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93090

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Aerospace Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has to support the aerospace industry following the announcement of 440 job losses at British Aerospace.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	210590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>We will work closely with BAE Systems and local leaders to manage the impact of the losses, including through the Talent Retention Solution which is available to match skilled workers to jobs in the advanced manufacturing and engineering sector. In addition support will be available through Job Centre Plus, the Skills Funding Agency and other local partners.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Government is committed to working with industry through the Defence Growth Partnership to help identify and capitalise on opportunities for growth, building on our strengths in areas such as air capabilities. The DGP’s Implementation Plan, launched by the Prime Minister at the Farnborough Airshow in July, builds on the Strategic Vision published last year and will help industry maximise defence exports through a new UK Defence Solutions Centre and a strengthened UKTI DSO.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For the civil aerospace sector Government and industry set out a joint strategy and implementation plan for growth in the Aerospace Industrial Strategy published in March 2013. A progress update on these was published in July.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 17/10/2014 13:33:03 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

92975

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much energy was generated from renewable sources in (a) England, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
uin	210114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>DECC does not hold information on how much energy was generated from renewable sources by nation. The table below shows how much electricity was generated, by nation, for each of the last ten years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p><em>Renewable electricity generation by UK country (GWh)</em></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><em>England</em></p></td><td><p><em>Northern Ireland</em></p></td><td><p><em>Scotland</em></p></td><td><p><em>Wales</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2004</em></strong></p></td><td><p>7,120</p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>5,832</p></td><td><p>1,029</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2005</em></strong></p></td><td><p>8,963</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>6,486</p></td><td><p>1,196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2006</em></strong></p></td><td><p>9,362</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>6,956</p></td><td><p>1,411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2007</em></strong></p></td><td><p>9,690</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>8,003</p></td><td><p>1,469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2008</em></strong></p></td><td><p>10,429</p></td><td><p>606</p></td><td><p>9,058</p></td><td><p>1,711</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2009</em></strong></p></td><td><p>12,008</p></td><td><p>818</p></td><td><p>10,582</p></td><td><p>1,761</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2010</em></strong></p></td><td><p>13,835</p></td><td><p>761</p></td><td><p>9,419</p></td><td><p>1,731</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2011</em></strong></p></td><td><p>17,573</p></td><td><p>996</p></td><td><p>13,539</p></td><td><p>2,330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2012</em></strong></p></td><td><p>22,951</p></td><td><p>1,179</p></td><td><p>14,584</p></td><td><p>2,434</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2013</em></strong></p></td><td><p>32,417</p></td><td><p>1,531</p></td><td><p>16,967</p></td><td><p>2,664</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: DECC Regional Renewable Statistics, Generation, 2003-2013, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/regional-renewable-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/regional-renewable-statistics</a></em></p><p><em>Note: Figures may not add up to the totals presented in the Digest of UK Energy Statistics for the UK as a whole, as a result of a small amount of generation from sites for which there are no location details.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 17/10/2014 13:55:57 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock

92437

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of safeguards and warnings on business loans when residential properties are used as security.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	209859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Lending to smaller businesses is covered by The Lending Code which is monitored by the independent Lending Standards Board. The Code requires lenders to act fairly and reasonably in their dealings with small business customers, including ensuring that advertising and promotional material is fair, clear and not misleading. Before a customer accepts a credit product, the Code requires banks to provide information about how a product works and its main features in plain language which avoids the use of technical or legal language wherever possible. In the event of a complaint which cannot be resolved via the bank’s own complaints process, smaller businesses can refer the matter to the Financial Ombudsman Service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Formal regulation applies where a lender makes a loan for business purposes to an individual sole trader, or (in England and Wales) a partnership, and the loan is secured on the borrower's house or houses. These loans are treated as regulated mortgage contracts and are governed by Financial Conduct Authority conduct of business rules covering matters such as the advertising and selling of products, the provision of standard form documents (including key facts illustrations) and how lenders treat borrowers who are in arrears.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 17/10/2014 13:25:34 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

92444

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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	Riot Control Weapons: 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 assessment is carried out of the risk of tear gas being used for internal repression before an export licence is granted.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	210025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria and the prevailing circumstances at the time of each application. Criterion 2 concerns the respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in the country of final destination, as well as respect by that country for international humanitarian law. An export licence would not be granted if there was a clear risk that the goods to be exported might be used for internal repression.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 17/10/2014 13:38:20 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

92520

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: North Sea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which companies have been granted field allowances for oil and gas production in the North Sea in the last 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the value of each such allowance to each such company over a five-year period.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	210036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>Oil fields can qualify for field allowances when they receive initial or revised development consent. They are not granted to companies. The participators in each field that qualifies for a field allowance will hold a share of the total allowance for the field which may be activated by production income from that field. We do not track field allowances by company.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 20/10/2014 11:00:48 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

92526

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Solar Power: Renewables Obligation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the Renewables Obligation for sub-5mW solar will be reviewed or consulted on before May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	209292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Our recent consultation confirmed our policy that solar PV for projects of 5MW and below will continue. We continue to monitor the Renewables Obligation solar PV deployment pipeline for projects of 5MW and below. As indicated in our recent government response to the consultation on changes to financial support for solar PV<sup>1</sup>, if this monitoring indicates that deployment is growing more rapidly than can be afforded, we will consider taking measures to protect the Levy Control Framework. Any such proposals would require further consultation.</p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/360280/Government_response_RO-FIT_changes_to_Solar_PV_-_FINAL_2014-10-02.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/360280/Government_response_RO-FIT_changes_to_Solar_PV_-_FINAL_2014-10-02.pdf</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 15/10/2014 13:55:33 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

91883

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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	Arms Trade: Trade Fairs
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 10 September 2014 to Question 206108, whether UK law and export control regulations place any restrictions on allowing companies which have previously been ejected from the DSEI arms fair for selling equipment which could be used for torture to exhibit at future DSEI events in London, or whether that decision is entirely a matter for Clarion Events.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	209456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) is a commercial exhibition run by Clarion Events. Any decision as to whether to allow a company that may have been ejected from a previous DSEI to exhibit at a future one is a matter for Clarion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between BIS and Clarion was set in place in 2013 to give Clarion the authority they need to control the activities of their exhibitors at DSEI. It sets out Clarion’s role and responsibilities, and those of the exhibitor companies, regarding UK export and trade control legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 15/10/2014 13:52:21 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

91884

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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	British Business Bank
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 small and medium-sized businesses in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England and Wales have (i) applied for and (ii) been granted loans by the British Business Bank in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
uin	209441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The British Business Bank oversees the management of two loan programmes that can be accessed by small and medium–sized businesses seeking debt finance; Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) and Start-Up Loans (SUL).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>EFG is delivered by participating lenders, including all the main high street banks, while SUL is delivered by a network of delivery partners contracted by the Start-Up Loans Company.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The delivery of both programmes is fully devolved to the participating lenders and for consistency they primarily report the numbers of loans offered or drawn rather than the number of applications received.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Programme</p></td><td><p>Volume of Loans drawn Barnsley East</p></td><td><p>Volume of Loans drawn</p><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>Volume of Loans drawn</p><p>England and Wales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EFG</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>515</p></td><td><p>20806</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Start Up Loans</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>20435</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>836</p></td><td><p>41241</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 15/10/2014 13:50:17 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

91886

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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	Trade in Services Agreement
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 9 September 2014 to Question 207177, who is responsible for drafting the text of the prudential carve-out in the Trade in Services Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	209430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The European Commission negotiates on behalf of the Member States in the EU. The negotiating teams of the EU and the other negotiating states are led by chief negotiators, and contain officials with expertise in the areas under negotiation. It is the mutual responsibility of these negotiating teams and their officials to draft the agreements, including in the case of the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), the prudential carve-out, which forms part of the Financial Services chapter.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 17/10/2014 13:43:42 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

91887

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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	Trade in Services Agreement
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 9 September 2014 to Question 207177, whether the text of the prudential carve-out will be published before the Trade in Services Agreement is finalised.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	209431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The text will be released as part of a whole package when negotiations are complete.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/10/2014 16:41:08 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff