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hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Long Covid
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>NHS England launched its online ‘Your COVID Recovery’ service to expand access to COVID-19 rehabilitation treatments for those who had the virus but are still experiencing difficulties, including mental health issues. This includes advice on how to manage fear and anxiety, coping with frustration and tips on how to look after your wellbeing.</p><p>National Health Service mental health services have remained open for business throughout this time and have deployed innovative digital tools to provide ongoing support, including for people experiencing mental ill health as a result of the long-term effects of a COVID-19 infection.</p><p>The Chief Executive of NHS England wrote to NHS organisations on 31 July setting out the third phase of the NHS response to COVID-19. This includes that the 24 hours a day, seven days a week crisis helplines established by all NHS mental health services during the pandemic should be retained.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 25/09/2020 15:00:25 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 49220 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

1234743

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	Employment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recent report by Culture Shift, Maintaining Workplace culture in a rapidly changing environment, published on 11 September.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL8164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>Remote working is more appropriate for some roles and sectors than others, which is why we have been consistent in making the distinction between those who can and those who cannot work from home as part of our COVID-19 guidance. We also appreciate that the appropriateness of remote working depends on an individual’s personal circumstances and remote working environment.</p><p>The Government has committed to consulting on making flexible working the default and we will use this consultation to consider the lessons learned from COVID-19. The consultation will consider flexible working in all its forms – it is not just about where people work, but also when they work and their associated working patterns.</p><p>On the report’s wider observations around problematic behaviour in the workplace, the government is already seeking to address these issues. Last year we held a consultation to ensure that laws to protect people from sexual harassment at work are operating effectively – and at the start of this year we ran a nationally-representative survey that will further develop our understanding of the problem and its extent.</p><p>We are also supporting the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)’s work to develop a statutory Code of Practice on sexual harassment and harassment in the workplace, which will be based on the technical guidance they published in January.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 25/09/2020 10:59:03 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1234765

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	Trade Associations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have a complete list of all (1) chambers of commerce, and (2) trade associations, registered in the UK; and whether the list of trade associations includes identifying each such association by sector.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL8169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>We do not hold a list of all the Chambers of Commerce, however the majority of Chambers are affiliated to the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC). A list of those Chambers can be found on the BCC’s website.</p><p>A list of all UK trade associations is not available from official sources. There is no compulsory requirement to register a trade association anywhere, unless it is a company limited by guarantee in which case the organisation must register with Companies House in order to comply with statutory company law<em>.</em></p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 25/09/2020 12:46:32 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1234766

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	Trade Associations: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support and advice they have provided (1) to chambers of commerce, and (2) trade associations, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL8170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>Since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State has held frequent calls with major business representative organisations. Other engagement includes the Secretary of State’s recent industry roundtables on Economic Recovery. The BEIS ministerial team continues to use these opportunities to assure the effectiveness of Government’s responses to the COVID-19 outbreak and to ensure a safe return to work across the whole UK economy as quickly as possible.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 25/09/2020 11:05:39 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1235782

registered interest
date	18/09/2020
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, if he will make it his policy to mandate businesses to publish their covid-19 risk assessments.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	91768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>Publishing risk assessments is not a legal obligation, but we are asking companies to consider publishing the results of their risk assessments whenever possible. We recommend that larger companies – those with over 50 workers – publish the results of their risk assessments. The results of a risk assessment, however, must be shared with employees if requested.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 25/09/2020 10:30:40 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1236575

registered interest
date	22/09/2020
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	Consumer Rights Act 2015
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 bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Consumer Rights Act 2015 so that the same rights apply to non-consumer sales.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	93597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to amend the Consumer Rights Act 2015 to apply to non-consumer sales.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 25/09/2020 10:29:19 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1236576

registered interest
date	22/09/2020
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	Energy: Meters
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 smart meters were installed in England in each month of 2020.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	93598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>From January to the end of June 2020 1,119,775 smart electricity and gas meters were installed in homes in Great Britain. The latest data on the number of smart electricity and gas meters installed is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/smart-meters-in-great-britain-quarterly-update-june-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/smart-meters-in-great-britain-quarterly-update-june-2020</a></p><p>Data is collected at Great Britain level on a quarterly basis from large energy suppliers. Therefore a breakdown of installations for England by month is not available.</p><p>The next quarterly publication covering the period from July to end of September is due for release on 26 November.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 25/09/2020 08:39:47 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1236591

registered interest
date	22/09/2020
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	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September 2020 to Question 85040, what statutory provisions are in place on the calculation of (a) statutory redundancy pay and (b) pay reductions under Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme furlough agreements.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	93581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>The provisions relating to calculation of redundancy and notice pay under the Employment Rights Act continue to apply when an individual is on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Employees who are dismissed due to redundancy and who satisfy certain qualifying conditions are statutorily entitled to a lump sum from their employer, based on their age, length of service and contractual weekly earnings, subject to a statutory upper limit, payable at, or soon after, the dismissal date.</p><p> </p><p>The Government wants to ensure that employees do not lose out on their employment rights because they have been furloughed. We therefore introduced legislation on 31 July, which ensures that statutory redundancy pay and statutory notice pay and unfair dismissal compensation are based on an employee’s normal pay, rather than their furlough pay (potentially 80% of their normal wage).</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 25/09/2020 08:26:16 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1236604

registered interest
date	22/09/2020
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	Coal: Mining
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 much and what proportion of coal in thousands of tonnes used in British industry in each of the last five years was mined in (a) the UK, (b) Russia and (c) Columbia.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	93711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>BEIS does not hold data linking the source of coal to its final use. Overall volumes are published in the Digest of UK Energy Statistics and Energy Trends.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the volumes of coal imported from Russia, Columbia and produced by the UK and the total supply and demand for 2015 to 2019.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Thousand tonnes</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Supply</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37,600</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18,022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,422</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11.922</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,971</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which UK production</p></td><td><p>8,598</p></td><td><p>4,178</p></td><td><p>3,041</p></td><td><p>2,580</p></td><td><p>2,166</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which net stock draw</p></td><td><p>+6,869</p></td><td><p>+5,374</p></td><td><p>+3,378</p></td><td><p>-169</p></td><td><p>+16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which net imports</p></td><td><p>22,133</p></td><td><p>8,470</p></td><td><p>8,003</p></td><td><p>9,510</p></td><td><p>5,789</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Of which imports from Russia</em></p></td><td><p><em>8,380</em></p></td><td><p><em>2,433</em></p></td><td><p><em>3,883</em></p></td><td><p><em>4,695</em></p></td><td><p><em>2,421</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Of which imports from Columbia</em></p></td><td><p><em>6,553</em></p></td><td><p><em>2,896</em></p></td><td><p><em>731</em></p></td><td><p><em>635</em></p></td><td><p><em>1,078</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Demand</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37,451</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18,035</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,439</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,929</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,963</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which final consumption by industry</p></td><td><p>2,073</p></td><td><p>1,963</p></td><td><p>1,732</p></td><td><p>1,581</p></td><td><p>1,426</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Digest of UK Energy Statistics 2020, table 2.4:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solid-fuels-and-derived-gases-chapter-2-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solid-fuels-and-derived-gases-chapter-2-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes</a></p><p>Energy Trends table 2.4:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solid-fuels-and-derived-gases-section-2-energy-trends" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solid-fuels-and-derived-gases-section-2-energy-trends</a></p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 25/09/2020 08:24:15 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1236712

registered interest
date	22/09/2020
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	Hospitality Industry
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 proportion of hospitality sales that occur after 10.00pm.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	93694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>No assessment has been made, but we will be working with the sector to understand the impact over the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 25/09/2020 10:27:53 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper