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518146

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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	Overseas Trade: Mexico
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 the Government is taking to increase British trade with Mexico.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	36924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/05/2016 11:25:35 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

518147

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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	Universities: Finance
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 is taking to reduce the reliance of universities on state funding.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	36925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 12/05/2016 11:32:26 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

518176

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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	EU Grants and 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 estimate his Department has made of the amount of (a) regional development funds and (b) structural funds that the UK is due to receive in each year to 2020 under the current EU Multi-Annual Financial Framework.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	36753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The amounts allocated by year for each operational programme for the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European Social Fund (ESF) in the UK for the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework is set out in table 1.6 of the United Kingdom’s Partnership Agreement with the European Commission which can be found on GOV.UK at ‘European Structural and Investment Funds: UK Partnership Agreement’. The table is attached. Each annual allocation needs to be spent within three years.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/05/2016 09:24:45 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name Information from table 1 6_PA - final.doc title ERDF and ESF funding
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

517924

registered interest
date	06/05/2016
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	Directors: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reason Companies House publishes the month and year of birth of company directors.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	36710
answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

517925

registered interest
date	06/05/2016
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	Shares
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 3 May 2016 to Question 35753, how many and which companies have not confirmed to Companies House that they no longer have bearer shares; and what action he plans to take against such companies.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	36729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>As of 6 May 2016, 63 companies had not informed Companies House that they no longer have bearer shares.</p><p> </p><p>No action will be taken against these companies at the present time. There is no statutory obligation for any company that has converted bearer shares to registered shares to inform Companies House until it delivers its annual return or confirmation statement.</p><p> </p><p>I have requested the Registrar of Companies to write to the Hon Member with the list of the company names.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/05/2016 15:58:05 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

517950

registered interest
date	06/05/2016
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	Employment: Telephone Services
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 31 March 2016 to Question 31997, on employment: telephone services, if he will provide that data for financial years (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	36730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 12/05/2016 12:40:28 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 60554 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

517811

registered interest
date	05/05/2016
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	Local Enterprise Partnerships
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 is taking to ensure that the decision-making process followed by local enterprise partnerships is transparent.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	36665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>We’ve set out clear standards on transparent decision making, which Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) must comply with through their local assurance frameworks. These are verified by their accountable section 151 officers. We commissioned the Government Internal Audit Agency to review the quality of these frameworks, and keep the system under review through annual performance conversations with each LEP.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/05/2016 11:16:18 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

517323

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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	Tobacco: Retail Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the potential annual cost to tobacco (a) retailers and (b) wholesalers of the introduction of a licensing regime.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	36418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills has not made an assessment of the impacts of introducing a tobacco licensing regime or an estimate of annual cost. Under the Government’s Better Regulation framework, where regulatory measures that impact on business are being considered, it is the responsibility of the Secretary of State of the Department introducing the measure to ensure that an assessment is undertaken. This allows decisions to be taken with a clear understanding of the likely impacts of any measure. As announced in the 2015 Autumn Statement, HM Revenue and Customs are currently consulting on whether to introduce a tobacco licensing regime and responses to this consultation should inform any assessment, including the potential effect on small retailers and convenience stores.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 36417 question first answered 10/05/2016 10:58:51 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

517324

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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	Tobacco: Retail Trade
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 he has made of the potential effect of introduction of a tobacco licensing regime on small retailers and convenience stores.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	36417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills has not made an assessment of the impacts of introducing a tobacco licensing regime or an estimate of annual cost. Under the Government’s Better Regulation framework, where regulatory measures that impact on business are being considered, it is the responsibility of the Secretary of State of the Department introducing the measure to ensure that an assessment is undertaken. This allows decisions to be taken with a clear understanding of the likely impacts of any measure. As announced in the 2015 Autumn Statement, HM Revenue and Customs are currently consulting on whether to introduce a tobacco licensing regime and responses to this consultation should inform any assessment, including the potential effect on small retailers and convenience stores.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 36418 question first answered 10/05/2016 10:58:51 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

517325

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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: Franchises
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 the Post Office has spent on refurbishing or converting premises of franchise partners for Crown post offices that were franchised in 2014 and 2015 since January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	36430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Post Office Limited runs and manages its Crown post offices. Franchising of these offices is the operational responsibility of the Post Office.</p><p> </p><p>I have 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> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 36431 36432 36433 36434 question first answered 09/05/2016 09:31:04 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith