Asked by: David Crausby (Labour - Bolton North East)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to tackle unfair practices in the hospitality sector in relation to (a) tips, (b) gratuities, (c) cover charges and (d) service charges.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
Through the Good Work Plan, the Government is taking forward the largest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation. In order to improve fairness for workers, we have committed to introduce legislation to ensure that tips left to workers will go to them in full.
We expect over a million workers to benefit from new rules on tips, many of whom are in low-paid jobs. Consumers will have reassurance that the money they leave in good faith is going to the staff, as they intended.
We have been working closely with stakeholders and across Government to prepare this legislation and will lay measures in Parliament as soon as possible.
Asked by: David Crausby (Labour - Bolton North East)
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 bring forward legislative proposals to tackle unfair practices in the hospitality sector in relation to (a) tips, (b) gratuities, (c) cover charges and (d) service charges.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
The Government has announced its intention to legislate to ensure that all tips left to workers are kept by them in full. In some sectors, tips are a significant part of staff income. It is only right that workers keep the full value of tips left in recognition of good service and hard work.
This commitment was published as part of the Government’s Good Work Plan, which represents the largest upgrade to workplace rights in a generation. Full details of legislation on tips will be published in due course.
Asked by: David Crausby (Labour - Bolton North East)
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 conduct a review of the Pubs Code.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
As required by the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State will review the operation of the Pubs Code and the effectiveness of the Pubs Code Adjudicator for the period to 31 March 2019. The Government is currently considering the format of the review and will ensure all those with an interest, including tenants and pub companies, have an opportunity to contribute.
Asked by: David Crausby (Labour - Bolton North East)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Pubs Code Adjudicator.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
As required by the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State will review the operation of the Pubs Code and the effectiveness of the Pubs Code Adjudicator for the period to 31 March 2019. The Government is currently considering the format of the review and will ensure all those with an interest, including tenants and pub companies, have an opportunity to contribute.
Asked by: David Crausby (Labour - Bolton North East)
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 publish the response to the consultation on tips, gratuities, cover and service charges which closed on 27 June 2016.
Answered by Kelly Tolhurst
The Government‘s consultation identified a range of tipping practices used by employers. The Government is considering next steps and reserves the right to take further legislative action if restaurants do not pay their staff fairly. Any action must benefit workers and not place extra burden on those businesses that do pay their staff fairly.
Asked by: David Crausby (Labour - Bolton North East)
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 publish its response to the consultation on tips, gratuities, cover and service charges which closed on 27 June 2016.
Answered by Andrew Griffiths
The Government‘s consultation identified a range of tipping practices used by employers. The Government is considering next steps and reserves the right to take further legislative action if restaurants do not pay their staff fairly. Any action must benefit workers and not place unnecessary burden on those businesses that do pay their staff fairly.
Asked by: David Crausby (Labour - Bolton North East)
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 level of availability of grants for the replacement of storage heaters in cold homes.
Answered by Claire Perry
Storage heaters can be replaced under the Energy Company Obligation (ECO), specifically Affordable Warmth, the part of the scheme aimed at low income and vulnerable households. Government is currently consulting on ECO for 2018-22 which would see the whole scheme focused on low income and vulnerable households and we are proposing that storage heaters could be replaced in a wider set of circumstances.
Asked by: David Crausby (Labour - Bolton North East)
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 publish the response to the consultation on Tips, gratuities, cover and service charges which closed on 27 June 2016.
Answered by Margot James
The Government is considering the responses to this consultation, and will respond in due course.
Asked by: David Crausby (Labour - Bolton North East)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes have been insulated under national government schemes in each year since 2010.
Answered by Claire Perry
Since 2013, and estimated 1,321,000 unique homes have received insulation measures through the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and Green Deal schemes. The annual breakdown is shown in the table below.
Table: Number of homes insulated through ECO and Green Deal: 2013 – July 2017.
Year | Homes insulated (000s) |
2013 | 277 |
2014 | 524 |
2015 | 284 |
2016 | 189 |
2017 (Year to July) | 62 |
TOTAL unique homes insulated* | 1,321 |
*Around 15,000 homes (1%) were insulated by multiple schemes since 2013. This double counting has been removed from the total homes insulated.
Prior to 2013, data are not available to estimate the number of unique homes receiving insulation measures. However, the number of professionally installed measures for cavity wall insulation, loft insulation and solid wall insulation through Government schemes since 2010 are shown in the table below. In addition to schemes shown above the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) that closed in 2012 is included.
Table: Number of selected professionally installed insulation measures through CERT, ECO and Green Deal: 2010 – July 2017.
Year | Cavity wall insulation (000s) | Loft insulation (000s) | Solid wall insulation (000s) |
2010 | 419 | 536 | 13 |
2011 | 521 | 871 | 9 |
2012 | 635 | 1,284 | 14 |
2013 | 166 | 127 | 28 |
2014 | 317 | 207 | 64 |
2015 | 150 | 101 | 57 |
2016 | 91 | 67 | 35 |
2017 (Year to July) | 38 | 21 | 11 |
TOTAL | 2,337 | 3,213 | 232 |
Asked by: David Crausby (Labour - Bolton North East)
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 17 October 2017 to Question 107168 on housing: insulation, if his Department will provide a breakdown of those figures for (a) owner-occupied, (b) private-rented and (c) social sector housing.
Answered by Claire Perry
The following table provides additional breakdown of the percentage of homes rated EPC band D or below by: (a) owner-occupied, (b) private-rented and (c) social sector housing. As before, these data are calculated based on weighted English Housing Survey data:
Table: Number of homes (000’s) in England rated EPC band D or below split by tenure
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| Number of homes (000’s) | (a) owner occupied | (b) private rented | (c) social sector housing |
2010 | 18,588 | 70% | 15% | 15% |
2011 | 18,465 | 69% | 16% | 15% |
2012 | 17,714 | 69% | 18% | 14% |
2013 | 17,347 | 68% | 19% | 13% |
2014 | 16,630 | 68% | 19% | 13% |
2015 | 16,208 | 67% | 20% | 12% |
Note: totals may not add to 100 due to rounding