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389043

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
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	Living 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 assessment he has made of whether the legal basis of the Low Pay Commission will need to be changed in order to set and implement the National Living Wage; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	6507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The Low Pay Commission (LPC) continues to play a critical role in providing recommendations for the National Minimum Wage rates, and now has new responsibilities to help deliver the Governments’ ambition for the National Living Wage (NLW).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to set the remit for the LPC on the existing legal base.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/07/2015 15:32:47 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

388835

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Ministerial Policy Advisers
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 name, responsibilities and pay band are of each special adviser in his Department.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Stuart Blair Donaldson
uin	6320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office gave on 13<sup>th</sup> July 2015 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-07-07/5983/" target="_blank">5983</a>.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/07/2015 14:44:01 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4377 label Biography information for Stuart Blair Donaldson

388836

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
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	Small Businesses: Non-domestic Rates
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 effect of business rates on micro-businesses.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Nusrat Ghani
uin	6340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The government recognises that business rates represent a fixed cost which can be more burdensome during times of economic difficulty, particularly for small businesses.</p><p> </p><p>This is why, at Autumn Statement 2014, the Chancellor announced a £1 billion package of business rates support measures, with a focus on small businesses.</p><p> </p><p>This package included doubling the Small Business Rate Relief scheme until April 2016 supporting 575,000 businesses operating from single small properties.</p><p> </p><p>The impact of business rates on the smallest businesses is also one of the issues that will be considered under the fundamental review of the business rates system which the Chancellor launched in March 2015 and is due to report by the end of 2015.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 15/07/2015 14:13:34 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

388837

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
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	Insolvency
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 complaints about (a) pre-pack sales and (b) connected party pre-pack sales were received in each year from 2010 to 2014.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	6360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service does not have complete data for pre-pack complaints ahead of the establishment of the Complaint Gateway in June 2013, which sought to give greater transparency around the complaint process.</p><p> </p><p>There have been nine complaints about insolvency practitioners relating to a pre-pack administration received by the Complaints Gateway between June 2013 and December 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Complaints data is not broken down between connected and non-connected pre-pack sales.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 15/07/2015 14:12:34 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

388845

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
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	Innovation and Science
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) processes, (b) timeframe and (c) deadlines he has set for the establishment of science and innovation audits; what support his Department and its agencies plan to provide to people undertaking such audits; whether he plans for all local enterprise partnerships to conduct such audits; and what guidance he plans to issue on such audits.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	6482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is currently developing the process and timeframe for the establishment of science and innovation audits. Formal guidance will be issued in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 15/07/2015 15:26:43 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

388846

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Cost Effectiveness
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 HM Treasury's press release, Chancellor announces £4.5 billion of measures to bring down debt, published on 4 June 2015, what savings he forecasts will be made from funds allocated by his Department to support energy-intensive industries.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	6421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>As stated in the answer of 15 June 2015 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-11/2125/" target="_blank">2125</a>, savings were made in this area by identifying and surrendering funds that the government intended, but could not use, to extend compensation to several additional sectors this year. As we were still waiting for industry to provide the data to make our case for reviewing the European Commission’s state aid guidelines it was not possible to provide that support.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 15/07/2015 14:11:35 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

388847

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
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	Sunday Trading
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to devolve powers on Sunday trading to (a) top-tier authorities, (b) district councils and (c) London boroughs.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	6483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>As announced in the Budget, the Government is consulting on proposals to devolve decision making on Sunday trading hours to a local level, for example, to elected metro mayors and/or Local Authorities, in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The decision on what tier of local authorities that power will be devolved to will be made on the basis of the outcome of the consultation.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/07/2015 15:27:37 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

388851

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
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	Catapult Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for opening new Catapult centres.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	6485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the Catapult programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My Rt hon Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced during his visit to Alderley Park on 13 July a new Medicines Technologies Catapult to build on the UK’s excellence in life sciences.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with Innovate UK, businesses, universities and others to identify further opportunities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 15/07/2015 15:29:11 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

388853

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
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	Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, by what date he plans for each of the six next generation digital economy centres to be operational.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	6486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The Next Generation Digital Economy Centres, announced in the Summer Budget, will start work on or by 1 October 2015 with the exception of the Centre in Swansea which is already operational.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 15/07/2015 15:30:44 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

388858

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
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	Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, by what process his Department plans to bring forward proposals for the establishment of further next generation digital economy centres.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	6398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The Digital Economy Centres were funded through the Research Council UK’s (RCUK) Digital Economy (DE) research programme. This theme has already invested over £170 million in applied multidisciplinary research across the Digital Economy - from societal challenges to technological solutions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Next Generation DE Centres will operate over a five-year period and will draw substantially on the knowledge and successes of previous RCUK Digital Economy investments. We have funded six centres and will continue to monitor the impact of the programme as these centres become operational.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There have been no ministerial or official level discussions with the Welsh Government on this issue. The Research Councils support academic research throughout the UK. The Centre based in Swansea is partnering with the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University NHS Trust and South Wales Police, amongst other partners.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The DE Centres were awarded as part of a peer reviewed competition during 2014/15. All applications were considered according to the RCUK standard peer review processes with research excellence as the primary criterion. <strong><em> </em></strong>Additional secondary assessment criteria such as evidence of co-creation with end-users, and clear plans to develop the UK Digital Economy community, were also considered. The Centres were also required to demonstrate how they would train skilled researchers and innovators.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 6399 6470 question first answered 14/07/2015 14:51:14 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas