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102016

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/11/2014
	date	31/10/2014
	date tabled	31/10/2014
	ddp created	31/10/2014 17:40:18
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 05:46:32
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Society Network Foundation
	house id	1
	identifier	212831
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	05/11/2014 15:47:25
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department awarded in (a) grants and (b) contracts to the Society Network Foundation between 2010 and 2014.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 212831
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	212831
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Core Department’s financial records confirm that the Society Network Foundation has not been paid any grants nor awarded any contracts during the requested period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 05/11/2014 15:47:25 answering member 1513
	creator	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

102017

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/11/2014
	date	31/10/2014
	date tabled	31/10/2014
	ddp created	31/10/2014 17:40:18
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 05:46:39
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Big Society Network
	house id	1
	identifier	212832
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	05/11/2014 15:45:10
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department awarded in (a) grants and (b) contracts to the Big Society Network between 2010 and 2014.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 212832
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	212832
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Core Department’s financial records confirm that the Big Society Network has not been paid any grants nor awarded any contracts during the requested period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 05/11/2014 15:45:10 answering member 1513
	creator	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

102019

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/11/2014
	date	31/10/2014
	date tabled	31/10/2014
	ddp created	31/10/2014 17:40:19
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 05:46:52
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Big Society Network and Society Network Foundation
	house id	1
	identifier	212833
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	05/11/2014 15:49:13
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many civil servants or special advisers his Department seconded to (a) the Big Society Network and (b) the Society Network Foundation between 2010 and 2014.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 212833
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	212833
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills does not hold any central data on the number and location of staff on secondment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 05/11/2014 15:49:13 answering member 1513
	creator	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

105813

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/11/2014
	date	03/11/2014
	date tabled	03/11/2014
	ddp created	03/11/2014 23:30:52
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 05:54:11
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	identifier	212916
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	10/11/2014 12:43:40
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on encouraging businesses to offer apprenticeships to young people.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 212916
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	212916
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the then Minister for Skills and Enterprise (Matthew Hancock) met with the four nation Ministers including Dr Stephen Farry, MLA, Minister for Employment and Learning, on 19 June 2014.</p><p>He updated Ministers on the review of apprenticeships and trailblazer reforms in England.</p><p>Dr Stephen Farry informed Ministers that Northern Ireland would be producing a new strategy on apprenticeships and this was formally announced on 24 June 2014.</p><p>Ministers agreed that an official-level group would be beneficial and my Rt. Hon. Friend. the now Minister for Business and Energy Matthew Hancock suggested extending the remit of the UK strategic policy forum to include apprenticeships. The UK Strategic Forum meets approximately one month prior to the four nation Ministerial meetings and the first meeting took place on 4 June 2014.</p> question first answered 10/11/2014 12:43:40 answering member 3995
	creator	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

105814

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/11/2014
	date	03/11/2014
	date tabled	03/11/2014
	ddp created	03/11/2014 23:30:53
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 05:54:17
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Technology: Greater London
	house id	1
	identifier	212963
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/11/2014 17:06:59
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what future investment the Government plans to make to promote the technology sector in London.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 212963
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	212963
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>London is the tech capital of Europe. The Government has played a key part in its success. It supports Tech City UK which delivers support services and programmes to tech businesses in London and UK-wide. London and Partners promotes the London wide tech sector, working on behalf of the Mayor of London and other commercial partners, including Tech City for which it took over specific responsibility in April this year.</p><p> </p><p>Technology companies in London will benefit from a range of government funding such as the:</p><p> </p><p>• recently announced 5m funding (£2m in 2015/2016 and a provisional allocation of £3m in 2016/17) for a pilot digital skills programme to be run by the London Enterprise Panel as part of the London Growth Deal.</p><p> </p><p>• A new Digital Catapult, located in King’s Cross, with £50m over 5 years to provide tech companies with access to expertise and enable them to develop new products and services.</p><p> </p><p>• £40K, this financial year, for Tech City UK’s Future Fifty Programme. Of the 50 tech companies, 37 of them are headquartered in London.</p><p> </p><p>• £400K this financial year for Tech City UK’s Digital Business Academy - an online training programme to ensure everyone has the much needed digital skills.</p><p> </p><p>We will have the lowest corporation tax rate in the G7 from next year. Technology companies can also benefit from other tax incentives such as the Patent Box, which can give an effective 10% tax rate for qualifying net revenue arising from EU or UK registered patents, R&amp;D tax credits, the Enterprise Investment Scheme and the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Government launched the new computing curriculum in September 2014, to ensure a pipeline of digitally skilled individuals. £3.5m of funding has been provided to ensure teachers have the skills to teach the curriculum and there are a number of coding clubs available in London schools, to inspire young people about the career opportunities digital skills provide.</p><p> </p><p>There is also good work at a local level, for example, Camden Council has started to set up code clubs in schools, see the following link: <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/local-government-network/2013/sep/02/camden-council-pioneers-coding-in-schools" target="_blank">http://www.theguardian.com/local-government-network/2013/sep/02/camden-council-pioneers-coding-in-schools</a></p><p> </p> question first answered 17/11/2014 17:06:59 answering member 1580
	creator	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

105818

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/11/2014
	date	03/11/2014
	date tabled	03/11/2014
	ddp created	03/11/2014 23:31:01
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 05:54:40
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Freedom of Information
	house id	1
	identifier	213100
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	10/11/2014 16:42:01
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on legal fees over prevention of release of information requested by Freedom of Information requests since 2010.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 213100
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	213100
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 14 July 2014, Official Report Col 537W.</p><p> </p><p>Although the Hon. Member has requested information in respect of a slightly shorter period (i.e. since 2010 and not each of the past 5 years) and has asked about fees over the prevention of release of information requested by Freedom of Information requests rather than in relation to freedom of information cases generally, the answer remains the same as that previously given.</p><p> </p> question first answered 10/11/2014 16:42:01 answering member 1513
	creator	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105819

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/11/2014
	date	03/11/2014
	date tabled	03/11/2014
	ddp created	03/11/2014 23:31:02
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 05:54:47
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Public Appointments
	house id	1
	identifier	213019
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	10/11/2014 15:58:05
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions his Department has made appointments by exception since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 213019
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	213019
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department has made 269 appointments by exception since April 2011. Centrally held records are not available prior to April 2011.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not release the name of individuals appointed to posts.</p><p> </p> question first answered 10/11/2014 15:58:05 answering member 1513
	creator	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105820

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/11/2014
	date	03/11/2014
	date tabled	03/11/2014
	ddp created	03/11/2014 23:31:05
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 05:54:53
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Pay
	house id	1
	identifier	213059
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	10/11/2014 15:48:11
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Instant Rewards of what value were given to his Department's officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 213059
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	213059
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>An element of the Department’s overall pay bill for staff below the Senior Civil Service (SCS) is allocated to payments related directly to performance. There are two types of award:</p><p> </p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Annual performance awards, that reward staff based on their annual performance rating.</li><li>In-year awards that recognise strong performance in particularly demanding tasks or situations. These can be in the form of cash payments or vouchers.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These non-consolidated, non-pensionable one-off payments are used to drive high performance in the department and do not add to future pay bills.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the number and cost of in-year awards in 2013, and until the end of September in 2014 are contained in table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Cash Awards</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value of Cash Awards</strong></p><p><strong>(£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Vouchers</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value of Vouchers</strong></p><p><strong>(£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,489</p></td><td><p>434,743</p></td><td><p>803</p></td><td><p>32,110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014*</p></td><td><p>1,145</p></td><td><p>353,200</p></td><td><p>788</p></td><td><p>41,525</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Jan – Sept 2014</p> question first answered 10/11/2014 15:48:11 answering member 1513
	creator	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105821

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/11/2014
	date	03/11/2014
	date tabled	03/11/2014
	ddp created	03/11/2014 23:31:06
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 05:55:00
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Public Appointments
	house id	1
	identifier	213039
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	10/11/2014 15:49:40
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions his Department has had requests for appointments by exception to the Senior Civil Service turned down by the Civil Service Commission since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 213039
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	213039
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Civil Service Commission publish details of appointments made by exception and approved by them in their annual reports and on their website. These reports are available in the Library of the House. It would not be appropriate to publish details of the requests turned down by the Commission as the numbers involved are so small.</p> question first answered 10/11/2014 15:49:40 answering member 1513
	creator	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105822

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/11/2014
	date	03/11/2014
	date tabled	03/11/2014
	ddp created	03/11/2014 23:31:08
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 05:55:09
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Freedom of Information
	house id	1
	identifier	213079
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	10/11/2014 14:37:50
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Freedom of Information requests his Department has declined to answer in full since 2010.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 213079
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	213079
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Statistics on the Freedom of Information performance of Government Departments since January 2010 are published by the Ministry of Justice. They are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics#2010-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics#2010-2012</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The published statistics include the numbers of requests received by each Department, the numbers answered in full and where information was partly or fully withheld.</p><p> </p> question first answered 10/11/2014 14:37:50 answering member 1513
	creator	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney