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63144

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Trade Union Recognition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of companies registered in (a) Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency, (b) Renfrewshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK that do not recognise trades unions.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Jim Sheridan
uin	201716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>This Department does not hold information on to whether or not individual employers recognise a trade union or not.</p><p>You may be interested in the following figures, from the 2011 Workplace Employment Relations Study (WERS), showing percentage of workplaces with recognised unions where the workplace is located in Scotland, the other Government Office Regions and Great Britain as a whole. This does not include information on Northern Ireland workplaces where employment law is devolved.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Government Office Region</p></td><td><p>Percentage of workplaces with recognised unions</p><p>(%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humberside</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Britain</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>More information on the WERS data is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/workplace-employment-relations-study-wers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/workplace-employment-relations-study-wers</a></p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 30/06/2014 15:47:50 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	1464 label Biography information for Jim Sheridan

63147

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what work the Regeneration Investment Organisation is undertaking to promote Northern Ireland as a location for investment in regeneration projects.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	201729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The Regeneration Investment Organisation (RIO) is actively working on several investment opportunities in Northern Ireland with a gross development value of around £3 billion. The team has held commercial dialogue with overseas investors for some of these schemes.</p><p>The RIO team has a dedicated Regional Project Manager who engages with development opportunities in Northern Ireland, works closely with Invest Northern Ireland and helps projects advance to a stage where they would be able to attract overseas investment.</p><p>There is also official representation from Northern Ireland on the Regeneration Investment Advisory Board (RIAB), a group consisting of Industry and Government specialists set up to provide strategic advice and oversight of RIO activity.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 30/06/2014 17:21:54 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

63150

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Trade Promotion: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps UK Trade & Investment took to promote Northern Ireland businesses at the International Festival for Business in Liverpool.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	201733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) has encouraged participation by UK businesses from throughout the UK at the International Festival for Business (IFB).</p><p>UKTI officials briefed representatives from the three devolved administrations, including Invest Northern Ireland, on plans and preparations for the IFB in September 2013. UKTI subsequently facilitated meetings in London and Belfast, between senior IFB managers and Invest Northern Ireland, to discuss the detail of Invest NI's engagement with the Festival.</p><p>All events at IFB have been, and are continuing to be, advertised and promoted to companies in Northern Ireland through the IFB and GOV.UK/UKTI websites.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 26/06/2014 14:53:35 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

63151

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Enterprise Zones: Coleraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans UK Trade & Investment has to promote the new Enterprise Zone in Coleraine as a location for potential international investors.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	201734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) follows the ‘UK First' principle when promoting inward investment. This means that we seek to promote the UK as the country of choice and propose the most suitable locations based on the inward investor's particular needs which are matched to the strengths of individual areas.</p><p>Invest Northern Ireland promotes Northern Ireland and UKTI works together with them on potential opportunities and to highlight benefits of areas such as Enterprise Zones.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 02/07/2014 15:13:28 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

63153

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships have been started in (a) London, (b) the London Borough of Hounslow and (c) Brentford and Isleworth constituency since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Mary Macleod
uin	201804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of apprenticeship starts by geography is published by academic year in a Supplementary Table, entitled <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/298401/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls" target="_blank"><em>Breakdown by geography, equality &amp; diversity and sector subject area: starts 2002/03 to 2012/13</em></a><em>, </em>to a Statistical First Release (SFR):</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/298401/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/298401/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/06/2014 14:33:50 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3927 label Biography information for Mary Macleod

63159

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	McDonalds Restaurants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has had discussions with McDonald's Corporation on its relationship with trades unions in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Jim Sheridan
uin	201854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, has not had such a discussion with McDonald's Corporation.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 30/06/2014 15:39:24 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	1464 label Biography information for Jim Sheridan

63161

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Adult Education: Harrogate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency were enrolled in adult skills training in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	201901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of adults (19+) participating in government-funded further education and skills by parliamentary constituency is published in a Supplementary Table, entitled <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284023/January2013_OverallFEandSkillsAchievement.xls" target="_blank"><em>FE and skills: overall achievement by geography and equality and diversity - 2002/03 to 2011/12</em></a>, to a Statistical First Release (SFR). Data by parliamentary constituency are available from 2005/06 onwards.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-further-education-and-skills" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-further-education-and-skills</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284026/January2013_OverallFEandSkillsParticipation.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284026/January2013_OverallFEandSkillsParticipation.xls</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/06/2014 14:36:36 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

63162

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	New Businesses: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many start-up loans have been granted to businesses in (a) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) the North of England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	201902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The Start Up Loans programme commenced in 2012.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Harrogate &amp; Knaresborough</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>North of England*</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Loan Volume</p></td><td><p>value of loans (£M)</p></td><td><p>Loan Volume</p></td><td><p>value of loans (£M)</p></td><td><p>Loan Volume</p></td><td><p>value of loans (£M)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0.01</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>0.23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>0.31</p></td><td><p>414</p></td><td><p>2.26</p></td><td><p>2993</p></td><td><p>16.55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 – to date</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>0.53</p></td><td><p>629</p></td><td><p>3.29</p></td><td><p>5108</p></td><td><p>26.55</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>All values are loans drawn down.</p><p>*North England comprises of values for North East, North West, Yorkshire and Humber.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/06/2014 16:57:45 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

63166

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Electronic Warfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library copies of the K-Matrix UK Security Sectors reports for each year from 2008 to 2013.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	201948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The KMATRIX reports requested will be placed in the libraries of the House. The report for 2013 is not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 01/07/2014 13:45:59 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

63167

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Groceries Code Adjudicator
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints to the Groceries Code Adjudicator by farmers have been (a) made and (b) upheld to date.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	201941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The responsibilities of the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) – as set out in the Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013 – do not extend to acting as a complaints body. No formal complaints of the type described have therefore been received.</p><p>The Adjudicator has, however, received representations from many farmers concerning their experiences when dealing with the large retailers covered by the GCA regime; and information provided by farmers and by other suppliers will help to inform the GCA's future activities.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 26/06/2014 14:48:30 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching