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155664

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	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	Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the export earnings which derive from foreign students attending United Kingdom universities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ashcroft
	uin	HL2848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text In the Government’s International Education Strategy, published in July 2013, the value of international higher education students to the UK was valued at £9.7bn. The international education strategy can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-education-strategy-global-growth-and-prosperity More recent data for the 2012/13 academic year is now available. Based on this, BIS estimates that UK exports attributable to international higher education students were £10.4bn. answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 26/11/2014 13:04:45 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2568 label Biography information for Lord Ashcroft

156160

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from the Welsh Government on negotiations on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	214884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>Ministers in the Welsh Governments, through regular Joint Ministerial Committee meetings, have an opportunity to input into the UK position where appropriate and Ministers have been kept abreast of developments. Officials from the Devolved Administrations are also invited to frequent cross-Whitehall meetings on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, and are in regular contact with trade policy officials in Whitehall.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/11/2014 14:22:47 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

155717

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	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	Business: Africa
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance his Department gives to companies about doing business in (a) Morocco and (b) Western Sahara.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
	uin	214638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) helps UK companies do business with Morocco through a range of exporting services, advice and practical support. UKTI informs companies of the UK’s position in relation to Western Sahara and UK businesses and human rights.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/11/2014 14:38:51 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 29026 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams

156917

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	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	Post Office Card Account
	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 future of the Post Office card account after March 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
	uin	215421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The Post Office card account is a matter for the Department for Work and Pensions. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills does not have a role in commercial negotiations between other Departments and Post Office Ltd.</p><p> </p><p>Post Office Ltd and the Department for Work and Pensions are currently discussing the future of the Post Office card account and an announcement will be made when these discussions are concluded.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 26/11/2014 15:21:53 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

156796

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	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	Post Office Card Account
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Department for Work and Pensions about the future of the Post Office card account after the current contract ends in March 2015; and when he expects a decision on this matter to be announced.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
	uin	215313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>I regularly discuss matters relating to Post Office Ltd with colleagues, including those from the Department for Work and Pensions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is not involved in commercial negotiations between other Departments and Post Office Ltd. Post Office Ltd and the Department for Work and Pensions are currently discussing the future of the Post Office card account and an announcement will be made when these discussions are concluded.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 26/11/2014 15:03:18 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

156807

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will confirm whether his Department has conducted a sectoral impact assessment of the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on UK business.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
	uin	215265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The Centre for Economic Policy Research’s assessment of the potential impact of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on the UK includes projections of the impact for 20 sectors. For details, please see the report which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-and-investment-agreement-between-eu-and-usa-estimated-impact-on-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-and-investment-agreement-between-eu-and-usa-estimated-impact-on-uk</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/11/2014 14:03:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin

164115

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2014
	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	Scottish Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how he plans to keep the people who lost money following the failure of firms involved in Scottish Power's cashback warranty scheme updated on progress on the review of whether there will be further investigations of that matter.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	215591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The outcome and recommendations of the review have just been passed to me and I will need to consider them. Any enquiry into this matter may be by way of a publicly announced inspection or a confidential investigation. If a public inspection is to be carried out this will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 26/11/2014 15:22:25 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

164120

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2014
	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	Research Councils: Grants
	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 4 November 2014 to Question 212005, what assessment he has made of the effect of the length of time for which grants are awarded on the diversity of their recipients.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	215537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/11/2014 15:27:26 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

105954

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2014
	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	EU External Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will urge the European Commission to make public the negotiating mandate for the Trade in Services Agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
	tabling member printed	Jim Sheridan
	uin	212862
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government supports the new Trade Commissioner’s desire to bring greater transparency to trade negotiations. Official EU documents pertaining to trade negotiations should, in the Government’s view, as a matter of principle be published when to do so would not impact negatively on the EU’s ability to secure the best possible deal for Europe.</p><p>We have welcomed moves by the European Commission proactively to publish information on the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA). For the first time the Commission has published the full text of the EU initial offer and the proposal papers put forward by the EU during the negotiations. You may find the FAQs on this site a useful initial source of information. The website address is as follows; <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/tisa" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/tisa</a>.</p><p>It is the Government’s view that publication of the TiSA mandate at this stage could hinder these important negotiations but we will keep this under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/11/2014 14:16:38 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1464 label Biography information for Jim Sheridan

156158

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	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	Textiles: Lancashire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses the Textiles Growth Programme has supported in (a) Lancashire and (b) Pendle in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	214867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>To date, the Textile Growth Programme, (England wide) has engaged with 68 companies in Lancashire, 8 of which are based in Pendle.</p><p> </p><p>14 companies in Lancashire have benefited from grants through this programme to the value of about £945,000, with a target to create or safeguard about 335 jobs. Two of these companies are in Pendle and have benefited from over £200,000 with a target to create 104 jobs.</p><p> </p><p>Also, in Lancashire, there are five additional business applications currently in appraisal / project board review phase.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/11/2014 11:46:30 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson