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1178945

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	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	New Businesses
	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 estimate he has made of the number of business start-ups in (a) North East Bedfordshire constituency, (b) Bedfordshire and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	18513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The table below provides ONS data on new business registrations for VAT and/or PAYE (ONS Business Demography 2018 – Enterprise births, deaths and survivals).</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Timeseries data for business births is not available at Parliamentary Constituency level but we can provide figures as below for the three districts which make up Bedfordshire.</p><p>2) Data is not available for periods earlier than 2013 or later than 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Bedfordshire (county)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Bedford (district)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Central Bedfordshire (district)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Luton (district)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>346275</p></td><td><p>3450</p></td><td><p>875</p></td><td><p>1540</p></td><td><p>1035</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>350305</p></td><td><p>3560</p></td><td><p>870</p></td><td><p>1550</p></td><td><p>1140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>382755</p></td><td><p>3990</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>1585</p></td><td><p>1425</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>413900</p></td><td><p>10370</p></td><td><p>1065</p></td><td><p>4865</p></td><td><p>4440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>381885</p></td><td><p>4915</p></td><td><p>925</p></td><td><p>2245</p></td><td><p>1745</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>380580</p></td><td><p>4710</p></td><td><p>910</p></td><td><p>2200</p></td><td><p>1600</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 02/03/2020 17:00:56 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

1185689

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2020
	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	Coronavirus Business Interruption 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 the (a) guidance and (b) eligibility criteria are for the covid-19 Business Interruption Loan Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	30726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2020 answer text <p>The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) is now live.</p><p> </p><p>Eligible businesses can apply for a loan or other form of finance through one of 40-plus providers accredited by the British Business Bank to offer the scheme. These include all the major UK banks.</p><p> </p><p>The application process is typically online for smaller amounts and the lending decision is made by the provider concerned.</p><p> </p><p>Full guidance, including eligibility criteria, is available on the British Business Bank website at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.british-business-bank.co.uk%2Fcbils&amp;data=02%7C01%7Ccate.hilton%40beis.gov.uk%7C559aaa8443e24c5d355c08d7cf68af3d%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637205920827698206&amp;sdata=%2FImVW46NoqXcv1s22E2pYcKv%2BH57SCQLht%2B%2Bjd%2B4sy4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.british-business-bank.co.uk/cbils</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 27/03/2020 09:33:49 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

1219903

	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	Audit
	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 his timescale is for responding to the Statutory audit services: initial consultation on the Competition and Markets Authority recommendations which closed in September 2019.
	tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	67598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government has analysed the responses to the 2019 consultation and we intend to set out our response to the consultation alongside comprehensive proposals in the coming months, seeking views on them where the Government has not already done so.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 10/07/2020 11:57:38 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

1219905

	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	Audit
	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 implement the Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) proposed reforms to the statutory audit market published on 18 April 2019.
	tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	67599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government supports effective and proportionate action to address key issues in the audit market, including the lack of competition and resilience, misaligned incentives, and a lack of public trust.</p><p>The Government has analysed the responses to the 2019 Government consultation on the CMA’s study and we intend to set out our comprehensive proposals in response to that consultation in the coming months, seeking views on them where the Government have not already done so. We will then consider bringing forward legislation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 10/07/2020 11:38:55 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

1219907

	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	Audit
	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 bring forward legislative proposals to reform of the statutory audit market in the current session of Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	67600
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2020 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority study of the statutory audit market made a series of far-reaching and ambitious recommendations. Our intention is to set out our comprehensive proposals in the coming months, seeking views on them where the Government has not already done so. We will then consider bringing forward legislation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 10/07/2020 12:01:15 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

1240087

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2020
	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	Coronavirus Local Authority Discretionary Grants Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the coronavirus local authority discretionary grants scheme, how many local authorities added additional eligibility criteria to the scheme.
	tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	98927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>The Local Authority Discretionary Grants Fund (LADGF) announced on 1 May was established to support certain small businesses not liable for business rates or rates reliefs and therefore out of scope of the main Small Business Grants Fund (SBGF) and Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants Fund (RHLGF) schemes. The department asked local authorities to prioritise certain types of businesses through the LADGF, but we also allowed them the discretion to add additional local eligibility criteria according to local economic need. We do not receive management information from local authorities on local scheme eligibility criteria over the lifetime of the LADGF.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 13/10/2020 13:31:26 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

1240088

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2020
	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	Coronavirus Local Authority Discretionary Grants Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the coronavirus local authority discretionary grants scheme, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of the introduction of additional criteria by local authorities in addition to those criteria set by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	98928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>The Local Authority Discretionary Grants Fund (LADGF) announced on 1 May has supported many thousands of small businesses in England not liable for business rates or rates reliefs and therefore out of scope of the main Small Business Grants Fund (SBGF) and Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants Fund (RHGLF) schemes. The Department asked local authorities to prioritise certain types of businesses through the LADGF, but we also allowed them the discretion to add additional local eligibility criteria according to local economic need. Local authorities naturally took different approaches to this since they differ in scale and local requirements.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 13/10/2020 13:33:16 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller