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176269

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
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	USA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have made representations to the government of the United States about the lawsuit brought by Hershey's against import of Cadbury's chocolate products made in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Government has made no representations in this case. This is a commercial dispute between Hershey’s (as the licenced manufacturer and distributor of Cadbury products within the USA) and a US importer. This dispute relies upon well-known rules and principles and the companies involved have the right to take issues such as this to the judicial authorities in the appropriate territory.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/02/2015 13:19:07 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

176270

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
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	USA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to take any steps against any Hershey's products manufactured in the United Kingdom while that company pursues its action in the United States courts against Cadbury products made in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Government currently has no intention of taking any steps against Hershey around the facts of this case. This is a commercial dispute between Hershey’s (as the licenced manufacturer and distributor of Cadbury products within the USA) and a US importer. This dispute relies upon well known rules and principles and the companies involved have the right to take issues such as this to the judicial authorities in the appropriate territory.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/02/2015 13:19:30 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

176323

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
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	Local Government: Urban Areas
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 conduct an evaluation of the progress of City Deals in (a) England and (b) Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Iain McKenzie
uin	222498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is a full and robust process for monitoring and implementing and evaluating all city deals which is overseen by the Local Growth Committee chaired by my Rt Hon Friend the Deputy Prime Minister.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 14:23:18 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4246 label Biography information for Iain McKenzie

176324

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
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	Employment Schemes: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress his Department has made with pilot projects to assist people with mental health conditions return to work.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	222451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The procurement stage of the mental health pilots is underway. The Skills Funding Agency published an invitation to tender (ITT) on the 5<sup>th</sup> January 2015 for organisations in direct receipt of Community Learning funding and on the register of training organisations, with a closing date of 6<sup>th</sup> February 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Learning providers will design courses in collaboration with local mental health services. External evaluators will assess the impact of different delivery approaches, including reduction in participants’ use of medical services, progression to further learning / training and return to work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has committed £20 million to the mental health pilots over two years (£5m 2015-16 and £15m 2016-17).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 02/02/2015 15:59:17 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

176325

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
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	Fossil Fuels: Research
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 27 January 2015 to Question 221347, how much UK funding of research and development directed towards the oil and gas sector since 2010 has been provided by the Government, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies; and what proportion that amount represents of all Government research and development funding in that period.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
uin	222502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>Data on how much UK funding of Research &amp; Development (R&amp;D) has been directed by the Government, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies towards the oil and gas sector since 2010 is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 03/02/2015 14:31:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir

176326

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
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	Communication
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's communications budget has been for each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	222563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Admin Budget</p><p> </p><p>2014/15 £5,588,000</p><p> </p><p>2013/14 £5,657,000</p><p> </p><p>2012/13 £5,538,223</p><p> </p><p>2011/12 £6,047,000m (this includes the internal Communications budget of £703k, in later years this was moved outside of the communications budget area)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Programme Budget</p><p> </p><p>2014/15 £12,888,000</p><p> </p><p>2013/14 £6,046,000</p><p> </p><p>2012/13 £2,700,000</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures for earlier years are no longer held centrally and will require access to the Department’s previous financial system. I will write to the hon Member with this information once it has been extracted and place a copy of this letter in the libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 02/02/2015 14:48:00 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

176327

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
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	Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's advertising budget was in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	222566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) publishes the core departmental advertising and publicity costs in the BIS Annual Report and Accounts. The costs recorded in each of the last four annual reports are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2013/14: £8,774,000</p><p> </p><p>2012/13: £1,449,000</p><p> </p><p>2011/12: £2,402,000</p><p> </p><p>2010/11: £587,000</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The annual report for 2014/15 is due to be published later this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The spend in 2013/14 was principally due to the launch of the first wave of advertising for the Business is GREAT campaign, which has successfully highlighted Government support available to businesses, assisting many to find the help they need to grow.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 04/02/2015 14:04:52 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

176328

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
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	Business Ambassadors
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 trade missions have been completed by each of the Government's Business Ambassadors in the last 12 months; on what dates each such visit took place; and to which countries those Ambassadors travelled on each such occasion.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	222560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>In the last 12 months, the Business Ambassadors have participated in more than 150 activities in over 40 markets, including giving speeches, mentoring businesses, and participating in key events such as GREAT Weeks and Festivals. Their role is not primarily to lead trade mission but to promote UK business when travelling overseas as part of their own business engagements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The only trade missions in the past 12 months led by a Business Ambassador were both led by the Rt Hon Brian Wilson. The date of the first mission was the 13-16 January 2014 to Cuba, and the other was 16-19 November 2014 to Taiwan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 03/02/2015 14:12:21 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

176331

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
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	Counterfeit Manufacturing: Internet
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 prevent the sale online of counterfeit goods.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	222456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>This Government takes IP crime very seriously and is working closely with law enforcers and rights holders to tackle criminality, including the sale of counterfeit goods online. We have provided an additional £3 million investment in the Police IP Crime Unit (PIPCU), securing its future until 2017. PIPCU is working to remove payment provisions from infringing websites using money laundering legislation, and in 2014 removed 4,650 offending sites with a ‘.co.uk’ address. The Intellectual Property Office continues to share intelligence with relevant enforcement bodies and in the last two weeks contributed to the seizure of a £1m shipment of counterfeit goods, thought to be bound for the online market, by the UK Border Force. This activity is supplemented by education programmes and a government/private industry partnership to provide IP training to enforcement officers and brand representatives to help stem the demand for counterfeit products.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 03/02/2015 14:05:38 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

176545

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
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	Wormwood Scrubs Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the budget of the education department for HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs was in each year from 2010.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
uin	222424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>Learning and skills at HMP Wormwood Scrubs has been delivered by a number of providers, through contracts let by the Skills Funding Agency, during this period. For the academic years 2010/11 and 2011/12, the Offender Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) contract for London was held by Kensington and Chelsea College. For the academic years 2012/13, 2013/14 and the first part of 2014/15, the OLASS contract was held by A4e Ltd. From 2 February 2015, The Manchester College has held the OLASS contract for London.</p><p>The Skills Funding Agency introduced funding changes that base payment to providers on learner achievement when new prison education contracts (OLASS4) commenced in August 2012. Prior to this, providers were paid on the basis of the teaching hours they were programmed to deliver. Direct comparisons between OLASS funding prior to the 2012/13 academic year and now cannot be made.</p><p>The table below sets out OLASS initial contract values for HMP Wormwood Scrubs from the 2012/13 academic year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic Year</p></td><td><p>OLASS initial contract values for HMP Wormwood Scrubs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£1,112,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£1,581,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£1,360,600</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p>1) Figures rounded to nearest 000s</p><p> </p><p>2) In 2012/13 the Agency did not include details of prison level allocations within its contract documentation. The figure given is representative of the proportion of funding available for use at the prison for adult OLASS programme.</p><p> </p><p>3) In 2013/14 the Agency included details of prison level allocations within its contract documentation. This sets out the value expected to be used for delivery of adult OLASS programme at the prison.</p><p> </p><p>4) In 2014/15 the Agency has held 2 contracts for delivery of adult OLASS. The first contract was for the period 1 August 2014 to 31 January 2015. The second is for the period 1 February 2015 to 31 July 2015. The figure given is for the adult OLASS programme elements of these contracts for use at the prison.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The overall value of the OLASS contract for HMP Wormwood Scrubs changed, during the 2013/14 academic year and after January 2014, as set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Initial contract for 2013/14 for HMP Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>£1,581,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Variation 1</p></td><td><p>£1,852,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Variation 2</p></td><td><p>£979,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p>1) Figures rounded to nearest 000s</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Art, Design and Media Studies were taught at HMP Wormwood Scrubs as part of the OLASS learning offer during the first part of the 1014/15 academic year: there was no art, design and media department at the prison. Following an Ofsted inspection and a curriculum review, a local decision was taken to withdraw provision for art, design and media studies and to focus delivery more on maths and English. We do not hold prison-level learner enrolment information centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 222425 222426 question first answered 05/02/2015 10:45:18 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington