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1645630

registered interest
date	19/06/2023
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	Public Sector: Living Wage
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 plans to ensure every public sector employee receives at least the Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	190015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>All employers, including the public sector, are responsible for paying the correct minimum wage to their staff. The vast majority of responsible employers make sure they get it right.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes enforcing the minimum wage seriously. We are clear that anyone entitled to be paid the minimum wage should receive it and take robust enforcement action against employers who do not pay their staff correctly.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 22/06/2023 14:46:32 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1645631

registered interest
date	19/06/2023
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	Public Sector: Living Wage
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 plans to ensure that outsourced staff in the public sector receive (a) at least the Living Wage and (b) certainty over hours of work.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	190016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>All employers, including the public sector, are responsible for paying the correct minimum wage to their staff. The vast majority of responsible employers make sure they get it right.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes enforcing the minimum wage seriously. We are clear that anyone entitled to be paid the minimum wage should receive it and take robust enforcement action against employers who do not pay their staff correctly. </p><p> </p><p>The Government is also supporting the Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill, which will give qualifying workers the right to request a more predictable working pattern.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 22/06/2023 14:51:22 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1144733

registered interest
date	04/09/2019
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	Business: Grants
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 assessments he has made of the implications for businesses of the Business Readiness Fund ceasing to provide grants beyond 31 October 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	286599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the Rt hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/09/2019 16:25:17 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1144742

registered interest
date	04/09/2019
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	Business: Grants
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 she has had with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister of the Cabinet Office on extending Business Readiness Grants beyond 31 October 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	286600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Business Readiness Fund is a scheme set up to fund Business Representative Organisations to prepare businesses for leaving the EU on 31st October. Ministers meet regularly with ministerial colleagues to consider what further support can be given to business before and after 31<sup>st</sup> October.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/09/2019 16:46:45 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1168940

registered interest
date	06/01/2020
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	Living Wage: Age
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 she plans to reduce the age of entitlement to the National Living Wage to 21; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has announced that in April 2020 the National Living Wage (NLW) will increase by 6.2 per cent to £8.72 for those aged 25 and over. The Government has also announced inflation-beating increases in the National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates for younger workers and apprentices of between 4.6 per cent and 6.5 per cent.</p><p> </p><p>My rt. hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer has pledged that the National Living Wage will increase further, reaching two-thirds of median earnings by 2024, providing economic conditions allow. The Government also plans to expand the reach of the National Living Wage, bringing down the eligibility threshold first to age 23 in 2021 and then to 21 by 2024.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 09/01/2020 16:43:33 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1188462

registered interest
date	20/04/2020
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	Parental Pay
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 people started receiving (a) statutory paternity pay and (b) shared parental pay in each quarter since April 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	37390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting working parents. In 2015, we introduced Shared Parental Leave and Pay which gives eligible parents much more flexibility and choice in how they share care for their new child between them in the first year. The scheme is in addition to the Government’s 2-week Paternity Leave and Pay policy and gives fathers and partners access to up to 50 weeks of leave and 37 weeks of pay.</p><p> </p><p>Take-up of Shared Parental Leave and Pay has been broadly in line with our initial estimates, which anticipated that a cultural change like this would take time to bed-in.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows the number of individuals in receipt of Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Shared Parental Pay based on the month that the claim was first made.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Individuals in receipt of Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Shared Parental Pay based on the month that the claim was first made by quarter, 2015/16 to 2019/20</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Statutory Paternity Pay (month first claimed)</p></td><td><p>Statutory Shared Parental Pay (month first claimed)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1 15/16</p></td><td><p>51,900</p></td><td><p>1,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q2 15/16</p></td><td><p>55,000</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q3 15/16</p></td><td><p>52,200</p></td><td><p>1,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q4 15/16</p></td><td><p>54,200</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1 16/17</p></td><td><p>55,100</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q2 16/17</p></td><td><p>56,200</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q3 16/17</p></td><td><p>52,900</p></td><td><p>1,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q4 16/17</p></td><td><p>54,000</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1 17/18</p></td><td><p>51,400</p></td><td><p>2,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q2 17/18</p></td><td><p>55,500</p></td><td><p>2,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q3 17/18</p></td><td><p>52,600</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q4 17/18</p></td><td><p>51,200</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1 18/19</p></td><td><p>48,300</p></td><td><p>2,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q2 18/19</p></td><td><p>50,300</p></td><td><p>2,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q3 18/19</p></td><td><p>47,600</p></td><td><p>2,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q4 18/19</p></td><td><p>54,000</p></td><td><p>2,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q1 19/20</p></td><td><p>50,800</p></td><td><p>2,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q2 19/20</p></td><td><p>53,100</p></td><td><p>3,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Q3 19/20</p></td><td><p>50,400</p></td><td><p>2,400</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li>Data collected uses HMRC Real Time Information (RTI) and was extracted in March 2020. RTI is subject to revision or updates.</li><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.</li><li>For the 2015-16 tax year, those receiving Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (ASPP) for children born before 6 April 2015 cannot be distinguished from those claiming ShPP within RTI data.</li></ol><p>Data based on the month first claimed means that an individual who first claims statutory payment in a given month (i.e. had not claimed it in the previous month) and continues receiving statutory pay for multiple months would only be counted in the first month.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 28/04/2020 09:19:07 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 17057 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1352421

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of a long-term target for floating wind platforms in securing economic benefits and UK supply chain growth.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	41616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government set an ambitious target of 1GW of floating offshore wind by 2030 last year as part of the wider 40GW by 2030 offshore wind target, and is committed to ensuring the UK captures the economic benefits of deploying such technology.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to developing a strong supply chain for floating offshore wind in parallel with growing deployment and are working with industry and other stakeholders on this.</p><p> </p><p>Floating offshore wind projects will be eligible to bid in the next Contract for Difference (CfD) allocation round, which will open in December 2021. Our approach to the next CfD allocation round will provide the foundation for investment in a sustainable, competitive UK based supply chain from which we will learn to help plan our future approach and the feasible scale of ramp up of deployment, building on the success of fixed bottom wind, which has this year delivered supply chain investments in blades, monopiles and transition pieces, creating and safeguarding over 1,800 direct jobs by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 13/09/2021 16:15:21 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1352423

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
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 help secure the potential benefits of the supply chain position of the UK’s lead in floating wind technology.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	41617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government set an ambitious target of 1GW of floating offshore wind by 2030, last year as part of the wider 40GW by 2030 offshore wind target. This will stimulate development in projects and investment in the supply chain.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Government’s £1 billion Net Zero Innovation Portfolio fund, announced in my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan, we are supporting innovation through the Floating Offshore Wind Demonstration Programme. This aims to support development and demonstration of state of the art technologies and products in the future offshore wind industry.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 13/09/2021 16:13:06 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1418348

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
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	Business: Carbon Emissions
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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of making Scope 3 emissions reporting mandatory, rather than voluntary, in the TCFD regulation for UK businesses; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	114616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>In January 2022, the Companies (Strategic Report) (Climate-related Financial Disclosure) Regulations 2022 were made in Parliament. These Regulations require climate-related financial disclosures from certain UK-registered companies.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 03/02/2022 17:16:46 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1471675

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
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	Conditions of Employment
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 Written Statement of 11 May 2022, HCWS1, on Low-income Workers: Exclusivity Clauses, whether he plans to undertake a consultation in advance of publishing the employment status guidance; and when he plans to publish that guidance.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	21076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to publishing employment status guidance in due course. It will make it easier for individuals and businesses to understand which employment rights apply to them, enhancing worker protections whilst maintaining flexibility and ensuring a level playing field within the labour market. The Government will continue to work closely with stakeholders to ensure the employment status framework is fit for purpose.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/06/2022 15:22:55 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms