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1135283

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding the Government has allocated to Network Rail in each of the last five years in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	270416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>Funding for the railway in Scotland is devolved to the Scottish Government, who have responsibility for setting funding and outputs.</p><p> </p><p>The Office of Rail and Road’s final determination includes Network Rail’s outputs and funding for 2014-2019 (CP5) for both England and Wales and Scotland.</p><p><a href="https://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/452/pr13-final-determination.pdf" target="_blank">https://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/452/pr13-final-determination.pdf</a></p><p><em> </em></p><p>Network Rail does not operate in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 02/07/2019 16:13:33 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1135284

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of each type of repair to Network Rail railway lines have been carried out in each of the last five years in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	270417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The tables attached sets out track renewals on the network by type over the past five years for England &amp; Wales and Scotland. Network Rail does not operate in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 02/07/2019 16:20:35 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones attachment 1 file name 270417 - Tables, track type.docx title Tables regarding track renewals
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1122509

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of his Department's payments to (a) businesses and (b) SMEs were made within his Department's prompt payment target in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	246541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) complies with the Prompt Payment Code which the Chartered Institute of Credit Management administers on our behalf.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS was formed on 14 July 2016 so we are unable to provide data prior to that date. The data we hold applies to payments of valid invoices for goods and services and cannot be sub-divided into those made to general business and those made to SMEs. The data in the table below applies to all businesses:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Valid invoices paid within 30 days</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>99.3%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>99.3%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Links: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/641623/beis-annual-report-accounts-2016-17-update-2-web.pdf" target="_blank">BIES Annual Report &amp; Accounts 2016-17</a> (page 77)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/725808/BEIS_Web_accessible_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2017_18.pdf" target="_blank">BEIS Annual Report &amp; Accounts 2017-18</a> (page 37)</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 29/04/2019 15:22:43 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1127834

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Research Fund for Coal and Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to maintain the same level of funding awarded under the Research Fund for Coal and Steel after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	257085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to ensuring that UK and EU researchers, universities and businesses in the steel sector will be able to continue to collaborate after the UK leaves the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s priority remains ensuring the Withdrawal Agreement (WA) is ratified. This would ensure that UK entities’ right to participate in the Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS) would be unaffected by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU until the end of 2020: the WA envisages that UK participants will be eligible to bid for RFCS funding until that date.</p><p> </p><p>In the event the UK leaves the EU without an overall withdrawal agreement, the Government will guarantee the payment of awards for UK organisations which successfully bid directly to EU programmes, including RFCS, until the end of 2020, for the whole lifetime of projects agreed.</p><p> </p><p>Beyond 2020, the UK government is considering options for supporting R&amp;D in steel and will continue to work with the sector, unions and Devolved Administrations to develop a long-term viable solution for the UK steel industry.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will decide on science and innovation expenditure, including on R&amp;D for steel, in the next Spending Review. Science and innovation have been made a priority by the UK Government and is at the heart of the Department’s Industrial Strategy, in recognition of the strong economic benefits of public investment in science and innovation and its capacity to leverage private investment.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 257087 question first answered 04/06/2019 07:56:30 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1127836

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Research Fund for Coal and Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will ring-fence for the steel sector the UK's €250 million share of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel returned due to the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	257087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to ensuring that UK and EU researchers, universities and businesses in the steel sector will be able to continue to collaborate after the UK leaves the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s priority remains ensuring the Withdrawal Agreement (WA) is ratified. This would ensure that UK entities’ right to participate in the Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS) would be unaffected by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU until the end of 2020: the WA envisages that UK participants will be eligible to bid for RFCS funding until that date.</p><p> </p><p>In the event the UK leaves the EU without an overall withdrawal agreement, the Government will guarantee the payment of awards for UK organisations which successfully bid directly to EU programmes, including RFCS, until the end of 2020, for the whole lifetime of projects agreed.</p><p> </p><p>Beyond 2020, the UK government is considering options for supporting R&amp;D in steel and will continue to work with the sector, unions and Devolved Administrations to develop a long-term viable solution for the UK steel industry.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will decide on science and innovation expenditure, including on R&amp;D for steel, in the next Spending Review. Science and innovation have been made a priority by the UK Government and is at the heart of the Department’s Industrial Strategy, in recognition of the strong economic benefits of public investment in science and innovation and its capacity to leverage private investment.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 257085 question first answered 04/06/2019 07:56:31 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1127845

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Iron and Steel: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Scottish Government on the future of the Scottish steel industry.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	257089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State and Ministers for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy frequently meet steel industry companies and we are working closely with the sector, the unions and devolved administrations to support the UK steel sector develop a long-term viable solution for the UK steel industry. The Scottish Government have also been invited to participate on each occasion Ministers have convened the Steel Council.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 04/06/2019 07:56:40 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1128210

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Research Fund for Coal and Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the economic effect on the UK steel sector of losing access to the Research Fund for Coal and Steel as a result of the UK leaving the EU; and what steps he is taking support that sector.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	257509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of R&amp;D to help transform the steel sector so it can play a vital role within our modern Industrial Strategy. Increasing investment in R&amp;D was one of the key recommendations in our 2017 <em>Future capacities and capabilities of the UK steel industry</em> study (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-steel-industry-future-market-opportunities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-steel-industry-future-market-opportunities</a>), which sets out how the industry can increase its profitability and sustainability.</p><p>The Government’s priority remains ensuring that the Withdrawal Agreement is ratified. This would ensure that UK entities’ right to participate in the Research Fund for Coal and Steel – including bidding for funding – would be unaffected until the end of 2020.</p><p>We are considering options for supporting R&amp;D in steel beyond 2020 and will continue to work with the sector, unions and Devolved Administrations to develop a viable long-term solution. The Government will decide on science and innovation expenditure, including on R&amp;D for steel, in the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 05/06/2019 08:40:40 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

177692

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on television advertising in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Roy
uin	223318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has spent the following on television advertising in each of the last three financial years:</p><p>2011-12 - The data is not held in the precise format requested.</p><p>2012-13 - £8.0 million</p><p>2013-14 - £8.4 million</p><p>This expenditure is for recruitment advertising. It is a key requirement for the Armed Forces to maintain a satisfactory balance of skills, experience, ability and seniority in rank to enable delivery of operational requirements. Despite the reduction in overall numbers of Service personnel, the requirement for the Armed Forces to recruit and train personnel to replace those who leave the Services remains. Audited figures for 2014-15 will be available after the end of the financial year.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/02/2015 17:10:47 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 44996 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	626 label Biography information for Mr Frank Roy

427332

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
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: Billing
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 encourage prompt payment to small businesses.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	902101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>We will establish a Small Business Commissioner to help small businesses deal with late payment disputes. We are also introducing new payment reporting requirements for large companies that will allow public scrutiny of payment performance</p><br /><p>I was pleased to see Tesco has cut its payment terms to 14 days for suppliers with total sales to Tesco worth less than £100,000 a year.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/11/2015 15:33:38 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

937741

registered interest
date	10/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Construction Industry Training Board: Glaziers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference the Industrial Training (Construction Board) Order 1964 (Amendment) Order 1992, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the scope of the Construction Industry Training Board to include glaziers.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	162592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>Matters of extending the scope to include glazers would be for the Construction Industry Training Board to determine.</p><p>It is important Industry Training Boards (ITBs) are able to both keep up with developments in their industries and help them to modernise and improve productivity. This may mean that the scope of the ITBs (which determines whether employers are liable to pay the levies and who may claim grants) needs to evolve.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 16/07/2018 16:35:14 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows