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825801

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Carillion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the Government setting up project bank accounts for each public sector project to protect suppliers in the light of the liquidation of Carillion.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	123868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Project Bank Accounts (PBAs) are the preferred option by government when it is considered best value for money for taxpayers, and we have made a commitment in the Government Construction Strategy to use PBAs unless there are compelling reasons not to. Over £10bn has been spent in this way on a wide range of projects between 2011 and 2015.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 24/01/2018 17:29:34 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

825804

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Carillion: Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Economic Secretary to the Treasury of 18 January 2018, Official Report, column 1128, what the timetable is for Lloyds Bank to maintain its support for SMEs affected by the liquidation of Carillion.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	123871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is aware that the largest UK SME lending banks have set out their plans to help SMEs exposed to the liquidation of Carillion. While the support offered is a commercial decision for each bank to take, the Government will continue to engage with the banking industry on how best to support these small businesses.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 24/01/2018 17:35:10 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

825806

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2018
	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	Carillion: Insolvency
	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 number of SMEs affected by the liquidation of Carillion.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	123873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The nature of Carillion business means that it sub-contracts significant proportions of its work, with the potential for those sub-contractors to sub-contract out further elements. The complexity of the contracting structure is such that it is not possible for Government at this stage in the liquidation process to have a complete picture of the number of SMEs affected.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 24/01/2018 16:39:35 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

825807

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2018
	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	Small Businesses: Government Assistance
	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 support he plans to give to SMEs affected by the liquidation of Carillion.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	123874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and I are working to ensure information is provided to SMEs in the Carillion supply chain in a timely manner.</p><p>The Secretary of State has chaired two meetings of a taskforce to advise on the impact on small businesses affected by the Carillion insolvency on 18 and 22 January. The taskforce’s attendees included representatives from leading business bodies, the construction trade sector, unions, banks and government.</p><p>In addition I have met leading business and construction trade bodies, representing Carillion’s sub-contractors, on 3 occasions in the last 10 days to understand the impact of Carillion’s insolvency on the supply chain, and agree actions that could be taken to mitigate this. It is our intention to continue to meet regularly with this group on an ongoing basis.</p><p>The Secretary of State and I met major high street lenders on 17 January 2018 to seek assurances that they will not penalise small businesses affected by Carillion’s liquidation. Lenders are contacting customers and, where appropriate, are putting in place emergency measures, including overdraft extensions, payment holidays and fee waivers to ensure those facing short term issues can be helped to stay on track. Details of these can be found at</p><p><a href="https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/banks-offer-support-to-business-customers-impacted-by-carillion/" target="_blank">https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/banks-offer-support-to-business-customers-impacted-by-carillion/</a>.</p><p>The Department is providing a range of advice and support services for firms, delivered both nationally and locally available to SMEs affected by the insolvency of Carillion. These include a network of 38 Local Growth Hubs, run in conjunction with the Local Enterprise Partnership, to help businesses of all sizes and in all sectors to access support.</p><p>Information is published online by the Insolvency Service for employees, creditors and suppliers affected and seeking advice. In addition to providing current information, they provide a dedicated hotline for enquiries and contact numbers to other relevant organisations such as the Pensions Advisory Service, and the website PwC have been established to provide information.</p><p>These can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/carillion-declares-insolvency-information-for-employees-creditors-and-suppliers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/carillion-declares-insolvency-information-for-employees-creditors-and-suppliers</a>.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 24/01/2018 16:40:03 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

825808

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Economic Secretary to the Treasury of 19 January 2018, Official Report, column 1126, what steps he plans to take to change the culture to enable wrongdoing to be exposed and dealt with.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	123875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>It is important that small businesses have access to the appropriate forum to address their concerns with the financial services that they have received, including where they believe wrongdoing has occurred. The Government welcomes the publication of the Financial Conduct Authority’s paper on small businesses as customers of financial services firms, and is carefully considering its findings.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 24/01/2018 12:51:41 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

825607

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the timetable is for the completion of the Financial Conduct Authority inquiry on RBS; and whether that report will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	123735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a final summary of the independent review of Royal Bank of Scotland’s treatment of small and medium-sized enterprise customers transferred to its Global Restructuring Group. The FCA announced it is investigating the matters arising from the review and focussing on whether there is any basis for it to take further action.</p><p> </p><p>The review is solely a matter for the FCA, which is operationally independent of Government. It would not be appropriate for the Government to comment further whilst this process is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/01/2018 17:18:57 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

824750

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Tradeshow Access Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Trade of 11 January 2018 official report, column 452, when he plans to publish the budget for 2017-18 for the Trade Access Partnership.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	123551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade does not have a programme called the Trade Access Partnership. This question is being answered in response to the Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP).</p><p>We plan to publish the 2018-19 programme of TAP supported events at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/tradeshow-access-programme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/tradeshow-access-programme</a> shortly.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/01/2018 17:24:25 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

823502

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Carillion: Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who the main contractor on the A59 switch island planned works is; when that work is due to start; and whether the capacity to complete the work will be affected by the liquidation of Carillion.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	122973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>Highways England’s main contractor delivering its improvement scheme at Switch Island is Balfour Beatty Mott MacDonald. Work on the project is scheduled to commence on 5 February 2018 and last for twelve months. Carillion was not involved in the project, and Highways England’s capacity to complete the work will not be affected.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/01/2018 08:58:30 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

823515

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether it is his Department's policy that provisions on trade in services in any existing EU free trade agreements that are transitioned after the UK leaves the EU will be governed by EU regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	122985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>Our aim is to replicate as far as possible the effects of existing trade arrangements with other countries after the UK leaves the EU. We are engaging with our trading partners to agree how best to achieve this continuity, including in relation to any implementation.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 19/01/2018 15:05:25 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

823516

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	EU Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of whether the adoption of existing EU Free Trade Agreements with third party countries can only happen with the agreement of the EU and those countries.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	122986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is discussing how best to secure continuity of the effects of existing EU trade agreements with partner countries, and is looking at each agreement on a case by case basis.</p><p>This work will take into account the terms and timing of any implementation period agreed with the EU, so that we can provide certainty, continuity and stability in our trade and investment relationships for businesses and consumers.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 19/01/2018 10:37:18 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson