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381816

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
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 effect of foreign ownership of UK-based companies on productivity in the aerospace sector; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	2835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>Whilst no assessment has been made of the impact of foreign ownership in the aerospace sector on productivity, ONS labour productivity statistics from Q4 2014 show that productivity in the transport equipment sector, which includes aerospace, has been strong relative to the rest of the economy both before and after the financial crisis[1]. Since 2008, output per hour in the sector has grown at a rate of 5% per year. This was the highest rate of growth of any sector in the economy.</p><p> </p><br /><p>[1] ONS (2015) Labour Productivity, Q4 2014</p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/productivity/labour-productivity/q4-2014/stbq414.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/productivity/labour-productivity/q4-2014/stbq414.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 22/06/2015 16:46:55 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

381817

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
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	Foreign Companies: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assumptions his Department has made about the powers at its disposal to regulate investments by overseas (a) state-owned enterprises and (b) sovereign wealth funds; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	2838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK’s traditional openness to trade and investment has served us well. This is increasingly important in a global economy where we compete for new investment and capital.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Certain investments, which may include those by state-owned enterprises or sovereign wealth funds, will be considered by the relevant competition authorities to assess whether they raise competition concerns. If a particular case gives rise to legitimate matters of public interest other than competition, UK Ministers have formal powers to intervene. In addition, the Takeover Panel has effective disciplinary powers and enforcement powers which can be used if it believes the Takeover Code has been contravened.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 22/06/2015 13:36:47 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

381917

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
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	Minimum Wage
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 he is taking to ensure that employers comply with minimum wage legislation; and how many prosecutions there have been for non-compliance in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	2963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing compliance with National Minimum Wage legislation and the effective enforcement of it. HMRC responds to every complaint it receives and conducts risk-based enforcement in sectors or areas where there is perceived to be a higher risk of workers not being paid the National Minimum Wage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has increased the NMW penalty so that employers that break the law face a penalty equivalent to the arrears they owe, up to a maximum penalty of £20,000 per worker.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Employers are also named publically under the Government’s NMW naming scheme for non-payment. So far, 210 employers have been named for non-payment of the National Minimum Wage and have been charged financial penalties totalling over £248,000. In total, HMRC has recovered over £57m in arrears for workers since 1999/2000.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Prosecution is reserved for the most serious cases. HMRC will refer cases to the Crown Prosecution Service who will decide whether to prosecute. Prosecution does not necessarily result in arrears being paid to workers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of NMW prosecutions for non-compliance in each of the last five years is set out below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2014: 0</p><p> </p><p>2013: 1</p><p> </p><p>2012: 0</p><p> </p><p>2011: 0</p><p> </p><p>2010: 1</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Anyone who thinks they might be entitled to the minimum wage but have not been paid it should call the ACAS Helpline on 0300 123 1100.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 22/06/2015 15:45:50 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

381966

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
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	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of employers offer apprenticeships to 16 to 19 year olds in (a) the UK, (b) the North East and (c) Berwick-upon-Tweed constituency.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan
uin	2878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>Information on the proportion of employers offering apprenticeships is not centrally collected. However, data from the 2014 UKCES Employer Perspectives Survey[1] show that 16 per cent of all employers in the UK offered apprenticeships. The majority of these (15% of all employers) were formal Apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Among those employers offering formal Apprenticeships in the UK, 74 per cent offered them to 16 to 18 year olds and 75 per cent offered them to 19 to 24 year olds. Data is not available for the 16 to 19 age group or at regional or constituency levels.</p><p> </p><br /><p>[1]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/373769/14.11.11._EPS_2014_-_Main_Report_full_V2.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/373769/14.11.11._EPS_2014_-_Main_Report_full_V2.pdf</a> (p.90)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 22/06/2015 13:51:07 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan

381345

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Royal Mail
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 16 June 2015 to Question 1839, what discretionary fees and payments (a) have been and (b) will be made to each of those firms.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	2810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The fees paid or to be paid to the firms involved in the recent sale of Royal Mail shares by the Government do not include a discretionary element.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 22/06/2015 13:33:02 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

381211

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
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	Energy Intensive Industries: Trade Competitiveness
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 direct costs to the energy intensive industry resulting from the introduction of legislative proposals on a carbon price floor.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	2426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The costs of the Carbon Price Floor on business are largely indirect, passed through in bills by their electricity supplier. However, the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s Prices and Bills report estimates that in 2014 the Carbon Price Floor increased the price per MWh of electricity for the average uncompensated energy intensive business by £4. The Government pays compensation to the most electricity intensive industries which reduces the price impact for the average compensated energy intensive business in 2014 to £2 per MWh.</p><p>My Department keeps the risk of carbon leakage under regular review.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 2440 2441 question first answered 22/06/2015 09:41:37 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

381213

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
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	Energy Intensive Industries: Trade Competitiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he last met with representatives of the energy intensive industry to discuss the disparity between (a) UK carbon prices under the carbon price floor and (b) such prices in the rest of Europe.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	2440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The costs of the Carbon Price Floor on business are largely indirect, passed through in bills by their electricity supplier. However, the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s Prices and Bills report estimates that in 2014 the Carbon Price Floor increased the price per MWh of electricity for the average uncompensated energy intensive business by £4. The Government pays compensation to the most electricity intensive industries which reduces the price impact for the average compensated energy intensive business in 2014 to £2 per MWh.</p><p>My Department keeps the risk of carbon leakage under regular review.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 2426 2441 question first answered 22/06/2015 09:41:37 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

381216

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
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	Energy Intensive Industries: Trade Competitiveness
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 effect of the carbon price floor on (a) carbon leakage rates, (b) the relocation of energy intensive industry overseas and (c) UK and EU carbon dioxide emissions.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	2441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The costs of the Carbon Price Floor on business are largely indirect, passed through in bills by their electricity supplier. However, the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s Prices and Bills report estimates that in 2014 the Carbon Price Floor increased the price per MWh of electricity for the average uncompensated energy intensive business by £4. The Government pays compensation to the most electricity intensive industries which reduces the price impact for the average compensated energy intensive business in 2014 to £2 per MWh.</p><p>My Department keeps the risk of carbon leakage under regular review.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 2426 2440 question first answered 22/06/2015 09:41:37 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

381271

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
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	Export Control Organisation: Civil Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which exporters have taken legal action as a result of the Export Control Organisation's refusal to grant them an export licence since May 2010; when each licence was refused; what the intended country of destination was of each such licence; what type of licence was applied for; and what the outcome was of each such legal case.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	2573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>No exporters have taken such legal action against the Export Control Organisation in this timeframe.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 22/06/2015 09:43:02 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

349275

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
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	Political Levy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 4 March 2009, Official Report, column 1698W, on trade unions: political levy, how many and what proportion of members of each trade union in Great Britain with a political fund have opted out of the political levy according to the most recent records held by the Certification Officer.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	1765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>I refer my hon Friend to the answer I gave to my hon Friend the Member for Congleton (Fiona Bruce) to UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-09/1755/" target="_blank">1755</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 22/06/2015 13:25:18 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy