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1002092

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Fracking: Greater London
	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 his Department has received applications to undertake fracking in (a) Ealing, Southall constituency, (b) Ealing local authority area and (c) Greater London.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	188080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Before an operator can apply for planning permission from a local authority for any proposed oil or gas development, they need to apply for a Petroleum Exploration and Development Licence (PEDL) from the Oil and Gas Authority. There are no current PEDLs within the Greater London area.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, under Section 50 of the Infrastructure Act 2015, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy must grant Hydraulic Fracturing Consent (HFC) before hydraulic fracturing can take place in the UK. The Department has not received any HFC applications relating to shale gas exploration in a) Ealing Southall constituency, b) Ealing local authority area or c) Greater London.</p><p> </p><p>The British Geological Survey has identified the main areas of shale prosperity in the UK, none of which lie underneath the Greater London area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 19/11/2018 15:12:30 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1002130

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Employment: Pregnancy
	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 consolidating guidance on legislation to protect people who are pregnant or on maternity leave as recommended by the Taylor review of modern working practices.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	188083
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Last year, Acas published new comprehensive guidance on pregnancy and maternity discrimination and workplace rights and obligations.</p><p> </p><p>This summer we have reviewed the GOV.UK guidance material on the protections for people who are pregnant or on maternity leave and we are now updating and improving signposting.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 19/11/2018 15:39:48 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

1002131

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Low Pay Commission: Public Consultation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Low Pay Commission will publish the response to its consultation on (a) the effect of a higher minimum wage for non-guaranteed hours in a contract and (b) alternative means for tackling one sided flexibility.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	188084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Low Pay Commission’s consultation, on the effect of a higher minimum wage for non-guaranteed hours in a contract and alternative means for tackling one-sided flexibility, launched in March.</p><p> </p><p>The Low Pay Commission will publish their report, containing the findings from this consultation, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 19/11/2018 15:40:20 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

1002132

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Industrial Relations
	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 further promote better employee engagement and workforce relations in response to the Taylor review of modern working practices.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	188085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>In February 2018, the Government consulted on workforce and employee engagement as part of preparing its response to the Taylor review of modern working practices. We are grateful to the stakeholders who have taken time to comment. We are considering those comments and will be publishing our response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 19/11/2018 15:47:20 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

1002540

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	Employment: Standards
	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 Government response entitled Good work: a response to the Taylor Review of modern working practices, published on 7 February 2018, when the first assessment of the quality of work in the UK is planned to be published.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	188755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Developing better jobs for everyone in the British economy is at the heart of our modern Industrial Strategy. We are proud to be the first Government to have taken responsibility for both quality and quantity of work, and are working to promote good work across the UK. We will be setting out our next steps for measuring and improving the quality of work in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 188920 question first answered 19/11/2018 15:41:16 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

1002571

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Energy
	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 quantity was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) his Department, (ii) the Competition and Markets Authority,, (iii) HM Land Registry, (iv) OFGEM, (v) Companies House and (vi) the Insolvency Service, in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	188847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The attached table shows the quantity of electricity and natural gas used by the named organisations for the last three complete financial years for which figures are available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 19/11/2018 15:10:51 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford attachment 1 file name Question 188847 Table.pdf title PQ 18847: Energy use by named organisations
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1002572

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Energy
	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 was the cost was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) his Department, (ii) the Competition and Markets Authority, (iii) HM Land Registry, (iv) OFGEM, (v) Companies House and (vi) the Insolvency Service in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	188848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The attached table shows the cost of electricity and natural gas for the named organisations for the last three complete financial years for which figures are available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 19/11/2018 15:11:08 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford attachment 1 file name Question 188848 Table.pdf title PQ 188848: Cost table for named organisations
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1002763

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	Employment: Standards
	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 Government response entitled Good work: a response to the Taylor Review of modern working practices, published on 7 February 2018, what steps he is taking to promote quality work through sector deals.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	188920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Developing better jobs for everyone in the British economy is at the heart of our modern Industrial Strategy. We are proud to be the first Government to have taken responsibility for both quality and quantity of work, and are working to promote good work across the UK. We will be setting out our next steps for measuring and improving the quality of work in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 188755 question first answered 19/11/2018 15:41:16 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

1003725

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	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	Maternity Leave
	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 and what proportion new mothers in England have taken their full maternity leave entitlement in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	189835
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The most recent official data on average length of family-related leave taken by parents is from the Maternity and Paternity Rights Survey in 2009, which collected data from parents of children born in 2008 across Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>This shows that in 2008, 23% of employed mothers took their full statutory entitlement of 52 weeks of maternity leave or more (e.g. by taking annual leave in addition to Statutory Maternity Leave). According to the Labour Force Survey, in 2008 there were 350,000 employed mothers with a child under one.</p><p> </p><p>The full Maternity and Paternity Rights Survey 2009/10 Research Report can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214367/rrep777.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214367/rrep777.pdf</a> . Information on the length of maternity leave is available in Tables 2.11 and 2.12.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently commissioning a new survey which will provide updated information on family related leave and pay entitlements including Maternity Leave. Subject to the progress of data collection, we anticipate publishing findings in Summer 2019.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 19/11/2018 15:42:32 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1005751

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	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	EU Competitiveness Council
	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 issues the UK Government plans to raise at the forthcoming meeting of the EU Competitiveness Council on 29 November 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	190351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The agenda for the EU Competitiveness Council (internal market and industry day) taking place on 29 November 2018 was agreed on 9 November by EU Ambassadors. The main items will be legislative discussions on platform-to-business relations, the Single Market Programme and the general safety of vehicles and debates on industrial policy and the future of the single market. A Written Ministerial Statement will be made shortly providing further details.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 19/11/2018 15:46:05 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint