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522424

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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	Consumer Protection Measures in the Ticket Resale Market Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to respond to the Independent review of consumer protection measures concerning online secondary ticketing facilities, published on 26 May 2016; and if he will present his response in a format similar to that of a government response to a select committee report.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	38950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government will publish its response to Professor Waterson’s independent review in due course.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 29/06/2016 09:57:48 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

522428

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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	Retail Trade: Chambers of Commerce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will hold discussions with major high street retailers on increasing their involvement in local chamber of trade organisations in market towns.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	38996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The Future High Street Forum, a joint partnership between government and the retail, leisure and property industries, includes major high street retailers and Gloucester First – the Retail Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). The Forum supports town centres, including market towns, in meeting the changing needs of today’s consumer. The Forum leads a range of work, including a local partnerships work stream.</p><p>LEPs define and champion their area’s offer, driving local economic growth through agreed local priorities set out in their Strategic Economic Plan.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 38997 question first answered 13/06/2016 13:47:36 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

522429

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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	Retail Trade: Local Enterprise Partnerships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will hold discussions with major high street retailers on increasing their involvement in local enterprise partnerships.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	38997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The Future High Street Forum, a joint partnership between government and the retail, leisure and property industries, includes major high street retailers and Gloucester First – the Retail Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). The Forum supports town centres, including market towns, in meeting the changing needs of today’s consumer. The Forum leads a range of work, including a local partnerships work stream.</p><p>LEPs define and champion their area’s offer, driving local economic growth through agreed local priorities set out in their Strategic Economic Plan.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 38996 question first answered 13/06/2016 13:47:36 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

522434

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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	Construction: Productivity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the major barriers his Department has identified are to improving construction productivity; and what steps the Government has taken to remove those barriers.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	39106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Working with the Construction Leadership Council (CLC), the Government has identified skills, business models and innovation as the major sources of improved productivity in the sector.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>To promote increased investment in skills, an Apprenticeship Levy will be introduced in April 2017 on all companies with a pay bill above £3 million per annum. The CLC Review of the Construction Labour Model launched in January 2016, is examining the labour model in construction and will recommend measures which will help lead house-building and other construction firms to ensure they have the skills, and the skills pipelines, that they need.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Construction Strategy 2016-2020 published in March this year has a focus on smarter procurement, using Government’s position in the market to help drive improved productivity in construction and better value for the tax payer.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses need money to invest in productivity improvement, and a review of the practice of cash retention and of the effectiveness of the legislation covering construction contracts (Part 2 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996), is currently underway.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Digital technology has great potential to drive productivity improvement through innovation in construction, and the UK is among the world leaders thanks to the Government’s support for the use and development of Building Information Modelling. In the Budget the Government announced support for the development of the next digital standard for the construction sector, Building Information Modelling 3.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 39105 question first answered 08/06/2016 15:49:36 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell

522441

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answers of 1 June 2016 to Questions 38139 and 38140, how much of the £10.3 million of minimum wage arrears recovered in 2015-16 was recovered from the 85 employers who did not respond to the National Minimum Wage campaign announced by HM Revenue and Customs on 29 July 2015 but were not issued with a Notice of Underpayment and did not have to pay a penalty; and how many workers were identified as having been underpaid by those 85 employers.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	39267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>In 2015/16 a total of 145 employers found to be non-compliant with National Minimum Wage (NMW) legislation were not issued with a Notice of Underpayment (NoU) or a financial penalty for any of the arrears they owed.</p><p>56 of these employers voluntarily disclosed arrears of £742,587 owed to 4875 workers through the campaign announced by HM Revenue &amp; Customs on 29 July 2015.</p><p>83 of these employers, owing a combined total of £841,282 to 8768 workers, were not issued with an NoU or penalty for other reasons. For instance, HMRC will not issue a notice of underpayment where complainant workers have entered into a compromise agreement with the employer, or in cases where pay liabilities have been transferred to a new employer under the terms of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (1981).</p><p>In addition, HMRC were also notified in 2015/16 of a further 6 employers who owed £482,005 of arrears to 412 workers. These were additional arrears related to cases originally closed in 2014/15.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/09/2016 09:35:04 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

522444

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many complaints relating to equal pay were made by (a) male and (b) female employees of government departments in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	39236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/06/2016 13:32:27 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

522450

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2016 to Question 37839, what the cost to the public purse has been of advertising of the Government's position on the EU referendum specifically on social media to date, excluding the cost of producing, distributing and publicising the Government's EU referendum leaflet and associated website.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	39123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government confirmed on 6<sup>th</sup> April 2016 that £2,894,064 had been set aside for the promotion of information relating to the EU Referendum, including the production of <a href="http://eureferndum.gov.uk/" target="_blank">eureferndum.gov.uk</a>. Costs relating to the Referendum will be accounted for in the usual way in Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 08/06/2016 16:04:15 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

522456

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Collection: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2016 to Question 37088, which body is responsible for publishing information about funds collected through the Mutual Assistance Recovery Directive; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	38983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is required to submit information about funds they collect through the Mutual Assistance Recovery Directive (MARD) on an annual basis. HMRC does not publish this information. Under the MARD, the EU Commission is required to produce a regular report summarising the use of the mutual assistance arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 13/06/2016 15:48:40 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

522458

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Economic Situation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the HM Treasury analysis: the long term economic impact of EU membership and the alternatives did not include an assessment of the potential effect on the UK economy of a potential reduction in GDP in the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
tabling member printed	William Wragg
uin	39199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The main estimates in the HM Treasury analysis are based on the EU as it is today, without further reform. The total cost of leaving is likely to be higher. If the economic benefits of reform are realised this could increase UK GDP by up to a further 4% – which equates to £2,800 for every household in the UK. With the UK outside the EU these economic reforms would be less likely to happen. So the cost of exit in terms of the potential loss of GDP would be correspondingly greater.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/06/2016 10:31:32 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

522464

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Litter
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date she plans for the National Litter Strategy to be launched.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	39274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>Defra and the Department for Communities and Local Government are working on the Litter Strategy for England to improve the way we all tackle the scourge of litter. We will publish the Strategy this year and a great deal of work will be taken forward in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/06/2016 09:39:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight