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92392

registered interest
date	06/10/2014
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	Patrol Craft: Iraq
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any United Kingdom firms were bidders for the building of new Iraqi naval patrol craft.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL1954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government is not aware of any UK firms formally bidding for the building of the new Iraqi naval patrol craft.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Livingston of Parkhead question first answered 13/10/2014 11:48:34 answering member 4278 label Biography information for Lord Livingston of Parkhead
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

91832

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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	Productivity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the output per worker in the United Kingdom in comparison with that in other G7 countries.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL1890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The most up to date data currently available is for 2012 and is set out below:</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Current Price GDP per worker, G7 countries, Index UK=100</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Japan</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Germany</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Canada</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Italy</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>France</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>US</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>G7 excluding UK</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: International Comparisons of Productivity, Final Estimates for 2012, ONS (Feb 2014)</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/icp/international-comparisons-of-productivity/2012---final-estimates/stb-icp0214.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/icp/international-comparisons-of-productivity/2012---final-estimates/stb-icp0214.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Livingston of Parkhead question first answered 13/10/2014 12:20:20 answering member 4278 label Biography information for Lord Livingston of Parkhead
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

91669

registered interest
date	12/09/2014
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	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, which sectors of the economy he estimates to have the lowest compliance with national minimum wage legislation.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	209186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The main estimate of non-compliance used is from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE)[1]. The table below shows the proportion of jobs held by those aged 22 and over, paid below the full adult national minimum wage (NMW) (at the time of the ASHE survey) by sector. It is reproduced from the latest Low Pay Commission report[2].</p><p>This is a proxy measure for non-compliance as these figures include people who for legitimate reasons are paid less than the adult NMW for example because they are on the apprentice NMW rate or are living in accommodation provided by their employer. The ASHE survey is based on a sample of employee jobs drawn from HMRC’s Pay-As-You-Earn income tax records and consequently it does not include all workers who earn below the Lower Earnings Limit. These two factors tend to offset each other but we do not know definitively how large the combined effect is. However, we believe that it is small.</p><p> </p><p>Proportion of jobs held by those aged 22 and over, paid below the national minimum wage by sector, UK, 2012-13</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Sectors</p></td><td><p>Paid below 2013 April NMW rate (£6.19)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hairdressing</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Childcare</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hospitality</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleaning</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leisure, travel &amp; sport</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Retail</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agriculture</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Storage</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social care</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Textiles &amp; clothing</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office work</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Employment agencies</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Food processing</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-food Processing</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Whole economy</strong></p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] ASHE is a survey of employees completed by employers which we can use to look at workers earning at or below the NMW rate.</p><p>[2]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/288841/The_National_Minimum_Wage_LPC_Report_2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/288841/The_National_Minimum_Wage_LPC_Report_2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 13/10/2014 12:16:52 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

91345

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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	Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013
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 planned timeline is for the implementation of section 74 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	209011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government currently proposes that section 74 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (“ERRA”) is implemented on 6 April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is consulting on this proposed timing. This consultation closes on 27 October 2014 and full details of the consultation are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/transitional-provisions-for-the-repeal-of-section-52-of-the-cdpa" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/transitional-provisions-for-the-repeal-of-section-52-of-the-cdpa</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Accordingly, the Secretary of State currently has no plans to make a statement.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 06/10/2014 09:58:47 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

91346

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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	Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013
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 adequacy of the planned transition period for the implementation of section 74 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	209012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government currently proposes that section 74 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (“ERRA”) is implemented on 6 April 2018, which it views is a fair and proportionate transition period. Its assessment of the adequacy of the transition period, based on available evidence, is set out in the consultation-stage Impact Assessment.</p><p> </p><p>This proposal for the transition period is subject to consultation. The consultation was launched on 15 September 2014 and will close on 27 October 2014. The consultation document and its associated Impact Assessment are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/transitional-provisions-for-the-repeal-of-section-52-of-the-cdpa" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/transitional-provisions-for-the-repeal-of-section-52-of-the-cdpa</a>. The Government will make its final assessment of the most appropriate transition period following the consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 06/10/2014 09:39:29 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

91348

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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	Families
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 Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of his Department have been so assessed to date.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	208843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2014 answer text <p>On 18 August 2014 my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced that the family test was being formalised as part of the impact assessment for all domestic policies. From October 2014, every new domestic policy will be examined for its impact on the family.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 01/10/2014 12:48:58 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

91231

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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	Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the UK manufacturing sector since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	208722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2014 answer text <p>The latest official figures for the second quarter of 2014 put manufacturing output at 2.1% above 2010 levels.</p><p>Food and drink output was 5.5% above 2010 levels and output in the manufacture of transport equipment sector (chiefly automotive and aerospace) was 30.6% above 2010 levels. Productivity (labour output per hour) within transport equipment has also increased by 28.4% since 2010.</p><p>Exports of manufactured goods are 10% higher than in 2010. Aerospace and automotive manufacturing performed very strongly with exports growing by just over 30% in real terms since 2010.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 01/10/2014 13:00:39 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

91233

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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	Construction: Subsistence Allowances
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 construction workers claimed subsistence allowances in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	208733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Business Innovation and Skills does not hold this kind of information; subsistence allowances are a matter for the companies concerned.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/10/2014 12:45:13 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 19766 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

91235

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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	Olympic Games 2012
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what UK Trade and Industry's most recent (a) estimate and (b) target is for business generated for UK companies as a result of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Robertson
uin	208831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2014 answer text <p>UK Trade &amp; Investment was tasked with delivering £11bn of UK-wide economic legacy from the London 2012 Games by 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This target was achieved 14 months after the Games; £11.6bn reported in October 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest figures show that the figure of economic benefit achieved through export growth and attracting new investment now stands at £14.2bn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/10/2014 12:47:06 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 19772 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson

91236

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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	Foreign Companies: Russia
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 Russian-owned companies are currently located in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	208819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2014 answer text <p>As Companies House does not maintain statistics on Company ownership, it is unable to tell how many Russian owned companies are located in the UK.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 01/10/2014 13:09:59 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon