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804622

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	Batteries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he has taken to support the development of improved battery technology for (a) electric vehicles and (b) energy storage.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	902900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>This Government wants the UK to lead the world in design, development and manufacture of batteries, particularly for electric vehicles. That is why we committed £246 million for the Faraday Battery Challenge, including £80 million for the National Faraday Battery Scale-up Facility.</p><p> </p><p>Our 2017 Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan supports deployment of batteries on our energy system by removing barriers, opening markets and committing £70 million of innovation funding for smart systems, including storage.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 12/12/2017 14:00:21 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

804623

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	Energy: Price Caps
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What the timetable is for the implementation of an energy price cap.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	902901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government will legislate at the earliest possible opportunity.</p><p> </p><p>The draft Bill is currently undergoing scrutiny by the BEIS Select Committee.</p><p> </p><p>We would hope for cross-party support for this Bill and a quick passage through Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>The Bill allows for Ofgem to consult on its proposed methodology and draft licence condition while the Bill is being progressed through Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/12/2017 13:58:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

804752

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	Females: Directors
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what legislative quotas have existed for women on UK boards since 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Fearn
uin	HL4083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>No legislative quotas have existed for women on UK boards since 2010. The Government is strongly committed to increasing the number of women on public and private sector boards and believes that the most effective way of effecting this change is through a voluntary approach, including non-legislative targets. The Government is supportive of the Hampton-Alexander Review into FTSE Women Leaders which has set a target of 33% female representation across FTSE 350 boards by 2020.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 19/12/2017 14:17:16 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	488 label Biography information for Lord Fearn

804771

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	Care Workers: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when Ministers were notified that social care workers had been paid below the minimum wage for statutory sleeping-in care; when that information was passed on to Government agencies, including the NHS and local authorities; why social care providers were not notified earlier; and what steps they are taking to ensure such underpayments could not happen again.
tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
uin	HL4100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>All businesses – irrespective of their size or business sector – are responsible for paying the correct minimum wage to their staff.</p><p>It is not uncommon for employment law to be clarified in the courts and tribunals. Employment Tribunal judgments have, over time, clarified the position on what constitutes “work” in connection with sleeping time and therefore when the NMW is payable for sleep-in shifts. Government guidance issued in February 2015 included clarification from those judgments. Ministers from BEIS and the Department of Health most recently wrote to Local Authorities on 27 October 2017 regarding payment of NMW or NLW for sleep-in shifts to ensure clarity on those rules.</p><p>The Government recognises that the cumulative financial liability of penalties and arrears of wages associated with “sleep in” shifts could pose challenges to some providers in the social care sector. It is exploring options to minimise any impact on the sector and has opened discussions with the European Commission. It also introduced the interim Social Care Compliance Scheme (SCCS) on 1 November, which gives providers in the sector 12 months in which to conduct a self-review of any arrears and then up to three months in which to re-pay workers.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley grouped question UIN HL4101 HL4102 question first answered 18/12/2017 16:59:09 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

804772

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	Social Services: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they (1) received from HMRC, and (2) gave to local authorities, on sleeping-in payments over the last ten years.
tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
uin	HL4101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>All businesses – irrespective of their size or business sector – are responsible for paying the correct minimum wage to their staff.</p><p>It is not uncommon for employment law to be clarified in the courts and tribunals. Employment Tribunal judgments have, over time, clarified the position on what constitutes “work” in connection with sleeping time and therefore when the NMW is payable for sleep-in shifts. Government guidance issued in February 2015 included clarification from those judgments. Ministers from BEIS and the Department of Health most recently wrote to Local Authorities on 27 October 2017 regarding payment of NMW or NLW for sleep-in shifts to ensure clarity on those rules.</p><p>The Government recognises that the cumulative financial liability of penalties and arrears of wages associated with “sleep in” shifts could pose challenges to some providers in the social care sector. It is exploring options to minimise any impact on the sector and has opened discussions with the European Commission. It also introduced the interim Social Care Compliance Scheme (SCCS) on 1 November, which gives providers in the sector 12 months in which to conduct a self-review of any arrears and then up to three months in which to re-pay workers.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley grouped question UIN HL4100 HL4102 question first answered 18/12/2017 16:59:09 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

804773

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	Social Services: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment has been made of the impact on charities and other voluntary organisations providing social care of new advice on the statutory provision of sleeping-in payments.
tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
uin	HL4102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>All businesses – irrespective of their size or business sector – are responsible for paying the correct minimum wage to their staff.</p><p>It is not uncommon for employment law to be clarified in the courts and tribunals. Employment Tribunal judgments have, over time, clarified the position on what constitutes “work” in connection with sleeping time and therefore when the NMW is payable for sleep-in shifts. Government guidance issued in February 2015 included clarification from those judgments. Ministers from BEIS and the Department of Health most recently wrote to Local Authorities on 27 October 2017 regarding payment of NMW or NLW for sleep-in shifts to ensure clarity on those rules.</p><p>The Government recognises that the cumulative financial liability of penalties and arrears of wages associated with “sleep in” shifts could pose challenges to some providers in the social care sector. It is exploring options to minimise any impact on the sector and has opened discussions with the European Commission. It also introduced the interim Social Care Compliance Scheme (SCCS) on 1 November, which gives providers in the sector 12 months in which to conduct a self-review of any arrears and then up to three months in which to re-pay workers.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley grouped question UIN HL4100 HL4101 question first answered 18/12/2017 16:59:09 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

805105

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
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 people in Garston and Halewood constituency are employed in the automotive industry?
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	118777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Garston and Halewood constituency has an important role in automotive manufacturing. Data from the ONS Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) show that around 6,000 were employed in the automotive manufacturing sector in Garston and Halewood in 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 19/12/2017 15:01:51 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

805131

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	Nuclear Power: Safety
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 expects the establishment of a domestic civil nuclear safeguards regime on leaving Euratom to involve an increase in charges by the Office for Nuclear Regulation to the industry.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	118803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>In establishing a domestic civil nuclear safeguards regime, there are two associated costs: the cost of establishing the new regime and the cost of its operation by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR). As set out in answers to questions UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-10-20/108904/" target="_blank">108904</a> and <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-10-26/109996/" target="_blank">109996</a>, the Department will allocate to the ONR the funding necessary to set up the regime.</p><p> </p><p>In regards to the operation of this new regime, no decision has yet been made on whether it will be appropriate, at some point, to put in place charging arrangements similar to those that exist for regulatory work carried out by the Office for Nuclear Regulation on safety and security. Any such decision will be informed by consultation, including with industry, on the secondary legislation that we propose to make using the powers in the Nuclear Safeguards Bill.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 18/12/2017 14:16:36 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

805135

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	Government Chemist
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 UK leaving the EU on the role and work of the Government Chemist.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	118807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The main work of the Government Chemist is the resolution of measurement science disputes in the food and feed control system and associated capability-building research. The demand-led nature of this work makes prediction of future trends difficult. Where EU law has an influence, such as on official controls and import controls, this is not expected to change in the short to medium term as it will be transposed into UK law as part of the UK’s exit arrangements from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 18/12/2017 15:40:16 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

805181

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	Money Laundering
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 reports of concern about money laundering have been made through the Companies House report it facility; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	118853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Eight reports about money laundering have been made through the Companies House report it facility. The new report it facility was introduced earlier this year to help improve the integrity of the information on the register of companies. Although it is still in its early stages following implementation, the facility is working well.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/12/2017 15:07:43 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds