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1023061

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Business: Economic Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the commitments that the Government made at the London Anti-Corruption Summit 2016, when he plans to launch a consultation on introducing a criminal offence of failing to prevent economic crime.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	200736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Call for Evidence on Corporate Criminal Liability for Economic Crime contained a number of different options for reform, including a proposal to extend the failure to prevent offence to wider economic crimes other than bribery or tax evasion. The Government’s response is expected to issue in 2019.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 200737 question first answered 13/12/2018 16:27:27 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1023062

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Business: Economic Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans publish a response to his Department's publication entitled, Corporate liability for economic crime: call for evidence, published on 13 January 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	200737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Call for Evidence on Corporate Criminal Liability for Economic Crime contained a number of different options for reform, including a proposal to extend the failure to prevent offence to wider economic crimes other than bribery or tax evasion. The Government’s response is expected to issue in 2019.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 200736 question first answered 13/12/2018 16:27:27 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1023063

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Business: Economic Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussion he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on proposals to reform the law on corporate liability for economic crime.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	200738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>The Call for Evidence on Corporate Criminal Liability for Economic Crime contained a number of different options for reform, including a proposal to extend the failure to prevent offence to wider economic crimes other than bribery or tax evasion. The Government’s response is expected to be issued in 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 17/12/2018 10:58:31 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1024794

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business: Economic Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Attorney General on proposals to reform the law on corporate liability for economic crime.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	202131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice carried out a call for evidence on corporate criminal liability for economic crime in 2017, to establish whether further reform of the law was necessary. The response is expected to issue in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 202132 question first answered 19/12/2018 15:46:51 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1024795

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business: Economic Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on proposals to reform the law on corporate liability for economic crime.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	202132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice carried out a call for evidence on corporate criminal liability for economic crime in 2017, to establish whether further reform of the law was necessary. The response is expected to issue in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 202131 question first answered 19/12/2018 15:46:51 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1027237

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Building Regulations and Fire Safety Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the September 2018 Government Response to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee Report on the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety: Next Steps, Cm 9706, when he plans to publish the call for evidence on a technical review of Approved Document B.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	202806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2018 answer text <p>The call for evidence on a technical review of Approved Document B was published on 18 December and can be found on-line at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/technical-review-of-approved-document-b-of-the-building-regulations-a-call-for-evidence" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/consultations/technical-review-of-approved-document-b-of-the-building-regulations-a-call-for-evidence</a></p><p>The call for evidence expressly seeks evidence on the provision of sprinklers.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 27/12/2018 10:31:30 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1027238

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Building Regulations and Fire Safety Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the September 2018 Government Response to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee Report on the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety: Next Steps, Cm 9706, whether it is still his policy that an appropriate level of fire safety can be achieved without the need to retrofit sprinklers in high-rise buildings.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	202807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2018 answer text <p>The call for evidence on a technical review of Approved Document B was published on 18 December and can be found on-line at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/technical-review-of-approved-document-b-of-the-building-regulations-a-call-for-evidence" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/consultations/technical-review-of-approved-document-b-of-the-building-regulations-a-call-for-evidence</a></p><p>The call for evidence expressly seeks evidence on the provision of sprinklers.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 27/12/2018 10:16:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1027239

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Emergency Exits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require at least two staircases offering alternative means of escape in all new multiple occupancy residential high-rise buildings.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	202808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2018 answer text <p>The call for evidence on a technical review of Approved Document B was published on 18 December and can be found on-line at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/technical-review-of-approved-document-b-of-the-building-regulations-a-call-for-evidence" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/consultations/technical-review-of-approved-document-b-of-the-building-regulations-a-call-for-evidence</a>.</p><p>The call for evidence expressly seeks evidence on means of escape in high rise residential buildings.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 27/12/2018 10:13:02 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1027466

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Economic Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to support the Home Office in tackling economic crime.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	908261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Our main contribution in helping to tackle economic crime is to run a world class court system that has a strong international reputation and enables highly complex crimes to be prosecuted.</p><p> </p><p>As well as that work, we are also active in scrutinising the law to see if anything needs to be changed to tackle economic crime. The Department carried out a Call for Evidence to examine the case for a change in the law in corporate criminal liability for economic crime in 2017 and intends publishing its response in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>This is in addition to the creation of a new world class court facility in the City of London specialising in tackling cyber-crime, fraud and economic crime announced earlier this year. This will help reinforce the UK’s reputation as a world-leading legal centre ready to deal with the changing nature of 21st century crime.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/12/2018 17:07:41 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1127390

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	How many organisations have signed up to the armed forces covenant.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	910986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>To date over 3,600 organisations have signed the Covenant at an average rate of 30 per week, up from five per month in 2014. In addition, all Local Authorities in Great Britain and four in Northern Ireland have pledged to uphold the Armed Forces Covenant.</p><p> </p><p>Broadening support for the Covenant is a top priority for the Ministerial Covenant and Veterans Board and the Armed Forces Covenant annual report outlines the progress we have made.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/05/2019 16:45:48 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1128774

	registered interest
	date	29/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase employment opportunities for prisoners after release.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	911125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>One year ago, our Education and Employment Strategy set out plans to transform the way prisoners develop the skills they need to secure employment on release.</p><p>Since then, we have overhauled the prison education system through implementing new contracts and a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). These allow governors to commission skills-based training and education that meets the needs of the local labour market.</p><p>We have also introduced the New Futures Network (NFN), which brokers partnerships between prisons and employers in England and Wales, and a new ROTL framework to increase the opportunities available for prisoners to gain experience in real workplaces.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 04/06/2019 13:12:43 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1130106

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Rehabilitation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to rehabilitate offenders.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	260687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring prisons are places where offenders can turn their backs on crime – reducing reoffending and keeping the public safe. In order for prisons to enable rehabilitation, they must first be places of safety and so we are taking urgent action to improve prison safety and security, alongside reforms to overhaul the system to focus on the rehabilitation of offenders.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested £70 million to improve safety, security and decency in prisons, allowing us to fund new security scanners, improved searching techniques, phone-blocking technology and a financial crime unit to target criminals operating in prisons. Alongside this, we have taken immediate action to strengthen the frontline with over 4,700 new prison officers.</p><p> </p><p>To reduce reoffending, we are implementing a cohesive plan to ensure offenders receive the right interventions to meet their individual needs. This includes investing £7 million in in-cell telephones to allow prisoners to maintain important family ties, and tackling health issues such as drug addiction through our drugs strategy.</p><p> </p><p>We want to ensure that everyone leaving prison has access to a secure job and stable accommodation. Last year we launched the Education and Employment strategy to ensure offenders are set on a path to employment from the outset. Governors now have control to commission education provision that leads to work and we are engaging with employers to take on prisoners on ROTL or after release via the New Futures Network, which has had more than 230 businesses register to work with prisons since its launch. We also recently made changes so that Governors can now consider Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL) earlier and in more cases to enable prisoners to enter the workplace sooner.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Government’s Rough Sleeping Strategy we have invested £6 million in pilot schemes bringing together prisons, local authorities, probation providers to help offenders find accommodation on release.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 19/06/2019 15:32:26 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1131128

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	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	Economic Growth: Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent steps his Department has taken to promote clean growth.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	911258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The UK is a world leader in clean growth – leading the G20 in cutting emissions while growing the economy.</p><p> </p><p>The recent Offshore Wind Sector Deal is a fantastic example of how this government and industry are partnering to create good jobs in new low carbon supply chains whilst further decarbonising our power sector.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working to support clean growth internationally, which is why we have bid to host COP26 in 2020, to demonstrate our commitment towards the Paris agreement and maintain momentum.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 11/06/2019 14:06:42 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1132021

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to bring into force the provisions of the Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	264438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017 will be implemented in July, and applications to the court for guardianship orders will be able to commence from that date.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 18/06/2019 16:48:03 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1132766

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to improve social care.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	911424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities have a duty to ensure people receive appropriate care and support. We have given them access to up to £3.9 billion more dedicated funding for adult social care this year, and a further £410 million has been made available for adult and children’s services.</p><p>We will set out our plans to reform the social care system at the earliest opportunity to ensure it is sustainable for the future.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/06/2019 15:02:18 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1144284

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	World War II: Military Decorations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in advance of the 75th anniversary of VE Day, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Air Crew Europe Star, in line with the Atlantic Star, to ensure that Bomber Command aircrew who have not received either a 1939-45 Star, nor a Bomber Command clasp, get recognition for their sacrifice and service during World War II.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	286297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>We have enormous admiration and respect for the unique contribution and sacrifice made by Bomber Command aircrew which has been recognised in various ways. Bomber Command aircrew serving after 5 June 1944 (the end date for award of the Air Crew Europe Star) were given recognition for their service in the form of the France and Germany Star.</p><p>Subsequently, in his independent Medals Review in 2012, Sir John Holmes concluded that Bomber Command had been treated inconsistently with those who served in Fighter Command, and his recommendation of the award of the clasp to Bomber Command air crew was to bring this Command into line with Fighter Command veterans who were awarded a Battle of Britain clasp to the 1939-45 Star, thus reflecting the significant contribution both made to defeating the Nazi threat.</p><p>In light of the above, we have no plans to revisit the issue of Medallic recognition for Bomber Command veterans, further to the findings of Sir John Holmes' review. It is a matter for the Advisory Military Sub Committee (AMSC) of the Committee on the Grants of Honours, Decorations and Medals, to whom a case regarding Bomber Command has been submitted, to determine whether they will give the issue further consideration.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 09/09/2019 15:04:41 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1148819

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Breweries: Tax Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend reforms to the small breweries’ tax relief to include small vineyards.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The government has no current plans to introduce a small vineyards tax relief. All taxes are kept under review and the introduction of any reliefs are considered at each fiscal event, including the effects on industry and the wider economy.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 17/10/2019 13:11:25 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1150081

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Solar Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring solar energy systems to be installed on all new dwellings.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	1069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>As of the 1 of October we have launched a consultation on options to deliver a meaningful and achievable increase to the energy efficiency standards for new homes to be introduced through the Building Regulations in 2020, as a stepping stone to meeting our commitment to introduce a Future Homes Standard by 2025. Our preferred option for 2020 would achieve a 31 per cent reduction in carbon emissions for an average home. We expect this would be achieved by homes being built with high fabric standards alongside the use of low-carbon heating, such as a heat-pump, or renewables technology, such as solar photovoltaic (PV) panels. The published impact assessment considers analysis and evidence supporting the options.</p><p>The Building Regulations set minimum energy performance standards for new homes and non-domestic buildings, but do not prescribe the technologies, materials or fuels to be used, allowing builders the flexibility to innovate and select the most practical and cost-effective solutions in particular circumstances. For example, many roofs are not suitable for solar PV panels because of visual amenity, strength, or orientation of the property.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 28/10/2019 15:50:40 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1150246

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment she has made of the extent of international trading opportunities for (a) Yorkshire and (b) other counties in rural regions.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	900012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>In 2018 the value of exports from Yorkshire &amp; the Humber was 25% higher than 2010. Rural based companies are also exporting more than before and as we leave the EU we will strike new trade deals and open new markets for UK products and services.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 17/10/2019 15:07:13 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1167087

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	GPT Special Project Management
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what progress he has made on his plans to take forward a prosecution for bribery and corruption in the case of GPT Special Project Management Ltd.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	7186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>This case is being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office which investigates and prosecutes allegations of the most serious or complex fraud, bribery and corruption. These allegations are challenging to investigate. Their investigation is handled with great care and this necessarily takes time. This case is particularly complex and the investigation is still ongoing. For this reason, it would not be appropriate for me to comment on it.</p> answering member constituency Torridge and West Devon answering member printed Mr Geoffrey Cox question first answered 04/11/2019 17:43:13 answering member 1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1167647

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the (a) prosperity and (b) economy of local areas in which armed forces are based of spending by (i) his Department and (ii) those armed forces in each year since 2010; and if he will place that information in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	8266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 4 November 2019 to the hon. Members for Moray (Douglas Ross), Harrow East (Bob Blackman), Havant (Alan Mak), Angus (Kirsten Hair), Chatham and Aylesford (Tracey Crouch), Clacton (Giles Watling), West Worcestershire (Harriett Baldwin), North East Hampshire (Ranil Jayawardena) and Cheadle (Mary Robinson) to Questions 7761, 7715, 7772, 7783, 7723, 7790, 7738, 7794 and 7796.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 05/11/2019 11:54:08 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1167922

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: International Cooperation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on tackling international tax avoidance.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	900305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary meets regularly with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss a broad range of topics.</p><p>The Government is committed to tackling tax avoidance and evasion to ensure that everyone, no matter who they are, pays the right amount of tax at the right time.</p><p>Since 2010, the Government has introduced over 100 measures that clamp down on tax avoidance and evasion and has secured and protected an additional £200 billion that would have otherwise gone unpaid.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 05/11/2019 14:59:57 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1170097

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Help to Buy Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of the effect of Help to Buy on the number of homes purchased by first time buyers.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	900123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>Over 192,000 (81 per cent) of sales through Help to Buy: Equity Loan from its start in April 2013 to 30 June 2019 have been to first-time buyers.</p><p>This has helped increase the number of first-time buyers to over 350,000 in 2018 – an eleven-year annual high, an increase of 84 per cent since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 13/01/2020 17:45:32 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1171474

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	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	Solar Power
	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 she is taking to support the deployment of rooftop solar PV; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	4413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>Low carbon electricity, including solar – whether at the household level or the national level – is central to the transition to the smart and flexible energy systems of the future.</p><p>Since 2010, we have quadrupled the electricity we generate from renewables – installing 99% of the UK’s solar capacity and over 800,000 installations – exceeding our historic projections on solar PV deployment. We now have over 13.3GW of solar capacity installed in the UK, which is enough to power over 3 million UK homes.</p><p> </p><p>The Smart Export Guarantee, which came into force on 1 January 2020, gives small scale low-carbon electricity generators, such as homes with solar panels, the right to be paid for the renewable electricity they export to the grid. Renewable generators now have a several competitive tariffs to choose from, in some cases even higher than the FIT export tariff.</p><p> </p><p>Permitted development rights have been introduced allowing the installation of solar panels up to 1 megawatt on domestic properties, schools, businesses and farm buildings without any need for planning permission.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 23/01/2020 17:01:01 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1171475

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	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	Solar Power: Innovation
	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 Government is taking to encourage (a) innovation and (b) product development in the UK solar PV industry.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	4414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) provides grant funding to innovative businesses in many different ways, including Innovate UK‘s SMART grants, which deliver ambitious R&amp;D innovations that can make a significant impact on the UK economy.</p><p>Through the Clean Growth Strategy, BEIS has committed £900 million of public funds to innovation, which includes £177 million to further reduce the cost of renewables.</p><p>We are also investing over £3 billion to support low carbon innovation in the UK up to 2021, to ensure that the UK continues to reap the benefits from the transition to a low carbon economy.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 23/01/2020 14:41:47 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1177470

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Ports: Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to build infrastructure at ports for undertaking customs checks on (a) vehicles and (b) goods coming from the EU from 1 January 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	14814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>HMRC will continue to engage with port authorities at key border locations to understand the constraints on different sites, and to discuss how to ensure that ports are operationally ready for the end of the transition period.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will also continue to keep their plans for additional infrastructure under review, depending on what is needed as part of the future trading relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/02/2020 14:10:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1177472

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on bringing forward legislative proposals to introduce a corporate offence of failure to prevent fraud and money laundering.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	14816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is considering the case for reforming the law on CCL and will publish a response to the Call for Evidence in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/02/2020 14:06:11 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1180355

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the scope of the forthcoming review of business rates; and if he will ensure that the review assesses the potential merits of solutions from across the business tax system.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	20536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to a fundamental review of business rates and will set out further details in due course, including how interested groups and individuals can engage with and contribute to the review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 20537 question first answered 04/03/2020 16:16:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1180356

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the scope is of the forthcoming review of business rates; and what plans he has for consulting industry during that review.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	20537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to a fundamental review of business rates and will set out further details in due course, including how interested groups and individuals can engage with and contribute to the review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 20536 question first answered 04/03/2020 16:16:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1183151

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2020
	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	Small Businesses: Ofcom and Ofgem
	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 has plans to encourage (a) Ofgem and (b) Ofcom to cooperate on producing guidance for best practice in their dealings with SMEs operating in the (i) energy, (ii) communications and (iii) other sectors.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	25700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government wants all consumers to pay a fair price for their energy. In 2019 Ofgem launched a Strategic Review of the Microbusiness Retail Market to better understand the customer journey for microbusinesses and consider what solutions may be necessary to safeguard them as consumers. The regulator plans to publish a consultation this spring setting out its detailed policy solutions in response to the Review’s findings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Microbusinesses display similar characteristics to domestic consumers when buying energy. Therefore, where they have exhausted their energy company’s own complaints procedure, businesses with up to 10 employees can make a complaint to the Ombudsman Services: Energy.</p><p> </p><p>Larger businesses are more likely to be able to effectively procure their energy supply, as they procure other commodities for their businesses.</p><p><br> The Communications Act 2003 places a duty on Ofcom to ensure that Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedures are available for domestic and small business customers (defined as up to 10 employees). All communications providers must be a member of an approved scheme, Ofcom currently approves two ADR Schemes: Ombudsman Services: Communications (OS) and the Communications and Internet Services Adjudication Scheme (CISAS).</p><p> </p><p>In 2019 Ofcom published an independent review of the two approved ADR schemes. The review found that both schemes show a high level of decision-making accuracy with regard to case acceptance or rejection, and Ofcom is satisfied that both ADR Schemes are following the requirements set out in the ADR regulations and the Communications Act.</p><p> </p><p>It is for Ofgem and Ofcom to review the evidence and to work with Government to determine whether further regulatory intervention, or other steps, are necessary to assist SMEs.</p><p> </p><p>Though there are currently no plans to offer joint guidance between Ofcom, Ofgem and the FCA, they continue to cooperate on dealing with issues affecting SMEs in their respective sectors.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 25701 25702 question first answered 12/03/2020 16:38:08 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1183152

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2020
	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	Small Businesses: Complaints
	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 introduce a redress service for SMEs in the (a) energy and (b) communications sectors that is equivalent to that service offered by the Financial Ombudsman Service to SMEs operating in the financial sector.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	25701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government wants all consumers to pay a fair price for their energy. In 2019 Ofgem launched a Strategic Review of the Microbusiness Retail Market to better understand the customer journey for microbusinesses and consider what solutions may be necessary to safeguard them as consumers. The regulator plans to publish a consultation this spring setting out its detailed policy solutions in response to the Review’s findings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Microbusinesses display similar characteristics to domestic consumers when buying energy. Therefore, where they have exhausted their energy company’s own complaints procedure, businesses with up to 10 employees can make a complaint to the Ombudsman Services: Energy.</p><p> </p><p>Larger businesses are more likely to be able to effectively procure their energy supply, as they procure other commodities for their businesses.</p><p><br> The Communications Act 2003 places a duty on Ofcom to ensure that Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedures are available for domestic and small business customers (defined as up to 10 employees). All communications providers must be a member of an approved scheme, Ofcom currently approves two ADR Schemes: Ombudsman Services: Communications (OS) and the Communications and Internet Services Adjudication Scheme (CISAS).</p><p> </p><p>In 2019 Ofcom published an independent review of the two approved ADR schemes. The review found that both schemes show a high level of decision-making accuracy with regard to case acceptance or rejection, and Ofcom is satisfied that both ADR Schemes are following the requirements set out in the ADR regulations and the Communications Act.</p><p> </p><p>It is for Ofgem and Ofcom to review the evidence and to work with Government to determine whether further regulatory intervention, or other steps, are necessary to assist SMEs.</p><p> </p><p>Though there are currently no plans to offer joint guidance between Ofcom, Ofgem and the FCA, they continue to cooperate on dealing with issues affecting SMEs in their respective sectors.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 25700 25702 question first answered 12/03/2020 16:38:08 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1183153

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2020
	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	Small Businesses: Dispute Resolution
	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 effect of the definition of a microbusiness on access to complaint handling and dispute resolution processes by SMEs in the (a) energy and (b) communications sectors.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	25702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government wants all consumers to pay a fair price for their energy. In 2019 Ofgem launched a Strategic Review of the Microbusiness Retail Market to better understand the customer journey for microbusinesses and consider what solutions may be necessary to safeguard them as consumers. The regulator plans to publish a consultation this spring setting out its detailed policy solutions in response to the Review’s findings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Microbusinesses display similar characteristics to domestic consumers when buying energy. Therefore, where they have exhausted their energy company’s own complaints procedure, businesses with up to 10 employees can make a complaint to the Ombudsman Services: Energy.</p><p> </p><p>Larger businesses are more likely to be able to effectively procure their energy supply, as they procure other commodities for their businesses.</p><p><br> The Communications Act 2003 places a duty on Ofcom to ensure that Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedures are available for domestic and small business customers (defined as up to 10 employees). All communications providers must be a member of an approved scheme, Ofcom currently approves two ADR Schemes: Ombudsman Services: Communications (OS) and the Communications and Internet Services Adjudication Scheme (CISAS).</p><p> </p><p>In 2019 Ofcom published an independent review of the two approved ADR schemes. The review found that both schemes show a high level of decision-making accuracy with regard to case acceptance or rejection, and Ofcom is satisfied that both ADR Schemes are following the requirements set out in the ADR regulations and the Communications Act.</p><p> </p><p>It is for Ofgem and Ofcom to review the evidence and to work with Government to determine whether further regulatory intervention, or other steps, are necessary to assist SMEs.</p><p> </p><p>Though there are currently no plans to offer joint guidance between Ofcom, Ofgem and the FCA, they continue to cooperate on dealing with issues affecting SMEs in their respective sectors.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 25700 25701 question first answered 12/03/2020 16:38:08 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1186650

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Antibiotics: Drug Resistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the rise of carbapenem-resistant bacteria in secondary care.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	32282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text <p>Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) are carbapenem-resistant infections with the ability to transfer resistance to different bacterial species. Public Health England conducts monitoring and surveillance of these infections and publishes toolkits to support acute and non-acute organisations to prevent and control the spread of CPE.</p><p>The Government recognises that identifying where carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative infections occur, and acting to prevent them, is essential to maintain the effectiveness of our most important antibiotics. Work is underway to add these infections to the list of notifiable diseases as part of our national action plan for antimicrobial resistance.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement continues to work to reduce the burden of all healthcare-associated infections and is tasked with delivering the Government’s ambition to halve all healthcare associated Gram-negative blood stream infections by 2023-24.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 27/04/2020 13:08:29 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1194774

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2020
	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: Saudi Arabia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to facilitate trade with Saudi Arabia.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	902519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>Total exports to Saudi Arabia from the United Kingdom last year were up £1.0bn from 2018 and we want this growth to continue. My Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade recently engaged with her counterpart to remove trade barriers during this difficult period, and we continue to identify ways of opening up more opportunities in the country to businesses in the United Kingdom.</p><p>My Hon. Friend for Thirsk and Malton will also be aware that we are carefully considering the implications of the Court of Appeal Judgement for export licence decision-making and are working to enable the re-taking of decisions on the correct legal basis, which I understand is a process which will have a bearing on businesses in his constituency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 12/05/2020 16:26:01 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1198419

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to use the Home Building Fund and land owned by Homes England to diversify the house building sector and support micro and small to medium-sized house builders.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	52201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Continuing to build the homes the country needs is a priority for the Government and we recognise the important role that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play in delivering new homes. We have been supporting the sector through various measures to boost confidence and retain capacity. £2.5 billion of the £4.5 billion Home Building Fund is targeted at SME builders and innovators and helps viable development schemes progress. The Home Building Fund encourages greater innovation, improves market resilience and diversifies housing delivery by enabling SMEs to increase their output.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 09/06/2020 15:10:07 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1201809

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2020
	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	Companies: Registration
	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 publish its response to its consultation on corporate transparency and register reform before the 2020 summer recess.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	57274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering a broad package of reforms to Companies House to ensure it is fit for the future and continues to contribute to the UK’s business environment. This would amount to the most significant reform of the UK’s company registration framework since a companies register was first introduced in 1844, and it is important, therefore, to take the time to get it right.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation received a significant number of responses and an official government response with proposals for the way forward will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 17/06/2020 14:39:31 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1201810

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2020
	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	Companies: Registration
	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 consultation published by his Department on 5 May 2019 on corporate transparency and register reform, what assessment he has made of the level of resources required by Companies House to implement the reforms recommended in that consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	57275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>Companies House ensures it has the appropriate amount of resources to effectively manage the register. Staffing levels are made available in the Companies House Annual Report which is published after the end of the financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s consultation received a significant number of responses and an official government response with proposals for the way forward will be published in due course. An assessment of the staffing levels required to implement the recommended reforms will be finalised as the proposals are finalised.</p><p> </p><p>As proposals under the consultation have not yet been finalised, the staffing levels required have not been finalised.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 17/06/2020 14:43:05 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1204752

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2020
	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	Hydrogen: Investment and Job Creation
	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 representatives from businesses on (a) investment plans and (b) the potential for job creation in shovel-ready hydrogen projects.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	60823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>We are in regular discussions with businesses about their investment plans for hydrogen projects, including those that are ready for very near-term deployment. In addition we are undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement as we develop new policy to help bring forward the technologies and supply chain we will need to grow the UK hydrogen economy.</p><p> </p><p>We recently published the Energy Innovation Needs Assessment (EINA) for hydrogen and fuel cells which identified that up to 15,000 jobs per annum by 2050 could be created through domestic hydrogen opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>We are also looking to formalise regular engagement between Government and industry to discuss and drive development if the UK hydrogen economy. This will consider how we can best work together to retain and expand jobs and skills in hydrogen and related sectors; as well as developing the UK supply chain.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 60826 question first answered 25/06/2020 10:45:02 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1204753

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Buses: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the number of zero emission buses in rural areas.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	60824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2020 answer text <p>In February, the Government announced a £5 billion funding package for buses and cycling, which includes support for the purchase of at least 4,000 zero-emission buses. The details of these programmes will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 26/06/2020 12:57:09 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1204754

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2020
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Hydrogen: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to (a) promote the UK's hydrogen sector to international markets and (b) develop new export opportunities.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	60825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) is engaging with UK suppliers from the hydrogen industry, sector specific research centres and trade associations to understand the UK’s capability across hydrogen technologies. Officials have been raising awareness of the UK’s capability to our domestic and overseas networks, to enable the promotion of the hydrogen sector and support discussions with potential buyers.</p><p> </p><p>DIT undertakes a range of activities to support exports from the renewable energy sector, including in hydrogen. For example, earlier this year the Department participated in HyVolution in Paris, with a departmental representative giving a speech to attendees on UK capabilities in Hydrogen.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 23/06/2020 14:33:02 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1204832

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2020
	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	Hydrogen: Investment and Job Creation
	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 businesses about (a) investment plans and (b) potential for jobs in shovel-ready hydrogen projects.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	60826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>We are in regular discussions with businesses about their investment plans for hydrogen projects, including those that are ready for very near-term deployment. In addition we are undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement as we develop new policy to help bring forward the technologies and supply chain we will need to grow the UK hydrogen economy.</p><p> </p><p>We recently published the Energy Innovation Needs Assessment (EINA) for hydrogen and fuel cells which identified that up to 15,000 jobs per annum by 2050 could be created through domestic hydrogen opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>We are also looking to formalise regular engagement between Government and industry to discuss and drive development if the UK hydrogen economy. This will consider how we can best work together to retain and expand jobs and skills in hydrogen and related sectors; as well as developing the UK supply chain.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 60823 question first answered 25/06/2020 10:45:02 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1205113

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Hydrogen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a hydrogen strategy similar to those in (a) Germany, (b) Norway, (c) Canada, (d) the Netherlands, (e) Portugal or the European Commission's proposed EU-wide hydrogen strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	61540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes its environmental responsibilities very seriously and welcomes international efforts to invest in technologies that will be needed to decarbonise the energy used in our economies.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to meeting our climate change targets, including net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Hydrogen could be an important part of the transition to net zero.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing in innovation, providing up to £121m to support a range of projects to explore and develop the potential of low carbon hydrogen. This includes production, storage and end use in heat, industry and transport.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019 the Government published a consultation on business models for Carbon Capture and Storage, which sought views on support for low-carbon hydrogen. The response to the consultation will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 26/06/2020 08:32:28 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1220037

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Permitted Development Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to fast-track reforms to permitted development rights as part of Project Speed to assist the deployment of mobile networks and 5G, and benefit rural coverage through the Shared Rural Network Initiative.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	67693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>In August 2019, a joint consultation by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport was launched to consider amending permitted development rights to support increased mobile coverage and 5G deployment.</p><p>The consultation closed on 04 November 2019. The Government is considering the replies and will issue a response in due course. Subject to the outcome of this consultation, if the proposals are taken forward, we anticipate undertaking a further consultation on the detail of those proposals.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 09/07/2020 09:55:36 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1225149

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2020
	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	Small Businesses: EU Grants and Loans
	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 bring forward changes to the Undertaking in Difficulty rules.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	74670
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>Although the UK has left the EU, under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement the EU State aid rules continue to apply in the UK until the end of the Transition Period. The rules are an exclusive competence of the European Commission and it is not within the power of the United Kingdom or any EU Member State to unilaterally vary or suspend them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has announced that following the end of the Transition Period, a new domestic subsidy control regime will replace the EU State aid rules. The treatment of firms in difficulty will be considered as part of the work to develop the new regime, which will also take into account, amongst other factors, the arrangements agreed under the Northern Ireland Protocol. Announcements on the new regime will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 20/07/2020 13:49:50 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1229673

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	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	McColl's: Horizon IT System
	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 sub-postmasters employed directly by McColls stores are known to have been removed from their employment as managers of branch sub Post Offices in McColls stores on grounds of alleged shortfalls in their Post Office Horizon branch accounts since 2000.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	82133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the critical role that post offices play in communities and for small businesses across the UK.</p><p>While the Government sets the strategic direction for the Post Office, it allows the company the commercial freedom to deliver this strategy as an independent business. As such, the number of postmasters employed by McColls and who were subsequently removed as managers on grounds of alleged Horizon shortfalls are an operational matter for Post Office Limited.</p><p>​I have asked Nick Read, the Group Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the Hon. Member about this matter. A copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of the House. ​</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 08/09/2020 10:53:27 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1231994

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2020
	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	Horizon IT System: Compensation
	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 he (a) holds information and (b) has received representations on the exclusion by the Post Office from the Horizon historical shortfall compensation scheme of the (i) 550 litigants who brought the Horizon scandal to light and (ii) (A) 600 subpostmasters employed through McColls and (B) 500 subpostmasters employed through the Co-op who were also affected by the Horizon system; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	86113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2020 answer text <p>The Historical Shortfall Scheme was designed for postmasters and companies who had or have a direct contract with Post Office, and therefore the individual or company had potential contractual liability for shortfalls found under previous versions of Horizon. On this basis, companies such as McColls and Co-Op were eligible to apply for the scheme. Claims could include consequential losses where appropriate. Assistants of postmasters or employees of other companies are not be eligible, as they had no contract with or contractual liability directly to the Post Office.</p><p> </p><p>The Historical Shortfalls Scheme was designed for postmasters or companies who were not part of the group litigation and have had issues with historical shortfalls recorded in Horizon and want these to be investigated and addressed. Claimants in the settled litigation were therefore not eligible for the Historical Shortfalls Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 10/09/2020 14:13:01 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1232473

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2020
	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 Stragtegy, what steps he is taking to help businesses manage debt resulting from the effects of the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	86696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided a comprehensive package of support to help businesses that have been affected by Covid-19. This package includes the small business grants, the coronavirus loan schemes, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, as well as deferral of income tax payments.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to work closely with local authorities, businesses, and business representative organisations to understand the impact of Covid-19 on businesses. This will include consideration of how payments for deferred VAT and loan repayments will impact businesses from March 2021.</p><p> </p><p>We are developing a consistent industry-wide approach to the collections and recoveries of Bounce Back loans. This will ensure that lenders understand the full range of support they can provide to borrowers struggling to repay their loans. The British Business Bank has created the online Finance Hub[1] which details potential types and sources of business finance and guidance.</p><p> </p><p>Firms can access wide variety of government free support and advice online and in person on .gov.uk, the Business Support Helpline and the network of 38 Growth Hubs in England. The devolved administrations have their own business support service.</p><p> </p><p>The Recovery Advice for Business scheme, supported by the government and hosted on the <a href="https://www.enterprisenation.com/freesupport/" target="_blank">Enterprise Nation website</a>[2], offers small firms access to free, one-to-one advice with an expert adviser to help them through the coronavirus pandemic and to prepare for long-term recovery.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Government has brought forward £5 billion of capital investment projects, supporting jobs and the overall economic recovery. £111million has been announced to triple the scale of traineeships, ensuring that more young people have access to high quality training needed for future jobs.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/finance-hub/" target="_blank">https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/finance-hub/</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.enterprisenation.com/freesupport/" target="_blank">https://www.enterprisenation.com/freesupport/</a></p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 86697 86698 question first answered 15/09/2020 14:22:40 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1232474

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2020
	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	Companies: 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 plans he has to support companies facing insolvency as a result of debt arising from the effects of the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	86697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided a comprehensive package of support to help businesses that have been affected by Covid-19. This package includes the small business grants, the coronavirus loan schemes, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, as well as deferral of income tax payments.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to work closely with local authorities, businesses, and business representative organisations to understand the impact of Covid-19 on businesses. This will include consideration of how payments for deferred VAT and loan repayments will impact businesses from March 2021.</p><p> </p><p>We are developing a consistent industry-wide approach to the collections and recoveries of Bounce Back loans. This will ensure that lenders understand the full range of support they can provide to borrowers struggling to repay their loans. The British Business Bank has created the online Finance Hub[1] which details potential types and sources of business finance and guidance.</p><p> </p><p>Firms can access wide variety of government free support and advice online and in person on .gov.uk, the Business Support Helpline and the network of 38 Growth Hubs in England. The devolved administrations have their own business support service.</p><p> </p><p>The Recovery Advice for Business scheme, supported by the government and hosted on the <a href="https://www.enterprisenation.com/freesupport/" target="_blank">Enterprise Nation website</a>[2], offers small firms access to free, one-to-one advice with an expert adviser to help them through the coronavirus pandemic and to prepare for long-term recovery.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Government has brought forward £5 billion of capital investment projects, supporting jobs and the overall economic recovery. £111million has been announced to triple the scale of traineeships, ensuring that more young people have access to high quality training needed for future jobs.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/finance-hub/" target="_blank">https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/finance-hub/</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.enterprisenation.com/freesupport/" target="_blank">https://www.enterprisenation.com/freesupport/</a></p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 86696 86698 question first answered 15/09/2020 14:22:40 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1232475

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2020
	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 plans he has to help businesses who are in debt from the effects of the covid-19 to raise capital.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	86698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided a comprehensive package of support to help businesses that have been affected by Covid-19. This package includes the small business grants, the coronavirus loan schemes, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, as well as deferral of income tax payments.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to work closely with local authorities, businesses, and business representative organisations to understand the impact of Covid-19 on businesses. This will include consideration of how payments for deferred VAT and loan repayments will impact businesses from March 2021.</p><p> </p><p>We are developing a consistent industry-wide approach to the collections and recoveries of Bounce Back loans. This will ensure that lenders understand the full range of support they can provide to borrowers struggling to repay their loans. The British Business Bank has created the online Finance Hub[1] which details potential types and sources of business finance and guidance.</p><p> </p><p>Firms can access wide variety of government free support and advice online and in person on .gov.uk, the Business Support Helpline and the network of 38 Growth Hubs in England. The devolved administrations have their own business support service.</p><p> </p><p>The Recovery Advice for Business scheme, supported by the government and hosted on the <a href="https://www.enterprisenation.com/freesupport/" target="_blank">Enterprise Nation website</a>[2], offers small firms access to free, one-to-one advice with an expert adviser to help them through the coronavirus pandemic and to prepare for long-term recovery.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Government has brought forward £5 billion of capital investment projects, supporting jobs and the overall economic recovery. £111million has been announced to triple the scale of traineeships, ensuring that more young people have access to high quality training needed for future jobs.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/finance-hub/" target="_blank">https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/finance-hub/</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.enterprisenation.com/freesupport/" target="_blank">https://www.enterprisenation.com/freesupport/</a></p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 86696 86697 question first answered 15/09/2020 14:22:40 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1234375

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2020
	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 estimate he has made of the number of businesses unable to repay debt resulting from the effects of the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	90186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government will continue to work closely with local authorities, businesses, and business representative organisations to understand the impact of Covid-19 on businesses. This will include consideration of how payments for deferred VAT and loan repayments will impact businesses from March 2021.</p><p>We are developing a consistent industry-wide approach to the collections and recoveries of Bounce Back loans. This will ensure that lenders understand the full range of support they can provide to borrowers struggling to repay their loans.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/09/2020 16:35:25 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake