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386906

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2015
	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: Audit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what data they used to estimate the savings made from enabling small businesses to decide whether their accounts need to be audited.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL1015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Data on company size and audit fees was sourced from the “FAME” database, Bureau van Dijk. The data was used for both of the final impact assessments approved by the Regulatory Policy Committee in the last Parliament on changes to the law to enable more companies to decide whether or not their accounts need to be audited.</p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment on the audit changes (including for small businesses) in the Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts and Audit Exemptions and Change of Accounting Framework) Regulations 2012 is available at: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2301/impacts/2014/286" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2301/impacts/2014/286</a></p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment on all the changes in the Companies, Partnerships and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2015 is available at: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/980/impacts/2014/424" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/980/impacts/2014/424</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name ukia_20140286_en.pdf title Audit Changes 2 file name ukia_20140424_en.pdf title Changes in the Companies. Partnerships and groups question first answered 14/07/2015 11:25:06 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

387756

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the potential risks in the United Kingdom to (1) public health, (2) public finances, and (3) small businesses, from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); and whether they are considering any opt-outs from TTIP for any sectors likely to be damaged by the agreement.
	tabling member printed	Lord Warner
	uin	HL1133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister, the European Commission and the US government have all confirmed that the EU-US Free Trade Agreement will pose no threat to the provision of key UK public services, such as NHS healthcare, and EU countries will be free to decide how they run their public health systems. The agreement could, however, benefit the UK economy by up to £10 billion a year in the long run, and should therefore benefit the public finances as well as businesses and workers. Small businesses in particular will benefit from removing unnecessary barriers to trade.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 14/07/2015 16:36:23 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

387757

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what legislation will have to be put before Parliament to give effect to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership in the United Kingdom.
	tabling member printed	Lord Warner
	uin	HL1134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The EU-US Free Trade Agreement is expected to be a mixed agreement to which the UK will individually be a party. In that case before it can come fully into force, it will be subject to agreement by each Member State. In the UK this does not require legislation, instead Parliament will receive the complete draft text of the agreement and can scrutinise it through debates in both Houses. We will not know for certain whether any implementing legislation will be necessary until the agreement is closer to completion.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 14/07/2015 16:31:42 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

387773

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	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	UK Trade and Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support UK Trade & Investment is providing to the food and drink industry.
	tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Dr Poulter
	uin	5616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Food and drink companies in the UK have full access to the range of services offered by UK Trade and Investment. Our trade advisers work with companies across the UK to provide step by step advice and guidance on food and drink opportunities, working in tandem with our overseas network who identify export opportunities and support companies with specific projects.</p><p> </p><p>Support ranges from upskilling companies so they are export-ready (the Passport to Export Scheme), bespoke market intelligence (the Overseas Market Information Service), through to tailored missions and meet the buyer events, for example.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/07/2015 11:48:25 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

388504

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2015
	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	Coal: Export Credit Guarantees
	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 take steps to secure international agreement within Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries to stop supporting all coal projects through export credit agreements; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	6197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>UK Export Finance has been participating in discussions within the OECD with the aim of achieving a multilateral agreement on limiting the provision of export credits for coal-fired power projects.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/07/2015 14:22:17 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

388835

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2015
	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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Ministerial Policy Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the name, responsibilities and pay band are of each special adviser in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
	tabling member printed	Stuart Blair Donaldson
	uin	6320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office gave on 13<sup>th</sup> July 2015 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-07-07/5983/" target="_blank">5983</a>.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/07/2015 14:44:01 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4377 label Biography information for Stuart Blair Donaldson

387775

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	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	Student Loans Company
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total number of complainants lodging complaints against the Student Loans Company was in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Charnwood
	tabling member printed	Edward Argar
	uin	5621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The total number of complaints against the Student Loans Company (SLC) in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014 is set out in the table below. For information I have also provided the number of complaints expressed as a percentage of the total number of SLC’s customers in each corresponding year:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of complaints</p><p>lodged against SLC</p></td><td><p>Number of complaints as a percentage</p><p>of the total number of customers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>a)</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>11,085</p></td><td><p>0.19%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>b)</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>14,128</p></td><td><p>0.22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>c)</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>14,235</p></td><td><p>0.21%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that SLC tracks complaints rather than complainants. However these numbers indicate the number of complainants because it is rare for customers to raise complaints on separate issues in the same year.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/07/2015 15:05:31 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

388090

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	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	Student Finance England
	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 people lodged complaints against Student Finance England in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	5926
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company (SLC) only hold separate data on the number of complaints lodged against Student Finance England (SFE) from 2013. The number of people who lodged complaints against SFE in 2013 and 2014 is detailed below. For information I have also provided the total number of complaints lodged against SLC in those years and the number of complaints expressed as a percentage of SLC’s customers:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Complaints lodged</p><p>against SFE</p></td><td><p>Number of complaints</p><p>lodged against SLC</p></td><td><p>Number of SLC complaints as a percentage</p><p>of the total number of customers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>13,519</p></td><td><p>14,128</p></td><td><p>0.22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>13,169</p></td><td><p>14,235</p></td><td><p>0.21%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/07/2015 15:04:40 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

388508

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2015
	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	Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when his Department plans to publish the document entitled Research and analysis: research and innovation organisations: functions and policy analysis; and for what reason that document was published in error.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	6297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Research Paper no 226 was published on Tuesday 14 July 2015. The report provides a systematic analysis of the role of public research and innovation organisations in the UK. The report is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-and-innovation-organisations-functions-and-policy-issues" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-and-innovation-organisations-functions-and-policy-issues</a></p><p> </p><p>It was published in error on 15 June before normal clearances had been obtained.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/07/2015 15:42:02 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

388858

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2015
	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	Digital Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, by what process his Department plans to bring forward proposals for the establishment of further next generation digital economy centres.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	6398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The Digital Economy Centres were funded through the Research Council UK’s (RCUK) Digital Economy (DE) research programme. This theme has already invested over £170 million in applied multidisciplinary research across the Digital Economy - from societal challenges to technological solutions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Next Generation DE Centres will operate over a five-year period and will draw substantially on the knowledge and successes of previous RCUK Digital Economy investments. We have funded six centres and will continue to monitor the impact of the programme as these centres become operational.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There have been no ministerial or official level discussions with the Welsh Government on this issue. The Research Councils support academic research throughout the UK. The Centre based in Swansea is partnering with the Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University NHS Trust and South Wales Police, amongst other partners.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The DE Centres were awarded as part of a peer reviewed competition during 2014/15. All applications were considered according to the RCUK standard peer review processes with research excellence as the primary criterion. <strong><em> </em></strong>Additional secondary assessment criteria such as evidence of co-creation with end-users, and clear plans to develop the UK Digital Economy community, were also considered. The Centres were also required to demonstrate how they would train skilled researchers and innovators.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 6399 6470 question first answered 14/07/2015 14:51:14 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas