The Review found that the Adjudicator is making effective use of her statutory powers and is effectively enforcing the Groceries Code through collaborative working with the large retailers. The Government will continue to support the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) in her work.<\/p>
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The Review also found that some direct suppliers are reluctant to raise legitimate grievances with the GCA due to a fear of commercial consequences. The Government will agree a strategic goal for the GCA to address this issue. The Government will also make it clear to retailers designated by the Code that it is not acceptable that direct suppliers face commercial consequences as a result of reporting potential breaches of the Code.<\/p>
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We will also work with Trade Associations to help their members understand how the Code works and the role of the GCA and encourage them to raise issues with the GCA and the retailers\u2019 Code Compliance Officers.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2616", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Henley"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Henley"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-11-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-11-10T12:46:28.773Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Groceries Code Adjudicator"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they propose to take following their review into the role and remit of the Grocery Code Adjudicator published on 19 July.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3343", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Byford"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Byford"} ], "uin" : "HL2667"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780329", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780329/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Table 5 of the Monthly Statistics of Building Materials and Components published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy shows that in 2016 there were 50,153,000 tonnes of sand and gravel sold in England and Wales, of which 11,770,000 tonnes were marine dredged \u2013 which is equivalent to 23%.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2616", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Henley"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Henley"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-11-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-11-10T12:48:47.573Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Aggregates: Seas and Oceans"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the amount that marine aggregates contribute to the sand and gravel requirements of England and Wales.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4303", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Kennedy of Cradley"} ], "uin" : "HL2693"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780337", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780337/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Both the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department for International Trade have staff working in a wide range of policy development and delivery activities which support small businesses across the UK. The information is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate costs.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2616", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Henley"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Henley"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-11-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-11-10T12:50:39.453Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Small Businesses"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many civil servants in (1) the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and (2) the Department for International Trade, were responsible for small business policy in each year since 2010, broken down by grade.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4286", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Mendelsohn"} ], "uin" : "HL2701"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780338", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780338/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Small Business Commissioner\u2019s complaints handling service, dependent on secondary legislation, is expected to be launched by the end of the year, subject to the will of Parliament. The service will be supported by an advice website which is also planned to launch at the same time and will provide details on how complaints from small businesses will be dealt with.<\/p>
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The Commissioner, Paul Uppal, and his team are in the process of setting up the office and engaging across the business community and with stakeholders to raise awareness of the SBC service.<\/p>
<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2616", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Henley"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Henley"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-11-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-11-10T12:38:41.8Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Small Business Commissioner"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 19 October (HL1856), how long after the planned launch date of 1 October they expect the Small Business Commissioner complaints scheme to launch; and what marketing activity they are carrying out to ensure that small businesses are aware that complaints dating back to April 2017 may be made retrospectively, once the service has launched.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4286", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Mendelsohn"} ], "uin" : "HL2702"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780339", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780339/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Details of the employers prosecuted for National Minimum Wage offences up to the end of 2016/17 are included in Table 1 below and are also published in Annex C of the 2017 Government Evidence to the Low Pay Commission on compliance and enforcemen<\/a>t.<\/em> HMRC does not have any records of prosecutions in relation to interns.<\/p> <\/p> Table 1: NMW Prosecutions, 2007/08 to 2016/17<\/p> <\/ins><\/p><\/td> Name of employer<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td> Trading Name<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td> Area<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td> Offence<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td> Date<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1<\/ins><\/p><\/td> T Aguda<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Rascals Day Nursery Ltd<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Walthamstow<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 31 (5) (a)<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 28/08/2007<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Torbay Council<\/ins><\/p><\/td> <\/ins><\/p><\/td> Torquay<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 31 (5) (b)<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 01/10/2007<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 3<\/ins><\/p><\/td> R Singh<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Pound Mania<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Nottingham<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 31 (5) (b)<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 30/04/2008<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 4<\/ins><\/p><\/td> David Jackson<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Jackson\u2019s Butchers<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Sheffield<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 31 (1); 31 (2); 31 (3); 31 (4).<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 02/07/2008<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 5<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Pauline Smout<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Jackson\u2019s Butchers<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Sheffield<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 31 (1); 31 (2); 31 (3); 31 (4)<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 02/07/2008<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 6<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Zaheer Ibrahim<\/ins><\/p><\/td> The Jewel in the Crown<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Nottingham<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 31 (5) (b)<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 21/07/2008<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 7<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Ahmed Yassine<\/ins><\/p><\/td> The Pheonix Hotel<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Rotherham<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 31 (2); 31 (5) (b)<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 13/02/2009<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 8<\/ins><\/p><\/td> B G Optical<\/ins><\/p><\/td> <\/ins><\/p><\/td> Manchester<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 31(1); 31(2); 31(3); 31(4); 31(5)(a); 31(5)(b)<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 23/06/2010<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 9<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Widescope Security<\/ins><\/p><\/td> <\/ins><\/p><\/td> London<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 31(1); 31(5)(b)<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 26/02/2013<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 10<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Amanda Barrett<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Amanda\u2019s Precious Bubbles Day Nursery Ltd<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Birmingham<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 31(1); 31(2)<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 11/05/2016<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 11<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Richard Hunt<\/ins><\/p><\/td> The Rock Hotel (Weymouth) Ltd<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Weymouth<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 31(5)(a); 31(5)(b)<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 13/05/2016<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 12<\/ins><\/p><\/td> L.UK/Euro (Brighton) Ltd<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 3D Telecon<\/ins><\/p><\/td> Oldham<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 31(1); 31(5)(a)<\/ins><\/p><\/td>