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Written Question
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Conditions of Employment
Thursday 20th April 2017

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of staff employed by his Department are employed on a contract which is (a) full-time permanent, (b) part-time permanent, (c) for less than two years' duration, (d) on an agency basis and (e) zero-hours.

Answered by Margot James

As at 10/04/2017, The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) employed the following numbers on a contract:

Question

Headcount

%

a) Full-time permanent staff

2663

87.4

b) Part-time permanent staff

292

9.6

c) Less than 2 years duration

2

0.1

d) Agency basis

89

2.9

e) Zero-hours contract

0

0

*Excludes any staff member where BEIS has an agreement rather than a contract - ie loan/secondment in or contracts for service/work package. Headcount includes all staff who are currently inactive (parental leave, loan/secondment out, career break) where the individual still holds a contract with the department.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Mar 2017
Magnox: Early Contract Terminations

"Given the cost problems with the NDA’s Magnox decommissioning contract, how can the Secretary of State have any confidence whatever in the cost figures for Hinkley Point C, which will itself need decommissioning, especially given the farce of the massive cost overruns and huge time delays in building the EDF …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Mar 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"In passing, may I say that it was the black country that was the birthplace of the industrial revolution, not Coalbrookdale? However, on transport spending, which is key to the industrial strategy for the west midlands, when does the Secretary of State expect to persuade his colleague the Secretary of …..."
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Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Monday 13th March 2017

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to respond to the letter of 24 January 2017 from the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West on trades unions' political funds, reference ZA6413.

Answered by Margot James

I apologise to the hon. Member. The reply will be sent shortly.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 31 Jan 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"What are the Government doing about the scourge of bogus self-employment, which too often is a rip-off of the workers concerned and a rip-off of HMRC?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Nov 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"1. If he will discuss with the operators of the Hunterston B power station the reported fractures in the keyways of that power station. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Nov 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"My thanks to the Minister for that. Nuclear safety is important. The blueprint for Hinkley Point C is the Flamanville European pressurised reactor in Normandy, yet in 2015 it was discovered that Flamanville’s steel reactor vessel was faulty and at risk of splitting. The French company Areva is to be …..."
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Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Friday 28th October 2016

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West of 9 September 2016 on Companies House, reference ZA5077.

Answered by Margot James

A response was sent to the hon Member on 26 October.

Written Question
Developing Countries: Weather
Thursday 20th October 2016

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with the Department for International Development on the UK's commitment to weather-indexed insurance.

Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has not had any discussions with my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Development on weather-indexed insurance in the last six months.

Written Question
Institute for Apprenticeships
Thursday 16th June 2016

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representation there will be on the board of the Institute for Apprenticeships from (a) business, (b) charities and (c) trades unions.

Answered by Nick Boles

The Chair and Board members will be appointed in accordance with the public appointments process. It is expected that the members of the Institute’s board will be comprised primarily of persons with a background as employers and business leaders. This is to ensure that employers continue to drive apprenticeship quality. Applications to join the Institute’s board are also open to representatives of other organisations, including the trade unions.