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101296
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-28more like thismore than 2014-10-28
answering body
Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 more like this
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General more like this
hansard heading GPT Special Project Management more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Attorney General, whether the Serious Fraud Office has sought his assistance with securing evidence from the Ministry of Defence in relation to its investigation into GPT Special Project Management Ltd. more like this
tabling member constituency Glasgow Central more like this
tabling member printed
Anas Sarwar more like this
uin 212318 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-04more like thismore than 2014-11-04
answer text <p>The Attorney General and I meet the Director frequently to discuss a variety of issues. However, as was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government’s policy to provide details of all such meetings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Serious Fraud Office announced in August 2012 that the Director had opened a criminal investigation into allegations concerning GPT and aspects of the conduct of their business in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, however it would not be appropriate to give a running commentary on the progress of current investigations.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency South Swindon more like this
answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland more like this
grouped question UIN
212319 more like this
212320 more like this
212325 more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-11-04T14:39:09.9589199Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-04T14:39:09.9589199Z
answering member
4106
label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland more like this
tabling member
3981
label Biography information for Anas Sarwar more like this
101297
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-28more like thismore than 2014-10-28
answering body
Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 more like this
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General more like this
hansard heading GPT Special Project Management more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Attorney General, whether any representations have been made to him or to the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) stating that the public interest would be served by entering into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement in relation to the SFO's investigation of GPT Special Project Management Ltd. more like this
tabling member constituency Glasgow Central more like this
tabling member printed
Anas Sarwar more like this
uin 212320 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-04more like thismore than 2014-11-04
answer text <p>The Attorney General and I meet the Director frequently to discuss a variety of issues. However, as was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government’s policy to provide details of all such meetings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Serious Fraud Office announced in August 2012 that the Director had opened a criminal investigation into allegations concerning GPT and aspects of the conduct of their business in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, however it would not be appropriate to give a running commentary on the progress of current investigations.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency South Swindon more like this
answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland more like this
grouped question UIN
212318 more like this
212319 more like this
212325 more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-11-04T14:39:10.1152072Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-04T14:39:10.1152072Z
answering member
4106
label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland more like this
tabling member
3981
label Biography information for Anas Sarwar more like this
101298
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-28more like thismore than 2014-10-28
answering body
Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 more like this
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General more like this
hansard heading GPT Special Project Management more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Attorney General, how many meetings staff from the Serious Fraud Office have had with officials of the Ministry of Defence in relation to its investigation into GPT Special Project Management Ltd; and on what dates those meetings took place. more like this
tabling member constituency Glasgow Central more like this
tabling member printed
Anas Sarwar more like this
uin 212319 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-04more like thismore than 2014-11-04
answer text <p>The Attorney General and I meet the Director frequently to discuss a variety of issues. However, as was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government’s policy to provide details of all such meetings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Serious Fraud Office announced in August 2012 that the Director had opened a criminal investigation into allegations concerning GPT and aspects of the conduct of their business in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, however it would not be appropriate to give a running commentary on the progress of current investigations.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency South Swindon more like this
answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland more like this
grouped question UIN
212318 more like this
212320 more like this
212325 more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-11-04T14:39:10.0526711Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-04T14:39:10.0526711Z
answering member
4106
label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland more like this
tabling member
3981
label Biography information for Anas Sarwar more like this
101299
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-28more like thismore than 2014-10-28
answering body
Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 more like this
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General more like this
hansard heading GPT Special Project Management more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Attorney General, whether he has conducted a public interest consultation exercise or sought ministerial representations on the public interest in relation to the Serious Fraud Office's investigation into GPT Special Project Management Ltd. more like this
tabling member constituency Glasgow Central more like this
tabling member printed
Anas Sarwar more like this
uin 212325 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-04more like thismore than 2014-11-04
answer text <p>The Attorney General and I meet the Director frequently to discuss a variety of issues. However, as was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government’s policy to provide details of all such meetings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Serious Fraud Office announced in August 2012 that the Director had opened a criminal investigation into allegations concerning GPT and aspects of the conduct of their business in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, however it would not be appropriate to give a running commentary on the progress of current investigations.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency South Swindon more like this
answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland more like this
grouped question UIN
212318 more like this
212319 more like this
212320 more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-11-04T14:39:10.2089129Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-04T14:39:10.2089129Z
answering member
4106
label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland more like this
tabling member
3981
label Biography information for Anas Sarwar more like this
101300
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-28more like thismore than 2014-10-28
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Environment Protection: Employment more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what definition the Government uses of a green or low carbon job for the purposes of collating official statistics and announcements. more like this
tabling member constituency Stalybridge and Hyde more like this
tabling member printed
Jonathan Reynolds more like this
uin 212324 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-07more like thismore than 2014-11-07
answer text <p>Broadly, the green and low carbon area consists of goods and services designed for the protection of the environment; the production of renewable energy and the reduction of carbon emissions (either in the production of the relevant goods or services or in the use of the relevant goods or services).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is no internationally agreed definition of green or low carbon, however the government has previously collected and published information on the size of low carbon and environmental goods and services sectors in the UK and is currently considering ways in which our understanding of this area can be improved, including discussing the role that ONS can play.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency West Suffolk more like this
answering member printed Matthew Hancock more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-11-07T16:54:25.4490263Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-07T16:54:25.4490263Z
answering member
4070
label Biography information for Matt Hancock more like this
tabling member
4119
label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds more like this
101304
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-28more like thismore than 2014-10-28
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Minimum Wage more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employers in (a) Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency, (b) the London Borough of Hackney, (c) London and (d) England that have broken the national minimum wage law have been (i) prosecuted and (ii) named since the revision to the national minimum wage law came into effect on 1 October 2013. more like this
tabling member constituency Hackney North and Stoke Newington more like this
tabling member printed
Ms Diane Abbott more like this
uin 212281 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-04more like thismore than 2014-11-04
answer text <p>The Government has named 30 employers under the revised Naming and Shaming. Between them they owed workers a total of over £50,000 in arrears and have been charged financial penalties totalling over £24,000. Details of these employers can be found on the original press notices (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-gets-tough-with-employers-failing-to-pay-minimum-wage" target="_blank">28 February 2014</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-names-employers-who-fail-to-pay-minimum-wage" target="_blank">8 June 2014</a>), including the town in which the employer is based. However, these organisations may employ staff or have offices or other operations in other geographical locations.</p><p>No employers have been prosecuted under the National Minimum Wage Act since October 2013.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire more like this
answering member printed Jo Swinson more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-11-04T14:09:07.1921634Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-04T14:09:07.1921634Z
answering member
1513
label Biography information for Jo Swinson more like this
tabling member
172
label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott more like this
101305
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-28more like thismore than 2014-10-28
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Met Office more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the new Met Office supercomputer will be better able to predict heavy storms such as the one in Castle Point on 20 July 2014; and whether that supercomputer will enable agencies listed as category one flood responders to obtain more accurate data about catastrophic weather events with more notice than they currently receive. more like this
tabling member constituency Castle Point more like this
tabling member printed
Rebecca Harris more like this
uin 212282 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-06more like thismore than 2014-11-06
answer text <p>The new supercomputer will enable the Met Office to predict small-scale, high impact weather features – such as thunderstorms – with greater detail and accuracy, and to provide earlier warnings of severe weather to emergency responders.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells more like this
answering member printed Greg Clark more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-11-06T14:10:23.0645117Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-06T14:10:23.0645117Z
answering member
1578
label Biography information for Greg Clark more like this
tabling member
3948
label Biography information for Rebecca Harris more like this
101306
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-28more like thismore than 2014-10-28
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Home Care Services: Pay more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to take account of the omission of (a) some workers paid below the lower earnings limit and (b) unpaid travel time from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings when using that survey to estimate non-payment of the national minimum wage among homecare workers. more like this
tabling member constituency Stockton North more like this
tabling member printed
Alex Cunningham more like this
uin 212198 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-05more like thismore than 2014-11-05
answer text <p>The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) is an employer based pay survey and provides the most accurate information available from which we can derive non-compliance estimates. Estimates are based on a sample from pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) data and may not include some workers earning below the lower earnings limit. However, following the introduction of Real Time Information, ASHE now includes the majority of those earning below the lower earnings limit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The HMRC paper “National Minimum Wage compliance in the social care sector” (November 2013) looked at, amongst other things, the issue of unpaid travel time in compliance. It found that unpaid travel time was not the main cause of non-compliance in the sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We take non-compliance in the care sector very seriously, and to proactively tackle non-compliance HMRC have collaborated with care sector representative bodies to improve understanding of compliance risks and design controls within payroll systems that prevent workers being underpaid the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to increasing compliance with minimum wage legislation and effective enforcement of it. Everyone who is entitled to the minimum wage should receive it. Individuals should contact the Pay and Work Rights Helpline on 0800 917 2368. HMRC investigates every complaint made.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire more like this
answering member printed Jo Swinson more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-11-05T15:11:25.9412637Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-05T15:11:25.9412637Z
answering member
1513
label Biography information for Jo Swinson more like this
tabling member
4122
label Biography information for Alex Cunningham more like this
101307
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-28more like thismore than 2014-10-28
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Social Enterprises: South East more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many social enterprises there were in (a) Brighton and Hove, (b) East Sussex and (c) the South East in the most recent period for which figures are available. more like this
tabling member constituency Brighton, Kemptown more like this
tabling member printed
Simon Kirby more like this
uin 212201 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-05more like thismore than 2014-11-05
answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) does not produce statistics giving geographical breakdowns of the number of social enterprises. National level estimates are produced using the Small Business Survey, which does not have a sufficiently large sample to provide sub-national estimates. BIS estimates there are 280,000 social enterprises in the UK.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire more like this
answering member printed Jo Swinson more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-11-05T12:54:28.5227554Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-05T12:54:28.5227554Z
answering member
1513
label Biography information for Jo Swinson more like this
tabling member
3929
label Biography information for Simon Kirby more like this
101313
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-28more like thismore than 2014-10-28
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Industrial Health and Safety more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage employer best practice in relation to employee wellbeing. more like this
tabling member constituency Cambridge more like this
tabling member printed
Dr Julian Huppert more like this
uin 212278 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-03more like thismore than 2014-11-03
answer text <p>To support employers to take up best practice, the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas), working with my department, has published online guidance to managers on the practical steps they can take to enhance the wellbeing of their staff. This guidance was drawn from material gathered in research into the relationship between worker wellbeing and business performance published by my department on 29 October 2014. This can be found at: <a href="http://www.acas.org.uk/workplacewellbeing" target="_blank">www.acas.org.uk/workplacewellbeing</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>That research shows that workplaces with “highly satisfied” employees have higher labour productivity, higher quality of output, and higher overall performance. I continue to support private sector led initiatives such as Engage for Success. More information can be found about Engage for Success at: <a href="http://www.engageforsuccess.org/" target="_blank">www.engageforsuccess.org</a>.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire more like this
answering member printed Jo Swinson more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-11-03T14:04:39.0518047Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-03T14:04:39.0518047Z
answering member
1513
label Biography information for Jo Swinson more like this
tabling member
3931
label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert more like this