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61570

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/06/2014
	date	12/06/2014
	date tabled	12/06/2014
	ddp created	12/06/2014 20:40:34
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 08:25:57
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Official Visits
	house id	1
	identifier	200478
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/06/2014 12:38:24
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what visits each of the Ministers in the Law Officers' Departments have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200478
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200478
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Details of Law Officer visits are published quarterly online at www.gov.uk</p><p> </p> question first answered 17/06/2014 12:38:24 answering member 69
	creator	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

61569

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/06/2014
	date	12/06/2014
	date tabled	12/06/2014
	ddp created	12/06/2014 20:40:34
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 08:25:51
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	1
	identifier	200438
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	16/06/2014 15:47:31
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many parliamentary questions tabled to the Law Officers' Departments in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200438
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200438
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>None.</p> question first answered 16/06/2014 15:47:31 answering member 69
	creator	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

61825

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/06/2014
	date	12/06/2014
	date tabled	12/06/2014
	ddp created	12/06/2014 20:42:11
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 08:50:41
	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	Disabled Students' Allowances: Birmingham
	house id	1
	identifier	200507
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/06/2014 15:06:20
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people in Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency are eligible for disabled students allowance (DSA); and how many such people will be negatively affected by proposed changes to DSA.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200507
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200507
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Information on students awarded and paid Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA) is published annually by Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release ‘<em>Student Support for Higher Education England</em>'. The latest statistics are available at the following link: <a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/media/694170/slcsfr052013.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/media/694170/slcsfr052013.pdf</a></p><p>A further breakdown for Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency has been provided in the table for the academic year 2012/13. Equivalent figures for the academic year 2013/14 will be available from November 2014.</p><p>Current DSA recipients and disabled students applying for DSAs in 2014/15 will not be affected by these changes in 2015/16.</p><p>We are currently consulting with a wide range of stakeholders and are working through the detail of how the changes will work in practice, including the number of students affected.</p><p><strong>Students in receipt of Disabled Students Allowance<sup>[1]</sup> from Birmingham, </strong><strong>Selly Oak constituency</strong></p><p> </p><p>Academic Year 2012/13</p><p>Effective date: 13/11/2013</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>Application Type</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Full-Time Application</p></td><td><p>Part-Time Application</p></td><td><p>Post Graduate DSA</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(Area)</p></td><td><p>No of Applicants Paid</p></td><td><p>No of Applicants Paid</p></td><td><p><strong>No of Applicants Paid</strong></p></td><td><p>No of Applicants Paid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham, Selly Oak<sup>[2]</sup></p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><p><strong>[1] Disabled Student Allowance may be paid to the Student or to a Supplier on the student's behalf.</strong></p><p><strong>[2] Figures are derived from the Post Code of the applicant's home address.</strong></p><p><strong>[3] The effective date is that of the November 2013 Awards Statistical First Release. The figures are therefore provisional and do not include </strong><strong>students who were awarded DSA after November 2013.</strong></p><p><strong>[4] DSA Payments may be made at any point during the Academic Year or after the end of the Academic Year. </strong></p><p><strong>[5] Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals may not add to the sum of the components due to rounding.</strong></p> question first answered 19/06/2014 15:06:20 answering member 53
	creator	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

61571

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/06/2014
	date	12/06/2014
	date tabled	12/06/2014
	ddp created	12/06/2014 20:40:34
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 08:26:02
	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	Official Visits
	house id	1
	identifier	200477
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/06/2014 14:44:56
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what visits each of the Ministers in his Department have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200477
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200477
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Details of Ministers' overseas visits are published quarterly on the Gov.uk website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;publication_type=transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;publication_type=transparency-data</a></p><p>Information for January to March 2014 will be published shortly.</p><p>Information relating to UK visits can only be provided at disproportionate cost as it is not held centrally.</p> question first answered 19/06/2014 14:44:56 answering member 1497
	creator	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

61579

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/06/2014
	date	12/06/2014
	date tabled	12/06/2014
	ddp created	12/06/2014 20:40:40
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 08:26:48
	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	New Businesses: Kent
	house id	1
	identifier	200510
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/06/2014 14:57:22
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many company formations were recorded in (a) Gillingham and Rainham, (b) Medway and (c) Kent in the last year.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200510
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200510
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The number of company formations in (a) Gillingham and Rainham, (b) Medway and (b) Kent in the financial year 2013/14 were as follows.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Number of Company Formations</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gillingham and Rainham</p></td><td><p>616</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>3,966</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>15,583</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures, which include all corporate bodies for the financial year, including limited liability companies, should be considered as approximations as the data is derived from postcode areas that can cross regional boundaries.</p> question first answered 19/06/2014 14:57:22 answering member 88
	creator	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

61576

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/06/2014
	date	12/06/2014
	date tabled	12/06/2014
	ddp created	12/06/2014 20:40:40
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 08:26:31
	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	New Businesses: Kent
	house id	1
	identifier	200382
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/06/2014 14:42:20
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many start-up loans have been granted to businesses in (a) Gillingham and Rainham constituency, (b) Medway and (c) Kent to date.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200382
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200382
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>12 Start-Up Loans have been granted to businesses within the Gillingham and Rainham constituency with a total drawn down value of £68,800.</p><p>36 Start-Up Loans have been granted with a total drawn down value of £220,750 in the Medway constituency.</p><p>265 Start-Up Loans have been granted in Kent with a total drawn down value of £1,498,105.</p> question first answered 19/06/2014 14:42:20 answering member 4070
	creator	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

61578

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/06/2014
	date	12/06/2014
	date tabled	12/06/2014
	ddp created	12/06/2014 20:40:40
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 08:26:42
	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: Pay
	house id	1
	identifier	200564
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/06/2014 16:23:19
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will increase the minimum rate of pay for apprentices from £2.68 per hour to £2.96 per hour.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200564
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200564
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>This Government is fully committed to the National Minimum Wage set by the independent Low Pay Commission at a level that maximises the wages of the low paid without damaging their employment prospects by setting it too high.</p><p> </p><p>We ask the Low Pay Commission to consider the evidence and recommend the National Minimum Wage rates, to achieve this.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has accepted an above inflation increase in the NMW including an increase in the apprentice rate from £2.68 to £2.73. The increase will come into effect on 1 October 2014 and will provide low paid workers with the biggest cash increase in their pay packets since 2008.</p><p> </p><p>The Low Pay Commission has judged that a higher increase in the minimum wage would risk damaging employment prospects for the lowest paid.</p><p> </p> question first answered 17/06/2014 16:23:19 answering member 1497
	creator	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

61572

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/06/2014
	date	12/06/2014
	date tabled	12/06/2014
	ddp created	12/06/2014 20:40:35
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 08:26:09
	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	Overseas Trade: Latin America
	house id	1
	identifier	200553
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/06/2014 14:39:01
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps are being taken to promote UK trade with Latin America in connection with the 2014 Football World Cup taking place in Brazil.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Worcester
	tabling member printed	Mr Robin Walker
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200553
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200553
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>During the 2014 Football World Cup, the UK Trade and Investment network in Brazil will host a series of events to promote the UK as a destination for business, investment, education and tourism. The programme includes 20 events focussed on our prosperity campaigns to promote British expertise and partnership in priority areas that includes culture, energy, infrastructure, inward investment and legacy opportunities associated to the 2012 London Olympic games.</p><p>Events will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Manaus and Belo Horizonte, the cities hosting the England team which will be supported by Prince Harry, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and my Hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Equalities.</p><p>One of the highlights of the UK programme isthe GREAT Britain House in Sao Paulo. Specially developed for the agenda of events, the venue will be set up at the British Consulate in Sao Paulo to present the best the UK has to offer.</p> question first answered 19/06/2014 14:39:01 answering member 88
	creator	4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker

61574

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/06/2014
	date	12/06/2014
	date tabled	12/06/2014
	ddp created	12/06/2014 20:40:35
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 08:26:20
	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	Postal Services
	house id	1
	identifier	200467
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/06/2014 16:45:26
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with Royal Mail Group, Ofcom or officials or Ministers in other departments about invoking section 44(9) and section 44(10) of the Postal Services Act 2011 to ask Ofcom to report on the sustainability of the Universal Service Obligation.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200467
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200467
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>None.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Postal Services Act 2011, Parliament gave Ofcom the primary duty to secure the ongoing provision of the universal service and to this end Ofcom must also have regard for the provision of a universal service to be financially sustainable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ofcom monitors market developments, including any impacts on Royal Mail's performance and operational efficiency, and has the regulatory powers and tools to intervene if the sustainability of the universal service is ever at risk.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of its monitoring regime, Ofcom publishes a report every year on Royal Mail's performance and the postal market, and this includes an update on the financial sustainability of the universal service. More information about Ofcom's regulatory regime can be found on its website (<a href="http://www.ofcom.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.ofcom.org.uk</a>).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 17/06/2014 16:45:26 answering member 1497
	creator	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

61580

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/06/2014
	date	12/06/2014
	date tabled	12/06/2014
	ddp created	12/06/2014 20:40:41
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 08:26:54
	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	Comet Group
	house id	1
	identifier	200565
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/06/2014 15:25:39
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been paid out by his Department in statutory entitlements following the collapse of Comet; how many people have been compensated to date; and what estimate he has made of the total cost to the Exchequer of meeting all arising liabilities in this case.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200565
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200565
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The Insolvency Service's Redundancy Payments Services have paid out a total of £18,482,220 in statutory entitlements to 4,838 former employees of Comet Group Plc.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible at present to estimate the total cost to the Exchequer of meeting all statutory entitlements. Further payments will depend on the findings of the Employment Tribunal regarding the employees covered by the protective award judgment of the 11<sup>th</sup> June 2014. Consideration of this matter is scheduled for 17<sup>th</sup> July 2014. There are also outstanding Tribunal applications in respect of statutory payments other than protective awards which are still to be determined.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 17/06/2014 15:25:39 answering member 1497
	creator	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson