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226555

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Intellectual Property
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 has been made on giving intellectual property rights holders an opportunity to discuss with search engine providers how to maximise the prioritisation of sites with legitimate content.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	227249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>Since October 2014, my noble Friend the Minister for Intellectual Property Baroness Neville-Rolfe has chaired 4 roundtable meetings between representatives of the creative industries and leading UK search engines.</p><p> </p><p>The meetings have been focused on discussing steps that can be taken to reduce the number of consumers led to copyright infringing websites through search results.</p><p> </p><p>Work continues, but during this period the group has seen a substantial improvement in the way some of the most infringing sites are dealt with in search rankings.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/03/2015 15:57:19 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

226556

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Intellectual Property
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 increase co-ordination and accountability for intellectual property policy by establishing a cross-industry partnership between the Intellectual Property Office and the Creative Industries Council.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	227252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Creative Industry Council is co-chaired by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Nicola Mendelsohn (Vice President Europe, Middle East and Africa, Facebook). As an agency of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Intellectual Property Office develops intellectual property policy to support innovation and growth, and is already fully engaged in the work of the Creative Industries Council, including the intellectual property workstream.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/03/2015 16:01:43 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

226557

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Business: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which York-based companies received financial support from (a) Yorkshire Forward in each of its last five years of operation, (b) the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Local Education Partnership and (c) the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership in each year since those bodies were created; and what the financial value of that support was in each such case.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
uin	227314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>(a) This Department for Business, Innovation and Skills does not hold details of all individual companies that receive financial support form Yorkshire Forward. Any financial support which Yorkshire Forward provided within the region was in line with the Agency’s Regional Economic Strategy and Corporate Plans and within its delegated financial authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(b &amp; c) The Government has provided £4m to the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding (YNER) Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and £25.7m to the Leeds City Region (LCR) LEP to support growing businesses in their area through the Regional Growth Fund programme. Businesses in York are able to apply to access this funding. The YNYER and LCR Growth Deals are also jointly providing £8m to the bio-hub project at the University of York, which will support bio-renewable business and drive growth in the sector. In addition, the Government is providing a total of £925,000 for business support coordination in YNYER and LCR through our Growth Hub Programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 24/03/2015 15:51:11 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 50320 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

226559

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Intellectual Property: Crime
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 discussion paper, Follow the Money: financial options to assist in the battle against online IP piracy, published by the hon. Member for Hove in June 2014, what steps the Government has taken to (a) ensure that initiatives to tackle intellectual property offences by cutting advertising revenue streams have an international focus and (b) promote further collaboration between the Intellectual Property Office and equivalent bodies in other countries.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	227254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government has formed an Advertising Working Group, chaired by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), which includes representation from international brand holders, online advertisers and law enforcement. Its remit encompasses advertising revenue streams that originate from all territories. The Police IP Crime Unit’s Infringing Website List contains websites owned and hosted internationally and ensures that advertisers adopt a global approach to reduce advertising on websites accused of hosting and facilitating the use of copyright infringing material.</p><p> </p><p>The IPO works closely with equivalent bodies such as the EU Observatory, the Commission and national IP Offices, as well as international law enforcers such as Europol and Interpol, to share our experiences and highlight best practice to help counter the international threat from online IP piracy.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/03/2015 16:04:05 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

226561

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Training
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 his Department spent on the traineeships programme in each month from August 2013 to October 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	227263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The amount spent on traineeships for those aged 19 and over in the 2013/14 academic year was not recorded separately to the Adult Skills Budget. Information on spend for the 2014/15 academic year is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The estimated amount of funding provided for these traineeships in 2013/14 is £6.4m. This is based on the number of traineeships delivered by providers and is not necessarily what has been paid.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 16/03/2015 15:02:43 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

226562

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Advertising
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 his Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	227293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 17<sup>th</sup> March 2015 by my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office (Francis Maude) to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-03-11/227295/" target="_blank">227295</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 18/03/2015 10:58:56 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

226563

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	LighterLife
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 on LighterLife UK's business practices; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
uin	227127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, has received no representations on LighterLife UK's business practices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 16/03/2015 10:51:18 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

226564

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	LighterLife
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 from LighterLife UK franchisees on that company's business practices.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
uin	227128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills has received no representations from LighterLife UK franchise on that company’s business practices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 16/03/2015 10:52:35 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

226565

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Surveys
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 (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in his Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	227146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>In the 2014 People Survey, 15% of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) respondents declaring a long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability reported that they had personally experienced bullying or harassment at work in the past 12 months.</p><p>5% of BIS respondents declaring that they did not have a long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability reported that they had personally experienced bullying or harassment at work in the past 12 months.</p><p>Overall, the BIS scores for bullying or harassment at work in the past 12 months are better than the Civil Service benchmark. 7% of all BIS respondents reported that they had personally experienced bullying or harassment at work in the past 12 months. This is 3 points lower than the Civil Service benchmark (10%).</p><p><strong>Actions to improve results include:</strong></p><ul><li>Delivering the Civil Service Talent Action Plan and the BIS Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&amp;I) Strategy to continue to build an increasingly inclusive Department where everyone is treated fairly. This includes actions relating to disability, which is identified as a priority demographic within the Department. Examples of deliverables under the Plan and Strategy include:</li></ul><p> </p><ol><li>The appointment of disability, race and gender champions at Director level to work with our Board level ED&amp;I Champion and the Diversity Networks to support and highlight barriers so they can be addressed at an early stage.</li><li>Professor Binna Kandola ran 3 unconscious bias sessions for managers last autumn to raise greater diversity awareness and address issues across BIS.</li><li>Mandated unconscious bias e-learning for all line managers to ensure that we attain a baseline of awareness across all BIS managers.</li><li>Piloting non-executive board members’ providing coaching and mentoring to under-represented SCS staff.</li><li>Launched a Reverse Mentoring programme where 2 Directors General and 6 Directors receive mentoring from a junior BME and/or disabled member of staff. The programme aims to lead to more inclusive decision making and a better understanding of perceptions and behaviour.</li></ol><p> </p><ul><li>Providing further guidance and information to staff and managers on our approach to performance management to mitigate against a more robust system potentially being misinterpreted as unfair treatment, bullying or harassment.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Engaging staff in groups through e.g. surveys and conversations, to identify particular areas of concern, causes, and potential actions to take forward locally.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Points to note: </strong></p><p>The Civil Service People Survey asks the question “Do you have any long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability?” The survey does not include a question that specifically identifies disability status.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 18/03/2015 09:25:29 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

226566

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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: Lancashire
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 apprenticeships commenced in each sector in (a) Pendle constituency and (b) Lancashire in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	227197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information on the number of government-funded apprenticeship starts in the latest full year, by Sector Subject Area, Parliamentary Constituency and Local Education Authority is published in a Supplementary Table to a Statistical First Release (SFR).</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/400024/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-and-sector-subject-area.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/400024/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-and-sector-subject-area.xls</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/03/2015 16:06:20 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson