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60471

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/06/2014
	date	06/06/2014
	date tabled	06/06/2014
	ddp created	06/06/2014 16:10:46
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 07:02:50
	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	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	identifier	199512
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/06/2014 13:17:16
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, for how many acts of violence in prisons the Crown Prosecution Service decided to (a) bring or (b) not bring a prosecution for each type of offence in each of the last four years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199512
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199512
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of cases where the CPS has been asked to make a charging decision and the decision made, either to charge or to take no further action. No record is held as to where an alleged offence was said to have taken place. To obtain details of alleged acts of violence in prisons referred to the CPS for a charging decision would require a manual exercise of reviewing individual case files to be undertaken at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> question first answered 11/06/2014 13:17:16 answering member 69
	creator	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

57982

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	05/06/2014 00:33:47
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 06:05:19
	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	Offences against Children
	house id	1
	identifier	199041
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	10/06/2014 10:59:01
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many reported cases of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl aged 13 to 16 under section 6 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 were not prosecuted because of the 12 month statute of limitations for that offence in the last (a) year, (b) five years and (c) 10 years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Dartford
	tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199041
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199041
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold records of the number of cases reported to the police or of the number the police decide not to proceed with. A record is held of the number of cases where the CPS has been asked to make a charging decision and the decision made; either to charge or take no further action.</p><p>However, no central records of the alleged offence(s) considered at the pre-charge decision are held by the CPS. To obtain details of the number of allegations of unlawful sexual intercourse offences considered and those which do not proceed, either by way of decision to take no further action or discontinuance following charge, due to the 12 month Statute of Limitations would require a manual exercise of reviewing individual case files to be undertaken at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> question first answered 10/06/2014 10:59:01 answering member 69
	creator	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson

58029

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	05/06/2014 00:39:05
	ddp modified	01/04/2015 12:20:05
	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	Small Businesses: Billing
	house id	1
	identifier	199086
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	09/06/2014 16:06:04
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to speed up payments by public bodies and private concerns to small businesses; and what recent assessment he has made of average payment times.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199086
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199086
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>We announced further reforms to public procurement on 30 May to speed up payments by public bodies to small businesses. These include improvements to e-invoicing, procurement processes and greater powers for Ministers to investigate complaints raised by the Cabinet Office's ‘mystery shopper scheme'.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have also announced new legislation that will require larger businesses to report on their payment performance and practices. Increasing transparency and driving openness is at the heart of building a more responsible payment culture that UK businesses need to thrive.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Recent research suggests that UK businesses experience an average 17 day delay to payment of invoices. This is a reduction in the past two years but a figure that is still too high and is holding back investment and growth.</p><p> </p> question first answered 09/06/2014 16:06:04 answering member 4070
	creator	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

57800

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	05/06/2014 00:16:01
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 05:48:16
	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	Higher Education: Disability
	house id	1
	identifier	198940
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/06/2014 13:09:43
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding is currently allocated to higher education institutes to assist them in fulfilling their responsibilities to disabled students under the Equality Act 2010.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	South Swindon
	tabling member printed	Mr Robert Buckland
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 198940
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	198940
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>In the academic year 2013/14 £15 million was allocated to Higher Education Institutions <em>through the</em>Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) grant, to help them recruit and support disabled students<em>. </em><em>This figure was an increase of £2 million on the previous year and has been maintained by HEFCE for 2014/15. </em><em>This is in addition to the direct support provided to disabled students through the Disabled Students' Allowances (DSA). In England, £125.1 million was spent on providing DSA in 2011/12.</em></p> question first answered 11/06/2014 13:09:43 answering member 53
	creator	4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland

57661

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:55:43
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 05:35:10
	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: York
	house id	1
	identifier	198516
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/06/2014 13:04:19
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many business start-ups there were in City of York local authority area in each year since 2008.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 198516
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	198516
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>There is no single data source that comprehensively measures all business start-ups within the UK. However, as a near proxy BankSearch collates data on the number of new business bank accounts opened in Great Britain. This can be used as an indicative measure of business start-up activity and is the most comprehensive source available to BIS.</p><p>In the following table, estimated numbers of new business start-ups in the York local authority area are shown using the BankSearch data.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Estimated number of business start-ups in York authority area</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source: BankSearch, number of new business bank accounts opened.</strong></p> question first answered 11/06/2014 13:04:19 answering member 4070
	creator	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57663

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:55:57
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 05:35:23
	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	Bankruptcy
	house id	1
	identifier	198518
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/06/2014 12:52:26
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many bankruptcies were registered in (a) York, (b) Yorkshire and (c) England in each year since 2005.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 198518
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	198518
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Figures for the number of bankruptcy orders in York, Yorkshire &amp; Humber, and England in each year since 2005 can be found in the following table. Bankruptcy applies to individuals only; regional breakdowns for the number of company insolvencies are not currently available.</p><p /> <p>The Insolvency Service compiles its regional bankruptcy order statistics on a calendar year basis, therefore financial year totals are not available. Figures for 2013 will be available on the Insolvency Service website from 10 July 2014, alongside figures for other individual insolvency procedures (individual voluntary arrangements, and debt relief orders).</p><p /> <p>Table 1: Number of Bankruptcy Orders in each Region of England, 2005-2012<sup>1</sup></p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><sup>Year</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><sup>York</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><sup>Yorkshire &amp; Humber</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><sup>England</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2005</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>134</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>4272</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>43,103</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2006</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>214</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>5812</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>57,576</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2007</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>185</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>5957</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>59,245</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2008</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>198</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>6660</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>62,001</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2009</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>236</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>7231</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>68,498</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2010</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>170</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>5929</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>53,064</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2011</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>130</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>4317</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>38,341</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2012</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>84</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>3295</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>29,393</sup></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /> <p>1 Where individual has provided postcode</p><p /> <p>It should be noted that these figures do not account for any changes in the base population over time. Using the rate of bankruptcies per 10,000 adults allows for a like-for-like comparison across years.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Headline figures for insolvencies in England and Wales can be found in the quarterly <em>Insolvency Statistics</em> release, a National Statistics publication. Figures for January-March 2014 were published on 29 April 2014, and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-january-to-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-january-to-march-2014</a></p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Annual numbers and rates of bankruptcies by region for 2000-2012 are available in the <em>Individual Insolvencies by Region</em> publication, which can be found at the following link:</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-individual-insolvencies-by-region" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-individual-insolvencies-by-region</a></p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 11/06/2014 12:52:26 answering member 1497
	creator	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57675

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	04/06/2014 23:57:02
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 05:36:29
	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	Manufacturing Industries: Electronic Equipment
	house id	1
	identifier	198575
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/06/2014 12:57:15
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to increase the manufacture of electronic components in the UK.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 198575
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	198575
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government recognises that electronic components and systems are key enabling technologies which underpin many key industrial sectors both in the UK and worldwide. In line with the Industrial Strategy, the Government is working with the industry-led Electronics Systems Community (ESCO) Council to support its aims of achieving sustainable growth within the sector. This Council is co-chaired by myself and Warren East, formerly Chief Executive of ARM, and is made up of senior business leaders from within the electronics systems sector.</p><p>The ESCO Council is working within the UK electronics community, with government, with academia and is building close ties with leadership groups from other industries in taking forward the industry's blueprint for transforming the electronic systems sector in the UK. The Council's aims and priorities are set out in the 'Electronic Systems: Challenges and Opportunities' report, which the industry published in summer 2013. The ESCO Council has set itself the goals for 2020 of increasing employment in the electronics systems sector from 850,000 to 1,000,000, and the contribution that electronics makes to the economy from around £80bn to £120bn per year.</p> question first answered 11/06/2014 12:57:15 answering member 88
	creator	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

58512

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/06/2014
	date	05/06/2014
	date tabled	05/06/2014
	ddp created	05/06/2014 20:46:31
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 06:55:27
	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	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	identifier	199301
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	10/06/2014 16:02:42
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what specialist one-to-one study skills support will be available for students with specific learning difficulties following the review of the disabled students allowance; and who will provide that support.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199301
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199301
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Discussions are underway with stakeholders, including those who specialise in supporting students with Specific Learning Difficulties. This will help determine how specialist one-to-one support will be delivered in the future and where the responsibility for funding such support will fall.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I will not make a final decision on this matter until I have considered the necessary Equality Analysis, which is in preparation, and will take account of any relevant evidence provided by stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 10/06/2014 16:02:42 answering member 53
	creator	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

57927

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	05/06/2014 00:28:37
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 06:00:13
	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	Diabetes
	house id	1
	identifier	198819
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	09/06/2014 15:56:31
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has spent on research for a cure for Type 1 diabetes in the last three years; and if he will take steps to increase such funding in the forthcoming financial year.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Watford
	tabling member printed	Richard Harrington
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 198819
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	198819
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The Medical Research Council (MRC) is one of the seven Research Councils sponsored by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). The MRC funds a broad portfolio of diabetes research which amounted to £24 million in 2012/13. Of this, £3.6 million (15%) is relevant to Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). This includes underpinning studies relevant to diabetes in general, as well as studies on the prevention, treatment and the downstream consequences of T1D. Expenditure on T1D research over the last five years is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Medical Research Council expenditure on Type 1 diabetes, 2008/9 to 2012/13</p><p> </p><p>Year Expenditure</p><p> </p><p>2008/09 £4.7m</p><p> </p><p>2009/10 £3.7m</p><p> </p><p>2010/11 £3.6m</p><p> </p><p>2011/12 £4.0m</p><p> </p><p>2012/13 £3.6m</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Note: where a research project is related to both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, 100% of the project value has been included in the totals shown above.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The MRC does not routinely analyse expenditure on diabetes research beyond an analysis of T1D and Type 2 Diabetes research. However, details of all research supported by the MRC, including summaries describing the aims of the research and links to research publications and outputs can be found on the Research Council UK's Gateway to Research at: <a href="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/" target="_blank">http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The MRC does not normally allocate funds to particular topics but always welcomes high quality applications into any aspect of human health. All applications are judged in open competition and the primary considerations in funding decisions are scientific quality and importance to human health. In keeping with the Haldane principle, decisions on research priorities and funding are taken by the Research Councils based on advice from the scientific community through peer review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Technology Strategy Board spend on T1D in the last three years was £354,879.00. This relates to a project which ran in 2010/11.</p><p> </p> question first answered 09/06/2014 15:56:31 answering member 53
	creator	4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford

57820

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	05/06/2014 00:18:01
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 05:50:05
	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	Students: Loans
	house id	1
	identifier	198825
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	09/06/2014 15:43:44
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will consider changing student loan payments from three termly instalments to monthly instalments; and what steps his Department has taken to help students learn to budget.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 198825
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	198825
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The Government is not currently intending to change student loan payments from three termly instalments to monthly instalments. Payments of living costs support for full-time students in higher education at the start of each term give students the flexibility to meet up-front costs such as accommodation costs.</p><p> </p><p>Advice on effective budgeting is available through the BIS Student Finance Tour where recent graduates share their personal experience with prospective students on how to manage their living costs spending while at university. Around 120,000 prospective students attended the Tour in 2013, and the aim is to increase this number to 140,000 in 2014. Budgeting advice is also available through university student support services including the Money Doctors Initiative. Additional resources are available through the National Union of Students and the National Association of Student Money Advisers. <br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 09/06/2014 15:43:44 answering member 53
	creator	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland