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418625

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
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	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, what steps are being taken to support entrepreneurs in (a) Suffolk, (b) the East of England and (c) England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
tabling member printed	Jo Churchill
uin	10187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We are supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses in many ways and are committed to making sure the UK is the best place in Europe to start and grow a business.</p><p>For example <em>Start-up Loans</em> provide new entrepreneurs with start-up finance and advice. And the <em>Enterprise Finance Guarantee</em> scheme encourages lenders, such as banks, to lend to smaller businesses that would not ordinarily get a loan. The table below shows how much both schemes have lent to small businesses in Suffolk, East of England and England and Wales.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Start-Up Loans</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Enterprise Finance Guarantee</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Suffolk</strong></p></td><td><p>222 Start Up Loans issued totalling £1.04m</p></td><td><p>296 EFG loans issued totalling £27.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East of England</strong></p></td><td><p>2,096 issued totalling £9.9m</p></td><td><p>2,131 issued totalling £219.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England and Wales</strong></p></td><td><p>29,736 issued totalling £159.6m.</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>22,755 issued totalling £2,317.7m</p><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government is also supporting small firms through grant funding provided by Innovate UK to support science and technology innovations that will grow the economy. In 2014/15 around 60% of Innovate UK’s funding went to small &amp; medium sized enterprises. In the same period expenditure to micro and small enterprises in the East of England was £18.8m.</p><p>Growth hubs across England make sure that small businesses can access this support and other local and private sector support available to start and grow a business. There are currently 29 growth hubs delivering business support to around 79% of the registered business population. The remaining hubs are due to roll out across England by March 2016. The New Anglia Growth Hub provides support to businesses in the Suffolk area and has helped over 3,000 businesses and created 450 jobs. Four hubs currently provide support to businesses in the East of England area.</p><p>And the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership has secured over £220m as part of their Growth Deal to help transform the economy of Norfolk and Suffolk. This money will fund a range of initiatives including road improvements, building new innovation centres and providing grants to help businesses grow.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 10150 question first answered 22/09/2015 13:34:04 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill

418626

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
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	Small 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, what steps his Department is taking to support small businesses in (a) Suffolk, (b) the East of England and (c) England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
tabling member printed	Jo Churchill
uin	10150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>We are supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses in many ways and are committed to making sure the UK is the best place in Europe to start and grow a business.</p><p>For example <em>Start-up Loans</em> provide new entrepreneurs with start-up finance and advice. And the <em>Enterprise Finance Guarantee</em> scheme encourages lenders, such as banks, to lend to smaller businesses that would not ordinarily get a loan. The table below shows how much both schemes have lent to small businesses in Suffolk, East of England and England and Wales.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Start-Up Loans</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Enterprise Finance Guarantee</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Suffolk</strong></p></td><td><p>222 Start Up Loans issued totalling £1.04m</p></td><td><p>296 EFG loans issued totalling £27.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East of England</strong></p></td><td><p>2,096 issued totalling £9.9m</p></td><td><p>2,131 issued totalling £219.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England and Wales</strong></p></td><td><p>29,736 issued totalling £159.6m.</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>22,755 issued totalling £2,317.7m</p><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government is also supporting small firms through grant funding provided by Innovate UK to support science and technology innovations that will grow the economy. In 2014/15 around 60% of Innovate UK’s funding went to small &amp; medium sized enterprises. In the same period expenditure to micro and small enterprises in the East of England was £18.8m.</p><p>Growth hubs across England make sure that small businesses can access this support and other local and private sector support available to start and grow a business. There are currently 29 growth hubs delivering business support to around 79% of the registered business population. The remaining hubs are due to roll out across England by March 2016. The New Anglia Growth Hub provides support to businesses in the Suffolk area and has helped over 3,000 businesses and created 450 jobs. Four hubs currently provide support to businesses in the East of England area.</p><p>And the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership has secured over £220m as part of their Growth Deal to help transform the economy of Norfolk and Suffolk. This money will fund a range of initiatives including road improvements, building new innovation centres and providing grants to help businesses grow.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 10187 question first answered 22/09/2015 13:34:04 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill

418628

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
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	Sunday Trading
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 responses have been received to the consultation on the devolution of Sunday trading laws from (a) small businesses, (b) large businesses, (c) trades unions, (d) faith groups, (e) individuals and (f) others.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
uin	10160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The consultation closed on 16 September and the Department is currently in the process of analysing the responses. A full breakdown of the number of responses by category will be provided as part of the Government’s response to the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 22/09/2015 13:35:26 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

418629

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
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	Sunday Trading
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 Government plans to publish a family impact assessment relating to the proposal to devolve and deregulate Sunday trading laws.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
uin	10161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We expect to publish the results of the Family Test alongside the Government’s response to the consultation shortly.</p><p /> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 22/09/2015 09:43:55 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

418630

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
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	Science: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2015 to Question 8264, what reviews his Department conducted into the adequacy of capital research spending in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	10151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In 2013 the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) commissioned the <em>International Comparative Performance of the UK Research Base</em> Report to understand how the UK compares with other nations in research terms. The report highlighted that the UK’s field-weighted citation impact was the highest of those countries included in the report, rising to 1.66 in 2012<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>, compared to the world average of 1.0.</p><p>All science capital spend is agreed as part of a wider allocations process, informed by information from Research Councils and other partner organisations, as well as by evidence provided in business cases for specific capital projects. In addition, the 2014 science capital consultation allowed stakeholders to provide feedback on the adequacy of capital research spending.</p><p>All capital projects undertake regular assurance reviews.</p><br /><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/performance-of-the-uk-research-base-international-comparison-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/performance-of-the-uk-research-base-international-comparison-2013</a></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 05/10/2015 12:13:04 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

418632

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Freedom of Information
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 hours his Department spent on processing freedom of information requests in each of the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	10216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The processing of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests is part of staff responsibilities across the Department. The number of hours spent on this activity is not separately identified.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 23/09/2015 10:03:12 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

418635

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many hours his Department spent on processing freedom of information requests in each of the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	10217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The estimated cost of the central processing of FoI requests at the Cabinet Office is £381,760.89. This includes the costs associated with the central operational and legal teams coordinating and advising on FOI requests across the department. It does not include litigation costs or the costs outside the central team as handling FoI requests is part of other civil servants’ wider duties and the detailed information requested is not separately identifiable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 22/09/2015 16:55:42 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

418639

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from the Welsh Government on devolving vehicle excise duty to Wales.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	10099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Chancellor has received no recent representations from the Welsh Government on this subject. In November 2013, the Government accepted the Silk Commission’s recommendation that Vehicle Excise Duty should not be devolved to Wales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/09/2015 10:28:51 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

418640

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Barnett consequential will accrue to Wales as a result of the use of vehicle excise duty to fund expenditure on the Road Investment Fund in England.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	10100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer said in his Summer Budget statement that the Government will engage with the devolved administrations on the funding implications for them of the reforms to Vehicle Excise Duty. Those discussions are at an early stage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/09/2015 10:39:28 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

418641

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received from the Welsh Government on the effect of the Barnett Formula on the level of funding Wales receives.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	10101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Barnett Formula is updated at every Spending Review. In accordance with the Statement of Funding Policy, the Treasury consults as appropriate with the Devolved Administrations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The St David’s Day Command Paper published in February made clear that we would introduce a funding floor at the Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/09/2015 10:37:52 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards