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227700

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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	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, with reference to his Department's announcement of 27 November 2013 on Post Office branch modernisation, how many Post Offices have benefited to date from the dedicated fund to support smaller community branches.
tabling member constituency	Torridge and West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Geoffrey Cox
uin	227769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Since the landmark £20 million Post Office Community Fund started accepting applications in June 2014 more than 340 Community post offices have applied for funding. More than 250 of these proposals have been approved to date and of these more than 85 have been completed, bringing significant benefits to communities, customers and subpostmasters across the UK. The fund remains open for applications and the Government encourages eligible branches to apply for investment.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 19/03/2015 16:28:38 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox

227461

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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	New 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 Start Up loans have been awarded since the introduction of that scheme in each parliamentary constituency; and what the total value of those loans is in each parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
uin	227651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of Start Up Loans awarded in each constituency and the total value of loans made in each constituency is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 19/03/2015 15:40:35 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name Start Up Loans by Constituency - number and value.docx title Start up loans by constituency
tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

227462

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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	Living Wage
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 and what proportion of staff (a) of his Department and (b) working for companies contracted by his Department in Scotland are paid less than the living wage.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	227663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>There are no direct employees in this Department paid less than the living wage, either nationally or in Scotland.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not centrally hold details of the pay levels of staff working for companies contracted by the Department. However on 1 April 2014 my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills confirmed a requirement for companies contracted by the Department to increase the wages of their lowest paid workers to £7.85.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 19/03/2015 15:35:28 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

227464

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2015 to Question 226592, what forecast he has made of expenditure on advertising and communications for March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	227699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>We estimate that spend in March on advertising and communications will be around £4m. Full details of our spend will be published in our Annual Report and Accounts later in the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has been responsible for running some major campaigns over the course of this financial year. These include promoting the take up and increasing awareness of apprenticeships via the Get in, Go Far campaign and increasing awareness of new rights for shared parental leave and flexible working. We have also encouraged businesses to grow and take advantage of support that is available through the Business is GREAT Britain and Do More Online campaigns and also encouraging the take up of Growth Vouchers</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 19/03/2015 15:34:16 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

227249

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	Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what amount his Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on the total amount of expenditure by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on both research and development and the total departmental spending on services is publically available on gov.uk as part of the Country and Regional Analysis (CRA) statistical release. This information covers 2009-10 through to 2013-14 and can be found at the following web link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>This data can be accessed by using either the ‘interactive tables’ or the ‘database’.</p><p> </p><p>The CRA is compiled from departmental spending data submitted to HM Treasury on services, split by sub-functions. This data that each department provides, uses internationally-agreed definitions called the Classifications of the Functions of Government (UN COFOG). These functions include and separately identify expenditure on various Research and Development activities.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 19/03/2015 16:01:12 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

227252

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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Off-payroll Working
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 staff in his Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	227540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>New tighter rules governing ‘off-payroll’ appointments in central government were established in May 2012 when the Chief Secretary to the Treasury published the Review of the Tax Arrangements of Public Sector Appointees.</p><p>The recommendations of the Review mean that the most senior staff must go on the payroll, and departments are now able to seek assurance in relation to the tax arrangements of their long-term, high paid contractors.</p><p>The Treasury has carried out two evaluations of compliance with the rules which were published on 11 March 2014 and 5 March 2015. The most recent review revealed that the large majority of central government departments are operating the rules effectively. The Treasury issued £3 million in fines in 2014 and 2015 to a small number of departments who did not fully comply with the requirements of the guidance.</p><p>Data on the number of off payroll staff engaged in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and its Partner Organisations since August 2012 has been published in BIS Annual Reports and Accounts:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bis-tax-arrangements-for-off-payroll-appointees-august-2012-to-march-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bis-tax-arrangements-for-off-payroll-appointees-august-2012-to-march-2013</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bis-tax-arrangements-for-off-payroll-appointees-april-2013-to-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bis-tax-arrangements-for-off-payroll-appointees-april-2013-to-march-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>Earlier data is not available.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 20/03/2015 13:06:10 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

227253

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	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 recent steps he has taken to reform statute pertaining to patent.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>On 10 June 2014 the Government launched a Technical Review and Call for Evidence on the Secondary Legislation Implementing the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court and EU Regulations Establishing the Unitary Patent. On 1 October 2014 the Legislative Reform (Patents) Order 2014 and changes to patent law in the Intellectual Property Act 2014, and consequential amendments to the Patents Rules 2007, came into force. The details of these changes are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/1-october-2014-changes-to-design-and-patent-law" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/1-october-2014-changes-to-design-and-patent-law</a>. On 26 February 2015 the Government issued its response to the Law Commission’s report on the law relating to the making of groundless threats to bring proceedings for infringement of patents, trade marks and design rights.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/03/2015 16:46:13 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227254

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	Technology: Apprentices
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 apprentices were doing their apprenticeships in technology companies in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on apprenticeship starts by sector subject area and framework is published in supplementary tables to a Statistical First Release (SFR) in the FE Data Library:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a></p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeship data are not available by industrial sector.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/03/2015 13:32:14 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227255

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	Intellectual Property
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 plans to take to clarify intellectual property regulations.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The Intellectual Property Office as an Executive Agency of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills leads on intellectual property issues. The Intellectual Property Office offers a comprehensive range of guidance, self help tools and educational seminars which bring clarity to existing regulations for businesses and consumers in the UK and overseas. Full details are available on gov.uk. Where the Intellectual Property Office receives feedback or evidence that regulations require clarification, it will consider this and set out an appropriate plan for action. We have no immediate plan for new regulations.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 20/03/2015 12:57:07 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

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