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226562

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Advertising
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 his Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	227293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 17<sup>th</sup> March 2015 by my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office (Francis Maude) to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-03-11/227295/" target="_blank">227295</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 18/03/2015 10:58:56 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

179109

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
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	Post Offices
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 passport applications and renewals were administered by post offices in each year since 1985.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	224171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>Information of the number of passport applications and renewals administered by post offices is the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As such I have therefore asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the hon Member on this matter. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 24/02/2015 11:29:44 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

179110

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
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	Post Offices
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 post offices in which public funds were invested to convert them to a (a) main or (b) local post office have (i) temporarily or (ii) permanently closed in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	224172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government understands the important role that post offices play in communities across the country and since 2010 has committed nearly £2 billion to maintain, modernise and protect a network of at least 11,500 branches that continues to meet strict access criteria that see, for example, 99% of the population nationally living within three miles of a post office outlet.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Government has also committed that there will be no programme of Post Office closures and there are currently around 11,700 post office branches in the UK, with the Post Office network at its most stable for over two decades.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As the provision of post offices and the investment made under its network transformation programme are the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited I have therefore asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the hon Member on these matters. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 224174 224217 question first answered 24/02/2015 11:27:56 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

179111

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
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	Post Offices
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 external ATMs have been installed at (a) Crown, (b) main and (c) local post offices in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	224173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The provision of Post Office ATM’s at post offices is the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As such I have therefore asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the hon Member on this matter. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 24/02/2015 11:19:29 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

179112

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
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	Post Offices
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 (a) Crown and (b) sub-post offices have been (i) temporarily and (ii) permanently closed in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	224174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government understands the important role that post offices play in communities across the country and since 2010 has committed nearly £2 billion to maintain, modernise and protect a network of at least 11,500 branches that continues to meet strict access criteria that see, for example, 99% of the population nationally living within three miles of a post office outlet.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Government has also committed that there will be no programme of Post Office closures and there are currently around 11,700 post office branches in the UK, with the Post Office network at its most stable for over two decades.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As the provision of post offices and the investment made under its network transformation programme are the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited I have therefore asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the hon Member on these matters. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 224172 224217 question first answered 24/02/2015 11:27:56 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

179113

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
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	Post Offices
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 shortest period was between the date on which a post office branch received public funding for improvement and the date on which it closed.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	224217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government understands the important role that post offices play in communities across the country and since 2010 has committed nearly £2 billion to maintain, modernise and protect a network of at least 11,500 branches that continues to meet strict access criteria that see, for example, 99% of the population nationally living within three miles of a post office outlet.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Government has also committed that there will be no programme of Post Office closures and there are currently around 11,700 post office branches in the UK, with the Post Office network at its most stable for over two decades.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As the provision of post offices and the investment made under its network transformation programme are the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited I have therefore asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the hon Member on these matters. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 224172 224174 question first answered 24/02/2015 11:27:56 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

179114

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
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	Sub Post Offices
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 held with the National Federation of SubPostmasters on the abolition of road tax discs.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	224218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>The abolition of vehicle tax discs is a matter for the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills has not held any discussions with the National Federation of SubPostmasters specifically on the subject of vehicle tax.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ministers meet the National Federation of SubPostmasters regularly to discuss a range of issues relating to the Post Office network. The dates of these meetings are available on the gov.uk website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 24/02/2015 11:31:51 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

174797

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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	Post Offices: Rhyl
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what forecast his Department has made of the saving to the public purse from the relocation of the Crown Post Office in Rhyl.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	221383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The Post Office’s directly managed Crown network has incurred heavy and historic losses (totalling £26 million in the Post Office’s last reported full financial year). Eliminating these losses is a key element of the Post Office’s strategy to provide for the long-term sustainable future of the network.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of that strategy the Post Office is seeking to franchise a number of its Crown post offices, as is the case with Rhyl. The Government supports the business in delivering that strategy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As changes to its Crown Post Office network is the operational responsibility of the Post Office I have therefore asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Ltd, to write to you on this matter. A copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 26/01/2015 10:19:30 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

171037

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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	Staff
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 15 December 2014 to Question 217431, if he will make it his policy to record the ethnicity of staff working for companies contracted by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	219119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) seeks to ensure its procurement policy is aligned with wider Government policy as led by the Crown Commercial Service, part of the Cabinet Office. It is not currently BIS policy to request diversity data of the staff working for companies contracted by the Department, but we will keep this option under review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 08/01/2015 16:16:13 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

171044

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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	Minimum Wage
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 15 December 2014 to Question 218516, if he will list the 55 employers his Department has named and shamed for the non-payment of the national minimum wage.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	219353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Details of the employers that have already been named under the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme can be found on the original press notices. Please see below for the dates when we have named the employers and the links to the press releases.</p><p> </p><p>28 February 2014</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-gets-tough-with-employers-failing-to-pay-minimum-wage" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-gets-tough-with-employers-failing-to-pay-minimum-wage</a></p><p> </p><p>8 June 2014</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-names-employers-who-fail-to-pay-minimum-wage" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-names-employers-who-fail-to-pay-minimum-wage</a></p><p> </p><p>27 November 2014</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-names-employers-who-fail-to-pay-the-national-minimum-wage" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-names-employers-who-fail-to-pay-the-national-minimum-wage</a></p><p> </p><p>Any worker who believes that they are being paid below the minimum wage should call the Pay &amp; Work Rights Helpline on 0800 917 2368. HM Revenue &amp; Customs investigate all complaints.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 05/01/2015 14:07:18 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane