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100661

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
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	Airports: Ghana
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessments were made of Mourne Ltd's payment of taxes in the UK and Ghana before UK Export Finance agreed to guarantee loans for the Kotoka International Airport project.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	211694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>UK Export Finance has no powers to investigate the tax affairs of exporters. However, it undertook due diligence in respect of the financial and legal risks associated with the export contract between Mourne Ltd and Ghana Airports Company Ltd before providing support.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/10/2014 15:41:44 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

100300

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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	Exports: Ghana
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what exports from the UK were supported by UK Export Finance's loan guarantee for Mourne Ltd's Kotoka International Airport project in Ghana.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	211503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>UK Export Finance is supporting Mourne Ltd’s contract in relation to the upgrade of Kotoka International Airport. UK exports supported include lighting, steel frames, drainage pipes, engineering and design services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 28/10/2014 15:59:03 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 24562 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

100306

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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	Bassetlaw
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he next plans to visit local businesses in Bassetlaw.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	211421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills is planning to visit Bassetlaw on Thursday 27 November.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 29/10/2014 14:30:51 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

91536

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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	Open Business Forum
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 times the Open Business Forum that he asked Sir Philip Green to set up in 2012 has met; and whether he plans that minutes of those meetings will be made public.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	209010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The creation of the Open Business Forum was announced on 23 February 2012 by my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister, who asked his adviser on corporate responsibility, Philip N. Green, to act as Chair. Companies and organisations represented on the Open Business Forum included Business in the Community, Trading for Good, Aviva, Procter and Gamble, Carillion, E.ON and Waitrose. As this Department did not provide the secretariat for this group, I am unable to confirm how many times the Open Business Forum met and whether it is planned that the minutes of its meetings will be made public.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 16/10/2014 15:27:52 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

89431

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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	Jackson Square Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when conducting due diligence on Jackson Square Aviation and JSA International Holdings LP, whether UK Export Finance was aware that their base at Walker House is also the base of Iranian banks on the UK's blacklists.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	207296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>When asked to support an export transaction, UK Export Finance conducts due diligence on the companies involved in that transaction. It does not research other unrelated companies, for example using the same registered address of convenience, which have no connection with the transaction in question.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/09/2014 13:57:37 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

78642

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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	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, whether UK Export Finance investigates links between politicians in the UK and companies in the UK and their partner companies abroad as part of its due diligence procedure.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	206512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>UK Export Finance undertakes due diligence in respect of parties directly connected to export transactions it is asked to support. UK Export Finance also complies with the OECD <em>Recommendation on Bribery and Officially Supported Export Credits</em>, which requires export credit agencies to put measures in place to avoid supporting exports which may be tainted by bribery.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/09/2014 16:26:15 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

78643

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether UK Export Finance takes steps not to support companies which use complex artificial tax structures to adopt aggressive tax positions.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	206513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>UK Export Finance’s statutory function is to support UK exports. It has no powers to investigate the tax affairs of the exporters it supports and no regulatory remit. However, it undertakes due diligence in respect of the financial and legal risks associated with all the export transactions it is asked to support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/09/2014 16:43:42 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

78644

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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	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, whether Export UK Finance liaises with Government departments when conducting due diligence on partner companies.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	206489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In order to carry out the appropriate due diligence, UK Export Finance communicates with other government departments as necessary regarding export transactions it is asked to support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/09/2014 16:49:34 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

78647

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether UK Export Finance (UKEF) has taken steps to ensure that companies operating from the UK which gain support from UKEF support pay do not use artifical tax structures to avoid paying their fair share in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	206422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>UK Export Finance’s statutory function is to support UK exports, principally by providing guarantees to banks in relation to UK exports, and insurance policies to exporters against the financial risk of exporting. It has no powers to investigate the tax affairs of the exporters it supports and no regulatory remit. However, it undertakes due diligence in respect of the financial and legal risks associated with all the export transactions it is asked to support.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/09/2014 16:27:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

78648

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether UK Export Finance monitors the use of booking centres as part of its anti-money laundering policy.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	206423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>UK Export Finance does not monitor the use of booking centres as such, but undertakes anti-money laundering due diligence on the export transactions it is asked to support which includes, and is not limited to, requiring written assurances in relation to money laundering from the institution, normally a bank, from which the UKEF-supported export credit loan is booked and disbursed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/09/2014 13:52:37 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann