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432094

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2015
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Security
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees whether employees of public affairs companies can hold a House of Lords staff pass.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL3867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>Yes. Members of the House of Lords may sponsor their staff for parliamentary photo-passes, provided the member certifies that the applicant for the pass genuinely provides parliamentary research or secretarial services for the member or acts as a carer or driver for them.</p><p>Members’ staff with parliamentary photo-passes are subject to the Code of Conduct for House of Lords Members’ Staff. This requires them to disclose in the Register of Members’ Staff Interests any employment they have outside the House of Lords. They must also register any financial interest in businesses or organisations involved in public affairs or parliamentary lobbying. The Code of Conduct prohibits members’ staff from making use of their access to the parliamentary estate to further the interests of an outside body from whom they receive payment.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 01/12/2015 17:46:20 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

431551

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	Catering and Retail Services (HL): Termination of Employment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees on what basis the last Deputy Head of Catering and Retail Services left the employment of the administration.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL3814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>It is not appropriate for me to answer questions on individual employment matters.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 01/12/2015 17:45:32 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

427160

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2015
	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	Fossil Fuels: Egypt
	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 support the Government has provided to Egypt for oil and shale gas development.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	15507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>We are not aware of any support given by the Government to the Egyptian authorities for oil and shale gas development.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 01/12/2015 11:32:30 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

427492

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	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	Overseas Trade: Israel
	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 of trade was between the UK and Israel in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	15858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>This information can be found in the United Kingdom Balance of Payments - The Pink Book 2015 which can be found on the ONS website.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 01/12/2015 11:31:51 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

432608

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	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	Universities: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of universities make unconditional offers to 18 year olds applying to study at those universities; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	17978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/12/2015 10:11:21 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

427010

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2015
	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	Tourism: Advertising
	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 publish the television advertising schedule and list the television channels being used for the Great Britain campaign; and if he will estimate the cost of (a) producing the commercials for that campaign and (b) each television advertising slot by time and date of broadcast.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
	uin	15569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>The commercials are being shown on a wide variety of channels to reach the broadest spread of British businesses, including ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and satellite channels. Individual advertising spots are confirmed with broadcasters a few days prior to broadcast. The average cost of producing a commercial is £48,000 and to date 18 have been produced.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 01/12/2015 16:59:25 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

431571

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	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	Manufacturing Industries: Employment
	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 steps he has taken to prevent the loss of UK manufacturing sector jobs.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	17264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>The best way the Government can support manufacturing jobs is to continue to secure a strong, growing economy. The Government continues to invest in our world leading aerospace, automotive, defence, energy and transport sectors that will secure high quality manufacturing jobs.</p><p>Around a third of the 2,000 new inward Foreign Direct Investment projects in 2014/15 were in the areas of advanced manufacturing and life sciences and I was pleased to see that UK manufacturing PMI hit its highest level in over a year in October.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 01/12/2015 17:44:58 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

428938

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2015
	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	Higher Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they intend to bring forward any legislative proposals, following the current consultation, to give effect to the green paper on higher education <i>Fulfilling our Potential</i>.
	tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Finsbury
	uin	HL3661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s consultation on the higher education green paper, <em>Fulfilling our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice</em>, closes on 15 January 2016. The Government will issue its response No decisions have yet been taken on the proposals in the green paper or how they would be implemented.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 01/12/2015 16:42:34 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	186 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Finsbury

431908

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2015
	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	Biofuels: Plastics
	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 promote the development of a bio-plastics industry within a UK circular economy; and what the implications for his policy are of the effect of the EU's Europe 2020 programme in supporting that sector at a regional level.
	tabling member constituency	Foyle
	tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
	uin	17499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government recognises the potential for the bio-plastics sector to contribute to a circular economy. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is engaged with a range of businesses in the bio plastic industry including via the Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association and is working to help promote the potential growth of that sector. The EU 2020 strategy and the funding programmes that support that initiative offer opportunities for the UK. BIS is actively promoting and facilitating engagement and participation in the Horizon 2020 Programme via the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN).</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/12/2015 11:29:24 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

431572

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	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	Postgraduate Education
	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 timescale is for the availability of postgraduate masters degree loans as announced in the Autumn Statement 2014; and whether he plans to extend the loans policy to postgraduate research masters and doctoral research.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	17290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to enhancing its support for postgraduate study and wants more people to have the opportunity to build on their academic success through access to a higher level qualification. The Government has now announced that a Master’s loan will be available to individuals up to age 60 from 2016/17. It also set out details of the next steps to provide more support for Doctoral study.</p><p>Further information is available via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/postgraduate-study-student-loans-and-other-support" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/postgraduate-study-student-loans-and-other-support</a></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/12/2015 15:08:48 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden