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1439225

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2022
	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	Business: Income
	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 estimate he has made of the number of UK-based businesses with an annual turnover of between (a) £10,000 and £20,000, (b) £21,000 and £30,000, (c) £31,000 and £40,000, (d) £50,000 and £60,000 and (e) £70,000 and £85,000 in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	137376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not hold data on the number of UK-based businesses with an annual turnover at the intervals provided in the question.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics publishes annual data on UK-based business with an annual turnover of between (a) £0-£49,000, (b) £50,000-£99,000, (c) £100,000-£249,000 etc.[1]</p><p> </p><p><em>[1] ONS, UK Business: Activity, Size and Location (Table 11)</em></p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 14/03/2022 17:00:42 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1435260

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2022
	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	British Business Bank
	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 his Department plans to take steps to tackle disparities in basic lender performance of the British Business Bank, in response to some lenders putting in additional checks to counter fraud, while others did not.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	129192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2022 answer text <p>All lenders continue to be subject to a robust audit and assurance process by the British Business Bank. If lenders don’t meet their obligations in the Guarantee Agreement the Bank can take remedial action including cancellation of the guarantee.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 04/03/2022 11:37:08 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1435261

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2022
	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	British Business Bank
	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 his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the British Business Bank being required to set higher standards for lenders than the statutory minimum because public money is at stake.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	129193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2022 answer text <p>Lenders accredited to deliver the Bounce Back Loan Scheme, Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme and Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme are subject to the terms of Guarantee Agreements, which they must abide by to be eligible to make a claim under the Government guarantee.</p><p> </p><p>The recovery principles outlined in these agreements are no less stringent than those applied to standard commercial lending.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 04/03/2022 11:39:11 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1435262

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2022
	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	British Business Bank
	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 plans his Department has to help support the British Business Bank strengthen its approach to countering fraud.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	129194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department already supports the British Business Bank (BBB) in its counter fraud activities and will continue to do so.</p><p> </p><p>We work in partnership with BBB to support their compliance with the Government Functional Standards in Counter Fraud including the:-</p><ul><li>Detection and Measurement of fraud,</li><li>Fraud Risk Assessments,</li><li>Measurement of fraud controls,</li><li>Investigation of fraud and</li><li>High level fraud analysis.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Further, we are working to strengthen the future approach to fraud. The department is currently working with BBB on an updated fraud strategy to address the challenges associated with the Bounce Back Loan and which for instance includes:-</p><ul><li>Improved Management Information</li><li>Enhanced enforcement action</li><li>How insight from current schemes can be used to prevent fraud in future schemes administered by BBB on behalf of BEIS.</li></ul> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 04/03/2022 11:42:35 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1419096

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2022
	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	Directors: Money Laundering
	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 strict anti-money laundering and identity checks for directors are in place at the point of company formation on Companies House.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	116999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government has already committed to introduce identity verification for all directors at the point of incorporation with Companies House. Third parties that seek to form companies are already required to be supervised for anti-money laundering purposes. Under the reforms announced by the Government in September 2020, third parties will be required to register with Companies House and have their supervision confirmed before they will be permitted to request company formations.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 10/02/2022 15:07:35 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1418218

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2022
	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	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, if he will provide a full list of the lenders to the (a) Bounce Back Loan Scheme, (b) Covid Business Interruption Loan Scheme and (c) Covid Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme; and which lenders have made a disproportionately high number of loans to (i) dissolved entities or (ii) entities incorporated since the outbreak of covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	114820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department and the British Business Bank continue to work with lenders to identify and address all types of fraud perpetrated through the Covid Loan Schemes. For example, under the Bank’s Guarantee Assurance Analytics programme, BBLS lenders are investigating several thousand facilities with potential data inconsistencies, including regarding incorporation dates.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to disclose the rates of indicators of suspected fraud by individual lender at this time due to the commercially sensitive nature of this information.</p><p> </p><p>Full lists of all accredited lenders as at scheme closures on 31 March 2021 are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>CBILS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>BBLS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CLBILS</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ABN AMRO</p></td><td><p>Bank of Scotland</p></td><td><p>Bank of Scotland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aldermore</p></td><td><p>Barclays</p></td><td><p>Barclays</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ART Business Loans</p></td><td><p>Clydesdale / Yorkshire Banks</p></td><td><p>Clydesdale / Yorkshire Bank</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AskIf</p></td><td><p>Danske Bank</p></td><td><p>Danske Bank</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bank of Ireland UK</p></td><td><p>HSBC</p></td><td><p>HSBC UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bank of Scotland</p></td><td><p>Lloyds Bank</p></td><td><p>Lloyds Bank</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barclays</p></td><td><p>NatWest</p></td><td><p>NatWest</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BCRS Business Loans</p></td><td><p>RBS</p></td><td><p>RBS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business Enterprise Fund</p></td><td><p>Santander</p></td><td><p>Santander</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calverton Finance</p></td><td><p>Ulster Bank</p></td><td><p>Ulster Bank</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chamber Acorn Fund</p></td><td><p>TSB</p></td><td><p>Coutts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clydesdale / Yorkshire Bank</p></td><td><p>AIB</p></td><td><p>Greensill</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Compass Business Finance</p></td><td><p>Starling Bank</p></td><td><p>Metro Bank</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>County Finance Group</p></td><td><p>The Co-operative Bank</p></td><td><p>OakNorth Bank</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CWRT</p></td><td><p>Bank of Ireland (UK)</p></td><td><p>Secure Trust Bank</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Danske Bank</p></td><td><p>Skipton Business Finance</p></td><td><p>ThinCats</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DSL Business Finance</p></td><td><p>Tide</p></td><td><p>Close Brothers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enterprise Answers</p></td><td><p>Metro Bank</p></td><td><p>HSBC Bank plc</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finance for Enterprise</p></td><td><p>Paragon Bank</p></td><td><p>Silicon Valley Bank</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>First Enterprise</p></td><td><p>JCB Finance</p></td><td><p>BBVA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GC Business Finance</p></td><td><p>Investec</p></td><td><p>Investec</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Genesis Asset Finance</p></td><td><p>Arbuthnot Latham</p></td><td><p>Mercedes Benz Financial Services</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haydock Finance</p></td><td><p>Coutts</p></td><td><p>AIB</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hitachi Capital</p></td><td><p>Adam &amp; Co</p></td><td><p>Bank of Ireland (UK)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HSBC UK</p></td><td><p>Capital on Tap</p></td><td><p>RBC Capital Markets</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Let's Do Business Group</p></td><td><p>Funding Circle</p></td><td><p>The Co-operative Bank</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lloyds Bank</p></td><td><p>Conister</p></td><td><p>Bank of Ireland (Governor &amp; Company of)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Metro Bank</p></td><td><p>GC Business Finance</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MSIF</p></td><td><p>Close Brothers</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NatWest</p></td><td><p>Bank of Scotland</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newable</p></td><td><p>Barclays</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RBS</p></td><td><p>Clydesdale / Yorkshire Banks</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robert Owen Community Banking</p></td><td><p>Danske Bank</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Santander</p></td><td><p>HSBC</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Skipton Business Finance</p></td><td><p>Lloyds Bank</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SWIG Finance</p></td><td><p>NatWest</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TSB</p></td><td><p>RBS</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKSE</p></td><td><p>Santander</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ulster Bank</p></td><td><p>Ulster Bank</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arkle Finance Limited</p></td><td><p>TSB</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Close Brothers</p></td><td><p>AIB</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coutts</p></td><td><p>Starling Bank</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cynergy Bank</p></td><td><p>The Co-operative Bank</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OakNorth Bank</p></td><td><p>Bank of Ireland (UK)</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Secure Trust Bank</p></td><td><p>Skipton Business Finance</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Starling Bank</p></td><td><p>Tide</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Co-operative Bank</p></td><td><p>Metro Bank</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Funding Circle</p></td><td><p>Paragon Bank</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AIB</p></td><td><p>JCB Finance</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IGF</p></td><td><p>Investec</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paragon</p></td><td><p>Arbuthnot Latham</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thincats</p></td><td><p>Coutts</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1pm</p></td><td><p>Adam &amp; Co</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adam &amp; Co</p></td><td><p>Capital on Tap</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Assetz Capital</p></td><td><p>Funding Circle</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Atom bank</p></td><td><p>Conister</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ebury</p></td><td><p>GC Business Finance</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Investec</p></td><td><p>Close Brothers</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social Investment Business</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Leasing</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ultimate Finance</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White Oak UK</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bank Leumi / Leumi ABL</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capital on Tap</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MarketFinance</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shawbrook Bank</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liberis</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community Finance Ireland (previously Ulster Community Investment Trust (UCIT))</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>iwoca</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scania Financial Services</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Triodos Bank UK</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woodsford TradeBridge</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FSE Group, The</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FW Capital</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mercia Asset Management</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whiterock Finance</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arbuthnot Commerical ABL</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shire Leasing</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Silicon Valley Bank</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Growth Lending</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Invocap</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NEL Fund Managers</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Triple Point</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4Syte</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asset Finance Partners</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JCB</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merchant Money</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Trust Bank</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Previse</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Handelsbanken</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lending Crowd</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nucleus Commercial Finance</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maven Capital Partners</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bank of India</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fiduciam</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Simply</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regency Factors</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BLG Development Finance</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conister</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RM Funds</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Western Union Business Solutions</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LendInvest</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Interbay</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyan Finance</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ortus Secured Finance</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greensill</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Funding 365</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire Trust Bank</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingsway Asset Finance</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRYDG Capital</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kennet Leasing</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West One</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KSEYE</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aspen Bridging</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pluto Finance</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 08/02/2022 13:35:14 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1364879

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2021
	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	Audit: Standards
	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 White Paper on Restoring trust in audit and corporate governance, what assessment he has made of whether managed shared audit is the most effect method of audit reform to improve resilience in the FTSE350.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	67207
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government’s White Paper on “Restoring Trust in Audit and Corporate Governance: Proposals for Reform” was published in March this year and proposed the introduction of managed shared audit as part of a package of measures, which together aim to improve corporate governance, quality of accounting, auditing and their regulation, and competition and resilience in in the FTSE 350 audit market, for the UK’s largest companies.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently considering all submissions from stakeholders, in response to the White Paper and will publish a Government response to the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 67208 question first answered 09/11/2021 17:15:31 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1364880

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2021
	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	Audit: Standards
	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 effectiveness of the introduction of a market share cap, as opposed to managed shared audit, on preventing further corporate failures.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	67208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government’s White Paper on “Restoring Trust in Audit and Corporate Governance: Proposals for Reform” was published in March this year and proposed the introduction of managed shared audit as part of a package of measures, which together aim to improve corporate governance, quality of accounting, auditing and their regulation, and competition and resilience in in the FTSE 350 audit market, for the UK’s largest companies.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently considering all submissions from stakeholders, in response to the White Paper and will publish a Government response to the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 67207 question first answered 09/11/2021 17:15:31 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1364881

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2021
	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	Company Law: Standards
	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 the new Audit Reporting and Governance Authority (ARGA) will take to work in partnership with investors, boards, auditors and other regulators to develop a world-class system of corporate governance in practice.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	67209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2021 answer text <p>The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has since December 2019 been undertaking a transformation programme to prepare for its transition to the Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority (ARGA). As part of this, the FRC has established a dedicated stakeholder engagement team to enable more extensive engagement and dialogue with investors, boards, auditors and other stakeholders on how the UK’s corporate governance and stewardship frameworks can continue to improve and embed good practice. Further details of this expanded outreach programme can be found in section 6 of the regulator’s latest Annual Report published in July 2021:</p><p><a href="https://www.frc.org.uk/getattachment/985d9c2a-8a6d-4c8b-8172-06858edfabab/FRC-Annual-Report-and-Accounts-2020-21.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.frc.org.uk/getattachment/985d9c2a-8a6d-4c8b-8172-06858edfabab/FRC-Annual-Report-and-Accounts-2020-21.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The new ARGA will take forward this dialogue and partnership working in line with new statutory objectives, as set out in the Government’s White Paper on ‘Restoring Trust in Audit and Corporate Governance’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/restoring-trust-in-audit-and-corporate-governance-proposals-on-reforms" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/restoring-trust-in-audit-and-corporate-governance-proposals-on-reforms</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 09/11/2021 17:13:43 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

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	registered interest
	date	03/09/2021
	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	Heating
	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 Heat and Buildings Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	42002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government is planning to publish a Heat and Buildings Strategy in due course. The strategy will set out the immediate actions we will take for reducing emissions from buildings, as well as our approach to the key strategic decisions needed to achieve a mass transition to low-carbon heat.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 09/09/2021 16:15:53 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake