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386518

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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 steps he is taking to ensure that levels of business rates do not put the future of small businesses at risk.
	tabling member constituency	Telford
	tabling member printed	Lucy Allan
	uin	4994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>My right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer has committed to completing a major review of business rates by the end of 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Autumn Statement 2014 announced a £1bn package of measures to reduce the burden of business rates, focussed on small businesses and retailers, including:</p><p>· extending the doubling of the Small Business Rate Relief until April 2016;</p><p>· continuing the 2% cap on the inflation-linked increase in the business rates multiplier until April 2016; and</p><p>· increasing the retail discount for shops, pubs, cafes and restaurants until April 2016</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 08/07/2015 13:32:32 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4411 label Biography information for Lucy Allan

381271

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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	Export Control Organisation: Civil Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which exporters have taken legal action as a result of the Export Control Organisation's refusal to grant them an export licence since May 2010; when each licence was refused; what the intended country of destination was of each such licence; what type of licence was applied for; and what the outcome was of each such legal case.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	2573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>No exporters have taken such legal action against the Export Control Organisation in this timeframe.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 22/06/2015 09:43:02 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

388850

	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	Growth Hubs
	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 Answer of 6 March 2015 to Question 225778, how many Growth Hubs are currently in operation; where each such hub is located and whether it has premises; when each such hub began operation; what public monies have been provided for each such hub; and what plans his Department has for further Growth Hubs in other local enterprise partnership areas.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	6423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>There are currently 26 growth hubs across England. 13 new growth hubs will launch by March 2016, when there will be a growth hub available in every 39 LEP area. Details of the country’s growth hubs can be found on the LEP network website.</p><p> </p><p>The first growth hub was created in Greater Manchester in November 2011, followed by Cumbria in 2013. 15 Wave 2 City areas received funding to help establish growth hubs during 2014-15 and all areas outside London will receive funding during 2015-16 as part of their Local Growth Deal. Details of growth deal funding can be found on the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>LEP Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Growth Deals 2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black Country</p></td><td><p>£400,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>£350,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire &amp; Warrington</p></td><td><p>£350,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coast to Capital</p></td><td><p>£450,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall &amp; Isles of Scilly</p></td><td><p>£250,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry and Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>£400,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>£300,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>D2N2</p></td><td><p>£525,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>£250,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enterprise M3</p></td><td><p>£350,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucester &amp; Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>£250,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Birmingham &amp; Solihull</p></td><td><p>£625,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Cambridge &amp; Peterborough</p></td><td><p>£300,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Lincoln &amp; Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>£300,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>£625,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heart of the South West</p></td><td><p>£400,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester &amp; Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>£250,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>£350,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humber</p></td><td><p>£250,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>£400,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds City Region</p></td><td><p>£625,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool City Region</p></td><td><p>£550,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Anglia</p></td><td><p>£350,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>£250,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>£500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford &amp; Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>£250,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield City Region</p></td><td><p>£500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solent</p></td><td><p>£250,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>£800,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East Midlands</p></td><td><p>£300,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent &amp; Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>£250,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon &amp; Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>£250,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tees Valley</p></td><td><p>£300,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley Berkshire</p></td><td><p>£250,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Marches</p></td><td><p>£250,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West of England</p></td><td><p>£400,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>£250,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York, North Yorkshire &amp; East Riding</p></td><td><p>£300,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 20/07/2015 13:22:14 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

389433

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	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	Electrical Goods: Secondhand Goods
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what legislation governs the sale of second-hand electrical goods; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	uin	6738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>There are two pieces of legislation relevant to second hand electrical goods; the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994, and the General Product Safety Regulations 2005, which implement the EU’s General Product Safety Directive. They require that equipment must only be supplied which is safe.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 20/07/2015 14:44:20 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

100787

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces Day
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget is for the Armed Forces Day national event in Guildford on 27 June 2015; how much of that cost is being met by (a) his Department and (b) Guildford Borough Council; whether any public funding so provided is dependent on match funding from industry or other sources; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Islington North
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
	uin	211802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <blockquote><p> </p><p>The Ministry Of Defence provides a grant of £25,000 to the hosts of an Armed Forces Day National event. The grant is a fixed amount given each year. The total cost to Guildford Borough Council will be dependent on their specific plans for this prestigious event.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p></blockquote> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 28/10/2014 16:40:19 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

445413

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2016
	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	Green Investment Bank: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2015 to Question 8988, whether the Government has taken a decision on the funding of the Green Investment Bank's business activity in future years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	22804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <br /> <br /><p>Government funding for the Green Investment Bank (GIB) for the 2016-17 period and beyond has now been announced as part of the current spending review. This is a good settlement for GIB and provides what GIB management wanted by allowing for 100% funding of GIB’s investments to the point of majority sale, assuming a sale in the next financial year.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 21/01/2016 17:32:54 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

429013

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2015
	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	Emerging Industry Action Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made by the Emerging Industry Action Group.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	16862
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <br /> <br /><p>The Emerging Industry Action Group for the sharing economy held its first meeting on 12th November 2015. Businesses from across the sector have agreed to participate in the group and attended the meeting to set out their views on the key challenges and opportunities for both businesses and the Government in making the UK one of the best places to start and grow a sharing economy business.</p><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/11/2015 16:05:48 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

439036

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2015
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2015 to Question 19589, what the budget for the BIS Automotive sector team has been in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	20401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <br /> <br /><p>The administrative budget associated with the BIS Automotive sector team for the last five financial years is illustrated below.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Administrative Cost</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>£1,393,614*^</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>£1,187,636^</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13/14</p></td><td><p>£1,207,986^</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14/15</p></td><td><p>£1,256,570^</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15/16</p></td><td><p>£1,219,550^</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>*Includes funding for the Advanced Manufacturing Showcasing team who came under the same administrative budget for these years.</p><p>^ Includes one FTE on loan to the Office for Low Emission Vehicles</p><br /> <br /><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/01/2016 16:46:03 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

423216

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2015
	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: 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, what research his Department has commissioned or undertaken to assess the potential effect on small businesses of proposed changes to Sunday trading laws.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	13098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <br /> <br /><p>We have consulted on our proposals to devolve the power to extend Sunday trading hours to local areas, to which we received a large number of responses from a wide range of stakeholders. We will be publishing the Government’s response shortly. In the consultation, we said we considered that devolving this power would enable local areas to determine the Sunday trading hours that better reflect the need of local people, providing greater choice over when and where they shop. People may choose small retailers, as for example, they offer a diverse range of products and services from convenient locations. This is perhaps why the convenience sector last year saw the opening of two new stores a day and growth in turnover of 5%.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 27/10/2015 14:19:39 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

446208

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2016
	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	Trade Missions: Iran
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any trade missions to Iran are planned involving businesses from the UK in 2016.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	23456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <br /><p><strong></strong></p><br /><p>The UK government fully supports expanding our trade relationship with Iran. UK Trade and Investment will be leading a whole of government approach to engage with UK companies to ensure that UK businesses are well equipped to benefit from the commercial opportunities that will arise from sanction relief.</p><br /><p>There is a desire on both sides to build a long-term bilateral relationship based on future partnership, where trade and investment is a key pillar. We plan to take further trade delegations to Iran in the near future across a number of sectors where UK companies are best placed to benefit from commercial opportunities.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 25/01/2016 15:49:42 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell