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442839

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Charities: Audit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of financial controls and reporting systems for charities in response to the liquidation of Kids Company.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>In the light of the events surrounding Kids Company the Cabinet Office has launched a detailed review of how it makes grants under Section 70 of the Charities Act. The review is considering the criteria used to assess risk and is developing a proposal for a new and more rigorous approval process. The review will also take into account recommendations made by the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee and the Public Accounts Committee.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 12/01/2016 16:03:24 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

528874

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure that his Department's purchasing policies support British (a) industry and (b) agriculture.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	41263
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to doing all it can to ensure UK suppliers can compete effectively for public sector contracts in line with our current international obligations. To this end we are seeking to ensure the huge purchasing power of government supports the task of boosting growth, and enables us to actively shape the UK market for the long term.</p><p>We are providing industry with visibility of up to £191bn of potential procurement opportunities across 19 sectors. In addition, we are working with businesses to identify and address any key capabilities needed to meet future demand; actively helping them to remove barriers and supporting growth through additional benefits that boost exports and drive innovation.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/06/2016 10:29:42 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

632008

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to prevent third-party websites from reselling Government services by deception.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	52413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>Copycat websites undermine trust in online services, and this government is committed to stopping them. We are taking action on three fronts.</p><p>First, we are taking action to shut down such sites and prevent them from appearing in search engines. We are working with search engine providers to ensure they implement their terms and conditions on copycat website advertising - this has helped to increase the click-through to official Government websites by 30%. Security teams in departments across government are also actively monitoring the internet for bogus sites, and taking action accordingly.</p><p>Secondly we are improving the consistency and quality of Government websites, so that consumers can recognise and trust official sources of information.</p><p>Finally we are working closely with other bodies such as the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the National Trading Standards Board (NTSB) and Which? to raise awareness of this issue and ensure action is taken where appropriate</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 17/11/2016 08:44:54 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

749285

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his oral contribution of 5 July 2017, Official Report, column 1151, how many of the 2394 alleged cases of electoral fraud since 2010 led to a (a) police investigation, (b) charge, (c) court case and (d) conviction.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>This Government is committed to creating a secure and clear democracy that works for everyone and, as part of this, wants to ensure that fraud is stamped out in elections. Any instance of electoral fraud is one instance too many.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Electoral Commission publishes annual analysis of electoral fraud on their website. (http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/electoral-fraud/data-and-analysis?)</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Further breakdown and analysis of information on electoral fraud is available in the reports.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 13/07/2017 14:01:29 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

746981

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	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	Public Sector: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his oral contribution of 27 June 2017, Official Report, column 459, if he will place in the Library a copy of the procurement guidelines referred to.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government publishes its procurement guidance on the Gov.UK website. In particular the ‘Procurement Policy Note 09/16 sets out a balanced scorecard approach which enables procurers to balance straightforward matters such as cost against more complex issues such as social and wider economic considerations.</p><p>This can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/procurement-policy-notes" target="_blank">PPN 09/16</a></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 04/07/2017 16:12:26 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

756171

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Motor Vehicles: Fuels
	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 discussions his Department had with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs before the announcement of a ban on petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department works closely with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in developing the Government’s response to the shared challenges of improving air quality and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Government announced an intention to end the sale of all new conventional cars and vans by 2040 as part of the ‘UK plan for tackling roadside nitrogen dioxide concentrations’ (July 2017). The Department engaged closely with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Department for Transport and other relevant departments to draft and agree this plan, including at ministerial level.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/09/2017 12:47:16 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

757875

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	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: Harassment
	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 discussions his Department has had with the Home Office on preventing intimidation of people legally involved in fracking.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	8857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Peaceful protest is a vital part of a democratic society. People must be free to gather together and to demonstrate their views, provided that they do so within the law.</p><p> </p><p>But protestors' rights must be balanced with the rights of others to go about their business without fear of intimidation or serious disruption to the community. Rights to peaceful protest do not extend to violent or threatening behaviour and the police have powers to deal with any such acts.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS and the Home Office have regular discussions across a wide range of topics of mutual interest, including protest activity related to fracking.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 11/09/2017 12:55:52 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

791082

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2017
	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	Fuel Poverty: West Midlands
	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 information his Department holds on the number of households in (a) Warley constituency and (b) Sandwell Borough which spent more than ten per cent of their income on fuel bills in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	113634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Data is only available at the regional level and is not broken down further to Local Authority or Parliamentary Constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/11/2017 11:59:58 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

816826

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	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	Minimum Wage: Non-payment
	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 he is taking (a) to increase the number of inspectors and (b) to raise the level of penalties to deal with employers who pay less than the minimum wage.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	121253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The budget for enforcing the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) has increased from £13.2 million in 2015/16 to £25.3 million for 2017/18. The increase in HM Revenue and Customs’ enforcement resources has enabled an increase in the number of compliance officers available to investigate NMW abuses.</p><p> </p><p>The penalty regime has been significantly strengthened in recent years. The Government raised the penalty calculation up to 200% in 2016; this was previously 50% and more recently 100%. We have also changed the penalty cap to apply on a ‘per worker’ rather than ‘per employer’ basis; this ensures that employers who break the law face a penalty equivalent to the arrears they owe their workers, up to £20,000 maximum per worker.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 11/01/2018 15:13:41 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

852585

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2018
	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	Energy: Meters
	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 cost of installing smart meters in domestic properties has been to date; and what estimate his Department has made of savings to domestic consumers of that installation.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	130581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>A detailed breakdown of the estimated costs of the rollout by year and type is available in the published cost-benefit analysis, which is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/smart-meter-roll-out-gb-cost-benefit-analysis" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/smart-meter-roll-out-gb-cost-benefit-analysis</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The average household is expected to save £11 a year off their energy bills in 2020, rising to £47 in 2030 (equivalent to £300 million off domestic energy bills in 2020 and £1.2 billion a year by 2030).</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/03/2018 15:19:59 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar