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1503566

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Adoption Leave
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 individual recipients claimed Statutory Adoption Leave in the financial year 2021-22; and what the total expenditure was on that policy for that year.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	45273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>Information provided by employers to HMRC shows that there were around 4,600 individuals in receipt of Statutory Adoption Pay in the 2021/22 financial year and the total value of those payments amounted to £21.8m.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 07/09/2022 10:00:30 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1491325

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Companies: Location
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 steps his Department has taken in response to the closure of the Corporate re-domiciliation consultation.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	42125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government published a summary of responses to the consultation on 12 April 2022 (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fcorporate-re-domiciliation&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAlex.Williams%40beis.gov.uk%7C8acb73c33067417ad47608da716f34c7%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637947019741377206%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=o34j7NUVHRCx323dNBJlxTYOsMZXjEfGSYg6%2BZYKg2Q%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/corporate-re-domiciliation</a>).</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the response, it is the Government’s intention to introduce a UK corporate re-domiciliation regime, consulting further as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 05/09/2022 08:40:25 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1491365

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Consultants
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 his Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) name of each consultancy contracted and (c) specific matters on which they were consulted.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	42210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>All Department’s consultancy costs including details of the provider are published on gov.uk <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-spending-over-25000" target="_blank">here</a>. Further transactions will be published during 2022.</p><p>The information requested on the specific matters consulted is not held centrally and can only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 06/09/2022 14:49:18 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1491446

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Research: Northern Ireland
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 his Department has plans to increase the level of UK Research and Innovation funding that is spent in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	42300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>In Northern Ireland there are currently over 190 UKRI funded projects worth approximately £146 million. This includes project awards through the Strength in Places Fund, which is designed to build on existing strengths in research and innovation to support innovation-led regional growth.</p><p> </p><p>UKRI and other Government R&amp;D funders will continue to work with places across the UK, as part of the Government’s mission to increase domestic public investment in R&amp;D outside the Greater South East by at least 40% by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 06/09/2022 14:46:30 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1491447

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Agency Workers
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 his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	41935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department’s Agency Staff spend is published annually in BEIS Annual Report and Accounts <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beis-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">here</a> under note 3 ‘Staff costs’. Agency spend is shown as financial years in the ‘Wages and Salaries’ line under the ‘Others’ column, representing non-permanent core BEIS staff. Annual spend on Agency spend is not held centrally and can only be obtained disproportionally.</p><p> </p><p>Spend relating to financial year 2021-22 will be published later this year. BEIS Annual Report and Accounts are laid in Parliament once they have been certified by the Comptroller &amp; Auditor General (C&amp;AG).</p><p> </p><p>We do not pay agency retainers as our policy is only to use Crown Commercial Framework contracts.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 06/09/2022 14:45:24 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1491671

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Uber
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 meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department have held with representatives of Uber since 2017.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Sam Tarry
uin	42278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>Ministers and officials meet with a wide range of taxi and private hire vehicle stakeholders, including Uber. These meetings provide an opportunity to hear the views of the sector. Details of ministerial meetings from 2009 have been published and are available online. Meetings with officials are not published.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly and can be found on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings</a>.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 06/09/2022 14:50:35 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
tabling member	4829 label Biography information for Sam Tarry

1490522

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
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	Distributive Trade: Conditions of Employment
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 steps he is taking to protect workers' rights in the retail and distribution sector in response to the Taylor Review.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	39815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to supporting all workers across the UK and have recently brought forward several reforms which will help protect workers in the retail and distribution sector.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2022 we made sure 2.5 million people received a pay rise raising the National Minimum and National Living Wages. This was the largest ever cash increase to the National Living Wage and will put over £1,000 a year into a full-time workers’ pay packet, helping to ease cost of living pressures.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, on 6 July we brought forward legislation to widen the ban on exclusivity clauses, which restrict staff from working for multiple employers, to contracts where the guaranteed weekly income is equivalent to or below the Lower Earnings Limit of £123 a week.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 26/07/2022 13:10:38 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1490963

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
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	Lamp Insurance Company: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the liquidation of the Lamp Insurance Company Limited, if he will make an estimate of the value of the assets and liabilities of the Lamp Insurance Company Limited when it entered liquidation; and for what reason that company's liabilities were not assigned to an acquiring company.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	40810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Official Receiver in Gibraltar is liquidator of Lamp Insurance Company Limited. Their preliminary report of 25 July 2019, available at <a href="http://www.lampinsurance.com/" target="_blank">www.lampinsurance.com</a> detailed the company’s assets and liabilities. The treatment of a company’s assets and liabilities is a matter for Gibraltarian insolvency law and the decisions of the liquidator.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 05/09/2022 08:37:28 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1490978

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Development Aid
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 implications for his policies of the results and recommendations set out in the 2022 Aid Transparency Index; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	40895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>The <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publishwhatyoufund.org%2Fthe-index%2F2022%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CEdwin.Mangheni%40beis.gov.uk%7C33a0310ec0104ae8e0d908da8040b147%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637963312574766841%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ziJ8XlRBr68Hpm3yqL6vk7Pb%2Fh7drmnKffeL815yJc4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"> Aid Transparency Index </a>assessment takes place every two years. This is the first time that BEIS has been included and I am pleased the Department’s performance has been ranked as ‘Good’. BEIS remains committed to the transparency of its ODA spending and is examining how to improve its rating in future assessments. The International Development Strategy, published in May, recognised the importance of transparency and the Government has committed to the strengthening of transparency and accountability of UK ODA in its updated National Action Plan under the Open Government Partnership, updated in August.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 06/09/2022 14:43:53 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1491157

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
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	Small Business Commissioner
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 the Office of the Small Business Commissioner team has recouped in late payments since December 2017.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	40782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Since December 2017, the Office of the Small Business Commissioner has recovered over £8 million owed to small businesses.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 05/09/2022 08:38:26 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra