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391271

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Export Credit Guarantees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what value of export credit guarantees has supported (a) ship manufacturing and (b) marine engineering in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	8001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Between financial years 2005/6 to 2014/15 inclusive, UK Export Finance has provided support with a value of £501.7m for export contracts related to the shipbuilding and marine engineering sectors. These figures are broken down by category and year in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Shipbuilding</p></td><td><p>Marine Engineering</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/6</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/7</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/8</p></td><td><p>£276.3m</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£276.3m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/9</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£12.1m</p></td><td><p>£12.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£22.6m</p></td><td><p>£22.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£6.9m</p></td><td><p>£24.1m</p></td><td><p>£31m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£6.4m</p></td><td><p>£1.2m</p></td><td><p>£7.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£8m</p></td><td><p>£143.9m</p></td><td><p>£151.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>£297.7m</p></td><td><p>£204m</p></td><td><p>£501.7m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: UKEF Annual Accounts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/09/2015 14:29:03 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

391273

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Iron and Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what forecasts the Government has made of steel (a) production and (b) demand in the next 20 years; and from which countries he expects the UK will import steel to meet that demand.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	8053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Neither the Office for National Statistics nor other governmental statistical sources make such forecasts for steel. The Government forecasts can influence markets and therefore must be able to be robust.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/09/2015 14:25:16 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

391290

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of self-employed people to achieving the objectives set out in his Department's document, Fixing the Foundations: Creating a more prosperous nation, published in July 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	7913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Self-employment makes a vital contribution to the economy, with over 4.5 million people currently self-employed, accounting for 14.5% of total employment.</p><p> </p><p>The government wants to raise productivity across all sectors and believes that self-employment can make an important contribution to achieving the objectives set out in Fixing the foundations.</p><p> </p><p>The government has asked Julie Deane OBE to carry out an independent review, reporting in early 2016, of the contribution the self-employed make to the UK economy and consider how they can be better supported.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 07/09/2015 15:22:09 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

391303

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Food: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the taxation of high sugar and high salt food and drinks.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	7965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>At present the Government has no plans to introduce new taxes on food and drinks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/09/2015 15:04:20 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

391306

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support his Department is providing to promote the growth of the FinTech industry.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	7976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making the UK the leading global FinTech hub, and has announced a large number of policy initiatives, including more supportive regulatory regimes for peer-to-peer, digital currencies, and other innovative firms.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government built on this record at the Summer Budget. First, Eileen Burbidge was appointed as the UK’s ‘Special Envoy for FinTech’, where she will represent UK interests in FinTech at home and around the world. Second, an international FinTech benchmarking exercise was announced to measure the UK’s performance and identify areas of best practice from around the world.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 07/09/2015 15:35:18 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

391316

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Institutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support the Government is providing to (a) mutual savings banks and (b) credit unions in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill constituency.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	8051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>At the Summer Budget the government announced that savings banks established under the Savings Bank (Scotland) Act 1819 will benefit from the same £25m carried-forward loss allowance for Corporation Tax as the building society sector. This will be backdated to 1 April 2015 and actioned through the Finance Bill 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Coalition Government took significant steps to support the credit union movement in Great Britain. These included increasing the maximum interest rate that credit unions can charge on loans from 2% to 3% per month; investing £38m in the sector through the Department of Work and Pensions’ Credit Union Expansion Project and launching a Call for Evidence which allowed all credit unions, regardless of size or influence, the opportunity to contribute their vision for the future of the sector to the wider debate. The Government is committed to continuing</p><p> </p><p>to support the credit union movement in making financial services more accessible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 07/09/2015 15:37:53 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

391320

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2015 to Question 6981, whether agricultural vehicles used for journeys of more than 1.5 kilometres on public roads will be exempt from paying Vehicle Excise Duty.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	8082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The Vehicle Excise Duty exemption for agricultural vehicles applies to vehicles used on public roads for journeys of up to 1.5 kilometres. The reforms to Vehicle Excise Duty announced at the Summer Budget will apply to cars first registered on or after 1 April 2017 and will not include any changes to the exemption for agricultural vehicles</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 07/09/2015 15:12:11 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

391322

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Personal Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a distributional analysis of the effect of the measures announced in the Summer Budget 2015 on people in each income group decile.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	8089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Distributional analysis of the impact of government policy across the household income distribution was published alongside the Summer Budget, and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443229/PU1822_Distributional_Analysis.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443229/PU1822_Distributional_Analysis.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 07/09/2015 15:23:05 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

391324

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Personal Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a distributional analysis of the effect of the Summer Budget 2015 for (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	8090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Distributional analysis of the impact of government policy across the household income distribution was published alongside the Summer Budget, and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443229/PU1822_Distributional_Analysis.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443229/PU1822_Distributional_Analysis.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 07/09/2015 15:25:07 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

391354

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Derelict Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to encourage building on brownfield sites.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Clegg
uin	7993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government will require local authorities to have a register of available brownfield land that is suitable for new homes. We also intend to create a Fund to unlock homes on brownfield land for additional housing. We will continue to support the regeneration of brownfield land through a range of measures, including £200 million to help create Housing Zones outside London and releasing enough public sector land for over 150,000 homes by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 07/09/2015 15:53:06 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1563 label Biography information for Mr Nick Clegg