail and food sectors, to ensure they are prepared for the UK leaving the EU on the 31st October.</p><p>Ministers have hosted a regular series of roundtables both in Westminster and around the UK in recent months, where they have had the chance to speak to and hear directly from a wide range of businesses both large and small.</p><p>In order to help business prepare for exiting the EU on 31 October, the Government have come together to deliver a new series of 'One HMG' events, starting from Monday 16 September to 18 October. These roadshows will bring together expertise from across departments including BEIS, the Home Office, HMRC, DIT, DEFRA and DCMS, and combine interactive support and in-depth advice sessions to help business from all sectors and of all sizes get ready for Brexit. ​In addition to this, on 11<sup>th</sup> September, officials held an EU Exit Readiness forum with over 250 companies participating many of which were retailers.</p><p>A <del class="ministerial">£10m</del> <ins class="ministerial">£15m</ins> Business Readiness Fund for business organisations and trade associations will support businesses in preparing for a ‘No Deal’ Brexit ahead of 31 October 2019.</p>
	creator	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1139880

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2019
	date	17/07/2019
	date tabled	17/07/2019
	ddp created	17/07/2019 18:33:17
	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	17/07/2019 18:51:57 23/07/2019 14:00:03
	hansard heading	Companies House: Fraud
	house id	1
	identifier	278464
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/07/2019 13:28:15
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many incidences of fraudulent use of addresses through Companies House there have been in (a) Wales and (b) the UK in each of the last five years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 278464
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	278464
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Companies House cannot confirm how many incidences of fraudulent use of addresses through Companies House there have been in (a) Wales and (b) the UK in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>Companies House registers a number of types of address: companies registered office addresses, the service addresses and usual residential addresses of directors and persons with significant control (although residential addresses are not made publicly available), subscribers and certain shareholders addresses, and single alternative inspection addresses for company registers.</p><p> </p><p>If Companies House receives a complaint alleging that address information has been fraudulently filed with it, the law provides certain administrative and court remedies. This covers situations where information is invalid or ineffective, delivered without the authority of the company or factually inaccurate or derived from something factually inaccurate or forged. There is also a provision to allow Companies House to remove an address which has been used as a company’s registered office where she is satisfied that a company is not authorised to use that address.</p><p> </p><p>However, Companies House cannot identify which of these are due solely to cases of fraud.</p><p> </p>
	creator	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1139881

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2019
	date	17/07/2019
	date tabled	17/07/2019
	ddp created	17/07/2019 18:33:20
	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	17/07/2019 18:51:59 23/07/2019 14:02:06
	hansard heading	Directors: Personation
	house id	1
	identifier	278465
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/07/2019 13:30:22
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many incidences of directors using fictitious names through Companies House there have been in (a) Wales and (b) the UK in each of the last five years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 278465
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	278465
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>Companies House cannot provide this information as it is not captured. The Registrar of Companies has no current powers to verify or validate the identities of directors.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published a consultation on Corporate Transparency and Register Reform on 5 May and this will remain open until 5 August. This seeks to enhance the role of Companies House in increasing the transparency of UK corporate entities and it does contain proposals that would give Companies House greater power to verify the identity of those setting up corporate entities.</p>
	creator	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1139917

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2019
	date	17/07/2019
	date tabled	17/07/2019
	ddp created	17/07/2019 18:34:52
	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	17/07/2019 18:53:27 23/07/2019 15:44:03
	hansard heading	Insolvency
	house id	1
	identifier	278351
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/07/2019 15:12:07
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to prevent insolvency; and what assessment he has made of the disparity in insolvency rates between (a) regions of England and Wales and (b) men and women.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 278351
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	278351
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government is committed to helping people make good financial decisions, establishing the Money and Pensions Service to provide free support and guidance on all aspects of people’s financial lives. It has increased funding for the provision of debt advice in each of the past two years rising to almost £56million this year in England, which will deliver 560,000 debt advice sessions.</p><p> </p><p>Where individuals do get into problem debt the government has announced it will deliver its manifesto commitment for a Breathing Space scheme, which will protect debtors from creditor action, help them get professional advice on their debt problems, and enable them to find an appropriate and sustainable debt solution.</p><p> </p><p>The regional personal insolvency rate increased in 2018, driven mainly by individual voluntary arrangements (IVAs), with all regions following the national trend.</p><p> </p><p>Historically, males had a higher rate of insolvencies per 10,000 adults than females, but the gender gap noticeably narrowed from 2009 onwards and, by 2014, females began to have higher insolvency rates than males. This change coincided with a decline in the number of bankruptcies (where males have a higher rate of insolvency), the introduction and growth in the number of debt relief orders (where the rate for women is higher), and the narrowing and subsequent reversal of the gender gap for IVAs.</p><p> </p><p>The latest data providing a breakdown of individual insolvencies can be found in Individual Insolvencies by Location, Age and Gender, England and Wales, 2018; released on 17th July 2019 on the GOV.UK website.</p>
	creator	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1139949

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2019
	date	17/07/2019
	date tabled	17/07/2019
	ddp created	17/07/2019 18:36:21
	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	17/07/2019 18:54:39 23/07/2019 14:02:05
	hansard heading	Directors: Personation
	house id	1
	identifier	278466
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/07/2019 13:31:47
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what records his Department holds on cases of identity theft affecting company directors because their home addresses and dates of birth were disclosed through Companies House.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 278466
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	278466
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>While the Department does not hold such information, Companies House does record complaints where identity theft is alleged to have resulted from the public availability of information on the Company Register.</p>
	creator	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards