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105814
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-11-03more like thismore than 2014-11-03
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 remove filter
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Technology: Greater London more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what future investment the Government plans to make to promote the technology sector in London. more like this
tabling member constituency Tottenham more like this
tabling member printed
Mr David Lammy more like this
uin 212963 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-17more like thismore than 2014-11-17
answer text <p>London is the tech capital of Europe. The Government has played a key part in its success. It supports Tech City UK which delivers support services and programmes to tech businesses in London and UK-wide. London and Partners promotes the London wide tech sector, working on behalf of the Mayor of London and other commercial partners, including Tech City for which it took over specific responsibility in April this year.</p><p> </p><p>Technology companies in London will benefit from a range of government funding such as the:</p><p> </p><p>• recently announced 5m funding (£2m in 2015/2016 and a provisional allocation of £3m in 2016/17) for a pilot digital skills programme to be run by the London Enterprise Panel as part of the London Growth Deal.</p><p> </p><p>• A new Digital Catapult, located in King’s Cross, with £50m over 5 years to provide tech companies with access to expertise and enable them to develop new products and services.</p><p> </p><p>• £40K, this financial year, for Tech City UK’s Future Fifty Programme. Of the 50 tech companies, 37 of them are headquartered in London.</p><p> </p><p>• £400K this financial year for Tech City UK’s Digital Business Academy - an online training programme to ensure everyone has the much needed digital skills.</p><p> </p><p>We will have the lowest corporation tax rate in the G7 from next year. Technology companies can also benefit from other tax incentives such as the Patent Box, which can give an effective 10% tax rate for qualifying net revenue arising from EU or UK registered patents, R&amp;D tax credits, the Enterprise Investment Scheme and the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Government launched the new computing curriculum in September 2014, to ensure a pipeline of digitally skilled individuals. £3.5m of funding has been provided to ensure teachers have the skills to teach the curriculum and there are a number of coding clubs available in London schools, to inspire young people about the career opportunities digital skills provide.</p><p> </p><p>There is also good work at a local level, for example, Camden Council has started to set up code clubs in schools, see the following link: <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/local-government-network/2013/sep/02/camden-council-pioneers-coding-in-schools" target="_blank">http://www.theguardian.com/local-government-network/2013/sep/02/camden-council-pioneers-coding-in-schools</a></p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Wantage more like this
answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-11-17T17:06:59.923Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-17T17:06:59.923Z
answering member
1580
label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot more like this
tabling member
206
label Biography information for Mr David Lammy more like this
105818
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-11-03more like thismore than 2014-11-03
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 remove filter
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Freedom of Information more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on legal fees over prevention of release of information requested by Freedom of Information requests since 2010. more like this
tabling member constituency Barrow and Furness more like this
tabling member printed
John Woodcock more like this
uin 213100 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-10more like thismore than 2014-11-10
answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 14 July 2014, Official Report Col 537W.</p><p> </p><p>Although the Hon. Member has requested information in respect of a slightly shorter period (i.e. since 2010 and not each of the past 5 years) and has asked about fees over the prevention of release of information requested by Freedom of Information requests rather than in relation to freedom of information cases generally, the answer remains the same as that previously given.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire more like this
answering member printed Jo Swinson more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-11-10T16:42:01.2165942Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-10T16:42:01.2165942Z
answering member
1513
label Biography information for Jo Swinson more like this
tabling member
3917
label Biography information for Lord Walney more like this
105819
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-11-03more like thismore than 2014-11-03
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 remove filter
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Public Appointments more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions his Department has made appointments by exception since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post. more like this
tabling member constituency Barrow and Furness more like this
tabling member printed
John Woodcock more like this
uin 213019 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-10more like thismore than 2014-11-10
answer text <p>The Department has made 269 appointments by exception since April 2011. Centrally held records are not available prior to April 2011.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not release the name of individuals appointed to posts.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire more like this
answering member printed Jo Swinson more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-11-10T15:58:05.8440936Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-10T15:58:05.8440936Z
answering member
1513
label Biography information for Jo Swinson more like this
tabling member
3917
label Biography information for Lord Walney more like this
105820
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-11-03more like thismore than 2014-11-03
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 remove filter
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Pay more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Instant Rewards of what value were given to his Department's officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date. more like this
tabling member constituency Barrow and Furness more like this
tabling member printed
John Woodcock more like this
uin 213059 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-10more like thismore than 2014-11-10
answer text <p>An element of the Department’s overall pay bill for staff below the Senior Civil Service (SCS) is allocated to payments related directly to performance. There are two types of award:</p><p> </p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Annual performance awards, that reward staff based on their annual performance rating.</li><li>In-year awards that recognise strong performance in particularly demanding tasks or situations. These can be in the form of cash payments or vouchers.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These non-consolidated, non-pensionable one-off payments are used to drive high performance in the department and do not add to future pay bills.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the number and cost of in-year awards in 2013, and until the end of September in 2014 are contained in table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Cash Awards</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value of Cash Awards</strong></p><p><strong>(£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Vouchers</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value of Vouchers</strong></p><p><strong>(£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,489</p></td><td><p>434,743</p></td><td><p>803</p></td><td><p>32,110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014*</p></td><td><p>1,145</p></td><td><p>353,200</p></td><td><p>788</p></td><td><p>41,525</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Jan – Sept 2014</p>
answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire more like this
answering member printed Jo Swinson more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-11-10T15:48:11.0399721Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-10T15:48:11.0399721Z
answering member
1513
label Biography information for Jo Swinson more like this
tabling member
3917
label Biography information for Lord Walney more like this
105821
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-11-03more like thismore than 2014-11-03
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 remove filter
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Public Appointments more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions his Department has had requests for appointments by exception to the Senior Civil Service turned down by the Civil Service Commission since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post. more like this
tabling member constituency Barrow and Furness more like this
tabling member printed
John Woodcock more like this
uin 213039 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-10more like thismore than 2014-11-10
answer text <p>The Civil Service Commission publish details of appointments made by exception and approved by them in their annual reports and on their website. These reports are available in the Library of the House. It would not be appropriate to publish details of the requests turned down by the Commission as the numbers involved are so small.</p> more like this
answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire more like this
answering member printed Jo Swinson more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-11-10T15:49:40.309095Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-10T15:49:40.309095Z
answering member
1513
label Biography information for Jo Swinson more like this
tabling member
3917
label Biography information for Lord Walney more like this
105824
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-11-03more like thismore than 2014-11-03
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 remove filter
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Mobile Phones more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on iPhones in each year since 2010. more like this
tabling member constituency Barrow and Furness more like this
tabling member printed
John Woodcock more like this
uin 213150 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-10more like thismore than 2014-11-10
answer text <p>In 2012, the Department (including our UKTI organisation), purchased 13 iPhones at £360 each, through our framework contract with Vodafone. The call costs for each of those phones would have been absorbed into the standard mobile telephony running cost budget and so aren't identified individually.</p><p>Our corporate Smart Phone service is not predicated on iPhone technology and so no further purchases have been made to date.</p> more like this
answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire more like this
answering member printed Jo Swinson more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-11-10T16:03:50.3947878Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-10T16:03:50.3947878Z
answering member
1513
label Biography information for Jo Swinson more like this
tabling member
3917
label Biography information for Lord Walney more like this
105952
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-11-03more like thismore than 2014-11-03
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 remove filter
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he considers the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada to be a mixed agreement. more like this
tabling member constituency Paisley and Renfrewshire North more like this
tabling member printed
Jim Sheridan more like this
uin 212861 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-17more like thismore than 2014-11-17
answer text <p>In the UK's view, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada includes policy areas that are Member State competence and as such should be a mixed agreement.</p> more like this
answering member constituency West Suffolk more like this
answering member printed Matthew Hancock more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-11-17T14:09:25.43Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-17T14:09:25.43Z
answering member
4070
label Biography information for Matt Hancock more like this
tabling member
1464
label Biography information for Jim Sheridan more like this
105954
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-11-03more like thismore than 2014-11-03
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 remove filter
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading EU External Trade more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will urge the European Commission to make public the negotiating mandate for the Trade in Services Agreement. more like this
tabling member constituency Paisley and Renfrewshire North more like this
tabling member printed
Jim Sheridan more like this
uin 212862 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-26more like thismore than 2014-11-26
answer text <p>The Government supports the new Trade Commissioner’s desire to bring greater transparency to trade negotiations. Official EU documents pertaining to trade negotiations should, in the Government’s view, as a matter of principle be published when to do so would not impact negatively on the EU’s ability to secure the best possible deal for Europe.</p><p>We have welcomed moves by the European Commission proactively to publish information on the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA). For the first time the Commission has published the full text of the EU initial offer and the proposal papers put forward by the EU during the negotiations. You may find the FAQs on this site a useful initial source of information. The website address is as follows; <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/tisa" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/tisa</a>.</p><p>It is the Government’s view that publication of the TiSA mandate at this stage could hinder these important negotiations but we will keep this under review.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency West Suffolk more like this
answering member printed Matthew Hancock more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-11-26T14:16:38.66Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-26T14:16:38.66Z
answering member
4070
label Biography information for Matt Hancock more like this
tabling member
1464
label Biography information for Jim Sheridan more like this
101765
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-10-30more like thismore than 2014-10-30
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 remove filter
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Timber: Imports more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what tonnage of imports of wood pellets there has been into the UK in the last three years. more like this
tabling member constituency Blackley and Broughton more like this
tabling member printed
Graham Stringer more like this
uin 212602 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-11more like thismore than 2014-11-11
answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data on the net mass of imports of wood pellets are published by HMRC in Overseas Trade Statistics. Data for the years 2011 to 2013 are shown in the following tables. Due to routine updating of the commodity codes by Eurostat, wood pellets were coded as ‘44013020 - Sawdust and wood waste and scrap, agglomerated in pellets’ in 2011 but then classified to the new code ‘44013100 – wood pellets’ in 2012 and 2013. For this analysis we have combined these two headings to provide a consistent series. The values below are provided in metric tonnes, each equivalent to 1,000 kg.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Net mass of wood pellet imports to the UK (metric tonnes)</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,015,102</p></td><td><p>1,486,899</p></td><td><p>3,432,187</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source: HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Note: wood pellets were classified as 'HS 44013020 - Sawdust and wood waste and scrap, agglomerated in pellets' in 2011 and as 'HS 44013100 - Wood pellets' in 2012 and 2013</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
answering member constituency West Suffolk more like this
answering member printed Matthew Hancock more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-11-11T15:20:39.4189713Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-11T15:20:39.4189713Z
answering member
4070
label Biography information for Matt Hancock more like this
previous answer version
26406
answering member constituency West Suffolk more like this
answering member printed Matthew Hancock more like this
answering member
4070
label Biography information for Matt Hancock more like this
tabling member
449
label Biography information for Graham Stringer more like this