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1002542

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support individual regions of the UK maximise opportunities in world markets once the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	188738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s ambitious, modern Industrial Strategy sets out a long-term plan to boost the productivity and earning power of people throughout the UK. Every region in the UK has a role to play in boosting the national economy.</p><p>As we leave the European Union and negotiate new trade deals we plan to build on our strong record of city, growth and devolution deals to ensure people and businesses in all regions of the UK can access markets and bring in the returns. To help make this a reality the government published a new vision for exports support in the Export Strategy recently. It sets a national ambition to transform our export performance and spread opportunities across all regions. We will achieve this by working with industry and partners in devolved and local governments.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 14/11/2018 18:00:34 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1017190

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	STEM Subjects: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with business representatives on potential barriers to recruiting women into the STEM workforce.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	197356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The demand for STEM skills is growing and industry recognises that there is a gender imbalance, particularly in sectors such as engineering, construction and manufacturing. In order to improve gender representation, we have taken focussed action to engage with businesses, representative bodies and learned societies to understand what the barriers are to participation, retention and progression. This includes a series of engagements to understand what more we can do to work collaboratively and improve representation of women in the STEM sector.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 04/12/2018 14:31:38 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1010184

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Innovate UK: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what technology and innovation projects have been supported by Innovate UK in Northern Ireland in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	192774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>Innovate UK have supported a range of pioneering technology and innovation projects across Northern Ireland over the last two years, covering areas such as digital health technology and neurotechnology.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 22/11/2018 08:48:03 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1012277

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Innovate UK: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much and what proportion of Innovate UK's core budget was allocated to support business-led innovation in Northern Ireland in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	194599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Innovate UK’s total core funding commitment to Northern Ireland[1] in 2017/18 was £5,624,883. This amounts to around 1% of Innovate UK’s total core funding.</p><p> </p><p>[1] based on the registered address of the companies – as stated on their application form – which is not always the same as the address at which the project work will be taking place.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 28/11/2018 16:43:00 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

746143

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	British Business Bank: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps have been taken by the British Business Bank to help small businesses in Northern Ireland access finance.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	1864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>As of the end of December 2016, the British Business Bank is supporting £26m of finance to almost 1,100 SMEs in Northern Ireland. This includes £4m of Start-Up Loans to support 644 small businesses</p><p> </p><p>Alongside designing and delivering programmes through its partners, the British Business Bank works to promote the provision of better information in the market to increase smaller businesses’ understanding of the finance options available to them. The Business Finance Guide (<a href="http://www.thebusinessfinanceguide.co.uk/bbb" target="_blank">http://www.thebusinessfinanceguide.co.uk/bbb</a> ) sets out the different sources of finance available to businesses – from start-ups to SMEs and growing mid-sized companies.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/07/2017 14:50:53 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

759863

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Supermarkets: Food
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has held with representatives of large supermarkets in their stocking of locally produced food and vegetables in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	10054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Decisions about sourcing are a matter for each individual business. Government is working with industry to promote and grow our world-leading food and farming industry - encouraging enterprise and boosting productivity right across the food chain.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 09/10/2017 16:13:00 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1109088

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Consumers: Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will ensure that the Friends against Scams training tools and workshops operated under National Trading Standards are offered to people throughout the United Kingdom.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	239899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>Friends Against Scams is a National Trading Standards (NTS) Scams Team initiative, which aims to protect people from becoming victims of scams by empowering communities to &quot;Take a Stand Against Scams&quot;. The team works closely with local Trading Standards Services in all areas of the UK to disseminate Friends Against Scams training into local communities. The team also works with national and local organisations that have pledged their support to the initiative across the UK. Online training and free access to materials are widely available for anyone to use across the UK on the Friends Against Scams website, and more than 200,000 ‘friends’ have been trained.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 08/04/2019 16:07:16 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

988664

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Retail Trade: Urban Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of potential changes to the level of high street retailing in the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	180111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>This Government recognises that High Street retailing is evolving, but high streets remain a crucial part of our local and regional economies, creating jobs, nurturing small businesses and injecting billions of pounds into our economy.</p><p> </p><p>Under current assessments, the majority of employment remains in high street retail. 95% of retail jobs related to traditional retailers in 2017, with 5% of jobs accounted for by online only retailers.</p><p> </p><p>To make assessments of potential changes, we have assembled an industry led expert panel focusing on what consumers and local communities want from their high streets of the future. In conjunction with the expert panel, evidence sessions are also being held across the country. We want to know what the public, and young people in particular, want from their high streets of the future. The responses will be considered by the expert panel and help to inform their recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 22/10/2018 15:31:27 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

577665

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Innovate UK: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps Innovate UK has taken in the last 12 months to assist businesses in Northern Ireland build sustainable economic growth.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	45342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2016 answer text <p>In the last 12 months Innovate UK has committed £13.4 million from its programmes to support business‑led innovation in Northern Ireland and works closely with the Northern Ireland Executive to encourage innovation.</p><p> </p><p>Innovate UK is strengthening the way it connects businesses with knowledge, partners and opportunities and is increasing its regional presence to further develop its joined‑up innovation support network for business. It is establishing a team of regional managers and is in the process of recruiting a regional manager to be based in Northern Ireland, co-located with Invest NI.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 27/09/2016 07:29:40 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 11061 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

583227

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Innovate UK
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans Innovate UK has to develop a business plan across the UK for liaison with universities on the promotion of greater innovation in private sector small and medium-sized enterprises.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	46355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>Innovate UK published its 2016/17 Delivery Plan in April 2016. This sets out measures to nurture high-growth potential SMEs and to work with universities and the research base across the UK to turn scientific excellence into economic impact. It includes joint programmes to promote collaboration between SMEs and the academic sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 10/10/2016 15:16:14 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell