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105812

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Business: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employers in (a) the North West and (b) Warrington have been (i) named and (ii) prosecuted since 1 October 2013.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	212902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has named 30 employers under the revised Naming and Shaming Scheme. Between them they owed workers a total of over £50,000 in arrears and have been charged financial penalties totalling over £24,000. Details of these employers can be found on the original press notices (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-gets-tough-with-employers-failing-to-pay-minimum-wage" target="_blank">28 February 2014</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-names-employers-who-fail-to-pay-minimum-wage" target="_blank">8 June 2014</a>), including the town in which the employer is based. However, these organisations may employ staff or have offices or other operations in other geographical locations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No employers have been prosecuted under the National Minimum Wage Act since October 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 06/11/2014 16:01:40 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

105815

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the company registration number is of (a) Master Distribution Limited, Essex and (b) Zoom Limited, Havant, named for non-payment of the national minimum wage in his Department's press notice of 8 June 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	212931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>Details of the employers that have already been named under the BIS Naming Scheme can be found on the original press notices (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-gets-tough-with-employers-failing-to-pay-minimum-wage" target="_blank">28 February 2014</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-names-employers-who-fail-to-pay-minimum-wage" target="_blank">8 June 2014</a>).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information about individual companies, including registration numbers, is available through the Companies House website <a href="http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.companieshouse.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any worker who believes that they are being paid below the minimum wage should call the Pay &amp; Work Rights Helpline on 0800 917 2368. HM Revenue &amp; Customs investigate all complaints.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 06/11/2014 17:29:40 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

105816

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Chemicals: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether licences grated to companies to export dual-use chemicals that could be used as precursors to the production of chemical weapons to Syria remain in place.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	213006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No licences granted to companies to export dual-use chemicals that could be used as precursors to the production of chemical weapons to Syria remain in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 06/11/2014 15:57:24 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

105817

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Chemicals: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make public the names of the companies which had licences approved to export dual-use chemicals that could be used as precursors to the production of chemical weapons to Syria.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	213007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The names of the companies which had licences approved to export dual-use chemicals that could be used as precursors to the production of chemical weapons to Syria cannot be disclosed. Following an assessment under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act the public interest, in the maintenance of the confidentiality and overall integrity of the export licensing system, on this occasion outweighs the public interest in the disclosure of the name of the exporter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 06/11/2014 15:56:08 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

105823

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Chemicals: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he took to ensure that the export licences approved to export to Syria dual-use chemicals that could be used as precursors to the production of chemical weapons would not be used for this purpose.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	213138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Applications to export dual use chemicals to Syria were assessed thoroughly against strict licensing criteria, drawing on open source and classified information. However, the licences were revoked following a revision to the sanctions regime which came into force on 17 June 2012. No goods were exported to Syria under these licences before they were revoked.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 06/11/2014 15:51:29 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

105829

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Community Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent analysis of the performance of the Community Organisers Programme has been conducted.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	213129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has appointed Ipsos MORI and NEF Consulting to carry out an evaluation of the Community Organisers programme.</p><p>A recent interim report will be placed in the House of Commons Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 06/11/2014 16:36:49 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

105830

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Community Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much of the funding of the Community Organisers Programme was allocated from the Office of Civil Society's budget.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	213130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>Over the lifetime of this parliament, a total of £25.5m has been allocated to the Community Organisers programme from the budget of the Office for Civil Society.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 06/11/2014 16:26:07 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

105832

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Anti-corruption Champion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library a copy of the job specification for the role of the Anti-corruption Champion; and what dedicated resources there are to support that role.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	213128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister set out in his written statement on 13 October 2014, the Minister for Business and Enterprise as the Government’s Anti-Corruption Champion will oversee the Government response to domestic and international corruption. His appointment demonstrates the Government’s continued commitment to tackling this issue both at home and abroad.</p><p>The Government will publish a cross-departmental anti-corruption plan, setting out the range of activity currently underway and future policy directions, later this year and this will provide further information about the role.</p><p>The Anti-Corruption Champion is supported by officials in both the Cabinet Office and Home Office who lead on the co-ordination of international and domestic anti-corruption work across departments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 06/11/2014 17:38:29 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

105835

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will publish the results of the Government's 2009 consultation on the edited version of the electoral register and the Government's response to it.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	212872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>This was a consultation that was carried out by the last Government and the current Government has no plans to publish either the results or a response.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 06/11/2014 15:42:47 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

105839

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers were fined the maximum penalty for breaches of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 in each month of 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	212979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes the enforcement of the National Minimum Wage very seriously and has increased the financial penalty percentage from 50% to 100% of the unpaid wages owed to workers, and the maximum penalty from £5,000 to £20,000. These new limits are now in force where arrears are identified in pay reference periods on or after 7 March 2014. The Government will also bring in primary legislation as soon as possible so that the maximum £20,000 penalty can apply to each underpaid worker.<br><br>I am unable to provide in-year figures for 2014/15 as HM Revenue and Customs do not disclose results mid-way through a year; this is because the results have not been internally verified. In an effort to assist I have provided the verified figures up to the year 2013/14, which provides numbers of the maximum penalties issued up until April 2014.&quot;</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 30/01/2015 13:58:34 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield