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435754

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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: UK Membership of EU
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 potential effect on businesses of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	19038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government is focused on delivering a successful renegotiation: it believes Britain’s interests are best served by being part of a reformed European Union, if necessary changes can be agreed. The Government believes it can and will succeed in reforming and renegotiating our relationship with the EU and campaigning to keep the UK in the EU on that basis.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/12/2015 11:29:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

435756

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
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 viability of the UK steel industry over the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	19051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>We have been working very closely with steel stakeholders to understand the needs of the sector both now and going forward. In addition, through the Competitiveness &amp; Productivity Steel Working Group we have commissioned an independent external report to identify the relative strengths and weaknesses of the UK steel industry, and consider how this could change over different time horizons. The outcomes will support the UK steel industry develop their strategic position moving forward, and clarify how the Government can best support the sector improve its competitiveness over the short, medium and long term.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/12/2015 11:34:30 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

435759

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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	UK Trade and Investment: Staff
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 UK Trade and Investment staff worked in each of the industrial sectors on 1 April 2015; and what the budget for each such sector is in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	19008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>UK Trade &amp; Investment supports eleven sectors, and other priority sectors, such as creative industries and the information economy.</p><br /><p>We are working with a number of other Government departments to ensure companies of all sectors are represented in Government efforts overseas.</p><br /><p>The table below shows the number of staff on 1 April 2015 and the most recent budget information for our core sector teams and investment organisations.</p><br /> <br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Staff</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Budget, £m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Consumer, Retail &amp; E-exporting</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Creative Industries &amp; Global Sports &amp; Construction</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKTI Education</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Energy &amp; Transport</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>3.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Healthcare UK</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information Economy</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Advanced Manufacturing</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKTI Agri-Tech Organisation</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKTI Automotive Investment Organisation</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKTI Financial Services Organisation</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Innovation Gateway</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKTI Life Science Organisation</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKTI Offshore Wind Investment Organisation</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKTI Regeneration Investment Organisation</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/12/2015 17:33:13 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

435760

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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	Defence and Security Organisation
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 staff worked for the UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation on 1 April 2015; and what the budget of that organisation is for 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	19009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>At 1 April 2015 the UK Trade &amp; Investment Defence and Security Organisation had 140 staff-in-post. As at 1 April the 2015-16 budget for UKTI DSO was £9.75M NET.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/12/2015 17:35:41 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

435764

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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	Small Businesses: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of small businesses which have received financial assistance from (a) peer-to-peer lenders and (b) other alternative funding sources.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	19014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>According to NESTA, peer-to-peer business lending in the UK grew at a rate of 250 per cent annually between 2012 and 2014. The Peer-to-Peer Finance Association publishes quarterly updates, which show net new lending of £251m in the third quarter of 2015 of which £91m was to small businesses. Although the number of businesses is not stated, Funding Circle (which accounts for £66m of the £91m net new lending) had 10,755 borrowers at the end of the quarter. The total is therefore likely to be close to 15,000.</p><p>Equity crowdfunded deal numbers and investment totals are less readily available. The British Business Bank cites market investment data recorded by Beauhurst which show that in the first half of 2014, £24m was raised across 101 crowdfunded equity investments. Using survey data, NESTA has produced a higher estimate of £31m for the same period and £84m for 2014 as a whole.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/12/2015 11:35:18 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

435766

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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	Green Investment Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the Green Investment Bank continues to pursue its principal objectives after privatisation.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	18961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>Green investment is what the Green Investment Bank (GIB) does and is where its value lies. It is clear from preliminary feedback that potential investors are interested in GIB precisely because of its unique green specialism and its existing forward business plan and pipeline of green projects. Investors will have sound commercial reasons to maintain GIB’s green focus and continue operating in accordance with its clearly stated green principles and highly transparent and robust green reporting practices.</p><p>As a key part of any sale discussions, potential investors will be asked to confirm their commitment to these values and to set out how they propose to protect them. We envisage this would involve new shareholders agreeing to:</p><p>• ensure GIB continues to invest in a way that achieves a positive green impact; and</p><p>• maintain GIB’s existing standards for reporting on its green investment performance as well as continue providing for independent assurance of this.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/12/2015 11:30:08 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

435767

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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	Internet: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of small businesses which do not have an online presence.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	18962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 2014 Small Business Survey shows that 36% of all small businesses do not have a website. Further research on small businesses' digital capabilities was published on 9th September 2015. The Office for National Statistics also publishes information on businesses’ e-commerce and ICT activity. It should be noted that 46% of small businesses use social media.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 15/12/2015 11:38:25 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

435773

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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	Driverless Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on pilot schemes of driverless cars.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	18898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>Following the Innovate UK competition, ‘Introducing Driverless Cars to UK roads’ in July last year three exciting world leading projects, UKAutodrive, Venturer and GATEway, are now underway and making good progress.</p><p>The Government-backed Milton Keynes driverless Pathfinder pods have been incorporated into the UKAutodrive project. They were demonstrated recently at the ITS World Congress in Bordeaux and attracted a great deal of international attention. Venturer, based in Bristol is delivering important insights around situational awareness, a key area for autonomous systems. The GATEway project will evaluate the integration and acceptance of automated vehicles in the real world.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/12/2015 11:26:07 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

434188

registered interest
date	04/12/2015
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	Trade Missions: Latin America
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what trade missions to Latin America the Government has organised in the last 12 months; and what such trade missions are planned in the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Beverley and Holderness
tabling member printed	Graham Stuart
uin	18792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>In the last 12 months, UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) has organised the following trade missions to Latin America;</p><p>Multi-Sector Mission to Colombia and Peru – November 2014</p><p>Multi-Sector Mission to Mexico and Colombia – November/December 2014</p><p>Automotive Mission to Mexico - December 2014</p><p>Oil &amp; Gas Mission to Colombia - March 2015</p><p>Trade Mission to Mexico – March 2015</p><p>Trade Mission to Brazil – March 2015</p><p>Global Sports Mission to Brazil - August 2015</p><p>Northern PowerHouse Mission to Mexico/Colombia – September/October 2015</p><p>Water Mission to Brazil (visiting FITABES Trade Show) – October 2015</p><p>MSB (Medium Size Business) to Brazil (led by Lord Maude) – November 2015</p><p>Broadcast Mission to Mexico – November 2015</p><p>Multi- Sector Mission to Colombia and Peru – November 2015</p><p>Information relating to planned missions from April 2016 onwards is not available at this time. UKTI is currently undertaking business planning for the period in question. The 2016-2017 Events Programme will be available by end of March 2016.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/12/2015 11:26:57 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart

434222

registered interest
date	04/12/2015
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	Agriculture: Technology
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 (a) location and (b) budget is for each agri-tech centre in each year from 2016-17 to 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	18786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The planned budgets (2016/17 to 2020/21) and locations of the four Centres for Agricultural Innovation are:</p><p><strong>Centre for Crop Health and Protection (CHAP)</strong> - headquarters in York at the National AgriFood Innovation Campus in Sand Hutton</p><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td><p><strong>16/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20/21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td><td><p>4.4</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><strong>Centre for Innovation Excellence in Livestock (CIEL)</strong> - headquarters in York at the National AgriFood Innovation Campus in Sand Hutton</p><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td><p><strong>16/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20/21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td><td><p>6.0</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><strong>Agricultural Engineering Precision Innovation Centre (Agri-EPI)</strong> - hubs in Edinburgh, Harper Adams University (Shropshire) and Cranfield University (Bedfordshire)</p><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td><p><strong>16/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20/21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><strong>Centre for Agricultural Informatics (Agrimetrics)</strong> - headquarters in Harpenden (Hertfordshire) at Rothamsted Research</p><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td><p><strong>16/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20/21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/12/2015 11:28:08 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching