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46837

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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
	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 in Regional Growth Fund money is currently held by intermediaries; and how much such money has been allocated (a) in each bidding round, (b) to each intermediary and (c) in each region.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	195284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>From the four Regional Growth Fund (RGF) bidding rounds, £1.5 billion has been allocated to RGF programmes from which grants are made to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs.)</p><p> </p><p>Of this, £452 million was allocated to 13 endowment programmes in Rounds 1 and 2 that received the full payment of their RGF grant upfront. These programmes have since invested £144 million to date in individual projects, and of the remaining £308 million held by such endowment programmes, a further £154 million is already committed to specific SME projects.</p><p> </p><p>Non–endowment programmes are funded a quarter in advance on evidence of credible pipeline projects. These programmes have spent £172 million with a further £151 million of RGF paid to them in the last financial quarter under the expectation it would be spent this quarter. The money held by these programmes is not causing any delay to individual projects as businesses claim the money according to their business needs. A table of RGF funding allocated to intermediaries by each bidding round and region will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon attachment 1 file name table for PQ 195284.doc title Regional Growth Funding
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

46173

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	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
	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 collect data by constituency on apprenticeships in each industrial sector.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	194613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>We do not collect information centrally on Apprenticeships by industrial sector at the Parliamentary Constituency level. Table 1 shows information from the 2012[1] UKCES Employer Perspectives Survey on the proportion of employers that offer formal Apprenticeships by industrial sector in the UK.</p><p /> <p /> <p>Information on Apprenticeship starts by Sector Subject Area and geography is published in a Supplementary Table to a Statistical First Release (SFR):</p><p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p /> <p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2</a></p><p /> <p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/308418/apprenticeship-starts-by-region-and-sector-subject-area.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/308418/apprenticeship-starts-by-region-and-sector-subject-area.xls</a></p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Sector Subject Areas are not the same as industrial sectors. Within an industrial sector a learner may undertake a wide range of Apprenticeship frameworks, and individual frameworks are assigned under the Sector Subject Area classification.</p><p /> <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p> </p><br /><p>[1]<a href="http://www.ukces.org.uk/assets/ukces/docs/publications/evidence-report-64-ukces-employer-perspectives-survey-2012-full-report.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ukces.org.uk/assets/ukces/docs/publications/evidence-report-64-ukces-employer-perspectives-survey-2012-full-report.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name UIN 194613 - Apprenticeships by Sector table.doc title Table 1: Apprenticeships by Industrial Sector
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

57662

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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: Yorkshire and the Humber
	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 in Yorkshire and the Humber were exporting to (a) the EU and (b) all countries in each year since 2008.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	198517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The number of businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber exporting goods to the EU and all countries in each year since 2008 is given in the attached table. The data is sourced from HMRC's Regional Trade Statistics database and covers trade in goods only. A count of services exporters by region is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/06/2014 14:54:09 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon attachment 1 file name Trade Statistics for Businesses Exporting.docx title Exporting Statistics for Yorkshire and the Humber
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

61946

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	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: Scotland
	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 value of exports from businesses in (a) Glasgow North West constituency, (b) Glasgow and (c) Scotland to other EU member states in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	200757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The value of goods exported by businesses in Scotland to other EU countries in each of the last five years is given in Table 1 below. Figures are not compiled for areas below Government Office Region (NUTS 1) level, such as Glasgow and Glasgow North West.</p><p>These figures relate to exports of <strong>goods</strong> only. Regional data on exports of <strong>services</strong> is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 24/06/2014 15:52:36 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon attachment 1 file name Scottish Exports.docx title Value of Scottish exports of goods to EU countries
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

78988

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	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	Buildings
	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 review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	206680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>There has been, and continues to be, substantial investment in reviewing BIS Departmental Estates in order to reduce costs. We have made substantial investment which has proven most successful in delivering an Estates Transition Programme.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 01/09/2014 15:48:11 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson attachment 1 file name PQ UIN 206680 - Departmental Estate.docx title Estates Transition Programme - Objectives
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

57659

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Higher Education: York
	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 funding for each (a) undergraduate and (b) postgraduate student the Higher Education Funding Council for England allocated to (i) the University of York and (ii) York St John University in (A) cash and (B) at current prices in each year since 1997-98.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	198514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The attached tables show the amount of grant distributed by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) for teaching and research per full-time equivalent student for each of the years requested. There have been changes in HEFCE's funding methodology over this period, so these tables do not provide like for like yearly comparisons. In particular, the data prior to 1998-99 are not available in a similar format to that for later years.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 12/06/2014 15:49:39 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts attachment 1 file name HEFCE funding for undergraduate and postgraduate students.docx title HEFCE funding for teaching & research FT student.
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

63556

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	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	Educational Testing Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what current contracts (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's executive agencies or non-departmental public bodies hold with the Educational Testing Service or any of that organisation's subsidiaries.
	tabling member constituency	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
	tabling member printed	Mr Nick Gibb
	uin	202232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not have any contracts with the Educational Testing Service or any of its subsidiaries.</p><p /> <p>I have approached the Chief Executives of the Department's Executive Agencies (Insolvency Service, Companies House, National Measurement Office, Intellectual Property Office, UK Space Agency, Ordnance Survey, Met Office, Land Registry and the Skills Funding Agency) and they will respond to my Hon. Friend directly.</p><p /> <p>Information for non-departmental public bodies is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 01/07/2014 14:12:38 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson attachment 1 file name Executive Agency letters - UIN202232.pdf title Executive Agency letters
	tabling member	111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb

76237

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	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	Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which organisations collect subscriptions through the employers' payroll service in their Department and its agencies.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	204494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>BIS collects subscriptions through our payroll service from the following organisations:</p><p>HMRC, C&amp;E Sports, Pension PARL, PCS Union, Prospect, HASSRA Lottery, Benhealthcare, SimplyHealth,</p><p>DSRA Lottery, Charities Aid Foundation, Birmingham Hos Saturday Fund, Welsh Hospitals, Charities Trust,</p><p>Cash For Health, Westfield Health, CS Benevolent, British Health Care Ass, Scottish Ben Fund,</p><p>CS Sports Council, Civil Service Club, Sun Life Assurance, National Friendly, HSA Individual,</p><p>Sov Health Care, Healthshield, Healthsure Group, First Division Association, Leeds Hospital Fund,</p><p>Hospital Saturday Fund, AVC EQLIFE DB, Minerva SSA ( DTI Sports), Merseyside Health, AVC Equitable Life,</p><p>Pension Standard Life, Pension TUC PRU, AVC Scottish Widows, Pension Scottish Widow,</p><p>UK CS Benefit Society, AVC StandLife, DESO Ret Officer Ass.</p><p>I have approached the Chief Executives of the Department's Executive Agencies (Insolvency Service, Companies House, National Measurement Office, Intellectual Property Office, UK Space Agency, Ordnance Survey, Met Office, Land Registry and the Skills Funding Agency) and they will respond to the Hon. Member directly.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 15/07/2014 16:07:42 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson attachment 1 file name Executive Agency Letters for UIN 204494.pdf title Executive Agency Letters - UIN 204494
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

57658

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Higher Education: York
	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 capital funding the Government allocated to (a) York College, (b) Askham Bryan College, (c) the University of York and (d) York St John University in each year since 1995-96.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	198513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The capital funding allocated by this Department and its predecessor departments to York College, the University of York and the University of York St John in each year between 1992 and 2000 is not readily available. However, the capital allocations for each of the institutions named since 2000/01 is in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 11/06/2014 13:45:50 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts attachment 1 file name Capital allocations for colleges and universities since 2000-01.docx title Capital allocations since 2000/01
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

65633

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	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	British Business Bank
	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 small and medium-sized business in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England and Wales have (i) applied for and (ii) been granted loans by the British Business Bank in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	203964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>The British Business Bank does not lend directly to small and medium-sized businesses.</p><p>However, the British Business Bank does administer a number of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills' schemes designed to improve access to finance for small and medium-sized businesses by facilitating lending which would not otherwise take place.</p><p>In all cases the loans are made by third party lenders and neither the Department nor the Business Bank plays any part in the individual lending decisions.</p><p>In some instances the loans are made using capital partially or wholly provided by the Department as either a grant or a loan and in other cases the lenders' own capital is used under the partial protection of a guarantee from the Department.</p><p>The devolved nature of the delivery arrangements mean that the Department does not hold fully comparable information on the number of applications received by each lender in each programme but information on loans drawn down in the Financial Year 2013/14 is available as follows:</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/07/2014 13:39:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name British Business Bank loans.docx title British Business Bank loans to SMEs
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero