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1696741

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date	18/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she (a) is taking and (b) plans to take steps to encourage businesses to pay the real living wage.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Dame Siobhain McDonagh
uin	18959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>The National Living Wage (NLW) will increase to £11.44 on 1 April and be extended to workers over 21. It is reaching two-thirds of median earnings, meeting our commitment to end low hourly pay for those eligible.</p><p>The Government commends employers who are able to go beyond the legal minimum. However, the ability to do so varies across sector and region.</p><p>Unlike other voluntary rates of pay, the statutory NLW is based on the advice of the Low Pay Commission, which takes into account the impact on business and the wider economy, as well as the living standards of workers.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 25/03/2024 16:51:24 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1681810

registered interest
date	12/01/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	New Craftsmen: Future Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much funding The New Craftsmen Ltd received from the Future Fund; and on what dates it received that funding.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	9314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department is unable to provide information relating to loan amounts for individual companies as this information is commercially sensitive for both investors and investee businesses.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 19/01/2024 14:59:23 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1681812

registered interest
date	12/01/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Mrs Wordsmith: Future Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when the Future Fund provided funds to Mrs Wordsmith; and how much those funds were.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	9316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department is unable to provide information relating to loan amounts for individual companies as this information is commercially sensitive for both investors and investee businesses.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 19/01/2024 16:00:08 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1669440

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Global Britain Investment Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many businesses have received funding from the Global Britain Investment Fund; and how much and what proportion of the Fund has been spent.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	1436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The Global Britain Investment Fund (GBIF) was launched in April 2022 which brought together several pre-existing funds under one banner. Following the machinery of government change in February 2023, GBIF is now shared between the Department for Business and Trade, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.</p><p> </p><p>To date 110 businesses have received funding, with a total of £630m grant allocated and £169m so far claimed by recipients. As such, 72% of the £880m of funding for GBIF has been allocated and 19% has been paid to date.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/11/2023 16:53:37 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1603746

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Travel: Trading Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that trading standards are being upheld (a) in the travel industry and (b) with regard to travel agents who sell flights to customers.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	163698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>There is a robust legal framework in place to protect consumers and uphold trading standards. The Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 provide additional bespoke protections for package holiday bookings. Traders, including travel agents, must comply with consumer protection law, which is enforced by Local Authority trading standards teams and the Competition and Markets Authority</p><p>The Department engages regularly with Trading Standards and the Competition and Markets Authority to discuss consumer and trading issues. The framework is kept under review to ensure it continues to provide effective consumer protection.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 28/03/2023 14:33:45 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh