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420929

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
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 budget is for the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	11789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The budget for the Employment Agency Standards inspectorate for 2015-16 is £0.5m.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 16/10/2015 13:55:23 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

420930

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	Cars: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with Volkswagen and Renault on the recall of cars in Northern Ireland aged one to five years for refitting new computer and brake systems; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	11752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>My Rt hon Friends the Secretaries of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and Transport have jointly engaged in an exchange of correspondence with Paul Willis, Head of Volkswagen (VW) UK on VW’s plans for addressing consumer concerns over the fitting of defeat devices fitted to VW branded vehicles in the UK (including Northern Ireland). Both Ministers have urged VW UK to complete the refit/redress process as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/10/2015 13:39:11 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

420939

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	Employment Tribunals Service: Enforcement
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 potential merits of introducing a scheme for naming and shaming employers who fail to pay an employment tribunal award.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	11618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government believes that naming schemes can be a useful tool for encouraging compliance with legislation. For example, a naming scheme for non-compliance with the National Minimum Wage has been in place since October 2013 and has named 285 employers to date.</p><p>The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 introduced a new financial penalty for non-payment of employment tribunal awards to encourage the full and prompt payment of awards. The Government is considering what other levers could be used to support the effectiveness of this measure, including the potential of a naming scheme.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 16/10/2015 13:54:31 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

420967

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	EU Budget
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 funding the UK was allocated from the (a) European Regional Development Fund, (b) European Social Funds, (c) European Agricultural Fund of Guarantee, (d) European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, (e) European Territorial Cooperation, (f) Youth Employment Initiative and (g) European Maritime and Fisheries Fund in the period from 2010 to 2014.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	11589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The information requested for points a, b, d, e, f, and g is set out in the financing plans in the respective programmes for these funds which can be found on gov.uk, gov.scotland and gov.wales.</p><p>The information requested for point c can be found on the European Commission and Eur-lex websites.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/10/2015 13:45:27 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

420968

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	Import Duties
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 the benefits to UK businesses in the (a) retail, (b) automobile, (c) construction, (d) ICT, (e) financial services and (f) defence sectors of reduced tariff barriers arising from UK membership of the World Trade Organisation.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	11590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not made a specific assessment of the benefits to UK businesses in these sectors as a result of the UK’s membership of the WTO. But the benefits will be substantial as over the 20 years of the WTO average applied tariffs have been cut in half from 15 per cent in 1995 to less than 8 per cent today. And there are now 161 WTO Members comprising 98% of world trade, with the new (post-1995) members contributing 21% of this total. Further benefits are likely from negotiations currently underway: for example the Information Technology Agreement 2 (ITA2) should liberalise tariffs that affect around £12 billion of UK exports and imports.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/10/2015 13:42:58 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

420969

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	EU External Trade
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 the benefit to the UK economy of the preferential trade agreements the EU has negotiated with countries outside the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	11591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The cumulative impact of all concluded, on-going and potential trade negotiations currently being undertaken by the EU could boost UK GDP by over £ 20 billion in the long run.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/10/2015 13:41:20 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

420970

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	EU Internal Trade
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 the benefits to the UK economy of (a) the absence of tariff barriers for intra-EU trade and (b) other aspects of the single market.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	11592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The EU provides the biggest single market in the world. EU countries trade twice as much with each other as they would without it. The absence of tariffs contributes to this. The single market also brings benefits for consumers. For example, between 2000 and 2006, the cost of making a 10-minute call in the EU fell by an average of 74%, and roaming charges will be abolished completely in 2017. As part of our agenda for EU reform, we want to go further and faster on economic competitiveness including liberalisation of the services sector, trade, and de-regulation.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/10/2015 13:40:24 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

419932

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
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	Further Education: Nottingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress his Department has made on the merger of further education colleges in Nottingham; and what options are under consideration for broadening and improving the governance of that new institution.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	11207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>Following a city-wide review of further education provision in Nottingham by the Further Education Commissioner, the Boards of Governors of New College Nottingham and Central College Nottingham have agreed to pursue a merger of their colleges to take effect from September 2016.</p><p>Colleges are independent corporations and responsible for their own decision making, including the governance arrangements that will apply to the merged entity.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 16/10/2015 13:57:06 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

419455

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
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	Export Controls
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 ensure that criterion 8 of the consolidated EU Licensing Criteria document is consistently applied to all export licences.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	10577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department for International Development (DFID) is responsible for assessing licence applications against Criterion 8. DFID considers export licence applications destined to all International Development Association eligible countries and may also ask to see applications in respect of other countries of concern. Further information on DFID’s role is given in the Government’s Strategic Export Controls Annual Report for 2014, which was presented to Parliament on 16 July 2015 and is also available on the gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/10/2015 12:25:57 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

419460

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
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	Gender: Discrimination
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 his Department's Research Paper No. 235, on pregnancy and maternity-related discrimination and disadvantages, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost to the economy of women forced out of work on account of their pregnancy or maternity leave.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	10656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The paper referred to provides interim research results on potential pregnancy and maternity-related discrimination and disadvantage in the workplace. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, in collaboration with the Equality and Human Rights Commission, is undertaking further analysis, to be published later this year, which may include some financial information, where estimates are possible.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 16/10/2015 12:31:01 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas