Asked by: Derek Thomas (Conservative - St Ives)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report by the Social Market Foundation on the effect of single parents of a relaxation of Sunday trading hours.
Answered by Anna Soubry
In formulating its final proposals, the Government has carefully considered all the evidence submitted during the consultation process.
Asked by: Derek Thomas (Conservative - St Ives)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the potential effect on levels of employment in convenience stores of proposals to devolve Sunday trading restrictions; and what the evidential basis for that estimate was.
Answered by Anna Soubry
My Department has carried out an assessment of the impacts of devolving the power to extend Sunday trading hours. This will be published shortly.
Asked by: Derek Thomas (Conservative - St Ives)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of the 2012 temporary liberalisation of Sunday trading regulations on its proposals for the devolution of such regulations to local authorities.
Answered by Anna Soubry
The ONS analysed the impact of the short term Olympic relaxation of the Sunday trading rules and found that it was not possible to make any inference from the data. They found no definite pattern amongst the growth rates of retail sales and noted that other factors, such as the weather and time of year, will have impacted sales.
In formulating its final proposals, the Government has carefully considered all the evidence submitted during the consultation process.
Asked by: Derek Thomas (Conservative - St Ives)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on the profit of convenience stores of proposals to devolve Sunday trading restrictions; and what the evidential basis for that estimate was.
Answered by Anna Soubry
My Department has carried out an assessment of the impacts of devolving the power to extend Sunday trading hours and this will be published shortly.