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date	17/11/2016
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	Small Businesses: 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 the Government is taking to bring forward new measures to reduce the frequency of late payments to small businesses.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Natalie McGarry
uin	53686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The government is already taking forward a number of measures to tackle late payment.</p><p>In April 2017, the <strong>payment practices reporting requirement</strong> will come into force. This will require large companies and large LLPs to report publically on their payment practices and performance, twice per financial year.</p><p>Also in 2017, we will be appointing the <strong>Small Business Commissioner</strong>, who will support small businesses in resolving payment disputes.</p><p>We continue to promote the voluntary, industry-led <strong>Prompt Payment Code</strong>. More than 1,800 firms are signed up to the Code, with each committing to pay suppliers within a maximum of 60 days, with the aim of 30 days as the norm. To date 27 of Government’s 33 strategic suppliers have signed up.</p><p><strong>Public sector buyers </strong>(other than devolved bodies) are required to have 30-day payment terms in their new contracts and through their supply chains. Public sector buyers are required to publish annual data on their payment performance.</p><p>We also strongly encourage businesses to report poor payment practice and instances of late payment in public sector contracts to the Government’s <strong>Mystery Shopper</strong> service.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/11/2016 14:44:25 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4428 label Biography information for Natalie McGarry

638471

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
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: Prices
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 bring forward proposals for a cap on standard energy tariffs.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Natalie McGarry
uin	53637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The introduction of a price cap for customers on pre-payment meters was a recommendation of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) report. The Government is currently considering their recommendations of the CMA report and will respond soon.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/11/2016 17:05:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4428 label Biography information for Natalie McGarry

582134

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
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, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which reports commissioned by his Department from external bodies between 1 January 2015 and 31 August 2016 have not yet been published; when each report was commissioned for research; what the nature of the research commissioned was; from which external body or individual person the research was commissioned; what the value was of each such piece of research commissioned; on what date each report was received by his Department; for what reasons the research has not yet been published; and when he plans to publish each report.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Natalie McGarry
uin	45903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2016 answer text <p>The requested information is not held centrally by BEIS and its Partner Organisations.</p><p>For research reports, BEIS has committed to both GSS and GSR publication rules – this means GSS publications are pre-announced and GSR publications should normally be published within 12 weeks of completion.</p><p>The Contracts Finder government portal provides information about contracts worth over £10,000 with the Government and its agencies, including details of previous tenders and contracts, and future opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 28/09/2016 13:34:30 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4428 label Biography information for Natalie McGarry