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76243

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
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	Agriculture: Business
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 businesses in England were registered as agricultural businesses in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	204540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Numbers of agricultural businesses registered for either VAT and/or PAYE in England are provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These estimates are drawn from the ONS publication ‘UK Business: activity, size and location', which provides information on the number of active VAT and/or PAYE registered businesses in the UK. Any smaller non-employing businesses that are not registered for VAT will not be included. This publication is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/bus-register/uk-business/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/bus-register/uk-business/index.html</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Agricultural businesses in England registered for VAT/PAYE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>87,985</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>86,695</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>88,325</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>87,775</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>92,115</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>1. The figures are based on all VAT/PAYE registered businesses in the SIC industrial classification sector ‘01 Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities.</p><p> </p><p>2. A small number of businesses were not included on the Inter Departmental Business Register before 2012; the effect at this level of detail is not known but the statistics given here for 2009 to 2011 may be slightly lower than if those businesses had been included.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 14/07/2014 13:29:33 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

76246

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
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	Manufacturing Industries: Scotland
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 his Department is taking to encourage the manufacturing industry in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Iain McKenzie
uin	204600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Targeted initiatives to encourage manufacturing in Scotland are a devolved matter for the Scottish Government. However we are taking steps to strengthen manufacturing capability across the UK. These include support for innovation and technology commercialisation through the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, help for businesses seeking to tap into opportunities in foreign markets, and in January 2014, Reshore UK was set up to assist UK manufacturers looking to win back production and jobs from overseas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are taking action to increase manufacturing investment. In the 2014 Budget, my Rt Hon Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer doubled the annual investment allowance to £500,000 until the end of 2015. 100% first year capital allowances in enterprise zones will also be extended for three years to 31 March 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also helping energy intensive industries by compensating them for indirect costs of the carbon price floor and EU ETS extending beyond 2015-16. EIIs will also be compensated for the Renewable Obligation and Feed In Tariffs from 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 14/07/2014 13:43:57 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4246 label Biography information for Iain McKenzie

65638

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
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	Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assistance his Department provides to help small rural businesses to export; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	203921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>UK Trade &amp; Investment (UKTI) provides a wide range of export services to small businesses, including small businesses located in rural areas. Those services include access to UKTI's network of trade advisers who help companies develop their export potential, as well as support for companies to attend overseas missions and exhibitions. When overseas, small companies can access support from UKTI teams in more than 100 international markets.</p><p>In the past 12 months, UKTI has supported 29 companies in Thirsk Malton and Filey.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 10/07/2014 13:44:26 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

65642

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
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	Exports: Brighton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what additional support he is providing to encourage businesses in Brighton, Kemptown to export to overseas markets; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	203879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>UK Trade &amp;Investment (UKTI) provides a wide range of support to help business. UKTI's South East team deploys 45 international trade advisers to help companies maximise their export potential. Those trade advisers have a wide range of international business experience across many business sectors, and they are able to connect companies to UKTI teams in over 100 international markets. UKTI South East also undertakes a wide range of events across the region which have included supporting export related events at the Amex stadium in January and April of this year. There was also a strong UKTI presence at the Eco Technology Show at the Brighton Centre in June 2014.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 10/07/2014 13:41:56 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

65283

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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	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 manufacturing activity in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last four years; and what assessment he has made of future capacity in that sector.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
uin	203598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>The following table lists the contribution of manufacturing to employment and gross value added (GVA) for the West Midlands and England and to employment for Coventry. Estimates of GVA are not collected in sufficient detail to report on manufacturing in Coventry. GVA figures for 2012 by region are not yet available. Data on future capacity are not available from official sources, but the Foresight report into the future of manufacturing, published in October 2013, concluded that manufacturing is set to enter a dynamic new phase, driven by rapid changes in technology, new ways of doing business, global competition and potential volatility around the price and availability of resources. It makes recommendations for government and industry to ensure that the UK manufacturing sector is able to compete and thrive in this new world.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Gross Values Added (£m)</p></td><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W Midlands</p></td><td><p>11,769</p></td><td><p>12,869</p></td><td><p>13,520</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>94,204</p></td><td><p>98,938</p></td><td><p>100,603</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Employment</p><p>(‘000s)</p></td><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>W Midlands</p></td><td><p>284</p></td><td><p>288</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p>277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>2,098</p></td><td><p>2,047</p></td><td><p>2,042</p></td><td><p>2,024</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source: Regional National Accounts and Business Registers Employment Survey (both ONS)</strong></p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 09/07/2014 16:13:59 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

64874

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	Local Enterprise Partnerships
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 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 423W, on local enterprise partnerships, if he will make it his policy that his Department should record the gender composition of local enterprise partnerships boards for the purpose of strengthening equality impact assessments.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	203386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) have been established as voluntary partnerships of local business and public sector leaders, and board membership is a matter for LEPs themselves. This information will not be collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 08/07/2014 15:49:35 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

65108

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	Shipbuilding: Portsmouth
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 the Minister for Portsmouth has had with BAE Systems about the sale of the shipyard in Portsmouth; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	203482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The decision to close the shipyard at Portsmouth and focus shipbuilding activity at the Clyde was a commercial decision made by BAE Systems.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A prospectus for the site was issued on 10 March. I am working with the Ministry of Defence in the search for a commercial venture to occupy the BAE site.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I am confident that Portsmouth has a strong maritime future. £13 million of Regional Growth funding has been awarded to the Solent LEP to support the defence and maritime sector in the Solent and ensure a sustainable future for the Advanced Manufacturing skills in the area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 07/07/2014 13:49:45 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

65109

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	Shipbuilding: Portsmouth
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 the Minister for Portsmouth has had with BAE Systems on the potential implication for Portsmouth of a yes vote in the referendum on Scottish independence.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	203507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government is not, and will not be, making contingency plans for the possibility of an independent Scottish state before the referendum is concluded. We are clear that any break-up of the United Kingdom would be bad for Scotland and bad for the UK as a whole. Therefore I have not discussed the potential implications with BAE.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 07/07/2014 13:48:16 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

64638

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
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	Business: Registration
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 effect of online business registration on registration rates; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	202986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>There is no register covering all businesses in the UK. The Registrar of Companies registers a subset of businesses and provides online registration for those businesses that register as companies or limited liability partnerships. HMRC registers sole traders for tax purposes.</p><p>Online incorporation via software filing agents was introduced in July 2001, followed in April 2010 by the launch of the Citizen Incorporation service via Companies House Webfiling. The number of companies on the register has almost doubled, from 1.66 million at the end of March 2001 to 3.25 million at March 2014. In the financial year 2013/14, 98% of all new companies were incorporated electronically.</p><p>Companies House has carried out several studies to identify the main factors contributing to the increasing trend for company incorporations. This is attributed to a number of combined factors, such as the benefits of limited liability, changes to tax legislation and developments in the wider UK economy. There is no indication that the electronic enablement of company registration in itself has acted as a direct driver for the increase in new company registration rates, as just one of the methods the Government has used to help reduce the burden on business and the costs of running a company. This in turn has helped to make the UK one of the best places to set up and run a company.</p><p>Electronic services have also enabled Companies House to absorb the significant additional workload resulting from the growing register, make organisational efficiency savings and pass these efficiencies on to customers in the form of lower fees. For incorporation, the UK charges some of the lowest fees in the World.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 07/07/2014 16:05:48 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

64739

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
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	Foreign Investment in UK
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 is taking to encourage foreign direct investment from member states of the Commonwealth.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	203187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) has operations in 39 Commonwealth countries.</p><p>During the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, UKTI, the Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise and the Commonwealth Business Council are delivering a business conference for 200 Commonwealth business leaders.</p><p>The UK Government is also organising a British Business House during the Games, which will highlight to Commonwealth businesses the benefits of investing in the UK.</p><p>Regular ministerial visits and trade missions to Commonwealth countries are used to promote the UK's competitive business environment and opportunities in the UK for foreign direct investment.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 09/07/2014 16:06:50 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell