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518378

registered interest
date	10/05/2016
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Staff
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 oral contribution of the Minister for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise on 9 May 2016, Official Report, column 442, what the addresses are of the 14 locations across which his Department's policy teams are spread.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	36974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The addresses of the 14 locations where the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills policy teams are based are:</p><p><strong>Birmingham</strong> <br> Victoria Square House <br> Victoria Square <br> Birmingham B2 4BU</p><p><strong>Bristol</strong><br> 2 Rivergate<br> Bristol BS1 6EH</p><p><strong>Cambridge</strong> <br> Eastbrook House <br> Shaftsbury Road <br> Cambridge CB2 8DU</p><p><strong>Cardiff</strong> <br> Companies House <br> Crown Way <br> Cardiff CF14 3UZ</p><p><strong>Coventry</strong><br> Cheylesmore House <br> Quinton Road <br> Coventry CV1 2WT</p><p><strong>Darlington</strong><br> Queensway House <br> West Precinct <br> Darlington TS23 2NF</p><p><strong>Gateshead</strong><br> St George's House <br> Kingsway <br> Gateshead NE11 0NA</p><p><strong>Leeds</strong><br> Alexandra House <br> Redvers Close <br> Leeds LS16 6QY</p><p><strong>London</strong><br>1 Victoria Street<br> London SW1H 0ET</p><p><strong>Manchester</strong><br> 3 Piccadilly Gate <br> Store Street <br> Manchester M1 2WD</p><p><strong>Newport</strong><br> Concept House <br> Cardiff Road<br> Newport NP10 8QQ</p><p><strong>Nottingham</strong><br> Apex Court <br> City Link <br> Nottingham NG2 4LA</p><p><strong>Sheffield</strong><br> 2 St Paul's Place<br> 125 Norfolk Street <br> Sheffield S1 2FJ</p><p><strong>Warrington/Daresbury</strong> <br> Daresbury Laboratory <br> Keckwick Lane <br> Warrington WA4 4AD</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 12/05/2016 08:43:46 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

518108

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	Retail Trade: Voucher Schemes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will investigate the case for sales of gift vouchers by retailers to be backed by cash collateral held in independent escrow.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL8268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government has asked the Law Commission to consider the treatment of gift vouchers and pre-payments in the event of retailer insolvency. The Government will consider carefully any recommendations that may emerge on this question once the Law Commission’s report is published in the summer of 2016.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 11/05/2016 11:39:32 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

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

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

517806

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	Trade Promotion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government who are the UK Trade Envoys, and to which country or countries each is assigned.
tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
uin	HL8229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The table below outlines all current Trade Envoys and the market/markets which they cover. Further information can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/trade-envoys" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/trade-envoys</a></p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>MP Trade Envoys</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Market/Markets</strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Adam Afriyie MP</p></td><td><p>Ghana</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rushanara Ali MP</p></td><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richard Benyon MP</p></td><td><p>DRC, Mozambique, Ethiopia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jeffrey Donaldson MP</p></td><td><p>Egypt</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mark Garnier MP</p></td><td><p>Burma, Brunei, Thailand</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richard Graham MP</p></td><td><p>Indonesia, ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), Philippines, Malaysia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>John Howell MP</p></td><td><p>Nigeria</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Andrew Murrison MP</p></td><td><p>Morocco, Tunisia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Andrew Percy MP</p></td><td><p>Canada</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mark Prisk MP</p></td><td><p>Brazil, Nordic and Baltics</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Astor of Hever DL</p></td><td><p>Kazakhstan, Oman</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury</p></td><td><p>Mexico</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord (Richard) Faulkner</p></td><td><p>Taiwan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Hollick of Notting Hill</p></td><td><p>Tanzania, Kenya</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Janvrin</p></td><td><p>Turkey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord King of Bridgwater</p></td><td><p>Saudi Arabia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Lamont</p></td><td><p>Iran</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Morris of Bolton</p></td><td><p>Jordan, Kuwait, Palestinian Territories</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne</p></td><td><p>Iraq, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baroness Northover</p></td><td><p>Angola</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Popat</p></td><td><p>Uganda, Rwanda</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Puttnam of Queensgate</p></td><td><p>Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lord Risby of Haverhill</p></td><td><p>Algeria</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 10/05/2016 14:52:53 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney

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

517326

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 many full-time equivalent jobs there were in January 2016 in (a) the 39 Crown post offices the Post Office is proposing to franchise and (b) the three Crown post offices the Post Office plans to close.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	36431
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 36430 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