0 12 10 1 East Renfrewshire 2017-10-16T15:34:37.387Z Stourbridge Margot James false 2017-10-16 Biography information for Margot James <p>The Government recognises the important role post offices play in communities across the county, especially for the Post Office’s more vulnerable and elderly customers.</p><p> </p><p>With over 11,600 post offices in the UK, the Post Office network is at its most stable in decades due to the significant investment that has been made to maintain and protect it. This investment has delivered the fresher customer environments, increased opening hours and greater efficiency needed to succeed in Post Office’s competitive and changing markets.</p><p> </p><p>Post Offices are offering nearly a million extra opening hours every month and there are more than 4,400 branches open on Sunday, making Post Office the country’s largest Sunday retail network. Nearly 93% of the UK population live within one mile of their nearest post office, and over 99% within three miles.</p><p> </p> 1 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 2017-10-06 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 201 105870 To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the closure of post office counter services on vulnerable older customers; and what alternatives are available to those customers. Biography information for Paul Masterton House of Commons Post Offices: Closures false Paul Masterton Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 2017-10-16T15:19:04.06Z Stourbridge Margot James false 2017-10-16 <p>The location and provision of individual post offices is the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited; the company manages that and oversees the network.</p><p> </p><p>Departmental officials meet regularly with Post Office Limited to discuss a wide range of matters affecting the network, and this will include its provision of post offices across the country.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> 2017-10-06 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy East Renfrewshire Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when officials of his Department last met representatives of the Post Office to discuss the provision of local post offices. Post Offices Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Paul Masterton false 1 105872 201 false 105871 201 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 2017-10-06 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on the retention of local post office services in East Renfrewshire. Post Offices: East Renfrewshire East Renfrewshire Paul Masterton 2017-10-16T15:22:16.613Z Stourbridge Margot James false 2017-10-16 <p>The provision of individual post offices is the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited; the company that manages and oversees the UK’s post office network.</p><p> </p><p>I understand that there are currently 10 open post offices in the Honourable Member’s constituency, 9 of which have been transformed under the Post Office’s modernisation programme, offering an additional 224 opening hours per week, with 6 branches open on a Sunday.</p> 1 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy East Renfrewshire 2017-07-05T16:22:12.183Z Stourbridge Margot James false 2017-07-05 <p>Support for businesses in Scotland is largely a devolved matter, and <a href="https://www.mygov.scot/business/" target="_blank">https://www.mygov.scot/business/</a> provides advice to people starting, running and growing a business, including a section on funding and grants in Scotland. In addition, British Business Bank (BBB) programmes are supporting finance to smaller businesses. As at end of December 2016, BBB programmes were supporting over £1.4m* to small businesses in East Renfrewshire. This includes 33 start-up loans totalling over £170,000.</p><p>Alongside designing and delivering programmes through its partners, the British Business Bank works to promote the provision of better information in the market to increase smaller businesses’ understanding of the finance options available to them. The Business Finance Guide (<a href="http://www.thebusinessfinanceguide.co.uk/bbb" target="_blank">http://www.thebusinessfinanceguide.co.uk/bbb</a> ) sets out the different sources of finance available to businesses – from start-ups to SMEs and growing mid-sized companies.</p><p>In order to support innovation by small businesses, Innovate UK awarded 99 projects to SMEs in Scotland with a commitment of £16.7 million in 2016/17.</p><p>Small businesses in Scotland also benefit from UK-wide initiatives to encourage investment, for example the Enterprise Investment Scheme and the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme. If they have business premises, small businesses will also benefit from the Small Business Bonus Scheme and receive 100% relief on their rates bill for property valued below £10,000.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><em>*this does not include ENABLE funding data as this is not available at a constituency level</em></strong></p> 1948 1 2017-06-29 false Small Businesses: Scotland 1947 Paul Masterton 201 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support small business growth in Scotland. East Renfrewshire Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 2017-07-05T16:22:12.24Z Stourbridge Margot James false 2017-07-05 <p>Support for businesses in Scotland is largely a devolved matter, and <a href="https://www.mygov.scot/business/" target="_blank">https://www.mygov.scot/business/</a> provides advice to people starting, running and growing a business, including a section on funding and grants in Scotland. In addition, British Business Bank (BBB) programmes are supporting finance to smaller businesses. As at end of December 2016, BBB programmes were supporting over £1.4m* to small businesses in East Renfrewshire. This includes 33 start-up loans totalling over £170,000.</p><p>Alongside designing and delivering programmes through its partners, the British Business Bank works to promote the provision of better information in the market to increase smaller businesses’ understanding of the finance options available to them. The Business Finance Guide (<a href="http://www.thebusinessfinanceguide.co.uk/bbb" target="_blank">http://www.thebusinessfinanceguide.co.uk/bbb</a> ) sets out the different sources of finance available to businesses – from start-ups to SMEs and growing mid-sized companies.</p><p>In order to support innovation by small businesses, Innovate UK awarded 99 projects to SMEs in Scotland with a commitment of £16.7 million in 2016/17.</p><p>Small businesses in Scotland also benefit from UK-wide initiatives to encourage investment, for example the Enterprise Investment Scheme and the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme. If they have business premises, small businesses will also benefit from the Small Business Bonus Scheme and receive 100% relief on their rates bill for property valued below £10,000.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><em>*this does not include ENABLE funding data as this is not available at a constituency level</em></strong></p> 1947 Small Businesses: East Renfrewshire Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support micro-enterprises in East Renfrewshire constituency. 1 2017-06-29 1948 false Paul Masterton Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 201 1949 To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support growth in the UK entertainment systems manufacturing industry. 201 2017-07-06T15:18:29.877Z Devizes Claire Perry false 2017-07-06 Biography information for Claire Perry <p>We are inviting a dialogue with any sector that can organise behind strong leadership to address shared challenges and opportunities. Sector deals are an ‘open door’ challenge to all sectors and are open to both established and emerging industries, and to sectors of all sizes.</p> East Renfrewshire 2017-06-29 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 1 Manufacturing Industries Paul Masterton false Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy false Industry: East Renfrewshire 1 2017-06-29 Paul Masterton To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Government's industrial strategy on East Renfrewshire. Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 2017-07-07T12:55:17.447Z Devizes Claire Perry false 2017-07-07 <p>The UK Government agreed the Glasgow City Deal which will see £524 million in new UK Government funding flow into the Glasgow city region, supporting East Renfrewshire and seven other authorities. Projects and programmes will help improve transport infrastructure, invest in world class life sciences facilities, and tackle unemployment through targeted support for the young and the vulnerable.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to developing an ambitious Industrial Strategy for the whole of the UK. We will continue to work with the devolved governments – building on shared interests to deliver better outcomes for the people of East Renfrewshire, and for the rest of the UK.</p> 201 1950 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy East Renfrewshire 1 East Renfrewshire To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many insolvency practitioners are registered to use the online Director Conduct Reporting Service. false 2017-04-24T11:13:28.56Z Stourbridge Margot James false 2017-04-24 <p>1,015 licensed insolvency practitioners are registered to use the online Director Conduct Reporting Service.</p> 2017-04-13 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 201 Biography information for Kirsten Oswald 70258 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Directors: Conduct Kirsten Oswald Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 2017-04-24T11:14:40.27Z Stourbridge Margot James false 2017-04-24 <p>The number of reports lodged on the Director Conduct Reporting Service (DCRS) each quarter since the service went live on 6 April 2016 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total DCRS Reports</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 April 2016 – 30 June 2016</p></td><td><p>239*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 July 2016 – 30 September 2016</p></td><td><p>3,412</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 October 2016 – 31 December 2016</p></td><td><p>3,810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 January 2017 – 31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>4,081</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>11,542</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>*The initial low figure is because office holders were only required to use the DCRS for new appointments from 6 April and have 3 months to report.</em></p> Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Directors: Conduct Kirsten Oswald Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy false 70480 201 1 2017-04-13 East Renfrewshire To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many reports have been lodged on the Director Conduct Reporting Service under section 7A of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 in each quarter since that service commenced. 68990 East Renfrewshire 1 2017-03-23 Kirsten Oswald Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 201 false Copyright: EU Law 2017-03-30T15:02:30.797Z Orpington Joseph Johnson false 2017-03-30 Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone <p>The Government has examined the Commission’s impact assessment and has carried out its own call for views in order to gather evidence from interested parties. The Government has also held a number of meetings with various sectors of industry, including roundtable meetings which I have hosted. The negotiations are still at an early stage and the Government is engaging with stakeholders to ensure that the copyright system works in the interests of UK creative and digital businesses.</p> Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of proposed changes to EU copyright law on UK firms engaged in the digital economy. Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy