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438000

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
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	Chemicals
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 hold discussions with manufacturers about developing antifreeze products without ethylene glycol.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	19837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>There have been no recent discussions between the Department and manufacturers of anti-freeze on developing products without ethylene glycol and there is no immediate plan to do so.</p><br /><p>We consider the existing legislation to be effective. Consumers should be aware of the dangers presented by antifreeze products because these products are legally required to carry appropriate safety warnings under the Classification and Labelling (CLP) Regulations.</p><br /><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 17/12/2015 11:56:45 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

438118

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
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	Business: Advisory Services
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 had with small businesses and entrepreneurs on the planned closure of the Business Growth Service.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	20048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills continues to have discussions with businesses and their representatives. They have told us that there is strong appetite in the private sector to fill the gap in the market and develop sustainable offers of support.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 17/12/2015 12:02:25 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

438119

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
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	Business: 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, what assessment he has made of the benefits that the Growth Accelerator Programme has had for small and medium-sized enterprises since the launch of that programme.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	20049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>The Growth Accelerator was launched as our economy was still recovering from the worst recession this country had faced in 100 years, presided over by the hon Member’s party. An interim evaluation of the Growth Accelerator programme was published in November 2014.</p><br /><p>Thanks to the difficult decisions made by this government and the last, we now have the fastest growing economy in the developed world and a record number of businesses and as part of our continued commitment to live within our means and pay down our debts, we took the decision to discontinue the Business Growth Service in the Spending Review.</p><br /> <br /> <br /> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/01/2016 15:20:52 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

438120

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
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	Business: Advisory Services
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 make an assessment of the potential effect on the Northern powerhouse of the closure of the Business Growth Service.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	20050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>We do not expect closure of the Business Growth Service to have an impact on the growth of Small and Medium sized Enterprises or the Northern Powerhouse.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 20051 question first answered 17/12/2015 11:53:45 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

438121

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
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	Business: Advisory Services
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 make an assessment of the potential effect on the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises of the closure of the Business Growth Service.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	20051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>We do not expect closure of the Business Growth Service to have an impact on the growth of Small and Medium sized Enterprises or the Northern Powerhouse.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 20050 question first answered 17/12/2015 11:53:45 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

438166

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
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	Land Registry
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 meet staff representatives in HM Land Registry to discuss concerns they have regarding the announcement in the Spending Review Autumn Statement 2015 which stated that the Government would be consulting on options to move operations of the Land Registry to the private sector from 2017.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	20023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>PCS representatives have requested to meet with me. I look forward to the meeting which will be organised in the New Year</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 22/12/2015 22:24:31 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

438167

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
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	Land Registry
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 publish the timetable for the proposed change of status of the Land Registry before a public consultation on that matter takes place; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	19851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>In the Spending Review Autumn Statement 2015 the Chancellor announced the Government’s intent to consult on options to move operations of the Land Registry into the private sector from 2017.</p><br /><p>We intend to launch the consultation in the New Year setting out Government’s proposals. Final decisions on the options to be included in the consultation have not yet been made.</p><br /><p>No decisions on the options will be taken until after the consultation, but, if Government chose to proceed we would look to then introduce any legislation required.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 22/12/2015 15:03:50 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

438168

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
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	Land Registry
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 the Exchequer received from the HM Land Registry trading fund in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	19852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>Land Registry total revenue for 2014/15 was £297.1m. Land Registry paid a dividend of £19.1m to the Exchequer.</p><br /><p>As a Trading Fund, Land Registry is subject to government rules set out in Managing Public Money. This specifies that the charges it makes for its core statutory functions should cover its full costs, 3.5% to reflect the cost of capital used in providing services. As a Trading Fund, Land Registry is required to return the charge for cost of capital to the Consolidated Fund as a dividend. In 2014/15 this ordinary dividend was £19.1million.</p><br /><p>In 2014/15 Land Registry also paid a special dividend of £100million to the Exchequer. This reflected over-recovery from customers in previous years as a result of higher than forecast volume of transactions.</p><br /> <br /> <br /> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 22/12/2015 15:17:44 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

438169

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
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	Land Registry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information he holds on the public satisfaction rating of HM Land Registry.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	19853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>Reports from Quarter 2 2015 show that the customer satisfaction score from the customer satisfaction survey is currently 95%.</p><br /> <br /> <br /><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/01/2016 16:49:02 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

438170

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
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	Land Registry
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 the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, section 10.5, when he plans to launch the consultation on the future status of the Land Registry; and whether the status quo will be one of the options put forward in that consultation.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	19962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>In the Spending Review Autumn Statement 2015 the Chancellor announced the Government’s intent to consult on options to move operations of the Land Registry into the private sector from 2017.</p><br /><p>We intend to launch the consultation in the New Year setting out Government’s proposals. Final decisions on the options to be included in the consultation have not yet been made.</p><br /><p>No decisions on the options will be taken until after the consultation, but, if Government chose to proceed we would look to then introduce any legislation required.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 22/12/2015 15:02:23 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris