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625883

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many citizens of non-UK EU countries work in her Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	51008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>All Government Departments are bound by legal requirements concerning the right to work in the UK and, in addition, the Civil Service Nationality Rules.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/11/2016 16:56:57 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

417146

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	What Works Network
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which premises are occupied by each of the seven What Works Centres; what the location is of each such centre; how many staff are employed at each such centre; and what key performance indicators or delivery metrics have been set for the What Works Network.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	9240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The What Works Network is currently made up of seven Centres, which are independent of government. The Centres aim to empower policy makers, commissioners and practitioners at both the local and national level, to make decisions based upon robust evidence of what works, and deliver cost efficient, impactful services.</p><p>Information requested about the location of the Centres is set out in Table A. The number of staff in each Centre is a matter for the individual organisations and is not collated centrally.</p><p>Centres sign up to a set of What Works Network requirements (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/451328/What_Works_Network_-_Membership_requirements.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/451328/What_Works_Network_-_Membership_requirements.pdf</a>), and each Centre has an evaluation plan in place. The Cabinet Office is working with Centres to assess their impact and inform the future infrastructure to support evidenced based decision making</p><p><strong>Table A – What Works Centres and addresses </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Centre</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Policy Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>City </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>National Institute for Health and Care Excellence</em></p></td><td><p>Health and Social Care</p></td><td><p>Manchester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Education Endowment Foundation</em></p></td><td><p>Educational Attainment</p></td><td><p>London</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Early Intervention Foundation</em></p></td><td><p>Early Intervention</p></td><td><p>London</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth</em></p></td><td><p>Local Growth</p></td><td><p>London</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>What Works Centre for Crime Reduction </em></p></td><td><p>Crime Reduction</p></td><td><p>London</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Centre for Ageing Better – in development</em></p></td><td><p>Ageing</p></td><td><p>London</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>What Works Centre for Wellbeing – in development</em></p></td><td><p>Wellbeing</p></td><td><p>London</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/09/2015 16:11:26 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

417202

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what policy evaluations have been carried out by external organisations for his Department and its agencies in each financial year since 2010-11; whether the output of those evaluations was published; which organisation carried out each such evaluation; and what the value of each contract to provide that evaluation was.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	9243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>In September 2012, the UK volunteered to be peer-reviewed on our policies and mechanisms to build national and community resilience to natural disasters. The review was carried out by the UN Office for Disaster Relief Reduction, the European Commission and the OECD, and funding was provided by the EU. Their report, <em>Peer Review Report: United Kingdom, 2013: Building Resilience to Disasters</em>, <em>Assessing the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action</em> (2005-2010) is available on the UNISDR website at <a href="http://www.unisdr.org/files/32996_32996hfaukpeerreview20131.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.unisdr.org/files/32996_32996hfaukpeerreview20131.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/09/2015 16:47:01 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

227256

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
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: 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 estimate the proportion of advice provided to businesses under the Growth Vouchers scheme to date that has been provided directly by his Department and its agencies.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All of the advice delivered under the Growth Voucher programme is provided by suppliers in the private sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 18/03/2015 17:10:50 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

226195

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
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: 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, which businesses are providing advice and support through the Growth Voucher scheme; and how many businesses have received such assistance from each such business to date.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The support is delivered at two stages within the Growth Vouchers programme.</p><p> </p><p>The first is an assessment, either face to face or online, that helps businesses identify their support needs and decide what advice they need to help them grow. The face to face assessment is delivered by advisers on behalf of the delivery partners Cavendish Consortium, Winning Pitch, and West Midlands Chamber of Commerce.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since the Growth Vouchers programme began 15 months ago, there have been 31,513 applications of which 20,661 businesses have received the first stage assessment. After this assessment is completed, businesses are randomly selected to receive a voucher.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The second stage of support is in the form of vouchers to help pay for external advice from suppliers in the private sector. Of the 20,661 who undertook the initial business assessment, 15,600 received a voucher. This means that over £31 million worth of Growth Vouchers have been distributed, giving small businesses the opportunity to purchase advice at a subsidised rate. Those businesses that did not receive a voucher make up the control group of businesses that we will use to assess the impact of the advice being delivered as part of the research we are conducting.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Businesses with a voucher can then go on to select a supplier from the 3,424 Growth Voucher accredited suppliers listed on Enterprise Nation’s online marketplace (<a href="https://marketplace.enterprisenation.com/" target="_blank">https://marketplace.enterprisenation.com/</a>). 844 small business advice suppliers have delivered advice to 2,152 small businesses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are 8,103 businesses that have a valid voucher, who will have until the expiry date on the voucher to redeem the subsidy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/03/2015 15:43:51 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 50321 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

226212

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
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	Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his most recent assessment is of default rates under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme; and with what frequency his Department makes such an assessment.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) scheme is administered by the British Business Bank (BBB), which was set up by the Secretary of State to manage such programmes professionally. The BBB closely monitors the performance of the scheme on a quarterly basis. The scheme default rate, which was 11.5% as at 31st December 2014 on the original drawn loan balance, does not reflect the overall cost to Government as not all defaults lead to a claim being made against the guarantee.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The EFG is a valuable programme that, since launch, has supported additional lending to small and medium sized businesses by enabling over 23,000 loans with a total value of some £2.4bn (as at 31 December 2014) and has a significant wider economic benefit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/03/2015 15:01:37 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

226213

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
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, how many business that have applied for Growth Vouchers have not been successful in that application to date.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>As at 8 March, there were 26,903 applications to the Growth Vouchers programme. Of the 16,903 businesses who have gone on to complete the assessment of their needs, 12,687 have been allocated a voucher and 4,216 have not.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/03/2015 15:04:09 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

226214

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
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: 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, how many valid Growth Vouchers have been issued that have not yet been redeemed.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>As at 19 March, 8,103 businesses have a valid voucher and they will have until the expiry date on the voucher to redeem the subsidy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/03/2015 15:35:09 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 50323 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

225434

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
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 Export 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 (a) value and (b) proportion of export contracts supported by UKEF were aimed at smaller exporters in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	226528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-02-27/225782/" target="_blank">225782</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 11/03/2015 16:55:09 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

225435

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
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	Manufacturing Industries: 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, by what date he expects the current assessment phase of the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative to be complete.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	226529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p>The last Independent Investment Board meeting was held on 12th February 2015 and all applicants are being informed of the outcome.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 11/03/2015 14:23:15 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna