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426403

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2015
	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	Small Businesses: Internet
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what specific steps they are taking to help SMEs to move online.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	uin	HL3342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>As part of our wider support for small businesses, Government has provided funding to Local Enterprise Partnerships to extend the reach of their digital support for small firms. We are also increasing the number of Digital Trade Advisors working around the country to help small businesses expand into new overseas markets.</p><br /><p>Government supports the extensive range of private sector-led activity to help small businesses improve their digital skills. We particularly welcome the work that Go ON UK does to encourage and join up this activity.</p><br /><p>In addition to this, Government’s Broadband Connection Voucher Scheme allowed businesses to apply for grants of up to £3,000 to help them move to a faster digital market and connect to superfast broadband. The initiative has now allocated all of the £40m available funding since April 2015, with more than 55,000 small businesses across the UK taking up the offer.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 20/11/2015 11:59:55 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

431535

	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	Business: EU Law
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are holding discussions about reducing EU regulation of UK business.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL3798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>Reducing the burden of EU regulation is a critical element of stimulating jobs, competitiveness and growth in Europe. We welcome the European Commission’s recent progress in this area, but want them to go further. Together with other like-minded Member States, we are pressing the Commission to bring forward proposals for an EU target to cut the total burden on business, in line with the Prime Minister’s EU reform letter to European Council President Tusk.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 03/12/2015 16:07:35 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

429192

	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	Rolls-Royce
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take, if any, to help Britain’s aerospace and defence industry in the light of Rolls-Royce’s fifth profit warning in 21 months.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL3676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Government is working with Britain’s aerospace and defence industry through the Aerospace Growth Partnership and the Defence Growth Partnership to remove barriers to growth, boost exports and grow high value jobs.As part of this work we are supporting the industry’s investment in technology, competitiveness and productivity, and skills, to help ensure the UK remains one of the world’s leading aerospace and defence nations</p><br /><p>At the Spending Review, the Government protected and extended spending on the Aerospace Technology Institute.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 02/12/2015 11:54:34 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

420565

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2015
	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	Languages: Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the report from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills which stated that the United Kingdom forfeits £48 billion in lost exports because of its lack of language skills, what steps are they taking to promote the importance of language skills.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL2540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>The report, building on work commissioned by UK Trade &amp; Investment (UKTI) from Professor James Foreman-Peck at Cardiff University, reviewed the evidence and quantified the impact of language skill deficiencies on UKtrade performance.Professor Foreman-Peck’s analysis showed that UK firms may be missing out on international opportunities because of inadequate information which in turn stemmed from poor language skills and insufficient knowledge of the cultures of other countries. Professor Foreman-Peck estimated that these missed opportunities were equivalent to around 3.5% of national income (£48bn). This estimate does not refer to just exports as it is based on total trade opportunities which include imports.</p><br /><p>HMG has long recognised that there are barriers to trade and that Government has a role to play in helping firms overcome barriers to trade such as language skills and cultural awareness. UKTI provides a range of services to help companies address barriers to trade including language and culture issues in order to break into new or additional markets, or to increase their overseas presence. UKTI has a network of domestic and overseas trade advisors who help firms navigate barriers and trade internationally. The services offered by UKTI include bespoke help and advice plus a number of services. Amongst these services there are two specifically aimed at helping firms tackle language barriers. The Export Communications Review is a bespoke service to help companies address language barriers in all forms of communication including spoken, written, visual and digital; and “Web Optimisation for International Trade” are workshops that help firms make their websites fit for international business. In 2015/16 over 50,000 firms are expected to benefit from UKTI support; of which over 700 firms are expected to take advantage of the Export Communications Review Service and UKTI will run over 70 Web Optimisation Workshops.</p><br /><p>UKTI has also published a guide for exporters on overcoming language and cultural barriers. Over seven thousand have been distributed to date. The language guide also signposts exporters to the various professional bodies that represent the language industries including translators, interpreters and linguists.</p><br /><p><strong></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 27/10/2015 13:41:35 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

424720

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2015
	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	New Businesses: Young People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to support more programmes or competitions for university students and recent graduates to encourage them to embrace entrepreneurship.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL3090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>This Government fully supports the promotion of entrepreneurship in higher education. In 2013/14, the Higher Education – Business and Community Interaction survey found that there were over 4,600 new graduate start-ups, up from 2,357 in 2009/10.</p><br /><p>The Government is championing closer collaboration between universities and business through the National Centre for Universities and Business which is supported by HEFCE, the Research Councils and Innovate UK. Higher Education Innovation Funding, delivered by HEFCE, also supports university collaboration with industry, the commercialisation of research, and promotes entrepreneurship, enterprise education and broader knowledge exchange.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 11/11/2015 13:47:11 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

424776

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2015
	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	Job Creation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of how the United Kingdom compares with other European Union member states in terms of the number of jobs created since the start of 2012.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
	uin	HL3119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>Total employment in the UK grew by a larger amount than in any other EU member state during this period, according to Eurostat data. Since quarter one 2012 to quarter two 2015 the employment level in UK has increased by 1.6m. This compares to approximately 826,000 in France, 1.3m in Germany and 101,400 in Spain.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 23/11/2015 11:53:22 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

416968

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	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	Tickets: Touting
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in setting up the review of consumer protection measures for the secondary ticketing market.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
	uin	HL1888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>An announcement on who will lead the review, terms of reference and how it will run is expected shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 17/09/2015 11:23:01 question first ministerially corrected 24/09/2015 13:52:58 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe previous answer version 21943 answering member printed Baroness Neville-Jones answering member 3840
	tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

57532

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Minimum Wage
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to enforce the National Minimum Wage, and in particular to protect the employees of agencies and those on zero-hours contracts from exploitation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL5
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The Government is committed to increasing compliance with minimum wage legislation and effective enforcement of it. Everyone who is entitled to the minimum wage should receive it.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>HMRC enforces the National Minimum Wage for all workers. This includes agency workers and those on zero hour contracts. HMRC investigates every complaint made to the Pay and Work Rights helpline. In addition, HMRC conducts risk-based enforcement in sectors or areas where there is a higher risk of workers not getting paid the legal minimum wage.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The Government is taking a tougher approach on employers that break National Minimum Wage law and has already made it simpler to name and shame employers that break NMW law. The Government has also increased the financial penalty percentage that employers pay for breaking minimum wage law.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 18/06/2014 13:53:18 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

417062

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	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 Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimates they have made of the proportion of international students from outside the European Union who have graduated from United Kingdom universities between 2005 and 2010 who remained within the United Kingdom (1) one year, (2) two years, and (3) five years, after graduation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	uin	HL1982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The information requested is not available. Currently net migration of students is measured via the International Passenger Survey (IPS) which estimates volumes of students arriving and leaving, based on their stated main reason for entering the UK at time of arrival (which may not correspond with their visa) and their stated answer to the question of why they originally came to the UK when surveyed at the time of departure. It does not measure the type of institution attended, the level of course studied, whether the student graduated or how long it has been between finishing the course and departing from the UK. Once exit check data are available (from Autumn/ Winter 2015), it may be possible to start using visa data to estimate the balance of those coming, those staying legitimately and those departing. However to get a full picture may take several years and will depend heavily on the ability to match the exit data with visa data. The data will not take into account whether a student graduated or not.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 23/09/2015 10:35:51 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire

62481

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	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	Land Registry
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many dwellings have had their prices or values recorded at the Land Registry since 1 April 2000; and what proportion of all dwellings now have a transaction price or value recorded with the Land Registry.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p /> <p>Land Registry holds information on 23.9m title numbers. Title numbers are made up of residential properties, commercial properties and areas of land.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Price paid entries on the register were introduced on 1 April 1990 and since then 13.4m title numbers have at some point had a price paid entry on the register.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>From 1 January 1995 Land Registry also recorded information relating to11.8m residential properties sold for full market value. This equates to 49.8% of residential properties having a transaction price or value stated recorded.</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> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 27/06/2014 11:59:22 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford