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987751

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
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	Self-employed
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 the Government has to deal with the use of inaccurate classification of self-employment by companies.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	179206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to providing greater clarity for businesses and individuals on employment status. As Matthew Taylor identified in his review, this is a complex issue and is one of the major challenges for public policy.</p><p> </p><p>We are considering how best to achieve change that works for all. We received over 160 detailed responses to the Employment Status Consultation. We are currently analysing the responses and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 18/10/2018 16:20:06 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

987766

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
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	Post Offices: Closures
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 UK post office closures there have been in each year since 1997.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	179177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the critical role that post offices play in communities and for small businesses across the UK. This is why the Government committed to safeguard the post office network and protect existing rural services. The overall number of post offices across the UK remains at its most stable in decades with over 11,500 branches thanks to significant Government investment of over £2 billion since 2010.</p><p>While the Government sets the strategic direction for the Post Office, it allows the company the commercial freedom to deliver this strategy as an independent business. I have therefore asked Paula Vennells, the Group Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to you on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 18/10/2018 16:18:23 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

987835

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
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: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he has plans to publish a summary table on www.gov.uk, with periodic updates, on progress made on (a) the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights and (b) additional policy commitments made by his Department on that plan.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	179151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department, working together with the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office and other departments, aims to publish in due course a summary of the actions and progress within the Government’s National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights. Our focus is on implementing the Plan as it stands and there is no intention to review it before 2020. Any future development of the Plan must be informed by wide consultations and the Government welcomes discussions with business and civil society organisations about our approach and the delivery of commitments under the Plan.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 18/10/2018 16:19:09 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

987915

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
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	Post Offices: Closures
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 stop the closure of post offices and their relocation to WHSmith branches.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	179284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the important role that post offices play in communities across the country. That is why we made a Manifesto commitment to safeguard the Post Office network and have invested over £2 billion since 2010. As a result, the post office network is at its most stable in decades at over 11,500 branches and 99.7% of the national population lives within three miles of their nearest branch.</p><p>The vast majority of Post Office branches are run on a franchise or agency basis with almost 98% already operating successfully. This business model has helped securing key services on high streets whilst reducing need for taxpayer subsidy.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 18/10/2018 16:17:57 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

987929

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
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	Trading Standards: Enforcement
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 plans to undertake a review of the enforcement powers of National Trading Standards and Trading Standards Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	179254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>National Trading Standards (NTS) and Trading Standards Scotland (TSS) do not have enforcement powers of their own but work with local authority trading standards services to take enforcement action.</p><p>The Government consulted on changes to ensure local and national enforcers work within an effective framework for protecting consumers, in the Green Paper “Modernising Consumer Markets”. The Department will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 18/10/2018 15:00:36 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

988005

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
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	Agency Workers: 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, when he plans to publish a response to submissions received in his Department's consultation on the recommendations made in the Matthew Taylor Review of modern employment practices regarding agency workers which closed on 9 May 2018.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	179296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government is carefully considering the responses to all four consultations and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 18/10/2018 16:17:31 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

986435

registered interest
date	12/10/2018
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	Gratuities
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 11 October to Question 176550 on Gratuities, whether the Government plans to publish (a) a response to the consultation on tips, gratuities, cover and service charges which closed on 27 June 2016 and (b) a draft Bill for pre-legislative scrutiny.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	178527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>On 1 October 2018, the Government announced its intention to legislate to ensure employers do not retain tips.</p><p>The 2016 consultation on tips, gratuities cover and service charges gave clear support for Government action on this issue. We will publish full details of this legislation and a response to the consultation in due course.</p><p>The measure proposed extends to England, Wales and Scotland. Employment rights are devolved to Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 178528 question first answered 17/10/2018 16:09:32 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

986436

registered interest
date	12/10/2018
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	Gratuities
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 11 October to Question 176550 on Gratuities, whether he plans to legislate to ban employers from making any deductions from tips through tronc systems; and what the planned territorial extent of the primary legislation referenced in that Answer is.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	178528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>On 1 October 2018, the Government announced its intention to legislate to ensure employers do not retain tips.</p><p>The 2016 consultation on tips, gratuities cover and service charges gave clear support for Government action on this issue. We will publish full details of this legislation and a response to the consultation in due course.</p><p>The measure proposed extends to England, Wales and Scotland. Employment rights are devolved to Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 178527 question first answered 17/10/2018 16:09:32 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

985647

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
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 Businesses: Billing
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 10 October 2018 to Question 174703 on Small Businesses: Billing, what encouragement the Chartered Institute for Credit Management has given to organisations on signing up to the prompt payment code.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	178284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM) administer the Prompt Payment Code on behalf of the Department. The Code is a voluntary set of best-practice principles, which organisations can choose to sign up to. CICM promote the Code through a variety of industry led events and through their dedicated website found at <a href="http://www.promptpaymentcode.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.promptpaymentcode.org.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Prompt Payment Code plays an important role in setting best practice principles in payment terms and practices. The government has recently announced new measures that will help strengthen the Code in enforcing these principles, including appointing the Small Business Commissioner to the Code’s Compliance Board to embed greater independence from industry and support his role in tackling late payment.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, my Department has now launched a call for evidence seeking views on how we can build on the government’s existing late payment policies, including the Prompt Payment Code, to drive an end to late payments. The Call for Evidence will look at whether there is merit in introducing additional measures, including whether the Small Business Commissioner should have a greater role in the Code’s administration.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 16/10/2018 16:21:42 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

985698

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
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 Goods: Electronic Commerce
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 merits of the introduction of a quality mark for online sellers of electrical goods.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	178333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>Products sold in the UK must comply with the relevant applicable legislation, including safety legislation. Safety rules apply whether good is sold on the high street or online. Enforcing authorities can take action where the law is not complied with. Electrical products sold on the UK market are required to have a CE marking to demonstrate that they meet all the relevant legislation, including safety rules. Consumers have protection and right to redress if a product is faulty or unsafe. Quality marks which go beyond legal compliance are a matter for industry.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 19/10/2018 09:47:19 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris