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1686707

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Personal Care Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) hairdressing and (b) barber salons there are.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	12558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>ONS data[1] shows that the number of business premises in the hairdressing and beauty sector totalled 50,485 in 2023. This is an increase of 1.8% compared with 2022 and 17.4% above 2017 levels.</p><p> </p><p>Additional data from the Local Data Company[2] shows that the number of hairdressers fell by 425 in September 2023 compared with a year earlier, while the number of barbers increased by 815.</p><p> </p><p>[1] ONS – UK business activity, size and location – 2023. Data relates to SIC 9602.</p><p>[2] <a href="https://britishbeautycouncil.com/british-beauty-council-ldc-new-report/" target="_blank">https://britishbeautycouncil.com/british-beauty-council-ldc-new-report/</a></p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 06/02/2024 13:55:30 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1686709

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to help support small employers with increases in the national minimum wage.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	12560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government will be undertaking an extensive communications campaign to ensure businesses are informed and ready for the April 2024 upratings.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, the Government has regular engagement with key stakeholders at ministerial and official level including with the Federation of Small Business.</p><p> </p><p>The Government provides extensive business support measures, with over 40 offers to help all types of businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has announced a business rates package worth £4.3 billion, and a new Energy Bills Discount Scheme, to help businesses with their bills.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses can also access support via the Business Support Helpline, Gov.uk, and through our network of local Growth Hubs across England.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 09/02/2024 14:38:53 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1623972

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has made a recent estimate of the potential impact of the ending of freedom of movement with the EU on business costs; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of negotiating with the EU to allow frontier worker permits to be applied to more than one EU country at a time.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	182882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade does not hold this data. In December 2020, the UK and the EU agreed a Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), which allows short-term business visitors to travel to the EU. This department is not responsible for frontiers workers permits.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 15/05/2023 12:08:08 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1667534

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Water Supply: Plastics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has received recent representations on the disintegrating of plastic within internal baffles of household water tanks.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	263
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State has not received recent representations on the disintegrating of plastic within internal baffles of household water tanks.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 15/11/2023 15:09:26 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1667535

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Water Supply: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to establish an independent body to (a) identify and (b) monitor public health threats from defective household (i) boilers, (ii) water tanks and (iii) other products.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State does not currently plan to bring forward legislative proposals in this area<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 15/11/2023 15:08:20 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1667537

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Water Supply: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to create a centralised certification body for water tanks.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State does not currently plan to bring forward legislative proposals in this area.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 15/11/2023 16:15:17 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1285631

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2021
	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	Clothing: UK Trade with EU
	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 meet with representatives of (a) garment manufacturers, (b) fashion creatives, (c) retailers, (d) and brands to discuss the effect of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement on the UK fashion industry.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	152554
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2021 answer text <p>I regularly meet with representatives from those industries, as part of my frequent engagement with stakeholders from across the retail and consumer goods sectors. The last such meeting took place on 9 February where both the economic recovery from Covid-19 and the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement were discussed.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the significant contribution of the UK’s world-leading fashion and textiles sector to the UK economy, and is committed to supporting it<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 26/02/2021 11:53:39 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1285633

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2021
	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	Clothing: UK Trade with EU
	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 recent discussions he has had with representatives of the UK fashion industry on the effect on that industry of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	152555
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2021 answer text <p>I last spoke with various representatives from the UK fashion industry, including the UK Fashion and Textiles Association (UKFT), on the effect of the Trade and Cooperation agreement on 9 February.</p><p>Across Government, we have recently held specific workshops for Retail &amp; Consumer Goods stakeholders as well as a webinar with the British Fashion Council (BFC) on key Trade and Cooperation Agreement issues including Rules of Origin.</p><p>We are also working closely with UKFT on guidance and case study examples for businesses to help them understand and adapt to new requirements.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 26/02/2021 11:52:12 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1461969

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2022
	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	Diesel and Petrol: Prices
	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 help ensure that petrol and diesel companies are not overcharging for fuel by charging in greater than normal excess compared to the wholesale cost of oil.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The Department monitors the fuel supply market and publishes weekly national average pump prices.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS analysis shows that both rises and falls in crude oil prices are passed through to consumers over the course of 6-7 weeks and found no evidence to suggest that, for given changes in crude oil prices, retail prices rise faster than they fall.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/05/2022 09:44:52 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1421831

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2022
	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	Drax Power Station: Carbon Emissions
	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 estimate his Department has made of the reduction of CO2 emissions in tonnes as a result of Drax being in receipt of £832 million in direct Government subsidies to biomass in 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	122710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>The Renewables Obligation and Contracts for Difference Scheme currently requires that solid biomass used to generate electricity does not exceed a greenhouse gas emission of 200 kg per MWh. Emissions from coal generation in 2020 were equivalent to 997 kg per MWh, so biomass currently delivers at least an 80% greenhouse gas saving over coal.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/02/2022 14:03:43 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally