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1218205

registered interest
date	26/06/2020
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	Public Houses: Coronavirus
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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling pubs and bars to host music performances from the 4 July 2020 in accordance with covid-19 social distancing guidelines.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	65092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>Following my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s announcement, all pubs, restaurants, bars, and cafes in England can begin to offer services to customers from Saturday 4 July as long as they follow the safer working guidelines.</p><p>Guidance is clear that venues should not permit indoor performances, including drama, comedy and music, to take place in front of a live audience.</p><p>Indoor performances or loud music can increase the risk of aerosol transmission from either the performer(s) or their audience.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 01/07/2020 15:53:24 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1218211

registered interest
date	26/06/2020
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	Hospitality Industry: Coronavirus
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 guidance entitled, Keeping workers and customers safe during covid-19 in restaurants, pubs, bars and takeaway services, published on 23 June 2020, restricts the number of customers permitted to be present in hospitality premises to a maximum of 30.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	65201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>Pubs and restaurants will be allowed to have more than 30 people on the premises provided COVID-19 secure guidelines are being followed and other social distancing measures are still in place. This includes limiting those at a table to groups from a maximum of two households. These types of venues are not subject to the 30-person limit because of the way a gathering is defined in law. These types of venues can be thought of as being comprised of many smaller gatherings.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 01/07/2020 15:51:27 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1218220

registered interest
date	26/06/2020
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	Personal Care Services: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plan to review the date for the re-opening of sports massage therapist services as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	65124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government has published safer working guidance on 23 June for close contact services, including sports massage therapist services. Following the Prime Minister’s announcement, hairdressers and barbers in England will be able to reopen from 4 July, once they are following the COVID-secure guidelines. Other close contact services, like sports massage therapists, remain closed until further notice.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking a phased, cautious approach to reopening our economy, working with businesses, trade associations and medical experts on the safest way to reopen close contact services like sports massage therapists where there is often greater risk of transmission due to prolonged periods of face-to-face contact and close proximity between staff and customers.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to allow close contact services to re-open as soon as it is safe to do so.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 01/07/2020 15:54:43 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1218242

registered interest
date	26/06/2020
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	Aerospace Industry: Redundancy
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 prevent redundancies in the aerospace sector.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Jane Stevenson
uin	65200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>The UK’s aerospace sector is benefiting from over £6 billion of support from the Government’s Covid-19 business support measures, including: the Coronavirus Corporate Financing Facility; our sector specific support measures for research and development; our supply chain innovation and performance improvement programmes; and export finance support for aerospace, expected over the next 18 months.</p><p>In addition, we remain in active discussion with the industry, including at sector level through the Aerospace Growth Partnership.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to support the aerospace industry to get back on its feet to protect jobs across the whole of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/07/2020 16:10:24 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4750 label Biography information for Jane Stevenson

1218283

registered interest
date	26/06/2020
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	Universities: 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, what steps his Department is taking to support research at universities across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	65135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>On 27 June, the Government announced a package of support for UK universities to ensure that the university research base can fully contribute to the UK recovery and our economy in the longer-term. The University Research Stabilisation package will give greater job protection to thousands of researchers, scientists and technicians working at UK universities, and will enable universities facing potential decline in income for research as a result of COVID-19 to continue their research and innovation activities.</p><p>Around £280 million of UK government investment will be made immediately available to support researchers’ salaries and other costs such as laboratory equipment and fieldwork. This includes £200m of new funding, together with upto £80 million of existing funding from UK Research &amp; Innovation (which is being freed-up from likely grant underspends for redistribution to support R&amp;D in our universities). From the Autumn, UK Government will provide a package for universities across the UK consisting of low-interest loans with long pay-back periods, supplemented by a small amount of government grants, to cover up to 80% of a university’s income losses from international students for the academic year 2020/21, up to the value of their non-publicly funded research activity. Universities will need to demonstrate how these funds are being utilised to sustain research in areas typically funded by charities and business.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 01/07/2020 15:56:46 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1217869

registered interest
date	25/06/2020
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	Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme
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 level of interest rates in a lender’s normal pricing framework is a factor in determining whether that company is accredited as a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme lender.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	64970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>Interest rates are one of a range of factors taken into consideration when the British Business Bank reviews a lender’s application to become a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) delivery partner.</p><p> </p><p>The accreditation agreement makes clear that the interest rate at which the lender is prepared to lend at, and any associated fees, should be based on a lender’s normal pricing framework.</p><p> </p><p>The Government expects that the benefit of the CBILS guarantee is passed through to the borrower. This should be reflected in the interest rate and lender-levied fees that are charged on each CBILS facility, both during the period of the Business Interruption Payment and for the remainder of the facility.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 30/06/2020 16:18:29 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1217870

registered interest
date	25/06/2020
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	Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme
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 accredited Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme lenders are permitted to charge interest rates above 10 per cent for loans through that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	64971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) is being delivered by more than 90 accredited lenders operating across the market. Lenders of the CBILS are permitted to set interest rates above 10%.</p><p> </p><p>The interest rate charged on a CBILS facility is at the discretion of the Lender, in line with their own policies, as would be the case with any commercial facility. Under the CBILS scheme, SMEs do however benefit from lower initial costs, as the government provides a 'Business Interruption Payment' to cover any interest and Lender-levied fees within the first 12 months. Therefore, the interest rate, and any associated fees, should be determined based on lenders' normal pricing framework and take into account the benefits and costs of the guarantee.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also guarantees 80% of a CBILS facility and lenders must pass the economic benefit of the existence of this guarantee to the borrower through lower pricing than it may otherwise have had.</p><p> </p><p>For further information about interest rates after the initial 12-month period, businesses should speak to their lender on what interest rates they will charge after this time.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 30/06/2020 16:21:01 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1217883

registered interest
date	25/06/2020
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 Business Commissioner
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when a permanent Small Business Commissioner will be appointed.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	64939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>Officials expect to launch an open recruitment campaign in due course to appoint a permanent Small Business Commissioner.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 30/06/2020 16:22:18 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1217884

registered interest
date	25/06/2020
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, how many late payment cases the Small Business Commissioner has successfully tackled in each year since the office was created; and what the value of recovered payments has been in each year since its creation.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	64940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>Since its creation in December 2017, the Small Business Commissioner has handled a total of 101 cases and recovered a total of £7,353,234.70, broken down as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li>January 2018 – December 2018: £443,023.80 (10 cases);</li><li>January 2019 – December 2019: £5,993,178.99 (52 cases); and</li><li>January 2020 – 25 June 2020: £917,031.91 (39 cases).</li></ul> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 30/06/2020 16:24:42 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1217952

registered interest
date	25/06/2020
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: Government Assistance
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 there are plans for additional recovery roundtables further to those announced on 15 June 2020.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	64961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State held this series of roundtables as part of an intensive programme of engagement to inform the Government’s approach to economic recovery. The Department will continue to hold regular extensive engagement with stakeholders across all sectors and to work with stakeholders towards a clean, resilient recovery that will create new opportunities for long-term growth and improved productivity in parts of the country that have been worst affected.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 30/06/2020 16:26:43 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry