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1332039

registered interest
date	10/06/2021
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	Director of Labour Market 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, what progress he has made on the appointment of a new Director of Labour Market Enforcement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	14021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2021 answer text <p>Cracking down on non-compliance in the Labour Market is a priority for the Government and a new Director for Labour Market Enforcement will be appointed as soon as possible. Recruitment for the role is ongoing and a successful candidate will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The temporary vacancy has no impact on workers’ rights. The three enforcement bodies themselves are responsible for their overall work and enforcement responsibilities. They will continue to work hard to protect workers and bring enforcement action against employers who break the rules.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 15/06/2021 14:20:28 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1276196

registered interest
date	13/01/2021
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	Fuel Poverty
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 fiscal steps he is taking to prevent fuel poverty during winter 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	137269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>Improving the energy efficiency of homes is the best long-term solution to tackle fuel poverty. The Energy Company Obligation is a GB wide energy efficiency scheme worth £640m per year until March 2022 and is focused on low-income and vulnerable households. The Green Homes Grant, launched in September 2020, is a £2 billion programme which will help improve the energy efficiency of homes in England. Of this, around half is specifically for low income, vulnerable and fuel poor households.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that some households may need immediate support this winter and so we provide assistance with energy bills for low income and vulnerable consumers through the Warm Home Discount, Winter Fuel Payments and Cold Weather Payments.</p><p> </p><p>We have also successfully negotiated an agreement with energy suppliers to support customers impacted by COVID-19. Based on the circumstances, this could include reassessing, reducing, or pausing debt repayments for households in financial distress and support for prepayment meter customers to stay on supply.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 18/01/2021 17:58:20 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1226867

registered interest
date	21/07/2020
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	Post Offices: Rural Areas
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 he plans to maintain the public subsidy allocated to Post Offices in rural locations after March 2021.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	77737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government has invested over £2 billion in the Post Office network since 2010.</p><p>Our current funding agreement with Post Office runs up to 2021 and we are working with Post Office to ensure the network is sustainable beyond that point. Beyond 2021, Government remains committed to ensuring the long-term sustainability of the network and will work with Post Office Limited to achieve this.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 03/09/2020 16:30:47 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1221929

registered interest
date	08/07/2020
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	Bounce Back Loan 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, what assessment he has made of the average time taken for banks to process applications to the Bounce Back Loan Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	71117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2020 answer text <p>In order to apply for the Bounce Back Loans scheme, businesses complete a short, simple, online application form, meaning that applications can be submitted and processed rapidly. The Government is providing lenders with a 100% guarantee on each loan to give them the confidence they need to quickly support the smallest businesses in the country.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme has proved popular with businesses and as of 5 July, there had been 1,013,410 approved loans totalling £30.93 billion.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 14/07/2020 15:25:30 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 36867 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1220025

registered interest
date	01/07/2020
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, what steps he is taking to encourage businesses to incorporate gender impact assessments into their plans to reopen with alternative working arrangements after the covid-19 lockdown.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	67723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s Safer Working guidance does not affect employers’ existing responsibilities under employment and equalities legislation. For example, this guidance does not change employers’ responsibilities towards new or expectant mothers. Workers who are pregnant are part of the “clinically vulnerable” group who are at higher risk of coronavirus.</p><p> </p><p>Employers, therefore, need to bear in mind the particular needs of different groups or individuals, and make sure that the steps they take to address the risk of COVID-19 do not unjustifiably impact on some groups compared with others.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 06/07/2020 15:09:37 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1087164

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
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	Competition and Markets Authority
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 plans to take to respond to Lord Tyrie's recommendations on the future role of the Competition and Markets Authority; and what the timetable is for the implementation of that response.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	231536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government will consult on these proposals in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 18/03/2019 15:42:10 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 108016 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1047751

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
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	Horizon IT System: Prosecutions
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 prosecutions the Post Office has made against Sub Post Masters over the Post Offices IT Horizon system; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	212426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>While the Government sets the strategic direction for the Post Office, it allows the company the commercial freedom to deliver its strategy and operate as an independent business. The Horizon IT system and management of the branch network are operational matters for Post Office Limited. Paula Vennells, the Group Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, will write to the hon. Member on these matters. A copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 212425 question first answered 29/01/2019 13:29:20 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1017321

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
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	Office for Product Safety and Standards: Staff
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 posts there are at the Office for Product Safety and Standards; and whether all those posts have been filled.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	197478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards was established in January 2018 and has been implementing a plan to increase its staff resource in line with its strategy and action plan over the current financial year. The Office currently has almost 250 staff with 50 more posts to be recruited by the end of the financial year.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 04/12/2018 17:13:22 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1006169

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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
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 (a) Crown post office and hosted Crown post office, (b) franchise post office, (c) Main post office, (d) post office Locals, (e) traditional sub-post office and (f) other types of post office branches there were on 1 November 2018 by (i) region and (ii) Local Enterprise Partnership area in England.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	190965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>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> </p><p>The Post Office branch network overall is reported annually in the Post Office Annual Network Report which is available at <a href="http://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/modernising-post-office" target="_blank">http://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/modernising-post-office</a>. The most recent information (June 2018) on the Post Office network by Government Office Region is below. Apart from the Directly Managed branches the rest of the network is operated on a franchise/agency basis and the groupings below reflect the branch models.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Government Office Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Directly Managed Branch</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Hosted Directly Managed Branch</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Main</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Local</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Traditional</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outreach</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td><p>204</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>889</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>355</p></td><td><p>311</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>1115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>334</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>667</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NI</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>487</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>486</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>446</p></td><td><p>342</p></td><td><p>184</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>1115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>506</p></td><td><p>361</p></td><td><p>234</p></td><td><p>1399</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>359</p></td><td><p>517</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>1384</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>341</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p>1271</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>305</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>915</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>346</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>908</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>326</p></td><td><p>293</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>956</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>218</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>3353</p></td><td><p>3779</p></td><td><p>2634</p></td><td><p>1572</p></td><td><p>11592</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 19/11/2018 15:14:11 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1006170

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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: Bank Services
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 post offices offer Post Office Current Accounts in branch by (a) region and (b) Local Enterprise Partnership area in England.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	190966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Post Office Current Accounts can be serviced across the UK-wide network of over 11,500 Post Office branches, for deposits, withdrawals and balance enquiries. Services can also be accessed over the phone, online and via the Post Office Money Current Account app.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent information available (June 2018) on the Post Office network is available by Government Office Region online: <a href="http://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/sites/default/files/Network%20Report%202018%20FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">http://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/sites/default/files/Network%20Report%202018%20FINAL.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 19/11/2018 15:34:55 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss