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479031

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many unduly lenient sentences were given out to (a) British nationals, (b) non-British EU nationals and (c) nationals from outside the EU in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	31332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>The nationality of the offenders referred to the court is not collated centrally and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 23/03/2016 10:25:56 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

479032

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Security Guards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2016 to Question 30579, which outsourced providers the Law Offices use for security services; and if he will request information from those providers on the rate of pay for security guards providing services to his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	31326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>The available information is detailed in the following tables.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Law Officers’ </strong> <strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contracted security providers </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Security Guards</strong> <strong>hourly pay rates</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Attorney General’s Office</p></td><td><p>Amey</p></td><td><p>Between £8.95 and £11.64 per hour</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crown Prosecution Service</p></td><td><p>Bilfinger Europa Facility Management Limited</p></td><td><p>Between £8.09 and £10.31 per hour</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Law Officers’ </strong> <strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contracted security providers </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Security Guards</strong> <strong>hourly pay rates</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Government Legal Department<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>MITIE (One Kemble Street office, London)</p></td><td><p>Between £12.51 and £15.57 per hour</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MITIE (Southern House office, Croydon)</p></td><td><p>Between £7.75 and £9.73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walford Security (Riverside Chambers, Taunton)</p></td><td><p>£7.30 per hour</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup>1</sup>HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate are tenants in the One Kemble Street building.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Serious Fraud Office is a tenant in a managed building where security guarding is outsourced by the landlord, the Canadian High Commission. The details of these arrangements are subject to the contract between the landlord, the Canadian High Commission, and the outsourced security provider. The decision about whether to publish details is a matter for the Canadian High Commission.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 23/03/2016 10:34:11 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

479034

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
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	Research: Expenditure
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 public funding was spent on research and development in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is published annually and can be found on the Office for National Statistics website at the following location:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/researchanddevelopmentexpenditure" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/researchanddevelopmentexpenditure</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/03/2016 15:19:31 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

479035

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
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	Pubs 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 representations he has received from pub tenants and pub tenant groups on the appointment of the new Pubs Code Adjudicator.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
uin	31376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>As of 18 March 2016, my Department has received one piece of correspondence from an individual pub tenant and three pieces of correspondence from pub tenant groups on the appointment of the new Pubs Code Adjudicator, since the appointment was announced.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/03/2016 16:35:09 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 52509 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

479037

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
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: Overseas Aid
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 value was of Official Development Assistance spent by his Department in each of the last six years; and what proportion of that assistance was subject to the International Development Act 2002.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	31275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2016 answer text <p>Details on 2015 calendar year Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend will be published in the National Statistics publication ‘Provisional UK ODA as a proportion of Gross National Income 2015’ on 1 April 2016, at department level. I am therefore providing values for the 6 year period 2009-2014.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is building science and innovation partnerships between the UK and emerging economies through the Newton Fund, which began in 2014. The Newton Fund is subject to the International Development Act 2002, whilst all other BIS ODA spend is not. However, all of the Department’s ODA spending is in line with the aims of the International Development Act.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also introducing a new Global Challenges Research Fund of £1.5 billion over the next five years to ensure the UK’s world-leading research takes a leading role in addressing the problems faced by developing countries. This will mean that BIS’s ODA spend will increase over the current Spending Review period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>Table 1. The value of Official Development Assistance (ODA) spent by the Department for Business, Innovation &amp; Skills, 2009-2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>total ODA</strong></p></td><td><p>37.3</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>47.9</p></td><td><p>40.0</p></td><td><p>48.0</p></td><td><p>48.5</p></td><td><p>79.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>o/w ODA subject to IDA<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>4.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><sup>1</sup> International Development Act 2002</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>source: DfID, Medical Research Council</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/04/2016 12:28:14 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 52569 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

479040

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
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	Sign Language
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 effect of the devolution of skills policy to local authorities on the development of British Sign Language and sign language interpreting skills.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	31401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business Innovation and Skills supports British Sign Language (BSL), lip reading and managing hearing loss provision in England through the Adult Education Budget. Providers receive funding for this provision as they do for all other courses.</p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p>In the academic year 2018/19, subject to readiness conditions being met, we intend to devolve the Adult Education Budget to certain Combined Authorities which have signed devolution deals[1]. In such areas, subject to necessary Orders being passed by Parliament, functions relating to the Adult Education Budget will transfer to the Combined Authority. The Combined Authority will assume responsibility for commissioning adult education provision, including in relation to BSL and sign language as it judges appropriate to meet local needs. Some providers, including Specialist Designated Institutions, are currently funded nationally. Their post-devolution funding arrangements will be confirmed in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>Skills provision in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a devolved matter and the assessment and adequacy of BSL provision is the responsibility of the devolved administrations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>[1] To date, deals have been agreed with: Sheffield City Region; Liverpool City Region; West Midlands; North East; Tees Valley; Greater Manchester; Greater Lincolnshire; East Anglia; West of England</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 30/03/2016 13:00:19 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 52567 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

479043

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
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 Investment in UK: China
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 value was of direct investment from China in each (a) sector and (b) industry sector in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2016 answer text <p>Information about the financial value of inward FDI stock by sector and source country is available from the ONS FDI Report (MA4, December 2015) and the value of direct investment from China by sector from 2011-2014 can be found in the attached table.</p><p>Please see tab 3.3 in the dataset: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/businessinnovation/datasets/foreigndirectinvestmentinvolvingukcompanies2013inwardtables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/businessinnovation/datasets/foreigndirectinvestmentinvolvingukcompanies2013inwardtables</a>.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/04/2016 09:36:26 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name PQ-31408-table.xls title Direct investment from China 2011 - 2014
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

479045

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
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	Audit: Tax Avoidance
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 bring forward legislative proposals to ban auditors from selling tax avoidance schemes to their audit clients.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	31413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>The new EU Audit Regulation (537/2014) prohibits the provision of tax services by audit firms to their audit clients. This includes services relating to tax avoidance. The prohibition will apply where those audit clients are banks, building societies, insurers and issuers of shares or debt securities on a regulated market in the EU (e.g. the main market of the London Stock Exchange). The Regulation was agreed by the European Parliament and the Council in 2014 and will apply from 17 June 2016.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 24/03/2016 16:28:55 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

479046

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
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: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to respond to Question 24897, tabled on 29 January 2016 by the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham for Answer on 3 February 2016.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	31461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>I apologise to my hon Friend for the delay. I will reply shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/03/2016 16:29:46 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

479047

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
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: Reorganisation
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 status is of the McKinsey report which informed the BIS 2020 departmental restructuring strategy.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	31484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The McKinsey team validated the early work undertaken by the BIS senior team, providing a perspective on the scale of the opportunity for operating cost savings and advising on deliverability, risks and any additional benefits.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/03/2016 15:33:54 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh