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1582191

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2023
	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	Loneliness: Employment
	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 with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact on levels of loneliness and social isolation among affected people of workplace (a) harassment and (b) discrimination and bullying; and if he will take steps to encourage employers to introduce policies on harassment and bullying which aim to reduce those levels.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	136616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>There is evidence that discrimination, bullying and disrespect are triggers of loneliness. In the coming months the Government will publish the fourth annual report on the loneliness strategy, including a commitment to engage with the APPG for Tackling Loneliness and Connecting Communities on their recent inquiry into workplace loneliness.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has published guidance that sets out the steps that employees can take if they are experiencing bullying or harassment at work, which is available at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fworkplace-bullying-and-harassment&amp;data=05%7C01%7CWill.Higgins%40beis.gov.uk%7C8c2df8d429264314c47208db04682f5d%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638108617727485174%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=apXKu%2FXftc29fQmfNriqIpSY%2FYhnpIGT4FW3YBpjroc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/workplace-bullying-and-harassment</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service has published useful guidance on how to deal with bullying in the workplace. This is available at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.acas.org.uk%2Fif-youre-treated-unfairly-at-work%2Fbeing-bullied&amp;data=05%7C01%7CWill.Higgins%40beis.gov.uk%7C8c2df8d429264314c47208db04682f5d%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638108617727485174%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=eCFVAze2wRw3QzKWzsDz%2FL%2Fc7HvA25rjsQb4aH1RUVA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.acas.org.uk/if-youre-treated-unfairly-at-work/being-bullied</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 08/02/2023 12:28:51 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1582268

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2023
	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	Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many employers were named under the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme each year between 2011 and 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	136646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>Since the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme began in February 2014, we have named 2,495 employers. Publicly naming employers who do not comply with the rules remains an important part of our enforcement and compliance toolkit. It clearly shows that it is never acceptable to underpay workers and that employers who do will be held responsible. The table below sets out how many employers have been named to date.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Round</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date of Naming</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Employers named</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Feb 2014</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Jun 2014</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Nov 2014</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Jan 2015</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Feb 2015</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>Mar 2015</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>Jul 2015</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>Oct 2015</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>Feb 2016</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>Aug 2016</p></td><td><p>197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>Feb 2017</p></td><td><p>359</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>Aug 2017</p></td><td><p>233</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>Dec 2017</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>Mar 2018</p></td><td><p>179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>Jun 2018</p></td><td><p>239</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>Dec 2020</p></td><td><p>139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>Aug 2021</p></td><td><p>191</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>Dec 2021</p></td><td><p>208</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,495</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 08/02/2023 12:26:22 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1582428

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2023
	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	Vacancies
	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 (a) accounting, (b) architecture and (c) quantity surveying job vacancies as of 31 January 2023; and if he will make an assessment of whether there are skills gaps in those sectors.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	136588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>ONS vacancies data[1] shows that there were 122,000 vacancies in the professional, scientific and technical activities sector, which includes accounting, architecture and quantity surveying, in the three months to December 2022. The sector currently has a vacancy rate of 4.5%. The number of vacancies in the sector has fallen 6.2% compared with the first quarter of 2022 but remain at relatively high levels and are 58% higher than in the final quarter of 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is investing an additional £3.8 billion into skills and further education over this Parliament to ensure workers develop the skills businesses need. More specifically, the Department for Education set a strategy for skills reform which puts employers at the heart of skills training and education in the Skills for Job white paper. The Government help to articulate what employers need from the skills system through our sector teams’ engagement and sharing workforce data and intelligence with DfE’s Unit for Future Skills.</p><p> </p><p><em>[1]<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/datasets/vacanciesbyindustryvacs02" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/datasets/vacanciesbyindustryvacs02</a></em></p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 08/02/2023 12:24:19 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1582769

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2023
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Gender
	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 data collected by his (a) Department and (b) Department’s associated arms-length bodies records biological sex as opposed to gender identity.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	137713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department already collects employee data on legal sex. Arms-length bodies are responsible for collecting data relating to their employees to review the impacts of policies and procedures and to meet statutory obligations.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 08/02/2023 12:29:52 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1582780

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2023
	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	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 letter dated 29 January 2023 from human rights organisations on the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill; and if she will publish her response to that letter.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	137975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department aims to respond to 80% of correspondence within 15 working days.</p><p>I acknowledge receipt of the letter of 29 January from human rights organisations on the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill. I will reply shortly.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 09/02/2023 16:30:00 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1582834

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2023
	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	Employment: Bullying and Harassment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of statutory protections for someone who has experienced (a) bullying and (b) harassment at work.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	137868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>Any form of bullying and harassment is unacceptable and has no place in today’s workplace.</p><p>The Government is supporting the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill introduced by the Hon Member for Bath. This Bill will strengthen protections for employees against workplace harassment.</p><p>While bullying is not itself illegal, the Government believes that the best way to address bad behaviour in the workplace is through cultural change.</p><p>The Government has published guidance that sets out the steps that employees can take if they are experiencing bullying or harassment at work, which is available at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fworkplace-bullying-and-harassment&amp;data=05%7C01%7Csara.wallin%40beis.gov.uk%7C8ee521bf84b04720428c08db05297ab8%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638109447928705819%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=x0FoO0WbkXFjFyNioER9krLuQxJmWKLphL9EGKEUous%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/workplace-bullying-and-harassment</a>.</p><p>Acas provides free and impartial advice for employers and employees and has published guidance on how to deal with bullying in the workplace. This is available at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.acas.org.uk%2Fif-youre-treated-unfairly-at-work%2Fbeing-bullied&amp;data=05%7C01%7Csara.wallin%40beis.gov.uk%7C8ee521bf84b04720428c08db05297ab8%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638109447928705819%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ovajQTNorAWGewvUK8uYLk8PChb4o2aP2onbbOgSZJI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.acas.org.uk/if-youre-treated-unfairly-at-work/being-bullied</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 137869 137870 question first answered 09/02/2023 16:28:38 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1582836

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2023
	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	Employment: Bullying and Harassment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle workplace bullying and harassment.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	137869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>Any form of bullying and harassment is unacceptable and has no place in today’s workplace.</p><p>The Government is supporting the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill introduced by the Hon Member for Bath. This Bill will strengthen protections for employees against workplace harassment.</p><p>While bullying is not itself illegal, the Government believes that the best way to address bad behaviour in the workplace is through cultural change.</p><p>The Government has published guidance that sets out the steps that employees can take if they are experiencing bullying or harassment at work, which is available at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fworkplace-bullying-and-harassment&amp;data=05%7C01%7Csara.wallin%40beis.gov.uk%7C8ee521bf84b04720428c08db05297ab8%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638109447928705819%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=x0FoO0WbkXFjFyNioER9krLuQxJmWKLphL9EGKEUous%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/workplace-bullying-and-harassment</a>.</p><p>Acas provides free and impartial advice for employers and employees and has published guidance on how to deal with bullying in the workplace. This is available at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.acas.org.uk%2Fif-youre-treated-unfairly-at-work%2Fbeing-bullied&amp;data=05%7C01%7Csara.wallin%40beis.gov.uk%7C8ee521bf84b04720428c08db05297ab8%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638109447928705819%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ovajQTNorAWGewvUK8uYLk8PChb4o2aP2onbbOgSZJI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.acas.org.uk/if-youre-treated-unfairly-at-work/being-bullied</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 137868 137870 question first answered 09/02/2023 16:28:38 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1582837

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2023
	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	Employment: Bullying
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to create a legal definition of bullying at work.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	137870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>Any form of bullying and harassment is unacceptable and has no place in today’s workplace.</p><p>The Government is supporting the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill introduced by the Hon Member for Bath. This Bill will strengthen protections for employees against workplace harassment.</p><p>While bullying is not itself illegal, the Government believes that the best way to address bad behaviour in the workplace is through cultural change.</p><p>The Government has published guidance that sets out the steps that employees can take if they are experiencing bullying or harassment at work, which is available at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fworkplace-bullying-and-harassment&amp;data=05%7C01%7Csara.wallin%40beis.gov.uk%7C8ee521bf84b04720428c08db05297ab8%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638109447928705819%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=x0FoO0WbkXFjFyNioER9krLuQxJmWKLphL9EGKEUous%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/workplace-bullying-and-harassment</a>.</p><p>Acas provides free and impartial advice for employers and employees and has published guidance on how to deal with bullying in the workplace. This is available at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.acas.org.uk%2Fif-youre-treated-unfairly-at-work%2Fbeing-bullied&amp;data=05%7C01%7Csara.wallin%40beis.gov.uk%7C8ee521bf84b04720428c08db05297ab8%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638109447928705819%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ovajQTNorAWGewvUK8uYLk8PChb4o2aP2onbbOgSZJI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.acas.org.uk/if-youre-treated-unfairly-at-work/being-bullied</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 137868 137869 question first answered 09/02/2023 16:28:38 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1582889

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2023
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many and what proportion of tier-one suppliers to his Department with contracts worth more than £1 million published relevant sub-contract opportunities on Contracts Finder in the financial year 2021-2022.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	137903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>We do not hold the requested information. Contracts Finder is for government departments to publish contracts and opportunities. The awarded supplier of a contract does not publish on Contracts Finder.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 09/02/2023 16:39:56 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1582951

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2023
	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	Companies: Codes of Practice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had discussions with the Financial Reporting Council over the level of compliance with the corporate governance code among FTSE 350 firms.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	137935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department has regular discussions with the Financial Reporting Council about the operation of the UK Corporate Governance Code and related issues. The Financial Reporting Council is responsible for maintaining the Code. Its annual <em>Review of Corporate Governance Reporting</em> assesses how companies have reported on their governance in line with the principles and provisions of the Code. The most recent, published in November 2022 assessed 100 FTSE 350 and smaller listed companies.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 09/02/2023 16:37:57 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi