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registered interest
date	25/11/2014
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	Overseas Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with which 10 countries UK trade has increased the most in (a) percentage and (b) absolute terms in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	215977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The following tables show the largest increases in bilateral trade (exports + imports) in absolute value and percentage terms for goods.</p><p> </p><p>It is often the case that the largest percentage increases are with the smallest trading partners because of the small value of trade with these countries. In order to not distort the percentage increase data in this way the tables only consider the UK's 50 largest trade in goods partners for 2013 and display the top 10 from those selected countries. Change in value of bilateral trade is measured between the 12 months ending September 2013 and the 12 months ending September 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Trade in goods data has been used in this answer as it contains information on all trade partners whereas total trade data (goods and services) as published by ONS are not available for all trading partners.</p><p> </p><p>A full list of trade values covering over 200 countries can be found on the HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics website (goods only): <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Table 1 Bilateral trade in goods: (50 largest trading partners only)</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Trading partners with largest percentage increase between 12 months</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>ending September 2013 and 12 months ending September 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Increase in value (£ million)</p></td><td><p>% increase</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Korea</p></td><td><p>1,642</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>6,310</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>1,955</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>1,210</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>3,398</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Source: HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Table 2 Bilateral trade in goods: (50 largest trading partners only)</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Trading partners with largest value of increase between 12 months</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>ending September 2013 and 12 months ending September 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Increase in value (£ million)</p></td><td><p>% increase</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>6,310</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>3,398</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>1,955</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Korea</p></td><td><p>1,642</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>1,210</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Irish Republic</p></td><td><p>444</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Source: HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/12/2014 15:51:35 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

156158

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
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	Textiles: 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 businesses the Textiles Growth Programme has supported in (a) Lancashire and (b) Pendle in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	214867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>To date, the Textile Growth Programme, (England wide) has engaged with 68 companies in Lancashire, 8 of which are based in Pendle.</p><p> </p><p>14 companies in Lancashire have benefited from grants through this programme to the value of about £945,000, with a target to create or safeguard about 335 jobs. Two of these companies are in Pendle and have benefited from over £200,000 with a target to create 104 jobs.</p><p> </p><p>Also, in Lancashire, there are five additional business applications currently in appraisal / project board review phase.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/11/2014 11:46:30 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

100294

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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	New Businesses: 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 start-up loans have been granted to businesses in (a) Pendle constituency and (b) Lancashire to date.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	211613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>In total more than 21,000 Start Up Loans have been issued to budding entrepreneurs across the country since the scheme launched in June 2012. 38 loans have been issued in Pendle constituency out of 794 loans in total across Lancashire.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 29/10/2014 14:54:01 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

45851

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
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
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	194363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the number of apprenticeship starts in the 2012/13 academic year by Sector Subject Area for Pendle parliamentary constituency and Lancashire Local Education Authority.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Apprenticeship Starts by Geography and Sector Subject Area, 2012/13</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Pendle Parliamentary Constituency</p></td><td><p>Lancashire Local Education Authority</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arts, Media and Publishing</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business, Administration and Law</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>4,850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction, Planning and the Built Environment</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Education and Training</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>1,770</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health, Public Services and Care</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>3,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information and Communication Technology</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Languages, Literature and Culture</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leisure, Travel and Tourism</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preparation for Life and Work</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Retail and Commercial Enterprise</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>2,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Science and Mathematics</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,150</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,930</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source: Individualised Learner Record</strong></p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p><strong>1) Volumes are rounded to the nearest ten</strong></p><p><strong>2) ‘-‘ indicates a base value of less than five</strong></p><p><strong>3) Local Education Authority and Parliamentary Constituency are based on the home postcode of the learner.</strong></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson