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1701990

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	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	Company Liquidations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many liquidations began (1) five, (2) 10, and (3) 15, years ago but are still not finalised.
	tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Time Period (years)</p></td><td><p>Number of Companies in Liquidation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0 - 5</p></td><td><p>56,363</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5 - 10</p></td><td><p>10,042</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 - 15</p></td><td><p>8,189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15 +</p></td><td><p>20,822</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures show when the most recent liquidation process began for distinct entities. These figures include liquidations notified to the Registrar of Companies up to 31 December 2023.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are being provided as management information and are unaudited and are subject to change. They should only be used for indicative purposes.</p><p> </p><p>Further information about companies in liquidation is available in the statistical tables published by Companies House on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 01/05/2024 16:57:55 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
	tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1701993

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	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	Post Office: Audit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Financial Reporting Council in relation to external audits of the Post Office.
	tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry continues to gather evidence about the Horizon scandal. The Government will consider any lessons learned in respect of audit and other matters once the Inquiry has reported.</p><p> </p><p>We have regular discussions with the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) regarding its regulation of statutory audit, while recognising its role as an independent regulator. The FRC is monitoring developments in relation to the Post Office.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 01/05/2024 16:56:46 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
	tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1701991

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	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	Horizon IT System: Prosecutions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what (1) financial, and (2) legal, support they will provide to sub-postmasters to bring private prosecutions against past directors of the Post Office for concealing faults in the Horizon IT system and falsely prosecuting them.
	tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL3906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry continues to gather evidence about the Horizon scandal. The Metropolitan Police are a core participant in the Inquiry; it will be for them and the Crown Prosecution Service to consider any prosecutions. The Government does not fund private prosecutions.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 01/05/2024 16:40:04 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
	tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1713244

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	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	Small Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an estimate of the number of small and medium-sized businesses in (a) 2010, (b) 2015, (c) 2020 and (d) the most recent year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	North Devon
	tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>Estimated number of private sector small and medium-sized businesses at the start of 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2023 (the latest year for which data is available) are provided in the table below.</p><p><strong>Table: Estimated number of private sector small and medium-sized business by year</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of businesses</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>4,476,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>5,394,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>5,972,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>5,547,100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/business-population-estimates" target="_blank">Business Population Estimates</a></p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 01/05/2024 15:34:18 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1713245

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	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	Business: Staff
	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 that have employees there were in (a) 2010, (b) 2015, (c) 2020 and (d) the most recent year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	North Devon
	tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>Estimated number of employing businesses in the private sector at the start of 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2023 (the latest year for which data is available) are provided in the table below.</p><p><strong>Table: Estimated number of employing businesses in the private sector by year</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of employing businesses</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,224,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,311,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>1,412,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>1,445,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/business-population-estimates" target="_blank">Business Population Estimates</a></p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 01/05/2024 15:31:49 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1713248

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	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 Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate she has made of the number of new businesses that have been established since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	North Devon
	tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>There were some 4.4 million registered business ‘births’ between 2010 and 2022 (the latest year for which data is available).</p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/bulletins/businessdemography/previousReleases" target="_blank">ONS: Business Demography</a></p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 01/05/2024 15:26:58 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1713086

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 30 March 2024 from the hon. Member for Cardiff Central.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The correspondence from the hon. Member for Cardiff Central was responded to on 26th April 2024.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 01/05/2024 15:23:34 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1713243

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	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	Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what purchases her Department made of international carbon credits in the most recent five years for which figures are available; and what the average cost per tonne of CO2 was.
	tabling member constituency	North Devon
	tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department has not purchased any carbon credits since its inception in February 2023.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 01/05/2024 15:15:15 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1713091

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	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	Public Holidays
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating additional bank holidays in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland for their respective saints' days.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of celebrating the respective saints’ days across the UK. While an additional bank holiday may benefit some communities and sectors, the cost to the economy of an additional bank holiday remains considerable. The latest analysis estimates the cost to the UK economy for a one-off bank holiday to be around £2bn. The Government fully considers the effects of any additional bank holidays, which is why we rarely create them.</p><p>The Government has no plans to change the well-established and accepted arrangements for bank holidays.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 01/05/2024 15:11:57 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1713900

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	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	Regulation: Public Consultation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she will publish a response to her Department’s consultation entitled Smarter regulation: strengthening the economic regulation of the energy, water and telecoms sectors, which closed on 28th January 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Sir Chris Bryant
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The response to the consultation is expected to be published shortly as part of the Department’s Smarter Regulation programme.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 01/05/2024 14:34:10 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant