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228471

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	Postgraduate Education
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 paragraph 1.179 of Budget 2015, what estimate he has made of how many PhD and post-graduate students in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland will receive the proposed financial support in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	228325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>We are consulting on how best to implement the policy as part of a wider review into how to broaden and strengthen support for postgraduate researchers. We will be working with employers, universities and students to make sure the scheme meets the most pressing needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes data on student entrants, enrolments and qualifiers at UK Higher Education Institutions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/03/2015 14:38:15 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

228472

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	Trade Promotion: Turkey
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 his Department plans to take to further develop UK trade with Turkey over the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
uin	228393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government will continue to develop trade with Turkey through Ministerial and high-level engagement including the UK-Turkey Joint Economic Committee (JETCO); High Value Opportunity (HVO) and other campaigns that position UK companies as partners of choice; partnership with the British Chamber of Commerce in Turkey; and the GREAT campaign.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/03/2015 15:22:33 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

228473

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	ICT: EU Action
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what contribution his Department plans to make to the EU consultation on the Digital Single Market.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	228398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer my hon Friend to the reply I gave to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-03-11/227250/" target="_blank">227250</a>. The UK Government set out its policy in a paper published in January and is available at <a href="http://engage.number10.gov.uk/digital-single-market/" target="_blank">http://engage.number10.gov.uk/digital-single-market/</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/03/2015 15:30:30 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

228478

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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 (a) Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency, (b) South Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK; and what the total value is of those loans.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	228490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Set out below are the number and value of Start Up Loans awarded for the UK, Scotland, South Lanarkshire and the Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency (up to the 28<sup>th</sup> February 2015).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Loans awarded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>£96,365.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Lanarkshire</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>£208,891.41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>1,193</p></td><td><p>£4,408,809</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>27,034</p></td><td><p>£140,814,749</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/03/2015 15:33:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

228501

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	Infrastructure
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 paragraph 1.185 of Budget 2015, which bodies he expects to provide co-funding for the Collaboratorium for Research in Infrastructure and Cities; and what steps he is taking to encourage such co-funding.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	228495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Collaboratorium for Research in Infrastructure and Cities consortium is identifying potential industrial and institutional co-investors as part of the business case development for this initiative. Government is ready to support leveraged funding where appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/03/2015 14:35:53 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

228705

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they will take against extractives industry companies which seek to subvert the intention behind the Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Worcester
uin	HL5887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government expects companies to comply with the requirements of the Reports on Payments to Government Regulations 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The Regulations, which came into effect on 1 December 2014, set out the enforcement and penalty regime for any company that fails to comply in part or in full. It is a matter for the company to ensure that it is fully complying with the requirements. On a criminal conviction for not doing so the penalty may be a fine or a term of imprisonment for the directors of the company.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Reports made annually by companies under these Regulations will be published on Companies House website where both government and other interested parties will be able to consider the reports and their accuracy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/03/2015 13:24:18 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4257 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Worcester

228706

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they will take to ensure that United Kingdom extractives industry companies do not interpret the requirements of the Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014 in a way that will enable corrupt payments in resource-rich countries to stay hidden.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Worcester
uin	HL5888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government expects companies to comply with the requirements of the Reports on Payments to Government Regulations 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The Regulations, which came into effect on 1 December 2014, set out the enforcement and penalty regime for any company that fails to comply in part or in full. It is a matter for the company to ensure that it is fully complying with the requirements. On a criminal conviction for not doing so the penalty may be a fine or a term of imprisonment for the directors of the company.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Reports made annually by companies under these Regulations will be published on Companies House website where both government and other interested parties will be able to consider the reports and their accuracy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/03/2015 13:22:07 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4257 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Worcester

228707

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will endorse the United Kingdom extractives industry’s guidance on the Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014 if that guidance could in any way enable corrupt payments in resource-rich countries to stay hidden.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Worcester
uin	HL5889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Any guidance that is produced by industry is for the use of the companies within that sector.</p><p> </p><p>Any company completing a report on payments made to government must be confident that they have met the requirements of the regulations and where appropriate taken independent legal advice.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/03/2015 13:26:56 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4257 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Worcester

228708

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to listen to the views of civil society before endorsing any guidance from United Kingdom extractives industry companies on the Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Worcester
uin	HL5890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>We listen to the views of all stakeholders. As well as replying to correspondence from civil society on this matter, the Minister listened to views during a conference call with representatives from the Publish What You Pay coalition this week.</p><p> </p><p>Officials met civil society representatives on four occasions to hear views on industry guidance and considered a number of written representations, including a copy of the Publish What You Pay response to the public consultation exercise undertaken by industry associations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 26/03/2015 14:57:03 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4257 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Worcester