Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label previous answer version answering member constituency answering member printed answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

482983

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Principle G of the Cabinet Office Consultation Principles 2016, what steps he took to (a) consider how the summer holiday period would affect consultation with stakeholders and (b) mitigate such effects when deciding on the consultation period on proposals relating to exit payments in the public sector.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>The consultation on a public sector exit payment cap ran from 31 July to 27 August 2015. These dates ensured that the consultation concluded in advance of the Enterprise Bill’s introduction on 16 September 2015, to inform the content of the ‘public sector employment: restrictions on exit payments’ clause.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, this policy was a clear manifesto commitment made in April 2015 and the intention to legislate was announced in May. The Government also considered responses received after the official consultation deadline.</p><p>The consultation received over 4000 responses, which is a good indication that there was sufficient time to comment and demonstrates that stakeholders were able to effectively engage with the proposals. The measure has also undergone full Parliamentary scrutiny during the passage of the Enterprise Bill.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 24/03/2016 12:35:10 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

482996

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Banks: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2016 to Question 24869, whether the (a) Royal Bank of Scotland, (b) Bradford and Bingley and c) Northern Rock banks have received any public funding since they were taken into public ownership.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>In 2008 and 2009 HM Treasury made a number of interventions to support institutions including Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Bradford &amp; Bingley and Northern Rock.</p><p> </p><p>Full details of the funds used and outstanding balances can be found at the Office of Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) website and at UK Financial Investments’ (UKFI) website:-</p><p><a href="http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.ukfi.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.ukfi.co.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 24/03/2016 14:36:29 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

483055

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of online retail fraud was to retailers in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested.</p><p>The Home Office runs an annual Commercial Victimisation Survey (CVS) which asks business premises in different sectors about their experience of various crime types, including fraud, in the latest year.</p><p>In order to keep the length of the survey, and hence the burden on respondents, to a minimum, businesses are only asked about the cost of the latest incident of each crime type experienced in the year. Therefore, it is not possible to provide an aggregate cost of fraud or overall crime to businesses in the retail sector.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 31795 question first answered 24/03/2016 13:32:19 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

483059

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of retail crime was to businesses in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested.</p><p>The Home Office runs an annual Commercial Victimisation Survey (CVS) which asks business premises in different sectors about their experience of various crime types, including fraud, in the latest year.</p><p>In order to keep the length of the survey, and hence the burden on respondents, to a minimum, businesses are only asked about the cost of the latest incident of each crime type experienced in the year. Therefore, it is not possible to provide an aggregate cost of fraud or overall crime to businesses in the retail sector.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 31815 question first answered 24/03/2016 13:32:19 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

480611

registered interest
date	18/03/2016
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	Business: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of UK firms was owed money for late payments in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information required to make an estimate of proportion of UK firms owed money for late payments in each of the last ten years. As late payment affects so many different types of business in different ways, no single survey gives a full picture of the impact of late payment on businesses. The three sources that we look to as an indicator of late payment are the SME finance monitor, the regular BACs survey and Experian’s late payment index. BACS data shows that small and medium businesses were owed a total of £26.8 billion as at June 2015, and the average small business is waiting for £31,900 in overdue payments.</p><p>The Government recognises that late payment remains an important issue for small businesses in the UK and is taking significant steps to assist small businesses to recover late payment debts. This is part of a package of measures to tackle late payment. We have also legislated for new transparency measures in the public and private sectors. Through the Enterprise Bill, currently before Parliament, we will legislate to establish a Small Business Commissioner to give general advice and to help small businesses resolve disputes relating to payment matters with larger businesses.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 24/03/2016 16:29:37 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

479480

registered interest
date	17/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many non-domestic rate arrears appeals were (a) lodged and (b) heard in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is accessible via Tables LRW1and LRW2 of our 2005 and 2010 NDR Challenges and changes publications. Links below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/479037/NDR_2010_Challenges_and_Changes.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/479037/NDR_2010_Challenges_and_Changes.xls</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/479045/NDR_2005_Challenges_and_Changes.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/479045/NDR_2005_Challenges_and_Changes.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 29/03/2016 10:34:14 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

479484

registered interest
date	17/03/2016
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	UK Trade and Investment: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many UK Trade and Industry (UKTI) staff have direct experience of working in private sector exporting companies before taking up their employment at UKTI.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>UK Trade &amp; Investment does not hold information on staff with direct experience of working in private sector exporting companies. I can however confirm that a large number of its staff have been recruited from the private sector.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 22/03/2016 16:27:10 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

479491

registered interest
date	17/03/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Environment Protection: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2016 to Question 23296, what estimate her Department has made of the amount of (a) public and (b) private sector investment for low-carbon infrastructure and supply chain investment which has been invested in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>DECC’s March 2015 Energy Investment Report estimates that total investment in low carbon electricity was £42.1billion between 2010 and 2014. Table 1 below splits this investment out by technology type. Detailed information is not available on how this figure is split between public and private sector investment, though the majority is private sector investment supported by government policies, or how much is invested in the supply chain. In November, the Government renewed its commitment to the transition to a low carbon economy by confirming a continued budget for the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). The overall budget for the RHI is to rise from £430 million in 2015/16 to £1.15 billion in 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Table 1: Estimated investment in low carbon electricity generation capacity for 2010-2014</em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Estimated investment in electricity generation capacity in £’s billion (2012 prices)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electricity generation technology</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onshore Wind1</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offshore Wind</p></td><td><p>9.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Biomass and Bioenergy2</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Marine</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solar PV3</p></td><td><p>11.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hydro4</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Renewable5</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Renewables Generation Capacity Investment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>39.6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuclear6</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CCS</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Renewables, Nuclear &amp; CCS Generation Capacity Investment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>42.1</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: DECC’s Energy Investment Report March 2015</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>1</em><em> Including large scale onshore wind, but excluding Scottish Islands onshore wind </em></p><p><em>2</em><em> Including dedicated biomass, biomass conversions, bioliquids, energy from waste, anaerobic digestion (including small scale), advanced conversion technologies, landfill and sewage gas (including CHP variations of any of these technologies)</em></p><p><em>3</em><em> Including large and small scale solar PV </em></p><p><em>4</em><em> Including large and small scale hydro technologies </em></p><p><em>5</em><em> Including Scottish Islands onshore wind, small scale onshore wind, and geothermal (including CHP)</em></p><p><em>6</em><em> 2010-2014 investment estimate includes the purchase of Horizon Nuclear Power by GE Hitachi, the purchase of the Moorside site by NuGen and expenditures in the period relating to the development of Hinkley Point C</em></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/03/2016 14:43:03 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

479492

registered interest
date	17/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Redundancy Pay: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4February 2016 to Question 24536, what assessment he has made of the number of exit payments in the private sector above £1 million; and what assessment his Department has made of the effect of such exit payments on pay inequality within and between the public and private sectors.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>Exit payment terms and contractual arrangements, including the number of individuals on those terms, vary significantly across the private sector and within the public sector. The Government has made no specific assessment of the number of exit payments in the private sector above £1 million. The Government accepts there may be examples of terms in the private sector that match or exceed those in the public sector; including some private sector exit packages that exceed £1 million. Conversely, the Government has seen no evidence that redundancy terms such as employer-funded early retirement, which are widely available across the public sector and often cost employers tens, or even hundreds of thousands of pounds per person, are replicated to the same extent in the private sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has a duty to ensure public sector exit payments are fair and provide value for money to the tax payer. This is why, in the 2015 Spending Review, the Government announced it would consult on further cross public sector action on exit payment terms to ensure greater consistency within the public sector and reduce the cost of redundancy pay-outs. This consultation was launched on the 5 February 2016 and can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/further-consultation-on-limiting-public-sector-exit-payments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/further-consultation-on-limiting-public-sector-exit-payments</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes that the remuneration of senior staff in the private sector is primarily a matter for companies and their shareholders. Comprehensive reforms were introduced in 2013 to require companies to put their forward-looking pay policies, which must include details of their approach to exit payments, to a binding shareholder vote at least every three years. Companies are therefore only able to make exit payments within the limits that have been approved by a majority of shareholders.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, public sector pay remains on average comparable to private sector pay, and public sector defined benefit pensions are amongst the best available. HM Treasury analysis, as well as independent studies, show public sector pay at a premium for most of the last Parliament, and a significant continued premium when pensions are taken into account (IFS October 2014).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 24/03/2016 12:38:47 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

479496

registered interest
date	17/03/2016
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	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which companies have failed to pay the national minimum wage since the introduction of the new naming and shaming regulations on 1 October 2013.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>Since the introduction of the revised naming and shaming scheme, details of employers who have failed to pay the National Minimum Wage have been published on gov.uk. Details can be found via the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-national-minimum-wage-offenders-named-and-shamed-february-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-national-minimum-wage-offenders-named-and-shamed-february-2016</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-national-minimum-wage-offenders-named-and-shamed-october-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-national-minimum-wage-offenders-named-and-shamed-october-2015</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/national-minimum-wage-offenders-named-and-shamed" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/national-minimum-wage-offenders-named-and-shamed</a> (July 2015)</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-national-minimum-wage-offenders-named-and-shamed" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-national-minimum-wage-offenders-named-and-shamed</a> (March 2015)</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-names-and-shames-largest-ever-number-of-national-minimum-wage-offenders" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-names-and-shames-largest-ever-number-of-national-minimum-wage-offenders</a> (February 2015)</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-names-and-shames-37-national-minimum-wage-offenders" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-names-and-shames-37-national-minimum-wage-offenders</a> (January 2015)</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-names-employers-who-fail-to-pay-the-national-minimum-wage" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-names-employers-who-fail-to-pay-the-national-minimum-wage</a> (November 2014)</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-names-employers-who-fail-to-pay-minimum-wage" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-names-employers-who-fail-to-pay-minimum-wage</a> (June 2014)</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-gets-tough-with-employers-failing-to-pay-minimum-wage" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-gets-tough-with-employers-failing-to-pay-minimum-wage</a> (February 2014)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 23/03/2016 16:38:17 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 52916 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan