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790233

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	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	Fusion for Energy
	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 Government plans to seek formal participation with Fusion for Energy after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	113232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister set out in her Florence speech, we want to continue working together with the EU to promote the long-term economic development of our continent. This includes continuing to take part in those specific policies and programmes which are greatly to the UK and the EU’s joint advantage, such as those that promote science, education and culture – and those that promote our mutual security.</p><p> </p><p>In our Future Partnership Paper, “Collaboration on Science and Innovation”, we have made clear that the UK will seek an ambitious science and innovation agreement with the EU. The UK would like to work with the EU on designing this agreement, and would welcome a full and open discussion about all of the options for continued collaboration, including options for UK participation in EU and Euratom programmes, agencies and other bodies.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the UK continues to lead the world in fusion research. We have taken action to secure the future of the Joint European Torus (JET) facility by guaranteeing the UK’s share of JET costs until the end of 2020. The relevant Written Ministerial Statement can be found here: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-06-27/HCWS13/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-06-27/HCWS13/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 22/11/2017 11:30:22 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1504089

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate: Staff
	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 and what proportion of the full-time equivalent staff employed by the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate work in front-line roles involving site inspections as on 2 September 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	45828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>As of 2nd September 2022, the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate employ 27.4 FTE staff in frontline roles involving site inspections.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 21/09/2022 16:56:45 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

790229

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	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	Euratom Supply Agency
	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 Government plans to enter a contract with the EURATOM Supply Agency after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	113233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government's stated objective in the forthcoming negotiations with the EU on our future relationship is to seek maximum continuity with Euratom, which is in the mutual interest of both parties. Those negotiations have not yet started, so the precise nature of that relationship, including with the Euratom Supply Agency, cannot be set out at this stage.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 23/11/2017 11:44:46 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1504090

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Conditions of Employment: Enforcement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the document entitled Establishing a new single enforcement body for employment rights: Government response, published in June 2021, whether it is still his Department's policy to establish a single enforcement body for employment rights.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	45829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The creation of a single enforcement body for employment rights requires primary legislation which will only be introduced when parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p><p>The creation of this new body will be a substantial organisational change, so it is right that we take our time to thoroughly consider all aspects of this reform before proceeding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 21/09/2022 16:56:06 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1504088

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate: Staff
	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 full-time equivalent staff were employed by the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	45827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The following table provides a year-on-year breakdown of full-time equivalent staff employed by the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em><strong>Year</strong></em></p></td><td><p><em><strong>Number of Full Time Equivalent Staff </strong></em> <em><strong>as of the 1st April for each year (unless otherwise stated)</strong></em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>29 (as of 1 May 2010)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>12.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>27.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>17.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>22.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>30.4 (as of 31st August 2022)</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 21/09/2022 16:58:31 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1045896

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	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	Industry
	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 ensure that the industrial strategy supports (a) manufacturers of agricultural machinery, (b) textiles and (c) small-scale engineering.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
	uin	211332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s Industrial Strategy supports manufacturing across many sectors in a number of ways through business support, skills and R&amp;D.</p><p>Through Business Support:</p><ul><li>The Government has undertaken a business productivity review and is currently looking at how to improve manufacturing processes with 3000 industries in the North West in the Pilot for Made Smarter. The learnings from this pilot, and the conclusions of the review will benefit industry in the future.</li><li>We are making sure small businesses across all sectors including agricultural machinery, textiles and engineering, can find the information they need on their finance options and additional support in information and guidance:</li><li>The British Business Bank publishes (in partnership with industry) the Business Finance Guide, which also has an interactive online version.</li><li>The Business Support Helpline and the network of 38 Growth Hubs also provide advice and signpost businesses to sources of information and guidance. We would encourage the industries to take advantage of this resource.</li><li>78,000 SMEs have been supported in various way by the British Business Bank. The Small Business Commissioner helps with payment issues, dispute resolution and sourcing advice across the UK.</li></ul><p>Through developing Skills:</p><ul><li>The Government has developed a wide range of manufacturing apprenticeships. There are now specific apprenticeships for textile manufacturing, at both intermediate and advanced levels and a significant number of engineering apprenticeships across a range of sectors.</li><li>The Government has introduced the apprenticeship levy across the UK to encourage sustained employer investment in high quality apprenticeships. By 2020 the total annual apprenticeship investment in England will be almost £2.45bn (in 2019/20); double what was spent in 2010-11. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive £460m, as their fair share of the apprenticeship levy, in 2019/20. This will allow businesses to develop workforces that have the skills they need for the future.</li></ul><p>Through supporting R&amp;D:</p><ul><li>The Government has increased the rate of R&amp;D tax credit to 12% to encourage businesses to invest in the future and as a step towards meeting the 2.4% target. As we try to put the UK at the forefront of advanced sustainable agriculture, this tax credit will provide opportunities for both manufacturers of agricultural machinery and small-scale engineering firms to invest in innovation.</li></ul><p>We are open to having discussions with all sectors of business and industry to discuss how we can support them and would welcome the engagement from manufacturers of agricultural machinery, textile industry and small-scale engineering firms.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 30/01/2019 14:58:02 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

1027398

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	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	Industry
	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 ensure that the Industrial Strategy takes account of the importance of traditional industries to local areas.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
	uin	202876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/01/2019 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy ensures every place, including areas where traditional industries are located, realises its full economic potential. We are working in partnership with local areas to agree a Local Industrial Strategy with every area of England by early 2020, with support for places in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that want one.</p><p> </p><p>Local Industrial Strategies will provide distinctive and long-term visions of how specific places can maximise their contribution to UK productivity, building on existing local strengths and capitalising on the opportunities of the future.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 02/01/2019 12:11:28 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

1522478

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2022
	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	Conditions of Employment: Parents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 9 February 2021 to Question 146754 on Conditions of Employment: Parents, when he plans to publish the 2019 Maternity and Paternity Rights Survey.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	63131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>As part of the evaluation of the Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Pay scheme we have undertaken large, representative, surveys of employers and parents and a qualitative study of parents who have taken SPL.</p><p /><p>The reports and data from all of the research we have commissioned – including the Maternity and Paternity Rights Survey – will be published in due course, alongside the evaluation report itself.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 19/10/2022 14:04:15 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

922001

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2018
	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	Euratom
	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 has taken to prepare for setting up a UK atomic energy agency in the event that the UK cannot remain part of Euratom after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	152067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>As the UK leaves Euratom, this Government is putting in place appropriate measures to provide maximum continuity for the civil nuclear sector. New international safeguards agreements have been signed with the International Atomic Energy Agency, arrangements for continued nuclear cooperation with key trading partners are being put in place and the Nuclear Safeguards Bill, which provides the legal framework for a civil nuclear safeguards regime, has completed its passage through Parliament and will shortly become an Act.</p><p> </p><p>The domestic nuclear safeguards regime to be established under the powers provided by the Nuclear Safeguards Bill, will be operated by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR). This Government has been working closely with ONR to put in place the measures needed to ensure continuity for the civil nuclear sector and ensure the UK continues to meet its international commitments upon withdrawal from Euratom.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 19/06/2018 13:19:31 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

845602

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Welsh Language
	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 translation arrangements his Department has put in place to enable efficient and accurate handling of Welsh language correspondence from (a) MPs and (b) the general public.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	128574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>For any correspondence written in Welsh, the Department will work with the Wales Office on a case by case basis to ensure an efficient and accurate response.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 27/02/2018 14:07:02 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams