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1311742

registered interest
date	23/04/2021
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	Working Conditions: 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, what plans he has to encourage employees to go back to the office after the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
uin	186256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>The guidance on working from home will be reviewed ahead of Step 4 subject to the review on social distancing. People should continue to work from home where they can and minimise travel wherever possible as stated in the Government’s roadmap. Employers should ensure that workplaces are safe for anyone who cannot work from home.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 28/04/2021 17:05:03 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1311888

registered interest
date	23/04/2021
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	Investment: Codes of Practice
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 (a) number received and (b) quality of annual reports submitted by asset managers to the 2020 Stewardship Code.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	186195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) received 162 stewardship reports from asset managers and service providers by the first deadline of 31 March this year and will receive reports from asset owners at the end of April. This is in line with the target of 200 applications for 2021 as a whole. The FRC is currently assessing the quality of these reports and will announce the outcome of this process in late summer 2021. The FRC carried out an early review of reporting in autumn 2020 and was encouraged by how many investors had already started to engage with the spirit of the Code and were using it to review their practices and reporting.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2020, HM Treasury’s Asset Management Taskforce report recommended initiatives to increase the uptake of the Code among pension funds, service providers that support investors, and asset managers. The FRC is supporting these initiatives, including chairing the Stewardship Regulators Group.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 186196 question first answered 28/04/2021 16:00:46 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1311889

registered interest
date	23/04/2021
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	Investment: Codes of Practice
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 is taking to increase the number of signatories to the 2020 Stewardship Code.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	186196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) received 162 stewardship reports from asset managers and service providers by the first deadline of 31 March this year and will receive reports from asset owners at the end of April. This is in line with the target of 200 applications for 2021 as a whole. The FRC is currently assessing the quality of these reports and will announce the outcome of this process in late summer 2021. The FRC carried out an early review of reporting in autumn 2020 and was encouraged by how many investors had already started to engage with the spirit of the Code and were using it to review their practices and reporting.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2020, HM Treasury’s Asset Management Taskforce report recommended initiatives to increase the uptake of the Code among pension funds, service providers that support investors, and asset managers. The FRC is supporting these initiatives, including chairing the Stewardship Regulators Group.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 186195 question first answered 28/04/2021 16:00:46 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1311413

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
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	Employment Agencies
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 ban the practice of recruitment agencies asking for incentives to recommend contractors to an umbrella company.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	185882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>Commercial and loyalty incentive schemes may be a legitimate business-to-business interaction, between the employment agency and an umbrella company. They are therefore outside the scope of the agency regulations enforced by the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate, which regulate the relationship between the agency and work-seeker.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to work with the recruitment sector to seek compliance with existing regulations. Government will also continue to ensure current regulations remain fit for purpose, drawing on the expertise of trade bodies and businesses in the sector. Proposed regulatory changes would be announced in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 28/04/2021 17:02:20 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1311508

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
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	Modern Working Practices Review
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 steps he has taken to implement the 53 recommendations of the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	186031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>We have already made significant progress in implementing recommendations arising from the Taylor Review, including legislating for stronger protections for vulnerable agency workers and extending the right to a written statement to workers.</p><p> </p><p>As we build back better, we will bring forward measures when parliamentary time allows to establish an employment framework which is fit for purpose and keeps pace with the needs of modern workplaces.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 28/04/2021 17:03:49 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1311603

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
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	Travel Agents: 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, for what reason travel agents are eligible for strand 1 Restart Grant Funding rather than strand 2.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	185951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>Travel agents are eligible for strand 1 of Restart Grants as they are classified as non-essential retail.</p><p> </p><p>Strand 2 of Restart Grants is for hospitality, leisure, accommodation, personal care and gym and sport businesses, most of which will not fully reopen until step 3 of the Roadmap out of lockdown and which are likely to continue to be most significantly affected by social distancing rules, cleaning protocols and other measures in place to tackle Covid-19.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 28/04/2021 17:01:00 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1310991

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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	Maternity Leave: Perinatal Mortality
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 her policy to introduce paid leave for women who lose their baby prior to 24 weeks gestation..
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	185498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>We recognise that a miscarriage can be deeply upsetting. We encourage employers to provide appropriate support to women who have suffered a miscarriage and respond sensitively to each individual’s specific needs.</p><p> </p><p>The current entitlement to Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay applies to employed parents of children under the age of 18 and those who suffer a stillbirth.</p><p> </p><p>Because the death of a child is particularly tragic, in April 2020, we legislated to give parents who lose a child under the age of 18, including cases where a baby is stillborn after 24 completed weeks of pregnancy, a right to take up to 2 weeks off work in the 56 weeks following the death of their child. The policy is mapped against the clinical definition of a ‘stillbirth’: 24 weeks is a legally and medically important point in a pregnancy as it is the clinical age of viability.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals who do not feel able to return to work following a miscarriage may be entitled to Statutory Sick Pay while off work. All employees are also entitled to 5.6 weeks of Annual Leave a year and many employers also offer ‘Compassionate Leave’.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 28/04/2021 16:59:50 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1310994

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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	English Language: Education
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 support he is providing to the English language teaching sector to mitigate the effect of the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	185471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government has made substantial business support available throughout the Covid-19 pandemic including grants, loans, reliefs and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Although English Language Schools are not eligible for the government’s Restart Grant programme – which is aimed at the non-essential retail, hospitality, accommodation, leisure, personal care and gym sectors – they may be eligible for support via the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG). ARG provides Local Authorities with funding to put in place discretionary support that suits their local area.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 28/04/2021 16:57:59 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1310634

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
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	Hospitality Industry: Bury North
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 financial support the Government has provided to the hospitality sector in Bury North constituency during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Daly
uin	184577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government has brought forward a substantial package of financial support for the hospitality sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. At the Budget, my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a £65 billion three-point plan to provide support for jobs and businesses (including the hospitality sector), with extensions to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, self-employed support, business grants, loans and VAT cuts – bringing total fiscal support to over £407 billion.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 28/04/2021 15:58:02 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4854 label Biography information for James Daly