Asked by: Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cloud services contracts that were previously delivered by British cloud services providers for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are now delivered by multinational cloud service providers; what is the value of those contracts; and what are the names of the previous providers.
Answered by Lord Henley
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has no contracts that were previously delivered by British cloud services providers that are now delivered by multinational cloud service providers.
Asked by: Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's data is hosted (1) in the UK, and (2) overseas.
Answered by Lord Henley
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy estimates that by volume more than 90% of its data is hosted in the UK. It has been necessary to provide an estimate given an ongoing, internal programme of work to move from UK-based hosting arrangements to cloud-based services that have their primary data centre within the UK and a secondary data centre overseas.
Asked by: Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the recent ruling in respect of the employment status of Uber drivers on the security industry; and what is their assessment of the use of zero-hour or self-employment contracts in the security industry.
Answered by Lord Prior of Brampton
The Government cannot comment on individual cases. The Government has not made any assessment of the use of zero-hour or self-employment contracts in the security industry.
The availability of atypical or non-standard forms of employment provide a number of benefits for workers who cannot or do not want to commit to ‘standard’ full-time employment. This Government is absolutely clear that employers must take their employment law responsibilities seriously and cannot simply opt out of their responsibilities. We believe everyone deserves to be treated fairly at work.
Asked by: Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the savings that will result from the proposal to reduce the amount of time that records of dissolved companies at Companies House are retained from 20 years to six.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Shadow Minister (Treasury)
The Government has no current plans to bring forward proposals to reduce the period of time that Companies House retains records of dissolved companies.
We will continue to keep the retention period under review. Any future proposal to change the retention period would be subject to public consultation.
Asked by: Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government which external organisations the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has consulted regarding the proposal to reduce the amount of time that records of dissolved companies at Companies House are retained from 20 years to six.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Shadow Minister (Treasury)
The Government has no current plans to bring forward proposals to reduce the period of time that Companies House retains records of dissolved companies.
We will continue to keep the retention period under review. Any future proposal to change the retention period would be subject to public consultation.
Asked by: Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what objectives they are seeking to achieve as a result of the proposal to reduce the amount of time that records of dissolved companies at Companies House are retained from 20 years to six.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Shadow Minister (Treasury)
The Government has no current plans to bring forward proposals to reduce the period of time that Companies House retains records of dissolved companies.
We will continue to keep the retention period under review. Any future proposal to change the retention period would be subject to public consultation.
Asked by: Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the proposal to reduce the amount of time that records of dissolved companies at Companies House are retained from 20 years to six.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Shadow Minister (Treasury)
The Government has no current plans to bring forward proposals to reduce the period of time that Companies House retains records of dissolved companies.
We will continue to keep the retention period under review. Any future proposal to change the retention period would be subject to public consultation.
Asked by: Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the implications of the new EU Package Travel Directive (2015/2302/EU); and what plans they have to implement that Directive in advance of the UK leaving the EU.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Shadow Minister (Treasury)
The UK Government was influential in negotiating the new EU Package Travel Directive (2015/2302/EU). In particular the new rules extend protection to holidaymakers who pull together the elements of a package themselves using online providers, as well as those buying one “off the shelf”.
Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force. During this period the Government will continue to negotiate, implement and apply EU legislation including the updated Package Travel Directive.