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521071

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Electrical Goods: Counterfeit Manufacturing
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 reduce the number of counterfeit electrical goods being sold online in order better to protect consumers; and whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to help reduce that number.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	38165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of IP infringement seriously, including in relation to counterfeit electrical goods, and is working with industry and law enforcement agencies on a number of initiatives to tackle this issue.</p><p> </p><p>The Police IP Crime Unit was launched in September 2013 and has had significant impact having arrested over 60 people and suspended over 5,000 internet domain names. In 2014/15 Border Force detained over 1.6 million IP infringing items. If genuine the retail value of these items would have been in excess of £56 million. Ongoing enforcement initiatives include Operation Jasper, which is tackling the use of social media to sell counterfeit items, and work by National Trading Standards and the IPO Intelligence Hub to deal with the risks posed by ‘fulfilment houses’ that supply many items purchased online.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps the regulatory framework under review but believes the existing legislative framework enables the appropriate action to be taken against suppliers of counterfeit goods.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/06/2016 09:24:55 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

521074

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Electrical Goods: Counterfeit Manufacturing
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 estimate the number of counterfeit electrical goods that were sold in the UK in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	38203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not hold data estimating the number of counterfeit electrical goods that were sold in the UK during the last 3 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/06/2016 09:39:06 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

521075

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Electrical Goods: Counterfeit Manufacturing
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 prevent counterfeit electrical goods being sold in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	38204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2016 answer text <p>The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) works closely with law enforcement, government and industry partners such as the Police IP Crime Unit, Trading Standards and Border Force to prevent counterfeit electrical goods from being sold in the UK. In 2014-15, Border Force detained over 1.6 million IP infringing items in total. Industry initiatives such as the Real Deal have also reduced the availability of counterfeit electrical goods at local markets.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2015 the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills pledged an extra £400,000 to help trading standards officers prevent dangerous goods, many of which are counterfeit, being sold in the UK, and this includes £182,000 for its ports and borders project which is improving surveillance at Southampton and Felixstowe ports. This has resulted in 487,000 products being intercepted at the border and a further 1,100,575 non-compliant products identified and addressed.</p><p> </p><p>Ongoing joint enforcement initiatives also include Operation Jasper, which is tackling the use of social media to sell counterfeit goods, and work by National Trading Standards and the IPO Intelligence Hub to deal with the risks posed by ‘fulfilment houses’ that supply many items purchased online.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/06/2016 09:20:01 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

521076

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Counterfeit Manufacturing: Electronic Equipment
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 fines were issued for the sale of counterfeit electrical products in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	38205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not hold data on the number of fines that have been issued for offences related to the sale of counterfeit items.</p><p> </p><p>The IP Crime Report does contain data on the number of cautions and convictions for IP offences in England and Wales from 2002 – 2014. According to Ministry Of Justice data, during 2014 456 people were found guilty of offences under the Trade Mark Act and 61 under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/06/2016 09:32:11 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

521077

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Counterfeit Manufacturing: Electronic Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what penalties there are for selling counterfeit electrical products.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	38206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2016 answer text <p>Sale of counterfeit items may be prosecuted under trade mark and/or design legislation. These offences can be heard in the Magistrates or the Crown Court. The maximum sentence in the Magistrates is 6 months imprisonment and/or a £5,000 fine. The maximum sentence in the Crown Court is 10 years imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/06/2016 09:35:26 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

521078

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Counterfeit Manufacturing: Internet
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 effect of the growing use of online shopping on the incidence of sales of counterfeit electrical products.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	38207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to make an assessment of the effect of the growing use of online shopping on the incidence of sales of counterfeit electrical products. However, we have commissioned research into the sale of counterfeits through online platforms such as social media websites.</p><p> </p><p>The IP Crime Group which is comprised of representatives from private sector, law enforcement agencies and government departments publishes an annual report into IP crime in the UK. The Crime Report contains a survey of Trading Standards departments and they report that in 2014/15 electrical items were the seventh most investigated product. The survey also reports that websites and online auction sites are two of the locations most investigated for counterfeit goods in 2014/15.</p><p> </p><p>IP Crime Report - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-ip-crime-report-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-ip-crime-report-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/06/2016 09:41:16 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

516929

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
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	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 of a UK withdrawal from the EU on the UK's digital industries.
tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
uin	904782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>The UK is home to a thriving digital sector, worth £118.3 billion and equivalent to 7.3% of UK GVA. 43% of the UK tech sector’s total exports go to the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Digital Single Market reforms could be worth £330 billion a year to the EU economy. This is a clear example of how the single market benefits the UK digital industries.</p><p> </p><p>The Government's position is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 03/05/2016 16:52:38 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

514741

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has received a reply to his letter of 4 April 2016 to the European Commission Vice President for the Digital Single Market on online platforms.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	35102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>A reply to our letter was not expected. Instead the letter on online platforms was designed to influence the Commission’s thinking ahead of the release of the package before the summer. Ministerial colleagues have engaged closely with EU Commissioners as well as a number of Member States about online platforms policy and will continue to do so.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/04/2016 16:17:15 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

479485

registered interest
date	17/03/2016
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	Materials: Patents
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 global patents for graphene that is held in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2016 answer text <p>The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) estimates that 5% of global graphene patent documents published between 2005 and 2014 have coverage in the UK (in that they are applications to the IPO or the European Patent Office (EPO) with effect in the UK, but were not necessarily filed by UK applicants).</p><p> </p><p>In the same period, UK applicants were responsible for filing 1% of published global graphene patent applications worldwide.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 05/04/2016 10:43:10 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 52914 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

479114

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	Digital Technology: EU Internal Trade
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 jobs his Department estimates would be created by the completion of the Digital Single Market.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	31501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department has made no estimation of the number of jobs that would be created by the Digital Single Market. According to the European Parliament, completing the Digital Single Market could add €415bn or around 3% to the EU’s GDP.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/03/2016 14:53:08 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle