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date	13/01/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Barclays
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions ministers and officials at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills have had with Barclays Bank about the planned closure of rural branches, in particular at St Agnes, Cornwall, which is the only bank located in that community.
tabling member printed	Lord Teverson
uin	HL4106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>Officials at the Department have discussed with Barclays Bank the rationale for the planned closure of the branch in St Agnes, Cornwall, and the steps that are being taken to ensure that local resident’s banking needs can continue to be met.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills has also held a recent roundtable with the banks, the Post Office, regulators, consumer groups and organisations representing vulnerable groups to identify ways of maintaining access to banking services for all communities in the context of branch closures and technological change. A further roundtable has been organised to review progress.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 27/01/2015 12:55:17 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3789 label Biography information for Lord Teverson

173525

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date	13/01/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many sectors of the United Kingdom economy are covered by regulatory agencies; how many agencies there are per sector; and how the pattern for 2013–14 compares with that of a decade ago.
tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Clifton
uin	HL4107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>A large number of organisations play a part in securing compliance with the law. They include national regulators, local authorities, and bodies independent of Government, some of which have statutory regulatory functions. [Data on coverage of sectors by regulatory agencies are not available].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Government has for the first time published details of the main national regulators, their remits and regulatory budgets and staff resource as well as the regulatory functions undertaken by local authorities on the BIS website: <a href="http://discuss.bis.gov.uk/focusonenforcement" target="_blank">http://discuss.bis.gov.uk/focusonenforcement</a> , a copy of which is attached for information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This exercise mainly focuses on regulatory functions carried out in England. In the case of Scotland, it only applies to regulatory functions exercised in reserved matters. In Northern Ireland, it only applies to regulatory functions which have not been transferred. It does not apply to regulatory functions which are only exercisable in or as regards Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data about regulators was not collected or collated in this manner by Her Majesty’s Government. A decade ago, however, Sir Philip Hampton did publish details of a range of relevant bodies and a copy of this material is also attached for information.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name List of regulators' data 2012-13 - HL4107.pdf title List of Regulators 2 file name Hampton - Reducing Administrative Burdens.pdf title Reducing Regulatory Burdens question first answered 26/01/2015 13:40:00 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3144 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Clifton