Asked by: Mark Garnier (Conservative - Wyre Forest)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the £400 arising from the Energy Bill Support Scheme will be delivered to park home residents.
Answered by Graham Stuart
I refer my Hon. Friend to the answer I gave my Hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch on 8th November to Question 78634.
Asked by: Mark Garnier (Conservative - Wyre Forest)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps his Department has taken to help ensure that people in caravan parks who are connected to utilities through the park owners will be able to receive the £400 payment through the Energy Bills Support Scheme.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave the hon. Member for St Albans on 20th June 2022 to Question 18990.
Asked by: Mark Garnier (Conservative - Wyre Forest)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government maintains a database of firms operating within the repair, maintenance and improvement sector in England that have gone into liquidation in each of the last three years.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
The Government does not maintain a specific database of firms operating within the repair, maintenance and improvement sector in England that have gone into liquidation in each of the last three years.
However, the Government does hold data from the Insolvency Service on liquidations of firms in the wider construction sector in England and Wales. The table below sets out Registered Compulsory Liquidations and Registered Creditors' Voluntary Liquidations to three-digit level Standard Industrial Classification from 2018 to Q3 of 2021.
Description | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 to Q3 | |
2,754 | 2,881 | 1,874 | 1,619 | ||
Construction of buildings | 876 | 975 | 637 | 538 | |
Development of building projects | 419 | 420 | 280 | 251 | |
Construction of residential and non-residential buildings | 457 | 555 | 357 | 287 | |
Civil engineering | 144 | 156 | 117 | 121 | |
Construction of roads and railways | 24 | 31 | 35 | 51 | |
Construction of utility projects | 23 | 19 | 11 | 12 | |
Construction of other civil engineering projects | 97 | 106 | 71 | 58 | |
Specialised construction activities | 1,734 | 1,750 | 1,120 | 960 | |
Demolition and site preparation | 57 | 57 | 28 | 24 | |
Electrical, plumbing and other construction installation activities | 624 | 646 | 407 | 361 | |
Building completion and finishing | 564 | 606 | 406 | 309 | |
Other specialised construction activities | 489 | 441 | 279 | 266 | |
Asked by: Mark Garnier (Conservative - Wyre Forest)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government maintains a database of complaints levelled against general building firms operating within the repair, maintenance and improvement sector; and how many complaints have been made by subcontractors against general building firms that have engaged their services over the last three years.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
The Government is committed to ensuring that we have a high-quality and professional construction industry in the UK, and to strengthening consumers’ rights and access to redress in the domestic construction sector. We have recently consulted on proposals to reform competition and consumer policy. This includes proposals for mandatory alternative dispute resolution in the home improvements sector.
At present, the Government does not maintain a database of complaints levelled against general building firms operating within the repair, maintenance and improvement sector in England.
There are also several market-led mechanisms, including online forums and public reviews, that highlight those in the sector who are not doing the right thing.
Asked by: Mark Garnier (Conservative - Wyre Forest)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government maintains a database of complaints levelled against general building firms operating within the repair, maintenance and improvement sector in England; and how many customer complaints have been made against general building firms for work that has failed building control inspections in each of the last three years.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
The Government is committed to ensuring that we have a high-quality and professional construction industry in the UK, and to strengthening consumers’ rights and access to redress in the domestic construction sector. We have recently consulted on proposals to reform competition and consumer policy. This includes proposals for mandatory alternative dispute resolution in the home improvements sector.
At present, the Government does not maintain a database of complaints levelled against general building firms operating within the repair, maintenance and improvement sector in England.
There are also several market-led mechanisms, including online forums and public reviews, that highlight those in the sector who are not doing the right thing.
Asked by: Mark Garnier (Conservative - Wyre Forest)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government maintains a database of complaints levelled against general building firms operating within the repair, maintenance and improvement sector in England; and how many customer complaints have been made against general building firms for unsafe work over the last three years.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
The Government is committed to ensuring that we have a high-quality and professional construction industry in the UK, and to strengthening consumers’ rights and access to redress in the domestic construction sector. We have recently consulted on proposals to reform competition and consumer policy. This includes proposals for mandatory alternative dispute resolution in the home improvements sector.
At present, the Government does not maintain a database of complaints levelled against general building firms operating within the repair, maintenance and improvement sector in England.
There are also several market-led mechanisms, including online forums and public reviews, that highlight those in the sector who are not doing the right thing.
Asked by: Mark Garnier (Conservative - Wyre Forest)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government maintains a database of complaints levelled against general building firms operating within the repair, maintenance and improvement sector in England; and how many customer complaints have been made against general building firms for substandard work over the last three years.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
The Government is committed to ensuring that we have a high-quality and professional construction industry in the UK, and to strengthening consumers’ rights and access to redress in the domestic construction sector. We have recently consulted on proposals to reform competition and consumer policy. This includes proposals for mandatory alternative dispute resolution in the home improvements sector.
At present, the Government does not maintain a database of complaints levelled against general building firms operating within the repair, maintenance and improvement sector in England.
There are also several market-led mechanisms, including online forums and public reviews, that highlight those in the sector who are not doing the right thing.
Asked by: Mark Garnier (Conservative - Wyre Forest)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government maintains a database of complaints levelled against general building firms operating within the repair, maintenance and improvement sector in England; and how many disputes have been registered between general building firms and customers in each of the last three years.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
The Government is committed to ensuring that we have a high-quality and professional construction industry in the UK, and to strengthening consumers’ rights and access to redress in the domestic construction sector. We have recently consulted on proposals to reform competition and consumer policy. This includes proposals for mandatory alternative dispute resolution in the home improvements sector.
At present, the Government does not maintain a database of complaints levelled against general building firms operating within the repair, maintenance and improvement sector in England.
There are also several market-led mechanisms, including online forums and public reviews, that highlight those in the sector who are not doing the right thing.
Asked by: Mark Garnier (Conservative - Wyre Forest)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government maintains a database of complaints levelled against general building firms operating within the repair, maintenance and improvement sector in England.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
The Government is committed to ensuring that we have a high-quality and professional construction industry in the UK, and to strengthening consumers’ rights and access to redress in the domestic construction sector. We have recently consulted on proposals to reform competition and consumer policy. This includes proposals for mandatory alternative dispute resolution in the home improvements sector.
At present, the Government does not maintain a database of complaints levelled against general building firms operating within the repair, maintenance and improvement sector in England.
There are also several market-led mechanisms, including online forums and public reviews, that highlight those in the sector who are not doing the right thing.
Asked by: Mark Garnier (Conservative - Wyre Forest)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate the Government has made of the number of workers employed by firms operating within the repair, maintenance and improvement sector in England.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
The repair, maintenance and improvement sector (RMI) is not part of the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC). Therefore, whilst the Government has data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) regarding the number of construction businesses operating, we do not maintain a database on how many of these businesses operate in the RMI sector, either solely or partially.
The most recent Construction Statistics annual tables were published by the ONS in December 2021 and relate to 2020 (please find the relevant data attached). Table 1.4 shows the value of RMI work carried out by businesses in different SIC sectors in Great Britain, and Table 3.5 provides information on the number of employees in such businesses, although the data does not show whether or not they undertake RMI work.
The ONS also publishes data on business counts by sector, country and legal status. The following data relates to March 2021 and only includes construction businesses in England which are registered for VAT and/or PAYE. It relates to SIC sector 412: Construction of residential and non-residential buildings, and it is therefore not specific to the RMI sector:
Legal Status | Total |
Company (including building society) | 51,840 |
Sole proprietor | 7,365 |
Partnership | 1,575 |
Column Total | 60,775 |
“Company” includes both limited by shares and limited liability partnerships, and “partnerships” refers to unlimited liability partnerships.