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167399

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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	Holiday Leave: Pay
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 the Government has received on the decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal of 4 November 2014 in Bear Scotland and others v Mr David Fulton and others.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	216899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government has received many representations on this significant judgment about holiday pay. My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills has convened a Taskforce of business representatives and Government departments to assess how we can limit the negative impact on business and jobs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also discussing the implications of the judgment with a wide range of other representative bodies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 05/12/2014 14:13:36 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

167400

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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	Holiday Leave: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what response the Government plans to make to the Employment Appeal Tribunal decision of 4 November 2014 in Bear Scotland and others v Mr David Fulton and others.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	216900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government respects the Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment on holiday pay and is urgently working through the detail.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Employers and workers can contact the ACAS helpline on 0300 123 1100 for free and confidential advice if they have any queries on their rights and responsibilities in respect of holiday pay.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 05/12/2014 14:16:23 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

167412

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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	Groceries Code Adjudicator
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 whether to give the Groceries Code Adjudicator the power to impose fines.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	216929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>As required by section 9 of the Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013, the Adjudicator has consulted on a proposed maximum penalty, and has made a recommendation to the Secretary of State. This is currently the subject of cross-Government Ministerial consideration.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 05/12/2014 13:14:51 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

167413

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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, how many apprenticeships were (a) commenced and (b) completed in each year since 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Mr Stewart Jackson
uin	216930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of apprenticeship starts and achievements is published in Table 6.1 and Table 6.2 of a Statistical First Release (SFR):</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 05/12/2014 14:23:19 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

166920

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
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	Renewable Energy
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 capacity of his Department's buildings for the micro-generation of renewable energy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	216581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department currently has a number of renewable energy installations installed for micro-generation.</p><p> </p><p>BIS Core produced 10,615kwh of electricity between June-September (Quarter 2) this year. This is produced from PV arrays set on the roof of 1 Victoria Street.</p><p> </p><p>The Biomass boiler at Companies House in Cardiff produces 88% of heating for the building producing 227 tonnes of carbon per annum and is an Ofgem case study and Carbon Trust Exemplar.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2014 the Department as a whole has produced:</p><p> </p><ul><li>122,967kwh of electricity</li><li>3,500kwh of heat</li><li>32,022kwh of CHP electricity</li><li>62,880kwh of CHP heat</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Assessments to install micro-generation across sites are being made however are faced with a number of challenges including site constraints, funding and payback before lease expiry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 04/12/2014 15:55:09 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

166674

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
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	Annual Reports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support he is giving to UK-registered businesses to encourage reporting on an integrated reporting basis; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	216427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>I consulted extensively on changes to the reporting framework in 2013 and impact assessments, showing the costs and benefits, were published.</p><p> </p><p>Initial indications are that the Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors’ Report) Regulations 2013 regulations, which are one form of integrated reporting, have made a positive impact and will help shareholders in their role as stewards of the companies they own.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ultimately, good reporting should prevail regardless of the approach but there is nothing in regulation that prevents a company taking a different integrated approach to its reporting should it choose to.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 216430 question first answered 05/12/2014 14:18:09 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

166676

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
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	Companies: Annual Reports
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 potential benefits to shareholders of integrated reporting; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	216430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>I consulted extensively on changes to the reporting framework in 2013 and impact assessments, showing the costs and benefits, were published.</p><p> </p><p>Initial indications are that the Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors’ Report) Regulations 2013 regulations, which are one form of integrated reporting, have made a positive impact and will help shareholders in their role as stewards of the companies they own.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ultimately, good reporting should prevail regardless of the approach but there is nothing in regulation that prevents a company taking a different integrated approach to its reporting should it choose to.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 216427 question first answered 05/12/2014 14:18:09 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

166677

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
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: East of England
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 sub-post office branches have closed in each local authority area in the East of England in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
uin	216452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The Post Office is managed by Post Office Ltd, which operates independently of Government. As the information requested is an operational matter for Post Office Ltd, I have asked Paula Vennells, Chief Executive Officer of Post Office Ltd, to reply to the hon. Member directly, and a copy will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is, however, worth noting that in November 2010 published its policy statement, “Securing the Post Office network in the digital age”, which made clear commitments to end the programmes of branch closure of the previous administration, and to instead invest in maintaining and modernising a network of at least 11,500 branches that meets strict access criteria that see, for example, 99.7% of the population nationally living within three miles of a post office outlet.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 05/12/2014 13:16:17 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley

166517

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
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	Arms Trade: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria must be met for an arms export licence to be revoked.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	216328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>Article 32(1) of the Export Control Order 2008 (as amended) empowers my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills to vary or revoke export licences at any time. The 2008 Order does not specify the grounds on which a licence may be revoked. In practice the reasons include:</p><p> </p><p>(i) As a result of the imposition of EU or UN sanctions;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(ii) Where there has been a change in Government policy in respect of the export of certain goods, or the export of specified goods to a certain destination, and the proposed export is no longer consistent with the revised policy;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(iii) Where there has been a change in circumstances in the destination country or region such that the proposed export is no longer consistent with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria or with other relevant, announced, policies;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(iv) Where new information has come to light about a particular export which indicates that the proposed export is no longer consistent with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria or with other relevant, announced, policies;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(v) Where an exporter has failed to comply with the terms and conditions of the licence, or as a result of enforcement action by HMRC/UK Border Agency; and</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(vi) For administrative reasons, such as a company ceasing to trade and therefore no longer being able to use the licence, or where the exporter requests an amendment to a licence and revoking and re-issuing it is simpler than making an amendment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/12/2014 15:44:17 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

166197

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to change the eligibility criteria for young people who wish to undertake apprenticeships, but have prior academic qualifications such as A-levels.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL3181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>Having prior academic qualifications does not preclude a young person being eligible to do an apprenticeship. There are therefore no plans to change the eligibility criteria.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Full details of the funding rules can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-rules" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-rules</a> and cover both the current apprenticeship programme and for the Trailblazer Apprenticeship Standards</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 03/12/2014 16:11:28 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey