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516845

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
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	Animal Experiments
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 issue a response to Early Day Motion 373, Applying Results of Experiments on Animals to Human Patients.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	36183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government considers that the carefully regulated use of animals in scientific research remains a vital tool in improving the understanding of how biological systems work and in the development of safe new medicines, treatments and technologies.</p><p> </p><p>At the same time, the Government believes that animals should only be used when there is no practicable alternative and it actively supports and funds the development and dissemination of techniques that replace, reduce and refine the use of animals in research (the 3Rs), in particular through funding for the National Centre for the Replacement Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs), and also through ongoing UK-led efforts to encourage greater global uptake of the 3Rs.</p><p> </p><p>Advances in biomedical science and technologies – including stem cell research, in vitro systems that mimic the function of human organs, imaging and new computer modelling techniques – are all providing new opportunities to reduce reliance on the use of animals in research. As part of this Innovate UK, the NC3Rs, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Medical Research Council have produced a Non-animal Technologies Road map for the UK, which offers an approach for the UK to develop, exploit and deploy new non-animal technologies for long-term economic and societal benefit. Integral to this strategy have been two Innovate UK industry-led competitions which have awarded approximately £7m in grant funding; “Developing non-animal technologies” and “Advancing the development and application of non-animal technologies”.</p><p> </p><p>EU and UK law requires safety testing on animals before human trials for new medicines can begin and animal research still plays an important role in providing vital safety information for potential new medicines.</p><p> </p><p>The Early Day Motion (EDM 373) rightly draws attention to the UK life science sector’s Concordat on openness in animal research which was launched last year, and provides new opportunities for transparency and debate in this area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 05/05/2016 16:22:32 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

458396

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
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	Minimum 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 businesses have been (a) charged with and (b) successfully prosecuted for non-payment of the minimum wage in each year from the minimum wage coming into force up to 2010.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	30267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text <p>Prosecution is reserved for the most serious cases. In most cases the Government applies civil sanctions, of up to £20,000 per worker, which are appropriate in the great majority of cases, and ensure a worker is paid back the arrears they are owed as quickly as possible. There is no guarantee that prosecution will result in arrears being paid back to the workers.</p><p>With the agreement of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, HMRC started considering prosecution for minimum wage offences from May 2006. The first prosecution for an offence under the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 took place in 2007. Table 1 sets out the number of NMW prosecutions in each year since this date, all of which were successful.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Successful NMW prosecutions </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of NMW prosecutions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/04/2016 14:45:40 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

455994

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
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 February 2016 to Question 26010, when he expects to establish a reading room for hon. Members to access TTIP consolidated texts.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	28920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The reading room for classified documents, including consolidated texts, relating to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is not yet open. Members of both Houses will be informed of the process and details of how to access the room shortly, once these have been finalised.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 03/03/2016 17:07:38 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

445432

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
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	Students: 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 amount of loans (a) has been issued by and (b) is owed to each company responsible for issuing and collecting student loans.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	22757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>All student loans issued on behalf of government are issued by the Student Loans Company. Statistics on the loans issued annually by the Student Loans Company are published separately for BIS and each devolved administration in the Statistical First Releases available at the link:</p><p /> <p><a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded.aspx</a></p><p /> <p>The outstanding balance for Income Contingent Repayment (ICR) Loans issued by the Student Loans Company is published separately for BIS and each devolved administration in the Statistical First Releases available at the link:</p><p /> <p><a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/student-loans-debt-and-repayment.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/student-loans-debt-and-repayment.aspx</a></p><p /> <p>Students starting courses prior to 1998 were eligible for “mortgage style” loans—such loans have since been sold to independent companies who now administer the collection of loan repayments, but do not issue loans. BIS is not able to state the amount currently owed to these companies. The companies in question are Finance for Higher Education Ltd, Honours Trustee Ltd and Erudio Student Loans Ltd.</p><p /> <br /> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 25/01/2016 16:38:33 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

442236

registered interest
date	04/01/2016
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	Renewable Energy: Overseas Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department provides to UK-based renewable energy companies seeking to invest in developing country markets; how many companies in that sector have received such support; and what steps he is taking to increase such support (a) in general and (b) through export guarantees.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	20744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) supports UK companies who want to grow their business overseas. We provide tailored support packages for companies from first time exporters to medium sized businesses, whilst also providing digital and online support to all businesses. We continue to proactively support UK renewable companies and recognise the huge potential in developing country markets. Support from UK Export Finance (principally in the form of insurance to exporters, guarantees to banks and loans to overseas buyers) is also available for UK exporters in all sectors including the renewable energy sector.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 13/01/2016 17:03:57 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

424465

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
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	UK Export Finance
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 make it his policy to eliminate UK Export Finance investments in coal plants and coal mining overseas.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	13744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p>There are no plans to ban support for exports of goods and services to coal plants and coal mining overseas. However, applications to UK Export Finance (UKEF) which fall within the ambit of the OECD Common Approaches for Officially Supported Export Credits and Environmental and Social Due Diligence will require that coal projects meet international, environmental, social, and human rights standards to qualify for support. <br> <br> UKEF is participating in discussions in the OECD with the aim of achieving a multilateral agreement on limiting the provision of export credits for coal-fired power projects and an agreement is expected to be reached later in November.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 04/12/2015 11:39:59 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

423939

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
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	Renewable Energy: Export Credit Guarantees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if the Government will take steps to increase support for UK-based renewable energy companies to invest in developing country markets through export credit guarantees.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	13367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>UK Export Finance (UKEF) has risk capacity available to support UK based businesses in the renewable energy industry looking to export to, and invest in, developing countries, through the provision of export credit guarantees, financing and insurance.</p><p>UKEF continues to promote its products and services to companies in the renewable sector so they are aware of the support that is available if it is required.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 03/11/2015 15:25:45 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

421740

registered interest
date	15/10/2015
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	Animal Experiments
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 issue a response to EDM 373, Applying Results of Experiments on Animals to Humans.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	12107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government considers that the carefully regulated use of animals in scientific research remains a vital tool in improving the understanding of how biological systems work and in the development of safe new medicines, treatments and technologies.</p><p>At the same time, the Government believes that animals should only be used when there is no practicable alternative and it actively supports and funds the development and dissemination of techniques that replace, reduce and refine the use of animals in research (the 3Rs), in particular through funding for the National Centre for the 3Rs, and also through ongoing UK-led efforts to encourage greater global uptake of the 3Rs.</p><p>Advances in biomedical science and technologies - including stem cell research, in vitro systems that mimic the function of human organs, imaging and new computer modelling techniques - are all providing new opportunities to reduce reliance on the use of animals in research. As part of this, Innovate UK is awarding £4m this year to fund collaborative projects with industry to support the development and application of new non-animal technologies.</p><p>EU and UK law requires safety testing on animals before human trials for new medicines can begin and animal research still plays an important role in providing vital safety information for potential new medicines.</p><p>The Early Day Motion (EDM 373) rightly draws attention to the UK life science sector’s Concordat on openness in animal research which was launched last year, and provides new opportunities for transparency and debate in this area. <a href="http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/communications-media/concordat-annual-report-2015/" target="_blank">www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/communications-media/concordat-annual-report-2015/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 26/10/2015 12:11:20 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

420588

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
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	Universities: Greater London
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 contribution of UK university satellite campuses in London to the economy.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	11292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p>The economic impact of universities on local areas was estimated in a report by Universities UK published in 2014 entitled “The economic impact of higher education institutions in England”. Information is not disaggregated for specific providers or campuses, although several universities have undertaken individual studies of their impact on their local area.</p><p>The report can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/highereducation/Documents/2014/TheEconomicImpactOfHEIsInEngland.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/highereducation/Documents/2014/TheEconomicImpactOfHEIsInEngland.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/10/2015 10:25:30 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

420589

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
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	Universities: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has plans to regulate or limit the ability of UK universities to establish satellite campuses in London.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	11293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p>A Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) inquiry into satellite campuses was published in December 2014. In light of this report, tighter controls were introduced for Higher Education Tier 4 sponsors, setting out requirements for sponsorship across multiple sites, and clamping down on inappropriate promotion of work rights. This came into effect from April 2015. The Department continues to work with QAA and the higher education sector to ensure standards are maintained.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/10/2015 15:13:37 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady