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1253898

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2020
	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	Postal Services: Domestic Abuse and Homelessness
	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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of creating an Address and Collect service at Post Offices to allow those affected by (a) homelessness and (b) domestic violence to access their post safely.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	118116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>Officials are working with Royal Mail and the Post Office to consider the recommendations from Citizens Advice on an Address and Collect Service and a Poste Restante service for vulnerable groups.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 24/11/2020 16:23:56 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1258259

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2020
	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	UN Climate Conference 2021
	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 process was used to select the members of the UK COP26 team; what assessment he has made of the effect of that process on gender balance in that team; and what plans his Department has to review the selection process to ensure better representation of women in future COP teams.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	124877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>The UK is committed to championing diversity and inclusion throughout our COP26 Presidency and all civil servants in the Cabinet Office COP26 Unit have been appointed in line with Civil Service guidance and rules.</p><p> </p><p>Forty five percent of the Senior Management Team in the COP26 unit are women. My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister recently appointed my Hon. Friend the Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed as the COP26 Adaptation and Resilience Champion.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 08/12/2020 17:54:28 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1300108

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2021
	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	Coronavirus: Retail Trade
	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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing access to specialist shoe shops during the covid-19 lockdown restrictions for people who cannot buy those products online.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	164641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government has set out its roadmap to cautiously ease lockdown restrictions, including the reopening of non-essential retail no earlier than 12 April, subject to the data.</p><p> </p><p>Under current restrictions all shops in England are permitted to operate click-and-collect services online, by telephone/text or via post.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 11/03/2021 17:41:25 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1300188

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2021
	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	Boohoo: Debenhams
	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 representations he has made to Boohoo executives on the 12,000 Debenhams jobs currently at risk.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	164656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>While Government has no role in the strategic direction or management of private retail companies, officials have been in regular contact with the administrators who have been exploring all potential options to protect Debenhams and its employees throughout the administration process.</p><p>Our Plan for Jobs includes a series of measures to protect, support and create jobs and we are helping those who have lost jobs in the pandemic back into employment through our JETS (Job Entry Targeted Support) programme. We have also launched our £2bn Kickstart scheme to create opportunities for young people.</p><p>We have temporarily increased Universal Credit by £1,000 a year, are doubling the number of work coaches to 27,000 by this year and have launched a Job Finding Support Service which will help those who have recently become unemployed increase their chances of finding employment.</p><p>Additionally, the DWP Rapid Response Service has been in ongoing conversations with Debenhams who have been offered support from the Service. The Rapid Response Service offers support including:</p><ul><li>Helping people write CVs and find jobs.</li><li>Providing information about benefits.</li><li>Helping people to find the right training and learn new skills.</li><li>Helping with costs like travel to work expenses.</li></ul> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 16/03/2021 13:39:31 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1282703

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2021
	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: Apprentices
	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 staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	146958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (excluding its Executive Agencies) currently has 97 apprentices. The proportion of apprentices employed by the Department is 1.78%.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 09/02/2021 15:43:23 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1257185

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2020
	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	Business: Coronavirus
	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 he is taking to ensure businesses are making their workplaces covid-secure for employees.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	123672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2020 answer text <p>The Safer Workplaces <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19" target="_blank">guidance</a> includes robust health and safety measures to ensure businesses are supported or, where required, challenged. Alongside legal requirements covered in the guides, they outline the enforcement powers held by the Health and Safety Executive and local authorities (section 1.2).</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 09/12/2020 12:23:20 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1278700

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2021
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the Government's response to his Department's July 2019 consultation, Good Work Plan: Proposals to Support Families.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	140900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2021 answer text <p>We are currently assessing the responses from the consultation on high-level options for reforming parental leave and pay. We have also conducted a formal evaluation of the Shared Parental Leave and Pay scheme, including large-scale, representative surveys of employers and parents. Together, these will give us a fuller picture of how well the current system of parental leave and pay is working for parents and employers.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently processing and analysing the data that we have collected and will consider this in tandem to the information that we have collected through the consultation. This has taken longer than expected due to the impact of Covid-19 on our research partners and because we have necessarily prioritised work on supporting parents during the pandemic. We will publish our findings in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 29/01/2021 13:19:19 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1278701

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2021
	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	Parental Leave and Parental Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the outcome of his Department's evaluation of the Shared Parental Leave and Pay scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	140901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2021 answer text <p>The evaluation of the Shared Parental Leave and Pay scheme is ongoing. This has included commissioning and interrogating information collected through large scale, representative, surveys of employers and parents and a qualitative study of parents who have used the scheme. The various data sources will help us to better understand the barriers and enablers to parents taking Shared Parental Leave.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently processing and analysing the data that we have collected. This has taken longer than expected due to the impact of Covid-19 on our research partners and because we have necessarily prioritised work on supporting parents during the pandemic. However, the evaluation of the Shared Parental Leave and Pay scheme remains important for Government and we will publish our findings in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 29/01/2021 13:17:33 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1278703

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2021
	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 Tribunals Service: Coronavirus
	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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the backlog of Employment Tribunal single claims since the covid-19 lockdown announced in March 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	140903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2021 answer text <p>Ensuring access to justice remains a priority for this Government. In response to the pandemic, we are installing new video technology, recruiting more judges and introducing reforms to improve efficiency.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has worked closely with the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), to implement a package of measures to help Employment Tribunals hear more cases, enable deployment of a greater range of judicial expertise including from non-employment judges, and support greater use of virtual hearings.</p><p> </p><p>As a result, since September 2020, Employment Tribunals have been able to return to pre-Covid levels of sitting days and case disposals, and they are the single largest user of video hearings among tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to work closely with Ministry of Justice to ensure the system is equipped for future challenges.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 29/01/2021 13:16:21 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1252142

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2020
	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	Procurement: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the terms of agreement between Oxford and AstraZeneca for their covid-19 vaccine.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
	uin	115819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>We are not able to disclose details of this agreement because of the commercially confidential nature of the contracts between the Government and vaccine manufacturers while commercial negotiations are ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 24/11/2020 17:41:11 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain