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Small Businesses: Holiday Leave
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what estimate he has made of the cost to small businesses of the increase in holiday entitlement from 1 April 2009. [267467]
Mr. McFadden [holding answer 27 March 2009]: The Government worked very closely with small businesses and their representatives during the consultation process and in developing the final regulations. That is why the holiday entitlement was increased in two phases spread over 18 months, and the regulations provided other transitional arrangements, in order to help business make the necessary changes.
An assessment of the likely effects and costs on business, including on small and medium enterprises, was contained in the final regulatory impact assessment published in June 2007, which can be found on the BERR website at:
VAT: Registration
Gordon Banks: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what estimate he has made of the number of businesses not registered for value added tax in (a) Ochil and South Perthshire constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK. [265913]
Ian Pearson [holding answer 23 March 2009]: It is estimated that there were 155,425 businesses not registered for VAT in Scotland and 2,705,860 businesses not registered for VAT in the UK at the start of 2007. These are the latest available data.
Since data are not available at parliamentary constituency level, estimates cannot be made of the number of businesses not registered for VAT in Ochil and South Perthshire constituency.
WPP
Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on what dates the Secretary of State has met Sir Martin Sorrell since he took up his office. [267781]
Mr. McFadden [holding answer 30 March 2009]: On 31 October 2008.
Written Questions: Government Responses
Paul Holmes: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform when he plans to answer Question 248248, on loss of departmental property, tabled on 12 January 2009. [262504]
Mr. McFadden: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 26 March 2009, Official Report, column reference 637W.
Mr. Amess:
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform when he plans to answer question (a) 250233, (b) 250231
and (c) 250232 on the small firms loan guarantee scheme tabled on 19 January; what the reason for the time taken to reply to each is; and if he will make a statement. [263296]
Ian Pearson [holding answer 18 March 2009]: I replied to the hon. Member’s questions on 17 March 2009, Official Report, columns 1131-32W.
Justine Greening: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform when he plans to answer Question 252766, on Heathrow expansion, tabled on 26 January 2009. [265556]
Ian Pearson: I replied to the hon. Member’s question on 27 March 2009, Official Report, columns 737-38W.
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