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479033

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	North Sea Oil: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment she has made of the availability of bank loans for oil exploration companies which operate in the North Sea.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	31340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>Banks must make commercial decisions with regard to lending. The Government’s clear view is that the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry has a bright future and will remain a significant and important industry and energy supplier for the UK. The Government’s confidence in the sector was underlined in the tax reform package outlined by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Budget , worth £1 billion. In the Budget, the Chancellor also announced that the government is willing to consider proposals for using the UK Guarantees scheme for infrastructure where it could help secure new investment in assets of strategic importance to maximising economic recovery of oil and gas. Any proposals would also need to meet the existing criteria of the scheme, including in relation to commerciality and financial credibility</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/03/2016 15:27:37 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 52536 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

479034

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2016
	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: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much public funding was spent on research and development in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	31341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is published annually and can be found on the Office for National Statistics website at the following location:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/researchanddevelopmentexpenditure" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/researchanddevelopmentexpenditure</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/03/2016 15:19:31 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

479039

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2016
	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	Exports: Government Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to Best in Class, published by the CBI in December 2015, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of Swedish four box grid approach to analysing the attractiveness of international markets.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	31385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>In CBI’s Best in Class report, the reference to the Swedish four box grid approach was part of a wider recommendation on allocating overseas resources for business support.</p><p>The UK Government recognises that it has a crucial role to play in supporting businesses that export and invest in international markets.</p><p>The Government is committed to focusing UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) overseas resources for business support in those markets that can deliver greatest benefit for the UK. UKTI uses similar publicly-available market data to Sweden (including GDP growth, political risk and the ease of doing business) in its assessment of export markets, but importantly this is just one input into the opportunity-focused, five-year rolling business planning process being developed to guide resource decisions.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 24/03/2016 16:26:14 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

479041

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Retail Trade: Urban Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the percentage change in high street footfall figures was in each UK region in the last two years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	31405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government does not hold figures for UK footfall, however there are external sources that do collect these statistics.</p><p>The British Retail Consortium/Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor publishes a monthly roundup of national changes in UK footfall.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 22/03/2016 16:48:49 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

479042

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	North Sea Oil: Termination of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many jobs were lost in the North Sea oil industry in each of the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	31406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>According to figures taken from Oil and Gas UK’s latest Economic Report, it is estimated that over the course of 2015 there was a 15% reduction in jobs to 375,000 across the entire employment spectrum, including direct, indirect and induced jobs. For the previous year OGUK estimated that around 440,000 jobs were supported by the sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to supporting industry to avoid further redundancies and helping those who have unfortunately lost their jobs. We are working with the Scottish Energy Jobs Task Force to ensure that employers support those at risk of redundancy helping them to access future opportunities through training, education, and employment. In addition to this, my rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced in January a new Inter-Ministerial Group on oil and gas that will publish a UK Oil and Gas Workforce plan in the Spring.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/03/2016 14:45:40 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

479043

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2016
	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	Foreign Investment in UK: China
	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 value was of direct investment from China in each (a) sector and (b) industry sector in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	31408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2016 answer text <p>Information about the financial value of inward FDI stock by sector and source country is available from the ONS FDI Report (MA4, December 2015) and the value of direct investment from China by sector from 2011-2014 can be found in the attached table.</p><p>Please see tab 3.3 in the dataset: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/businessinnovation/datasets/foreigndirectinvestmentinvolvingukcompanies2013inwardtables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/businessinnovation/datasets/foreigndirectinvestmentinvolvingukcompanies2013inwardtables</a>.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/04/2016 09:36:26 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name PQ-31408-table.xls title Direct investment from China 2011 - 2014
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

479048

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2016
	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	Environment Protection: Investment
	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 February 2016 to Question 24571, what other government policy mechanisms are in place aimed at promoting high-risk green investment.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	31471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>As set out in my answer of 4 February 2016 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-01-27/24571/" target="_blank">24571</a>, this information can be found in paragraphs 31 – 36 of our November 2015 policy statement on the future of the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) which can be found on the GIB pages of the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 24/03/2016 16:27:01 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

479057

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Iron and Steel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) domestically produced and (b) imported steel that was procured by each government department in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	31339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p>All departments are now required to implement the new guidelines, published on 30 October last year, which set out how government buyers should source steel for major projects so that the true value of UK steel is taken into account in major procurement decisions.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/03/2016 14:50:24 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

479221

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many shop workers were assaulted in each of the last six months for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	31407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The data requested is not available broken down by month. However, the Home Office runs an annual Commercial Victimisation Survey (CVS) which asks business premises in different sectors about their experience of various crime types, including assaults and threats (a combined category) in the last year.</p><p>In 2014, the most recent year for which figures are available, there were around 410,000 assaults and threats against businesses in the wholesale and retail sector. The 2015 figures will be published on 28th April.</p><p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) also publish annual figures on the number of violent incidents in the workplace based on findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales. However, this information is not available just for shops. According to the 2013/14 crime survey, there were an estimated 583,000 incidents of violence at work, comprising 269,000 assaults and 314,000 threats. HSE will publish figures for 2014/15 on 31st March.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 21/03/2016 14:25:50 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

479246

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2016
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, how many and what proportion of each Department's Named Day Questions have been answered on the named day in the most recent period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	31335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The last submission from the Government on Parliamentary Written Questions performance was sent to the Procedure Committee on 4 November 2015 and covered the 2014-2015 Parliamentary Session. It is available at <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/procedure/Letter-fro.pdf!docid=2617780!.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/procedure/Letter-fro.pdf!docid=2617780!.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 21/03/2016 17:53:57 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan