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418306

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
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	Arms Trade: Egypt
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for which military vehicles components valued at £40 million were licensed for export to Egypt in March 2015; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	9941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The licence was for chassis for manufacture of vehicles for use in counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations in Sinai. The licence application was carefully assessed against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria and against the commitment made by EU Member States in August 2013 to suspend licensing for Egypt for equipment which might be used for internal repression.</p><p> </p><p>All export licences are issued in strict accordance with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 09/10/2015 14:35:40 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

418255

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
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	Royal Mail
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 30 June 2015 to Question 4159, how the level of fees paid to firms for their work in the disposal of shares in Royal Mail was determined; what key performance indicators were set and what outcomes were identified for that work; and whether a competitive tendering process took place.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	9933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The level of fees was determined on the basis of previous fees charged for similar services relating to the sale of Government assets and was subject to a competitive tendering process.</p><p> </p><p>The key performance indicator and outcome in this instance was the delivery of a successful secondary sale of Royal Mail shares.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 9302 question first answered 15/09/2015 16:01:55 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

418254

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
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	Regional Growth Fund
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 30 June 2015 to Question 2124, how many beneficiaries under each round of the Regional Growth Fund have by mutual agreement not drawn down the full amount that was made available to them.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	9932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The table below sets out the number of beneficiaries under Rounds 1 to 3 of the Regional Growth Fund (RGF) who have by mutual agreement not drawn down the full amount that was made available to them.</p><p> </p><p>Round 4 is still being concluded and subsequent rounds of the Fund are ongoing with many of the beneficiaries still within their payment period.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>RGF Round</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of beneficiaries*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr></tbody></table><ul><li>These figures exclude projects where the balance of unclaimed grant is less than £10,000 as the minimum RGF grant is £1 million.</li></ul> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 22/09/2015 09:17:19 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

418297

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
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	UK Trade and Investment
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 membership of the UKTI's Strategic Relations Team is; and which companies are involved with that team.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	9886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The UKTI Strategic Relationship Management Team is made up of a mixture of Civil Servants and Private Sector staff, managing around 80 companies. The companies are listed in the table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>3M</p></td><td><p>Diageo</p></td><td><p>Iberdrola</p></td><td><p>Pfizer</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ABB</p></td><td><p>Disney</p></td><td><p>IBM</p></td><td><p>Prudential</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ABF</p></td><td><p>DP World</p></td><td><p>Imagination Technologies</p></td><td><p>Roche</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aon</p></td><td><p>E.ON</p></td><td><p>INEOS</p></td><td><p>Rolls Royce</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ARM</p></td><td><p>EADS Airbus</p></td><td><p>Jaguar Land Rover</p></td><td><p>RWE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AstraZeneca</p></td><td><p>EDF</p></td><td><p>JCB</p></td><td><p>SABIC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Atkins</p></td><td><p>EE</p></td><td><p>Johnson &amp; Johnson</p></td><td><p>Samsung</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aviva</p></td><td><p>Eisai</p></td><td><p>Johnson Matthey</p></td><td><p>Shell</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Babcock</p></td><td><p>Engie (GDF Suez)</p></td><td><p>Lockheed Martin</p></td><td><p>Siemens</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BAE Systems</p></td><td><p>Facebook</p></td><td><p>Microsoft</p></td><td><p>SSE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Balfour Beatty</p></td><td><p>Ford</p></td><td><p>Mitsubishi Heavy Industries</p></td><td><p>Statoil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BASF</p></td><td><p>GE</p></td><td><p>Mitubishi Corporation</p></td><td><p>Syngenta</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BG Group</p></td><td><p>GKN</p></td><td><p>Mondeléz International</p></td><td><p>Tata Group</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BMW</p></td><td><p>GlaxoSmithKline</p></td><td><p>National Grid</p></td><td><p>Telefonica</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bombardier</p></td><td><p>GM</p></td><td><p>Nestlé</p></td><td><p>Time Warner</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BP</p></td><td><p>Google</p></td><td><p>Nissan</p></td><td><p>Toshiba</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BT</p></td><td><p>Hitachi</p></td><td><p>Novartis</p></td><td><p>Toyota</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caterpillar</p></td><td><p>Honda</p></td><td><p>P&amp;G</p></td><td><p>Unilever</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Centrica</p></td><td><p>HP</p></td><td><p>PCCW</p></td><td><p>Vodafone</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cisco</p></td><td><p>Huawei</p></td><td><p>Pearson</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coca-cola</p></td><td><p>Hutchison Whampoa</p></td><td><p>PepsiCo</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 24/09/2015 13:18:23 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

418135

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
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	Trade in Services Agreement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he expects the Trade in Services Agreement to entail amendments to (a) employment law, (b) trade union law and (c) company law in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	9832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) does not directly cover employment, trade union or company law and no amendments are expected in these areas.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/09/2015 12:20:27 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

418134

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
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	Trade in Services Agreement: Industrial Relations
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 has taken in negotiations of the Trade in Services Agreement to ensure that workers' rights are protected.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	9831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) does not directly cover the laws which underpin workers’ rights in its agreement. The UK Government work closely with the Commission and the <a title="Links to an external resource" href="http://www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.htm" target="_blank">International Labour Organisation</a> to ensure that fundamental workers' rights are respected in the context of trade and economic expansion.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/09/2015 15:19:36 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

418136

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
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	Trade Agreements: 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 assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Trade in Services Agreement on employment levels in the UK (a) economy and (b) transport industry.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	9802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>It is not possible at this stage in the negotiation for the Government to assess the precise impact the TiSA will have on employment levels in the UK economy, but we estimate the agreement has the potential to provide a £2-3 billion increase to the UK’s annual GDP with associated employment gains.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 17/09/2015 15:49:25 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

418139

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
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	Trade in Services Agreement: Transport
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 made of the potential effect of the Trade in Services Agreement on the transport industry; and when his Department plans to update that assessment.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	9801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>It is not possible at this stage in the negotiation for the Government to assess the precise sectoral impact of the Trade in Services Agreement, but the European Commission are currently undertaking an impact assessment on the overall impact of the agreement. <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/policy-making/analysis/sustainability-impact-assessments/assessments/" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/policy-making/analysis/sustainability-impact-assessments/assessments/</a></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 17/09/2015 15:49:54 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

418059

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
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	Exports: Government Assistance
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 the Government allocated to direct lending to UK businesses to promote exports in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	9756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>UK Export Finance is the government’s export credit agency. It does not directly lend to UK businesses but provides insurance to exporters and guarantees to banks to share the risk of providing export finance. Additionally, it can make loans to overseas buyers of goods and services from the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/09/2015 15:15:24 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

418140

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
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	Balance of Trade: Life Sciences
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 the life sciences industry generated in trade surplus for (a) the UK and (b) Scotland in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	9745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>In 2014 the Life Science industry generated a trade deficit of £5.0bn for the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Life Sciences goods that can be identified through standard industry classifications consists of pharmaceuticals, irradiation, electro-medical and electrotherapeutic equipment and medical and dental supplies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Recent changes to international legislation on the compilation of the Balance of Payments have classed the trade in illegal drugs as pharmaceuticals. This change accounted for £4.3bn of the imports of pharmaceuticals in 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Comparable figures for Scotland alone are not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 17/09/2015 15:28:27 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray