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1092187

	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1092209

	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1092210

	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1092211

	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1092213

	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1109037

	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1122744

	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1122747

	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government is reviewing the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire)(Safety) Regulations 1988 to ensure they respond to developments in furniture design, innovation, manufacturing processes and environmental and health concerns while maintaining fire safety protections.</p><p> </p><p>We have also developed scientific and technical expertise within the Office for Safety and Standards and are taking account of the body of relevant scientific research, including engaging with environmental scientists and commissioning research from external sources. We have sought expert and scientific advice from a range of sources, including from leading fire safety experts, Government Chief Scientific Advisors, and British Standards Institution technical standards committees.</p>
	creator	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1122847

	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State and BEIS ministers have not had any direct discussions with the Department for Transport (DfT) on the effect of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s proposals on older UK passenger boats on businesses and skilled maritime jobs. BEIS officials have reached out to the MCA and industry to further understand the issue raised. They also remain closely engaged with DfT on the delivery of the recently published Maritime 2050 strategy and to support growth ambitions across the maritime sector.</p><p>Should my hon. friend wish to discuss this issue, I would be happy to arrange a meeting.</p>
	creator	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1123139

	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>As set out in the Written Statement of 20 June 2018, departments and regulators are legally responsible for certifying if their regulatory provisions are covered by the Business Impact Target exemption 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. Any measures which have been certified by the individual departments or regulators under the Grenfell exclusion are listed in the Better Regulation annual report. The 2018/19 annual report will be published in due course.</p>
	creator	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds