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755104

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date	20/07/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage, promote and support businesses, including social enterprises, to increase their trade with other businesses at a local level.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL1112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2017 answer text <p>Businesses and social enterprises are vital to our economy and it is important we create the best possible environment to enable firms, both large and small, to identify and exploit opportunities to trade locally, nationally and in overseas markets. As part of our Industrial Strategy, we will make the most of the diverse strengths of all of Britain’s cities and regions to attract more investment and therefore create more opportunities for companies to trade with each other. For example the decision by BMW to build the all-electric Mini at its plant in Oxford will boost commercial opportunities for existing and new companies in the local region.</p><p>Industrial Strategy will also help us identify opportunities to help all businesses create jobs and wealth across the economy. The Government has invested £44m in the creation of a network of 38 Growth Hubs via Local Enterprise Partnerships, to provide access to impartial and coordinated business support to all registered businesses in England.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 01/08/2017 11:16:29 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

755162

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
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	Tickets: Touting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect consumers from abuse of the secondary ticket market; and whether they intend to introduce a regulatory regime for that market, including the establishment of an appropriate regulatory authority.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL1170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2017 answer text <p>The Government appointed Professor Waterson in 2015 to review consumer protections in the secondary ticketing market. He produced his report last year and in March 2017 the Government responded accepting his report in full and included amendments to the Digital Economy Act designed to enhance protections further.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no plans at this time to introduce additional legislation.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 02/08/2017 10:10:12 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

755163

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
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	Tickets: Touting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the adequacy of resources (a) made available to, and (b) spent by, trading standards services since 2012, to ensure the compliance of the secondary ticket market with relevant legislation, and (2) the impact on those resources of their response to the Waterson review, published on 13 March.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL1171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2017 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s response to the Waterson review, National Trading Standards have been tasked with investigating potential enforcement cases against sellers and secondary ticketing websites that do not comply with legislation from within their current and forthcoming annual budgets.</p><p> </p><p>The National Trading Standards Board have allocated £300,000 towards investigation work on ticketing for this current financial year.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authority Trading Standards also play an important role in tackling consumer detriment. Spending or resourcing decisions are for individual Local Authorities to make. We do not hold the requested data centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 02/08/2017 10:10:43 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

755175

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
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	Housing: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund on the construction industry in delivering future housing needs.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL1183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>The new Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF), announced in November 2016, will back priority technologies where the UK has the potential to turn research strengths into a global industrial and commercial lead. <br> <br> The first challenges announced as part of the ISCF will invest over £1bn in creating the UK industries of the future. There will be a wave 2 and Government will be consulting further with industry and other stakeholders over the summer.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 27/07/2017 14:08:13 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

753917

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
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	Tickets: Touting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which the secondary tickets market meets expected standards of consumer protection and fairness; if it does not, whether they intend to lay secondary legislation under the Consumer Rights Act 2015; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL1063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government appointed Professor Waterson to review consumer protections in the secondary ticketing market. He produced his report last year and in March 2017 the Government responded accepting his report in full and included amendments to the Digital Economy Act designed to enhance protections further. The Government has no plans to introduce additional legislation on the matter under the Consumer Rights Act 2015.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 27/07/2017 14:06:10 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

753918

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
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	Tickets: Touting
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure full cooperation between international jurisdictions to facilitate legal action against alleged abuses propagated within the secondary ticketing market.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL1064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is currently undertaking an enforcement investigation and will liaise with other international enforcement bodies as necessary to progress the investigation.</p><p>The CMA is the lead UK member in the Consumer Protection Cooperation partnership and has strong working relationships with other countries.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 27/07/2017 14:03:49 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

753951

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
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: Fraud
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 24 April (HL6622), what assessment they have made of mass marketing scams that target energy customers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
uin	HL1098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>National Trading Standards (NTS) work with various bodies including the police to tackle mass marketing frauds across all sectors, including energy.</p><p>The NTS scams teams work with local authorities to provide support to victims. The team currently has agreements with nearly two hundred local authorities to provide additional support for victims in their areas to help them rebuild their lives. The Department does not hold data on number of mass marketing scams targeting energy customers, the number of victims targeted or the amount of money they have lost.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL1099 HL1100 HL1101 question first answered 27/07/2017 08:38:32 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

753953

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
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: Fraud
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many mass marketing scams targeting energy customers there have been since 2010.
tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
uin	HL1099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>National Trading Standards (NTS) work with various bodies including the police to tackle mass marketing frauds across all sectors, including energy.</p><p>The NTS scams teams work with local authorities to provide support to victims. The team currently has agreements with nearly two hundred local authorities to provide additional support for victims in their areas to help them rebuild their lives. The Department does not hold data on number of mass marketing scams targeting energy customers, the number of victims targeted or the amount of money they have lost.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL1098 HL1100 HL1101 question first answered 27/07/2017 08:38:33 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

753954

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
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: Fraud
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many victims of mass marketing scams targeting energy customers since 2016 have required assistance from (1) local authorities, and (2) National Trading Standards.
tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
uin	HL1100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>National Trading Standards (NTS) work with various bodies including the police to tackle mass marketing frauds across all sectors, including energy.</p><p>The NTS scams teams work with local authorities to provide support to victims. The team currently has agreements with nearly two hundred local authorities to provide additional support for victims in their areas to help them rebuild their lives. The Department does not hold data on number of mass marketing scams targeting energy customers, the number of victims targeted or the amount of money they have lost.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL1098 HL1099 HL1101 question first answered 27/07/2017 08:38:33 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

753956

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
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: Fraud
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how much money the victims of mass marketing scams targeting energy customers have lost since 2010.
tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
uin	HL1101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>National Trading Standards (NTS) work with various bodies including the police to tackle mass marketing frauds across all sectors, including energy.</p><p>The NTS scams teams work with local authorities to provide support to victims. The team currently has agreements with nearly two hundred local authorities to provide additional support for victims in their areas to help them rebuild their lives. The Department does not hold data on number of mass marketing scams targeting energy customers, the number of victims targeted or the amount of money they have lost.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL1098 HL1099 HL1100 question first answered 27/07/2017 08:38:33 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford