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To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many individual recipients claimed Statutory Adoption Leave in the financial year 2021-22; and what the total expenditure was on that policy for that year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many individual recipients claimed Statutory Adoption Leave in the financial year 2021-22; and what the total expenditure was on that policy for that year.
Information provided by employers to HMRC shows that there were around 4,600 individuals in receipt of Statutory Adoption Pay in the 2021/22 financial year and the total value of those payments amounted to £21.8m.
Clauses 1 to 3 agreed to, with clause 2 agreed to as amended. Schedule agreed to, with an amendment. Bill, as amended, to be reported (Bill 153).
Clauses 1 to 3 agreed to, with clause 2 agreed to as amended. Schedule agreed to, with an amendment. Bill, as amended, to be reported (Bill 153).
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to help small businesses that cannot repay their covid-19 loan debt.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to help small businesses that cannot repay their covid-19 loan debt.
The Government has already taken action to give small businesses the space and flexibility to repay their bounce back loans. Under the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS), no repayments were due from the borrower for the first 12 months of the loan. The Government also covered the first 12 months of interest payments charged to the business by the lender.
In order to give businesses further support, the Government introduced the “Pay as You Grow” (PAYG) measures, which allow individual businesses to tailor their repayments to their individual circumstances.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to (a) prevent small businesses from defaulting on their bounce back loans and (b) support businesses that are in arrears.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to (a) prevent small businesses from defaulting on their bounce back loans and (b) support businesses that are in arrears.
The Government has already taken action to give small businesses the space and flexibility to repay their bounce back loans through our “Pay as You Grow” measures.
These measures give all businesses that borrowed under the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS) the option to repay their loan over a period of up to ten years, as well as the option to move temporarily to interest-only payments for periods of up to six months, or to pause their repayments entirely for up to six months.
Further support is available through the Recovery Loan Scheme, which supports small and medium sized businesses to access the finance they need to grow and invest. Loans are available through accredited lenders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason he has paused his Department's work on the proposed enterprise strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason he has paused his Department's work on the proposed enterprise strategy.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy strives to make the UK one of the best places in the world to start and grow a business. Supporting enterprise and an enterprise culture in the UK very much remains an enduring mission for the department, on which we work relentlessly every single day.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he has taken to support growth for SMEs in levels of (a) production, (b) profit and (c) employment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he has taken to support growth for SMEs in levels of (a) production, (b) profit and (c) employment.
Our Help to Grow schemes will help UK small businesses boost productivity and profits. Help to Grow Digital provides financial discounts of up to 50% on approved digital technologies up to £5000 and Help to Grow Management will boost leadership and management skills.
Businesses can get the finance they need through Start-Up loans, and the recent extension to the Recovery Loan Scheme, will help businesses to access loans of up to £2million so businesses can grow and invest.
As a result of government action, there are now more employees on payroll than ever, and we will continue to build a high skilled, high productivity, high wage economy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of job vacancies in the hospitality sector; and what steps his Department is taking to help fill those vacancies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of job vacancies in the hospitality sector; and what steps his Department is taking to help fill those vacancies.
We are in regular dialogue with the sector and are aware of the recruitment challenges facing businesses. The Hospitality Council is actively looking at this issue and the Government's Hospitality Strategy covers the sector's skills needs.
To help address labour shortages, the Department for Work and Pensions are currently using work coaches to help find local talent and Plans for Jobs programmes, as well as Sector-based Work Academy Programmes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to help small businesses find kitchen staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to help small businesses find kitchen staff.
We are in regular dialogue with the sector and are aware of the recruitment challenges facing businesses. The Hospitality Council is actively looking at this issue and the Government's Hospitality Strategy covers the sector's skills needs.
To help address labour shortages, the Department for Work and Pensions are currently using work coaches to help find local talent and Plans for Jobs programmes, as well as Sector-based Work Academy Programmes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help ensure that SMEs surpass pre-covid-19 outbreak production levels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help ensure that SMEs surpass pre-covid-19 outbreak production levels.
Small businesses are benefitting from the £15 billion of targeted government support to help with the rising cost of living, bringing total cost of living support measures announced to £37 billion this year.
We have also announced an extension to the Recovery Loan Scheme, which will help smaller business access loans of up to £2 million to grow and invest. This is in addition to existing support through our Help to Grow schemes aimed at supporting business to grow and thrive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
The Department’s Agency Staff spend is published annually in BEIS Annual Report and Accounts here under note 3 ‘Staff costs’. Agency spend is shown as financial years in the ‘Wages and Salaries’ line under the ‘Others’ column, representing non-permanent core BEIS staff. Annual spend on Agency spend is not held centrally and can only be obtained disproportionally.
Spend relating to financial year 2021-22 will be published later this year. BEIS Annual Report and Accounts are laid in Parliament once they have been certified by the Comptroller & Auditor General (C&AG).
We do not pay agency retainers as our policy is only to use Crown Commercial Framework contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has plans to increase the level of UK Research and Innovation funding that is spent in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has plans to increase the level of UK Research and Innovation funding that is spent in Northern Ireland.
In Northern Ireland there are currently over 190 UKRI funded projects worth approximately £146 million. This includes project awards through the Strength in Places Fund, which is designed to build on existing strengths in research and innovation to support innovation-led regional growth.
UKRI and other Government R&D funders will continue to work with places across the UK, as part of the Government’s mission to increase domestic public investment in R&D outside the Greater South East by at least 40% by 2030.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department have held with representatives of Uber since 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department have held with representatives of Uber since 2017.
Ministers and officials meet with a wide range of taxi and private hire vehicle stakeholders, including Uber. These meetings provide an opportunity to hear the views of the sector. Details of ministerial meetings from 2009 have been published and are available online. Meetings with officials are not published.
Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly and can be found on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) name of each consultancy contracted...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) name of each consultancy contracted...
All Department’s consultancy costs including details of the provider are published on gov.uk here. Further transactions will be published during 2022.
The information requested on the specific matters consulted is not held centrally and can only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the results and recommendations set out in the 2022 Aid Transparency Index; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the results and recommendations set out in the 2022 Aid Transparency Index; and if he will make a statement.
The Aid Transparency Index assessment takes place every two years. This is the first time that BEIS has been included and I am pleased the Department’s performance has been ranked as ‘Good’. BEIS remains committed to the transparency of its ODA spending and is examining how to improve its rating in future assessments. The International Development Strategy, published in May, recognised the importance of transparency and the Government has committed to the strengthening of transparency and accountability of UK ODA in its updated National Action Plan under the Open Government Partnership, updated in August.
Motion that this House has considered the potential merits of devolving employment law to Scotland. Agreed to on question.
Motion that this House has considered the potential merits of devolving employment law to Scotland. Agreed to on question.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the liquidation of the Lamp Insurance Company Limited, if he will make an estimate of the value of the assets and liabilities of the Lamp Insurance Company Limited when it entered liquidation; and for what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the liquidation of the Lamp Insurance Company Limited, if he will make an estimate of the value of the assets and liabilities of the Lamp Insurance Company Limited when it entered liquidation; and for what...
The Official Receiver in Gibraltar is liquidator of Lamp Insurance Company Limited. Their preliminary report of 25 July 2019, available at www.lampinsurance.com detailed the company’s assets and liabilities. The treatment of a company’s assets and liabilities is a matter for Gibraltarian insolvency law and the decisions of the liquidator.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the case of the Lamp Insurance Company Limited, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the steps required of (a) liquidators and (b) regulatory bodies in (i) Gibraltar and (ii) the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the case of the Lamp Insurance Company Limited, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the steps required of (a) liquidators and (b) regulatory bodies in (i) Gibraltar and (ii) the UK...
LAMP Insurance Company Limited is a Gibraltar-incorporated and registered company which was authorised and regulated by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission. The company was placed into liquidation in Gibraltar on 31 May 2019 in accordance with the Gibraltar Insolvency Act 2011. The UK Government has no involvement in the legal or regulatory functions of the authorities in Gibraltar.
LAMP Insurance Company Limited also operated in the UK and was authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. In the event that an authorised insurer fails operating in the UK or Gibraltar, there are consumer protections in place. Eligible policyholders can seek compensation from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme and refer claims disputes to the Financial Ombudsman Service. Creditors of the company who are not policyholders can lodge their claims and obtain further information via the Liquidator’s appointed agents, Grant Thornton Limited, who can be contacted by email at lampinsurance@gi.gt.com.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken in response to the closure of the Corporate re-domiciliation consultation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken in response to the closure of the Corporate re-domiciliation consultation.
The Government published a summary of responses to the consultation on 12 April 2022 (https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/corporate-re-domiciliation).
As set out in the response, it is the Government’s intention to introduce a UK corporate re-domiciliation regime, consulting further as appropriate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much the Office of the Small Business Commissioner team has recouped in late payments since December 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much the Office of the Small Business Commissioner team has recouped in late payments since December 2017.
Since December 2017, the Office of the Small Business Commissioner has recovered over £8 million owed to small businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to encourage workers to work at home if it is cooler during periods of extreme heat.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to encourage workers to work at home if it is cooler during periods of extreme heat.
This is a matter for employers to discuss with their employees, if appropriate. This is not a matter for Government.