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date	28/10/2014
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	Environment Protection: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what definition the Government uses of a green or low carbon job for the purposes of collating official statistics and announcements.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	212324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>Broadly, the green and low carbon area consists of goods and services designed for the protection of the environment; the production of renewable energy and the reduction of carbon emissions (either in the production of the relevant goods or services or in the use of the relevant goods or services).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is no internationally agreed definition of green or low carbon, however the government has previously collected and published information on the size of low carbon and environmental goods and services sectors in the UK and is currently considering ways in which our understanding of this area can be improved, including discussing the role that ONS can play.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 07/11/2014 16:54:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

101348

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
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	Bahrain
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what arms the UK has sold to the government of Bahrain since 2010; what licence conditions were imposed on exporters; and what due diligence was undertaken to ensure those weapons would not be used on Bahraini citizens.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	212305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>We do not hold data on actual arms sales, only on export licences that have been granted, which are available at: <a href="https://www.exportcontroldb.gov.uk/sdb/fox/sdb/SDBHOME" target="_blank">https://www.exportcontroldb.gov.uk/sdb/fox/sdb/SDBHOME</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All export licence applications are rigorously assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, taking into account all prevailing circumstances at the time of application.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Foreign Office posts overseas have a standing requirement to keep an eye on developments in human rights in their respective countries and to report back if there are any concerns that might affect licensing policy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/11/2014 11:45:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 25807 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman