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454007

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	Innovate UK: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the future of the Innovate UK Smart funding programme.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	27864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>Innovate UK is tasked with increasing growth and productivity across the UK through supporting business-led innovation. The number of different programmes it delivers has increased over the years and in some cases have become confusing for businesses, especially for SMEs, to navigate. Consequently, Innovate UK is currently simplifying its support to innovative businesses. Innovate UK intends to publish new Strategy and Delivery plans, which will outline its funding approaches and programmes.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 29/02/2016 14:57:52 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

454008

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what academic research he has commissioned on the expected behavioural response of employers to the introduction of the apprenticeship levy.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	27865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills have commissioned academics at The Institute of Employment Research and IFF Research to undertake detailed research into employers’ response to the apprenticeship levy. We expect to be able to publish this in late summer 2016.</p><p>Additionally we are in the process of commissioning further independent work in this area.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 02/03/2016 11:28:30 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

454009

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	Research Councils: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how his Department decides on allocation of funding to research councils; and what assessment he has made of the grounds for significant changes being made to the relative size of allocations to each research council compared to allocations in previous years.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	27862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The allocations will be published shortly. As in previous years, the allocations will be made by ministers following discussions with BIS delivery partners.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 29/02/2016 15:00:21 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

454010

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	Post Offices: Haringey
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 staff costs are for (a) Crouch End Crown Post Office and (b) Muswell Hill Crown Post Office in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	27877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>Provision of its Crown branches is the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited.</p><p> </p><p>I have therefore asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the hon Member on this matter. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 27878 question first answered 01/03/2016 15:34:39 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

454011

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	Post Offices: Haringey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Post Office has spent refurbishing the premises of the Crown Post Offices in (a) Crouch End and (b) Muswell Hill since January 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	27878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>Provision of its Crown branches is the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited.</p><p> </p><p>I have therefore asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the hon Member on this matter. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 27877 question first answered 01/03/2016 15:34:39 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

454012

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	Business: 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 businesses have signed agreements with the Business Growth Service in each local authority area in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
uin	27882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>The attached table shows the number of businesses that have signed agreements with the Business Growth Service in each local authority area in the UK since the service launched in December 2014.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/03/2016 15:30:22 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name business-growth-service-statistics.pdf title Business Growth Service statistics
tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

454013

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Local Enterprise Partnerships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much central government funding has been allocated to (a) the London Local Enterprise Partnership and (b) all Local Enterprise Partnerships to support the creative industries in each year since 2011-12.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	27885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>All Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), including the London LEP, have access to funding through programmes such as Growth Deals. However, decisions on what to prioritise rightly rest with the LEPs themselves, ensuring a strong business voice to maximise local growth. In London, for example, the LEP is investing £5m in a Digital Skills Programme to ensure young Londoners have the skills they need to access jobs in the capital’s thriving tech sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/04/2016 12:55:28 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

454018

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's wellness strategy is.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	27924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is committed to supporting health and wellbeing by encouraging health promotion and the adoption of healthier lifestyles for all our staff.</p><p>The Department’s wellbeing strategy is based around three key strands:</p><p><strong>Preventing Problems</strong></p><p>The Department runs ‘fit for work’ activities, promoting and supporting health lifestyles, and ‘healthy work’ activities, ensuring wellbeing is not threatened by negative working environments.</p><p><strong>Reacting to Problems</strong></p><p>As an organisation, we take action to help those experiencing poor health or wellbeing, and support them in returning to work as soon as possible.</p><p><strong>Measuring Wellbeing in BIS</strong></p><p>We monitor progress in the Department in improving health and wellbeing, for example through monitoring turnover, and the results from People Surveys.</p><p>The Department provides a number of facilities for staff, including but not limited to childcare vouchers to support parents and guardians, a mediation service to manage stressful situations, and flexible working options.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 10/03/2016 15:41:29 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

454019

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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: Ministerial Policy Advisers
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 (a) policy and (b) other responsibilities are of each special adviser in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	27945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 29 February 2016 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-02-23/27946/" target="_blank">27946</a>.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 02/03/2016 11:01:47 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

454020

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	Higher Education
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 make an assessment of the variation in the number of teaching hours provided to and fees paid by university students.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
uin	27969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>No such assessment currently exists. However, in our Green Paper<em>: “Fulfilling our potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice,” </em>we proposed that the new Teaching Excellence Framework could consider information about levels of teaching intensity and contact hours. We will be setting out our response to the Green Paper in due course.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 29/02/2016 14:59:38 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan