Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Liverpool Garston)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people in Garston and Halewood constituency are employed in the automotive industry?
Answered by Claire Perry
The Garston and Halewood constituency has an important role in automotive manufacturing. Data from the ONS Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) show that around 6,000 were employed in the automotive manufacturing sector in Garston and Halewood in 2016.
Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Liverpool Garston)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people in Garston and Halewood constituency are employed in the pharmaceutical industry.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
In 2016 there were an estimated 1,250 people employed in pharmaceutical manufacturing in the Garston and Halewood constituency.
Source: Business Register and Employment Survey, Office for National Statistics
Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Liverpool Garston)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that people employed in the public sector social care sector receive the national living wage.
Answered by Margot James
The Government and HMRC provide support and guidance to ensure employers in the social care sector understand and comply with National Minimum Wage law. The Government is also increasing funding going into the sector. In the spring Budget 2017, £2bn additional funding for local authorities was agreed for adult social care over the next three years. Funding agreed by Government since 2015 means councils have access in total to £9.25 billion more dedicated funding for social care over the next three years.
Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Liverpool Garston)
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 6 March 2017 to Question 65635, on Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Brexit, what (a) EU agencies and other organisations are within his Department's remit, (b) staff time was spent on engagement with those bodies and (c) financial resources were spent on engagement with those bodies in 2015-16.
Answered by Nick Hurd
BEIS and its executive bodies work with a number of EU agencies including the European Chemicals Agency, European Union Intellectual Property Office, European Standardisation Organisations (CEN and CELNEC) and the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity, amongst others. A full list of EU agencies and bodies can be found on the Commission website https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/agencies_en. We do not disaggregate the time and resource spent on this engagement.
Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Liverpool Garston)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what (a) EU agencies and other organisations within his Department's remit the Government plans to withdraw from when the UK leaves the EU, (b) staff time was spent on engagement with those bodies and (c) financial resources were spent on engagement with those bodies in 2015-16.
Answered by Nick Hurd
As set out in the recent White Paper (The United Kingdom’s exit from and new partnership with the European Union), the Government will discuss with the EU and Member States our future status and arrangements with regard to EU agencies. It would not be appropriate to prejudge the outcome of the negotiations.