Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 29 May 2019 to Question 256394, what assistance the Government will provide to individuals concerned about their public safety but unable to afford the Companies House SR01 form fee.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
The Government has no current plans to provide assistance to individuals in relation to the SR01 form fee for removing a home address from the public record. However, Companies House is keeping the fee under review.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an exemption from the Companies House SR01 form fee for the removal of a home address from public record on grounds of public safety.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
The Government has no current plans to introduce an exemption to the fee for removing a home address from the public record. Companies House operates on the basis of cost recovery.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many mandatory cyber security training sessions civil servants working in his Department are required to undertake.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
Within BEIS there is only one mandatory training course that includes elements of cyber security, the Responsible for Information course via Civil Service Learning. BEIS staff are required to undertake this on an annual basis.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to page 39 of the Government white paper entitled National Security and Investment, published in June 2018, who he plans to consult when determining whether to exclude a company on national security grounds.
Answered by Lord Harrington of Watford
The proposed regime described in the National Security and Investment White Paper, would require the Minister to take in account all relevant considerations when making a decision. This will include consulting other departments, where relevant, to enable an informed decision to be made.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to page 39 of the Government white paper entitled National Security and Investment, published in June 2018, whether the proposed Government powers will permit the exclusion of a company supplying UK telecoms critical national infrastructure with equipment on national security grounds.
Answered by Lord Harrington of Watford
The proposed regime described in the National Security and Investment White Paper will ensure that we have the right powers to protect national security from hostile actors using ownership of, or influence over, businesses and assets to harm the country. The proposed regime is not designed to enable the Government to intervene in existing relationships between suppliers. The Government does however have a comprehensive range of powers to protect national security.
In addition, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is leading a cross-government review into the supply chain arrangements for the UK’s telecoms infrastructure. The review will consider the full UK market position, including economic prosperity, corporate and consumer effects, and quality, resilience and security standards of equipment.