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172114

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Service Prosecuting Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times the Law Officers met the Director of the Services Prosecution Authority in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	219886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text The Law Officers have met the Directors of the Service Prosecuting Authority regularly since 2010. However, as has been the case with successive administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings. answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 12/01/2015 12:20:09 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

172120

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Galileo System
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the Galileo satellite navigation system will be available in the UK; and whether that system will be provided free to the end user.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	219922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2015 answer text <p>The European Commission, as the Galileo Programme Manager, is expected to issue a revised launch timetable shortly, this will inform the timetable for the provision of services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The system is designed to provide four different services under Full Operational Capability (FOC). One of these, the ‘Open Service’ will be free of charge to the end user.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 16/02/2015 14:53:09 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

172121

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Galileo System
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent progress has been made on the Galileo satellite navigation system project.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	219924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2014, two new EU Regulations came into force: the Galileo Regulation (EU 1285/2013), and the amending GSA Regulation (EU 512/2014). These set out further detail on governance and programme delivery.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The European Commission will issue a revised launch schedule shortly, following the full inquiry into the launch anomaly that occurred on 22 August 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 16/02/2015 14:54:21 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

172122

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Galileo System
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the UK's total contribution to the cost of the Galileo satellite navigation system project will be.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	219925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my Rt Hon Friend the Member for Havant (David Willetts) on 22 January 2014, Official Report, column 213W regarding the cost of the Galileo and EGNOS satellite navigation programmes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 219926 question first answered 16/02/2015 14:52:14 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

172123

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Galileo System
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost to the UK has been of the Galileo satellite navigation system project to date.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	219926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my Rt Hon Friend the Member for Havant (David Willetts) on 22 January 2014, Official Report, column 213W regarding the cost of the Galileo and EGNOS satellite navigation programmes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 219925 question first answered 16/02/2015 14:52:14 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

172124

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Galileo System
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the benefits to the UK realised to date of the Galileo satellite navigation system project.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	219927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Galileo is still in development and it is not currently possible to provide exact figures. The current total estimated value of Galileo-related contracts won by UK companies is in excess of the UK’s contribution to the Galileo programme (via the EU budget).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 16/02/2015 14:50:59 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

172127

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	City Link
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received calling for City Link to be taken into public ownership; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	219801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department received a large volume of identical emails, many from abroad, which included a call to take the company into public ownership.</p><p>While there were no grounds for doing so, this is clearly a worrying time for City Link workers and their families and the Government’s focus is on supporting those being made redundant.</p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions is engaging with the administrator and unions to make sure City Link employees and self-employed drivers are aware of the support available to help them back into work, including Job Centre Plus’ Rapid Response Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/01/2015 11:42:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

172129

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
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 take steps to allow the British Business Bank to provide bonds for companies in the offshore wind supply chain for the purpose of enabling those companies to take on additional orders.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	219841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>Since 1st November 2014 the Business Bank has been an operationally independent public limited company, which is wholly owned by Her Majesty’s Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is conducting research, working alongside Department for Business, Innovation and Skills officials, to better understand the market for performance bonds and its impact on smaller companies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Bonds and guarantees have been supported by the Enterprise Finance Guarantee, which is delivered by the Business Bank via participating lenders, since April 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 15/01/2015 16:14:21 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

172130

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Construction: Industry
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 publish any recent assessment he has made of compliance with the Construction Supply Chain Payment Charter.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	219831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Construction Supply Chain Payment Charter was published in April and publicly supported by members of the Construction Leadership Council.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Signing up to the Payment Charter is a voluntary commitment. We are currently consulting on a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) which construction businesses signing the Charter will report on, via the Institute of Credit Management. The KPIs are being developed in order to have a framework in place to monitor the effect of the Charter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 13/01/2015 11:29:27 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

172131

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Aerospace Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the ability of the Aerospace Growth Partnership to help companies in the UK aerospace supply chain to bring products to market (a) faster and (b) more efficiently; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	219843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The Aerospace Growth Partnership is helping companies to bring products to market faster and more efficiently through a range of action and support initiatives. These include the £2billion joint funding from industry and Government, supported by the Aerospace Technology Institute, for research into new product technology and manufacturing processes. Over £400m of projects have already been announced.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the £40m National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme (NATEP) is supporting small and medium sized businesses, through high calibre technical and management resource, to help them accelerate technology efficiently and bring products to market faster. NATEP is already supporting 68 companies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also investing £120m, jointly with industry, in the Sharing in Growth initiative. This is an intensive intervention aimed at ensuring that UK supply chain companies build and maintain world class levels of competitiveness.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 12/01/2015 15:04:08 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright