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170297

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	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	Scottish Power
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he received reports from the MacDonald Partnership in relation to mis-sold Scottish Power Power Plan warranties; what the titles of such reports were; and when he plans to respond to those reports.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	218595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The initial report from Mr MacDonald was received on 17 July 2014 for review by the Insolvency Service. Further information including another more detailed report was received from him during September and October 2014, and these again have been reviewed by the Insolvency Service. The reports are confidential.</p><p> </p><p>The reports themselves do not require a direct response but I can confirm that the Insolvency Service has completed its review of this material and is in communication with Mr MacDonald.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 17/12/2014 11:11:20 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

523845

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2016
	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	Apprentices
	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 funding caps for apprenticeship standards and frameworks will be in the new levy system.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Rob Marris
	uin	39896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In June 2016 we will be publishing provisional funding bands, which will set the maximum amount of funding which is available for each apprenticeship, as well as the provisional level of the government support that will be available towards the cost of apprenticeship training if you are not a levy paying employer, from April 2017. The final levels of funding and full, draft funding and eligibility rules will be published in October.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/06/2016 12:58:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 3463 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1468 label Biography information for Rob Marris

227459

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2015
	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	Adult Education: North East
	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 budget for funding of adult skills in (a) the North East and (b) Stockton North constituency is for 2015-16; and what the percentage change is from that budget in 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	227639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The Skills Funding Agency does not allocate funding to specific geographical areas. The Agency allocates funding to colleges and training providers, some of whom operate on very local geographic footprints, whilst others provide training and skills services to learners and employers across the country. College and training providers are required to work with local enterprise partnerships and local stakeholders to ensure that what they deliver locally is responding to local needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/03/2015 13:53:36 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 51560 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

506248

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2016
	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	Further Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2015 to Question 13258, whether an hon. Member will be informed about a post-16 area-based review on the basis that their constituency is in the area covered by the review or on the basis that a college in their constituency is included in a review.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	33040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The Joint Area Review Delivery Unit supporting the area reviews will arrange for Hon. Members to receive a letter informing them when a review is being launched that covers any part of their constituency and inviting them to give their views.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/04/2016 15:54:02 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 54965 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

515741

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2016
	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	Redundancy
	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 bring forward legislative proposals on redundancy to specify that the word establishment applies to a whole business rather than an individual working environment.
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Anna Turley
	uin	35709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 12/05/2016 12:41:29 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 59130 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

516146

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2016
	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	Redundancy
	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 extend the protective award to employees made redundant at a company which dismisses more than 20 people across the organisation but fewer than 20 people in individual working environments.
	tabling member constituency	Redcar
	tabling member printed	Anna Turley
	uin	35812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text The Government has no plans to bring forward legislation amending collective redundancy provisions and the treatment of ‘establishment’. The European Court of Justice has confirmed that ‘establishment’ means the individual workplace and not necessarily the whole enterprise. answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/05/2016 13:26:25 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 59131 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

456000

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2016
	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	Living Wage: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2016 to Question 24849, how much of the budget allocated for the National Living Wage advertising campaign has been allocated to advertisements on the London Underground.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	28906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>£42,000 has been allocated to advertisements on the London Underground.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s new National Living Wage is a step up for working people, so it is important workers know their rights and that employers pay the new £7.20 from April 1<sup>st</sup>. The campaign will tell people about their entitlements and is targeted at employers, and workers currently earning the National Minimum Wage.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 30776 question first answered 22/03/2016 15:48:32 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 49026 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

459308

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2016
	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	Written Questions: Government Responses
	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 answer Question 28906, tabled on 3 March 2016 by the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, on the living wage.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	30776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>£42,000 has been allocated to advertisements on the London Underground.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s new National Living Wage is a step up for working people, so it is important workers know their rights and that employers pay the new £7.20 from April 1<sup>st</sup>. The campaign will tell people about their entitlements and is targeted at employers, and workers currently earning the National Minimum Wage.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 28906 question first answered 22/03/2016 15:48:32 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 52033 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

445417

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2016
	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	Employment Tribunals Service: Fines
	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 financial penalties have been imposed on respondent employers under section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013; and how many such penalties (a) have been paid and (b) remain unpaid.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	22831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Eleven financial penalties have been imposed on employers for aggravated breach of employment law, under section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, since its introduction on 6 April 2014.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">To date, four penalties have been paid and seven remain unpaid. Enforcement action is currently being considered for the outstanding penalties.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Twelve financial penalties have been imposed on employers for aggravated breach of employment law, under section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, since its introduction on 6 April 2014.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">To date, six penalties have been paid and six remain unpaid. Enforcement action is currently being considered for the outstanding penalties.</ins></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 26/01/2016 14:33:10 question first ministerially corrected 11/02/2016 17:56:31 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 41148 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

521066

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2016
	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, with reference to the Answer of 10 May 2016 to Question 36447, how much of the £10.3 million of minimum wage arrears recovered in 2015-16 was recovered from the 145 employers who were not issued with a Notice of Underpayment and who did not have to pay a penalty.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	38139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">60 employers responded to the National Minimum Wage campaign announced by HM Revenue and Customs on 29 July 2015. Between them, these employers voluntarily disclosed arrears of £786,038 owed to 4869 workers.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In 2015/16 819 employers were issued with a Notice of Underpayment (NoU), and of this number, 814 were issued with a penalty. The combined penalties issued to these employers totalled £1,780,367.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">5 employers were issued with an NoU but no penalty because they had either gone into liquidation or had otherwise ceased trading, or because an Employment Tribunal had issued a judgment that no financial penalty should be imposed. Collectively these employers owed £57,603 to 30 workers. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">A further 145 employers found to have underpaid their workers were not issued with a NoU or a penalty. Collectively these employers owed £2,065,874 to 14,055 workers.</ins></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 01/06/2016 10:27:14 question first ministerially corrected 08/09/2016 16:12:22 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 1387 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas