Government departments publish annual progress reports on their external websites including data on usage, accessibility and satisfaction ratings.

Note: BEIS was created in July 2016 following the merger of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

The data shows details on:

• number of off-payroll engagements for those earning more than £220 per day and lasting more than 6 months duration as at 31 March 2017
• new engagements or those that reached 6 months duration between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017
• engagements of board members, and/or senior officials with significant financial responsibility during that period
• number of engagements for whom assurance as to their tax obligations has been sought
• number who have successfully provided assurance
• action taken against those who have not successfully provided assurance

Note

In July 2016 the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) merged to form the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). This is the first return for the new department (combining both ex-BIS and ex-DECC) and is not directly comparable to previous returns.

This report sets out the activities of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) over the period 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017.

It provides detailed information on:

• performance
• how we used our resources
• our progress against supporting economic growth
• our objectives

The resource accounts provide detailed accounting and expenditure information for the financial year 2016 to 2017.

Note: BEIS was created in July 2016 following the merger of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

Non-consolidated performance related pay (a one-off, non-pensionable lump sum) for the performance year 2015 to 2016.

This report was commissioned under the Coalition government and submitted to the Minister for Employment Relations in March 2015. The data in the report was updated in December 2015.

We are placing this report in the public domain in the interests of transparency and to help inform Matthew Taylor’s review of modern employment practices. The Taylor Review will consider this document as part of a wider range of evidence.