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458969

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
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	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, how much the Government has spent on overnight accommodation for (a) ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials relating to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiation process; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	30540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to my answer of 9 March to question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-03-02/29561/" target="_blank">29561</a> concerning travel costs incurred by Ministers and officials in relation to the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. My answer would also apply to cost of overnight accommodation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/03/2016 11:31:08 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

472710

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
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	Self-employed
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 he is taking to support self-employed people.
tabling member constituency	Macclesfield
tabling member printed	David Rutley
uin	904109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The New Enterprise Allowance and Start Up Loan Schemes are making it easier for people to move into self-employment. Help is available from local growth hubs and the Business Support Helpline. Julie Deane has conducted an independent review into what more can be done to support the self-employed. Her report was published in February and we will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 15/03/2016 17:23:12 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4033 label Biography information for David Rutley

472711

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
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	Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what investment the Government is making in innovation in order to safeguard sovereign capability in materials for the defence and nuclear industries.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	904101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>Through Innovate UK we are investing £300m to support high potential opportunities in advanced materials and manufacturing. This investment is delivered through the High Value Manufacturing Catapult centres, including the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre and the National Composites Centre.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with industry through the Defence Growth Partnership to stimulate innovation and improve competitiveness across the UK defence sector.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 15/03/2016 16:14:15 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

472712

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
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	Innovation
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 he is taking to support innovation.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	904103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>We committed in our manifesto to making the UK the best place in Europe to innovate, patent new ideas and grow a business. We are strongly supporting innovation through providing the right business environment for investment with R&amp;D Tax Credits, and a wide range of support through our innovation agency – Innovate UK. This includes our network of Catapult Centres.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010 the UK has risen from 14<sup>th</sup> to second place in the Global Innovation Index. My Rt Hon friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills recently announced that we will be publishing a National Innovation Plan to build on this progress.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 15/03/2016 16:33:48 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

472713

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
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	Sunday Trading: Conditions of Employment
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 an assessment of the potential effect of the proposed extension of Sunday trading hours on the pay and conditions of retail workers.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	904104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>In view of the will of the House, we are no longer pursuing the extension of Sunday trading hours.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bromsgrove answering member printed Sajid Javid question first answered 15/03/2016 16:30:48 answering member 3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

472714

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
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	Broadband: Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on improving access to broadband for businesses.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	904107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>Nearly 3.7m homes and businesses have superfast broadband available for the first time thanks to the Government’s investment programme.</p><p> </p><p>I have regular discussions with my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on maintaining and securing the UK’s place as a world leader in broadband.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business recently announced a joint BIS/DCMS Review into Business Broadband to ensure businesses are able to access the affordable, high-speed broadband they need and deserve.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/03/2016 16:07:03 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

472715

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
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	Business: Equality
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 he is taking to encourage gender diversity in company ownership.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	904105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The UK has been named as one of the best places in Europe to start a business with an increase of 900,000 businesses between 2010 and 2015. And around 1 million (20%) of all our SMEs in UK were led by women in 2014, an increase of around 170,000 from 2010. We have also exceeded the 25% representation of women on FTSE 100 boards.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 15/03/2016 17:27:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

458387

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	Labour Market: Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what restrictions there are on who is allowed to access LMI for All data; and what assessment his Department or the UK Commission for Employment and Skills has made of how that data is being used by third parties.
tabling member constituency	South East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Lucy Frazer
uin	30164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>There are no restrictions to accessing LMI for All.The data in LMI for All is made available via an Application Programming Interface (API) for use in websites and applications. Neither the Department nor the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) evaluates or assesses the impact of third party applications and websites although UKCES tracks the use of the LMI for All service by such websites and applications. A report containing detailed case studies focusing on specific applications is currently under preparation and will be published this year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 11/03/2016 13:55:56 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer

458388

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	Labour Market: Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the data collected by the Government for use in the LMI for All programme includes the (a) school attended, (b) A-levels studied, (c) subject taken at university, (d) name of the university, (e) apprenticeship taken, where appropriate, (f) employment subject area, (g) salary earned and (h) name of employer for the individuals recorded; and what his policy is on continuing the provision of LMI for All.
tabling member constituency	South East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Lucy Frazer
uin	30154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>LMI for All does not contain information about individual people. It is an online open source data service which brings together public labour market information from organisations such as the Office for National Statistics and the Higher Education Statistics Agency.</p><p>It has been agreed that LMI for All will transfer to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills later this year.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 14/03/2016 17:22:35 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer

458389

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	Labour Market: Information
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 his Department has made of the potential merits of the collection and use of LMI for All data.
tabling member constituency	South East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Lucy Frazer
uin	30155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has consulted the Devolved Administrations and other users of labour market information on future research priorities. This identified the importance of LMI for All data, and it has been agreed that LMI for All will transfer to BIS later this year.</p><p>The UK Commission for Employment and Skills tracks the use of the LMI for All service by such websites and applications. Current users of LMI for All include careers websites such as icould, SACU, RCU and Plotr. In addition, Active Informatics, and National Careers Service contractor Adviza are using LMI for All in their subscription based services offered to schools, colleges and universities. A number of government departments and agencies, including the Department for Work and Pensions, National Careers Service and Skills Development Scotland are also developing resources and tools that draw upon LMI for All. A report containing detailed case studies focusing on specific applications is currently under preparation and will be published this year.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 14/03/2016 17:21:58 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer