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1461427

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	Scottish Limited Partnerships
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 recent representations his Department has received from the Scottish Government on Scottish Limited Partnerships.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>Officials have had an active dialogue with counterparts from the Sottish Government and most recently met on 2 March 2022 to discuss Scottish Limited Partnerships. I anticipate that they will have further exchanges on this subject in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 16/05/2022 15:39:13 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1461428

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	Scottish Limited Partnerships: Organised Crime
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 plans his Department has to tackle the abuse of Scottish Limited Partnerships by organised crime organisations.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government outlined its proposals for limited partnership reform in December 2018 in response to a consultation (link <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/762849/government-response-limited-partnerships.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>). The reforms will modernise Limited Partnership law, helping to tackle illicit activity and the abuse of Scottish Limited Partnerships. The proposals include tightening registration requirements, requiring limited partnerships to demonstrate a firmer connection to the United Kingdom, increasing transparency requirements, and enabling the Registrar to strike from the register limited partnerships which are dissolved, or which are no longer carrying on business. The Government will be reforming the relevant legislation through the forthcoming Economic Crime and Transparency Bill.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 16/05/2022 15:40:17 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1461430

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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	Scottish Limited Partnerships
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 number of Scottish limited partnerships set up in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>The official statistics on companies and the total size of the register are made publicly available online by Companies House. The most recent data can be found in this link <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/995468/Companies_Register_Activities_2021.ods" target="_blank">here</a> and show that 5,706 limited partnerships were incorporated in Scotland in 2015/16, 4,932 in 2016/17, 2,689 in 2017/18, 751 in 2018/19, 657 in 2019/20 and 591 in 2020/21.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 16/05/2022 15:38:19 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1459859

registered interest
date	22/04/2022
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	Offshore Industry and Shipping: Pay
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 April 2022 to Question 154422, on Offshore Industry and Shipping: Pay, whether he plans to extend the scope of the National Minimum Wage Act 1999 to the offshore renewables sector operating beyond the limits of UK territorial waters but within the UK Exclusive Economic Zone.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	157611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to making this country the best place in the world to work and grow a business, this includes business in the renewables sector as it is crucial to our target to reach Net Zero by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to consider and review the needs of the renewable energy sector and take action when appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 27/04/2022 08:04:00 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1399994

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
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	Offshore Industry: 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 records are kept on breaches of employment regulations in the offshore sector.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	98449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the protection of workers’ rights for those in offshore employment.</p><p> </p><p>The vast majority of employment rights in the UK are enforced by individuals through employment tribunals. The state enforces certain specific rights (national minimum wage, regulations on employment businesses, employment agencies, and certain labour providers involved in shellfish gathering and fresh produce supply). The relevant enforcement body in each area will take any action necessary to protect the workers within their remit, and to ensure that the records kept by employers, employment agencies, employment business, and labour providers meet the requirements of their respective legislation.</p><p> </p><p>The right to the national minimum wage is enforced by HMRC. Since 2015, the Government has ordered employers to repay £100m to 1 million workers who had been underpaid. Businesses employing offshore workers may come under several Companies House sectors. The Low Pay Commission does not determine offshore workers as being at high risk of underpayment.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 10/01/2022 17:26:03 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1399996

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
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	Offshore Industry: 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 has taken to ensure the protection of workers' rights where offshore businesses seek to transition from oil and gas to renewables.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	98450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the protection of workers’ rights for those in offshore employment. In 2020, the Government extended minimum wage entitlement to seafarers on domestic voyages. The Government expects all employers to comply with UK employment law.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 10/01/2022 17:24:13 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1399997

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
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	Offshore Industry: 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 (a) records are kept and (b) action is taken against employers in the offshore sector who breach employment law.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	98451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the protection of workers’ rights for those in offshore employment.</p><p> </p><p>The vast majority of employment rights in the UK are enforced by individuals through employment tribunals. The state enforces certain specific rights (national minimum wage, regulations on employment businesses, employment agencies, and certain labour providers involved in shellfish gathering and fresh produce supply). The relevant enforcement body in each area will take any action necessary to protect the workers within their remit, and to ensure that the records kept by employers, employment agencies, employment business, and labour providers meet the requirements of their respective legislation.</p><p> </p><p>The right to the national minimum wage is enforced by HMRC. Since 2015, the Government has ordered employers to repay £100m to 1 million workers who had been underpaid. Businesses employing offshore workers may come under several Companies House sectors. The Low Pay Commission does not determine offshore workers as being at high risk of underpayment.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 10/01/2022 17:23:16 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1399174

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
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	Offshore Industry: 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 will take to ensure employee and worker rights are supported in the plans for transition from oil and gas to renewables in the offshore work force.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	97137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the protection of workers’ rights for those in offshore employment. In 2020 the Government extended minimum wage entitlement to seafarers on domestic voyages. The Government expects all employers to comply with UK employment law.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 10/01/2022 17:20:19 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1388727

registered interest
date	16/12/2021
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	Offshore Industry: 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, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that workers' rights are protected as the North Sea transitions from oil and gas to renewables.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	94540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>All workers in UK territorial seas are entitled to employment rights, including the minimum wage. In 2020 the Government extended minimum wage entitlement also to seafarers on domestic voyages. The Government expects that all employers will comply with UK employment law.</p><p> </p><p>The Government uses the Annual Survey of Hourly Earnings (ASHE) to estimate minimum wage underpayment by sector. Offshore renewables workers are not well defined by any single standard industry classification (SIC) code and may come under several sectors, e.g. manufacturing or electricity generation. The Low Pay Commission does not define offshore renewables workers as a low-paying sector and therefore we do not expect there to be a large number of low paid workers within the sector.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 94541 94542 question first answered 05/01/2022 17:18:02 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1388728

registered interest
date	16/12/2021
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
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 requirements are placed on operators to ensure that workers in the offshore wind sector are subject to UK employment law and rights.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	94541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>All workers in UK territorial seas are entitled to employment rights, including the minimum wage. In 2020 the Government extended minimum wage entitlement also to seafarers on domestic voyages. The Government expects that all employers will comply with UK employment law.</p><p> </p><p>The Government uses the Annual Survey of Hourly Earnings (ASHE) to estimate minimum wage underpayment by sector. Offshore renewables workers are not well defined by any single standard industry classification (SIC) code and may come under several sectors, e.g. manufacturing or electricity generation. The Low Pay Commission does not define offshore renewables workers as a low-paying sector and therefore we do not expect there to be a large number of low paid workers within the sector.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 94540 94542 question first answered 05/01/2022 17:18:02 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill