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Written Question
Energy Bills Rebate: Glasgow Central
Thursday 2nd February 2023

Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)

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 have received support through the Energy Bill Support Scheme for (a) prepayment and (b) direct debit in Glasgow Central constituency.

Answered by Graham Stuart - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Delivery data by region, local authority and Westminster parliamentary constituency will be published in the coming weeks.


Written Question
District Heating
Thursday 26th January 2023

Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to regulate communal heat networks; and whether his Department plans to introduce price caps for consumers on communal heat networks.

Answered by Graham Stuart - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The Energy Bill, introduced to Parliament in June 2022, contains measures that will introduce consumer protection regulations for heat networks across the UK and will appoint Ofgem as the regulator in Great Britain, including communal networks.

Ofgem will have powers to introduce rules and/or guidance on fair and consistent pricing, take enforcement action against disproportionately high pricing, and the ability to set price comparison and benchmarking methodologies.

The Secretary of State will hold powers to introduce a price cap into the market, balancing out the benefits of a price cap with the risks inherent in a nascent market.


Written Question
Companies House: Contracts
Tuesday 8th November 2022

Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on what dates the procurement exercise for an ID verification contract for Companies House (a) opened and (b) closed.

Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

Companies House is unable to procure an identity verification provider until the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency (ECCT) Bill has received Royal Assent. As such, the tendering exercise to procure an identity verification service has not yet begun.

To note, entirely separate to any ID Verification procurement exercises, Companies House did advertise a Digital Delivery Partner opportunity on GOV.UK Digital Marketplace from 10th October to 24th October 2022. This contracting opportunity relates to internal system changes that will move Companies House from the current model of multiple account services to a single log-in portal. Whilst this activity is an enabler for ID Verification, it is wholly distinct from any identity verification provider procurement exercise.


Written Question
Companies: Registration
Tuesday 8th November 2022

Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many fines have been levied in each of the past ten years for the offence of false filing to companies house, and what estimate he has made of the value of those fines.

Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

In cases prosecuted by the Insolvency Service, the total number and value of fines imposed on a defendant, in each of the past ten years, for a General false statement offence, contrary to Section 1112 Companies Act 2006 is:

2012 - nil

2013 - nil

2014 - nil

2015 - nil

2016 - nil

2017 - nil

2018 - 1 x £1,602.00

2019 - 1 x £15,000.00

2020 - nil

2021 - nil

2022 - (up to 31 October) 1x £500.00


Written Question
Scottish Limited Partnerships: Ownership
Monday 7th November 2022

Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many qualifying Scottish Limited partnerships have not registered a person of significant control in each year since the requirement to do so came into force.

Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

Further to the answer given to the Hon. Member on this topic on 3rd March 2022 to Question 131219, as of 31 October 2022, Companies House considers 8,204 of the Scottish Limited Partnerships (‘SLPs’) on the register to be active. Of these, 201 had no PSC information. This compares to 203 SLPs as of 31 January 2022, 213 SLPs in October 2021, 828 in January 2021, 948 in January 2020, 2,019 in January 2019 and 7,078 in January 2018 that had failed to register PSC information.


Written Question
Scottish Limited Partnerships
Wednesday 19th October 2022

Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what (a) the value, and (b) number of fines levied have been levied against Scottish Limited Partnerships for failing to register a Person of Significant Control in each month since the relevant regulations came into force.

Answered by Dean Russell

One fine has been levied against a Scottish Limited Partnership for failing to register people with significant control since the Scottish Partnerships (Register of People with Significant Control) Regulations 2017 came into force. That fine was levied in the 2021/2022 Financial Year. A fine of £210 was imposed by the court.


Written Question
Odey Asset Management
Tuesday 18th October 2022

Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)

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 with Odey Asset Management in 2022.

Answered by Dean Russell

Ministers regularly meet with external stakeholders. Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly and can be found on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings.

The latest published data covers April to June 2022, further data will be published in due course.


Written Question
STARYNX LP
Tuesday 18th October 2022

Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on what basis the registered business address of STARYNX LP (LP022561) was amended to a Companies House default address by the Companies House Registrar.

Answered by Dean Russell

The Registrar of Companies has no legislative power to move the principal place of business of a Limited Partnership to the Companies House default address. The address for Starnyx LP was changed by the Registrar in error. The Registrar is now urgently exploring options with the relevant parties to remedy the situation.

Whilst the Registrar is unable to do this now, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill, which was introduced to Parliament on 22 September 2022, proposes changes to provide the Registrar with a power to move the registered office of a Limited Partnership to the Companies House default address.


Written Question
Directors: Sanctions
Monday 21st March 2022

Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward proposals to strike off company directors who have been subject to economic sanctions.

Answered by Paul Scully

In the Corporate Transparency and Register Reform White Paper published on 28 February 2022, the Government confirmed that it will introduce measures to void the appointment, and prevent the registration, of individuals acting as directors where they are subject to sanctions by virtue of being ‘designated persons’ under section 9 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018. The Government has committed to legislating on economic crime in the next session of this parliament.


Written Question
Limited Liability and Scottish Limited Partnerships: National Security
Monday 21st March 2022

Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential national security risks linked to the abuse of (a) Scottish Limited Partnerships and (b) Limited Partnerships.

Answered by Paul Scully

The Government does not comment on the manner in which it monitors the activities of those who are, or may be, associated with hostile regimes. I would, however, like to assure the hon. Member that BEIS is working closely across Government to identify and mitigate any national security risks which might emanate from Russian activity in the UK.