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76995

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Grant Thornton
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 April 2014, Official Report, columns 286-7W, on Grant Thornton, how many of the 70 recorded complaints about insolvency practitioners from Grant Thornton in respect to formal insolvency procedures were successful.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	205256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>According to information provided by the Recognised Professional Bodies, 18 of the 70 complaints recorded about insolvency practitioners from Grant Thornton between June 2013 and March 2014 and which were passed to a Recognised Professional Body for consideration have been closed with no further action taken. The remainder are ongoing.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 16/07/2014 13:46:01 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

76996

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Procurement
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 contracts (a) let since 2010 and (b) about to be let by his Department and its agencies are worth (i) between £1 million and £3 million and (ii) over £3 million; how much has been spent on monitoring each contract let by his Department since 2010; and how many officials in his Department monitor each contract let since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	205195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department complies with the Government's Transparency programme. As part of this all of the Department's contract opportunities with a value greater than £10,000 and all contracts subsequently awarded are published on Contracts Finder.</p><p> </p><p>The maintenance of central records of all contracts let by the Department commenced from August 2012. Therefore, I can provide information on the contracts let in the period August 2012 to date only.</p><p> </p><p>According to these records one contract has been let in the £1m to £3m range and two contracts have been let with a value in excess of £3m.</p><p> </p><p>I am not aware that any contracts are about to be let with a value above £1m.</p><p> </p><p>Records are not kept on the numbers of officials monitoring these contracts or the cost of so doing.</p><p> </p><p>I have approached the Chief Executives of the Department's Executive Agencies (Insolvency Service, Companies House, National Measurement Office, Intellectual Property Office, UK Space Agency, Ordnance Survey, Met Office, and the Land Registry) and they will respond to the Hon. Member directly. A letter from the Skills Funding Agency will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 17/07/2014 16:53:51 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson attachment 1 file name 15455 AGENCY LETTERS.pdf title Executive Agency letters for PQ UIN: 205195
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

76997

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Higher Education: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of those who accepted a university place to study (a) engineering, (b) technology, (c) mathematics and computer science, (d) architecture and (e) physical science were female in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	205154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The information is shown in the table.</p><p><strong>Percentage of accepted applicants to full-time undergraduate courses in the UK who were female, for selected subjects, 2009 to 2013</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Year of entry</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Engineering</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Technologies</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mathematics and computer science</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Architecture, building and planning</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Physical sciences</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source: UCAS annual pivot tables.</strong></p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 22/07/2014 14:40:56 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

76999

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Small Businesses: Ashfield
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 enterprises have been started in Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years; and what proportion of such businesses are still trading.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	205156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/08/2014 answer text <p>There is no single data source that comprehensively measures all business start-ups within the UK. However, as a near proxy BankSearch collates data on the number of new business bank accounts opened in Great Britain. This can be used as an indicative measure of business start-up activity and is the most comprehensive source available to BIS. Data goes as far back as 2008 and does not include information on whether the business is trading or not.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 28/08/2014 15:16:40 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name Ashfield - SME start-ups.docx title SME start-ups in Ashfield constituency
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

77000

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Video Games: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has taken steps to protect from cyber-crime attacks videogame developers and publishers who have products that are specifically based online.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	205270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is playing a key role in the Government’s five-year, £860m National Cyber Security Programme and has delivered a range of measures to help protect all UK businesses from cyber crime attacks. The Government has regular discussions with the videogames industry, for example through the work of the Creative Industries Council. Companies can draw upon various forms of Government help and support, such as the range of good practice guidance and the £5,000 cyber security innovation vouchers aimed at small businesses and start-ups. BIS continues to work with Government and industry partners to raise awareness of cyber threats and encourage businesses to take action to protect themselves.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 29/08/2014 08:49:47 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 10693 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

77001

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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: Cybersecurity
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 UK businesses are protected from cyber-crime.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	205271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is playing a key role in the delivery of the National Cyber Security Strategy, a five-year programme to transform the UK’s approach to cyber security, backed up with £860m of investment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>BIS leads on the “making it safer to do business in cyber space” objective and has delivered a range of measures to help protect UK business from cyber crime, including:</p><p> </p><p>· publishing a range of good practice cyber security guidance aimed at large and small businesses;</p><p> </p><p>· delivering the ‘Cyber Streetwise’ campaign with the Home Office to help businesses and consumers protect themselves against online crime;</p><p> </p><p>· launching the industry approved “Cyber Essentials” scheme which enables businesses to implement a good basic level of cyber hygiene against cyber threats;</p><p> </p><p>· making over £1m of cyber security innovation vouchers available to UK SMEs to help them improve their cyber security, and</p><p> </p><p>· Support for industry initiatives such as Nominet’s ‘Cyber Assist’ pilot service for small and medium-sized enterprises experiencing cyber attacks.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>BIS also works with other Government departments and the security and intelligence agencies to deliver further measures to help protect UK business from cyber crime, including:</p><p> </p><p>· Creating a national Computer Emergency Response Team, CERT UK, which works closely with industry, Government and academia to enhance UK cyber resilience. It provides support to Critical National Infrastructure companies to handle cyber security incidents.</p><p> </p><p>· Setting up the Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership (CISP), part of CERT UK, which enables companies to share information and intelligence on cyber security threats;</p><p> </p><p>· The creation of a Government approved list of Cyber Incident ‘Clean Up’ companies which can help companies respond effectively to incidents and get them up and running as soon as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 28/08/2014 13:02:55 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 10684 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

77002

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Official Receiver: Leeds
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 desks there were in the Leeds Official Receiver's Office on 30 June 2014; and how many such desks were are unoccupied.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	205077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>As of the 30 June 2014, the total number of desks in the Leeds Official Receiver's office is 124. The total number of unoccupied desks is 52.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 16/07/2014 14:10:13 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

77003

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Official Receiver: Leeds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how long the lease for the Leeds Official Receiver's Office has left to run; and when it was signed.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	205078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>The lease for the Leeds Official Receiver's Office started on 28 August 2003 and will end on 27 August 2018.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 16/07/2014 14:08:28 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

77004

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Official Receiver
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 disqualification reports were submitted by the Leeds, Sheffield and Hull Official Receiver's offices in the year ending 31 March 2014; and what the target is for the combined Leeds office for the year ending 31 March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	205079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>The Service records disqualification report submissions by Official Receiver Command and not by location. A Command is overseen by a single Official Receiver and, currently, The Service has 18 Commands based over between one and three geographic locations.</p><p>Successful submissions for the year ended 31 March 2014:</p><ul><li>Humber and East Yorkshire Command (Hull): 18 reports authorised to proceed;</li><li>Northern Command (Leeds): 4 reports authorised to proceed;</li><li>East Midlands and South Yorkshire Command (Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield): 27 reports authorised to proceed.</li></ul><p> </p><p>From 1 April 2014 the East Midlands and South Yorkshire Command became East Midlands Command; with Sheffield transferred into the Northern Command. Northern Command has a target of 12 disqualification reports submitted and authorised to proceed in the year ending 31 March 2015.</p><p>In November 2014, with the closure of the Hull office, the Humber and East Yorkshire Command will be amalgamated with the Northern Command. A revised target for successful disqualification submissions for the combined Command has not yet been set and will be established as part of routine planning later in the year.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 16/07/2014 14:18:03 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

77005

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Directors
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 directors have been disqualified in the first quarter of the current financial year.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	205080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>A total of 341 directors were disqualified during the first quarter of this financial year.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 16/07/2014 14:14:50 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson