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156561

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	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	Quindell
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are investigating Quindell plc and its board of directors and financial advisers; and if not, whether they plan to do so.
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	uin	HL2984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>Quindell plc is Alternative Investment Market (AIM) listed which is controlled by London Stock Exchange and any enquiry relating to possible market abuse sits within the remit of the Financial Conduct Authority.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Insolvency Service has discretionary powers under the Companies Acts to conduct enquiries on behalf of the Secretary of State where it appears that there has been misconduct in relation to the affairs of any company, including those not subject to formal insolvency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For the investigation process to be effective it is essential to maintain confidentiality at all stages and there is also a need to protect the commercial interest of companies against the danger of damage from malicious complaints. For these reasons there are legal restrictions on disclosing information obtained during an enquiry and The Service does not confirm or deny whether an investigation of a particular company is taking place.</p><p> </p><p>Where other regulators and investigating agencies are involved, the Insolvency Service would liaise closely to ensure public money is not wasted duplicating resources.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 01/12/2014 12:09:55 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

156578

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	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	Artificial Sweeteners: Imports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total amount of artificial sweeteners imported into the United Kingdom in 2013.
	tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
	uin	HL3001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>According to HMRC, UK import figures for ‘artificial sweeteners’ are contained within HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics database code HS 21069092 (‘food preparations’, see full definition below). This captures a range of food preparations; it is not possible to split the data to show the amount (value or volume) of UK imports of artificial sweeteners in 2013 separately. The HMRC data shows that the UK imported £326.8 million (76,388,773 kilograms) worth of ‘food preparations’ in 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Note: definition of HS 21069092</em></p><p> </p><p><em>HS 21069092 - Food preparations, n.e.s., not containing milkfats, sucrose, isoglucose starch or glucose or containing, by weight, &lt; 1,5% milkfat, &lt; 5% sucrose or isoglucose, &lt; 5% glucose or &lt; 5% starch</em></p><p> </p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Livingston of Parkhead question first answered 01/12/2014 12:11:31 answering member 4278 label Biography information for Lord Livingston of Parkhead
	tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

156727

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	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	Flexible Working
	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 and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in his Department; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	215176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills operates a flexible working policy that enables employees to work flexibly wherever possible and where this meets the needs of the business. We have been offering our employees the opportunity to work flexibly since April 2012.</p><p>Decisions on how this operates for an individual employee, and consideration of statutory applications to request flexible working, are managed by line managers at a local level.</p><p>We do not hold central records on this and there would therefore be a disproportionate cost incurred in collecting this information from our line managers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 24/11/2014 15:09:37 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

156728

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	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	Regional Growth Fund
	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 has been (a) committed to and (b) spent in each parliamentary constituency in England through the Regional Growth Fund in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	215216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The data is not held in the format requested. A breakdown of Regional Growth Fund committed and paid in each constituency to date for projects only is provided. The amount paid by programmes which have regional or nationwide coverage is included for completeness. Where there is a difference in the amount committed and the amount paid this reflects the payment schedules agreed with each beneficiary. Figures are rounded to the nearest £10,000 and are correct as at the 1 December.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>Constituency </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RGF Committed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RGF Paid to date*</strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Aldershot</p></td><td><p>5,000,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Altrincham and Sale West</p></td><td><p>1,900,000</p></td><td><p>1,420,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashton-under-Lyne</p></td><td><p>1,150,000</p></td><td><p>1,150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley East</p></td><td><p>130,000</p></td><td><p>130,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bassetlaw</p></td><td><p>1,330,000</p></td><td><p>1,330,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Batley and Spen</p></td><td><p>220,000</p></td><td><p>110,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Beverley and Holderness</p></td><td><p>2,870,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham, Ladywood</p></td><td><p>1,860,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham, Perry Barr</p></td><td><p>2,030,000</p></td><td><p>920,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham, Selly Oak</p></td><td><p>2,100,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham, Yardley</p></td><td><p>1,430,000</p></td><td><p>310,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bishop Auckland</p></td><td><p>130,000</p></td><td><p>130,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn</p></td><td><p>1,460,000</p></td><td><p>1,460,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackley and Broughton</p></td><td><p>1,190,000</p></td><td><p>1,050,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blaydon</p></td><td><p>2,250,000</p></td><td><p>1,030,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blyth Valley</p></td><td><p>1,010,000</p></td><td><p>800,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bootle</p></td><td><p>36,010,000</p></td><td><p>15,540,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bosworth</p></td><td><p>19,670,000</p></td><td><p>18,800,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford East</p></td><td><p>2,040,000</p></td><td><p>1,850,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford South</p></td><td><p>2,330,000</p></td><td><p>1,020,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford West</p></td><td><p>17,600,000</p></td><td><p>4,380,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol West</p></td><td><p>4,850,000</p></td><td><p>4,170,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burnley</p></td><td><p>8,810,000</p></td><td><p>8,800,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burton</p></td><td><p>4,500,000</p></td><td><p>4,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calder Valley</p></td><td><p>800,000</p></td><td><p>720,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carlisle</p></td><td><p>2,000,000</p></td><td><p>2,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charnwood</p></td><td><p>4,170,000</p></td><td><p>4,170,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheadle</p></td><td><p>2,000,000</p></td><td><p>1,410,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>12,910,000</p></td><td><p>10,900,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Chester</p></td><td><p>1,350,000</p></td><td><p>820,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleethorpes</p></td><td><p>1,500,000</p></td><td><p>1,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colne Valley</p></td><td><p>1,910,000</p></td><td><p>960,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Congleton</p></td><td><p>4,100,000</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry North West</p></td><td><p>12,150,000</p></td><td><p>260,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry South</p></td><td><p>137,200,000</p></td><td><p>16,490,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crewe and Nantwich</p></td><td><p>12,360,000</p></td><td><p>10,290,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dagenham and Rainham</p></td><td><p>9,300,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster Central</p></td><td><p>18,000,000</p></td><td><p>13,690,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster North</p></td><td><p>1,280,000</p></td><td><p>1,280,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley North</p></td><td><p>700,000</p></td><td><p>700,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Easington</p></td><td><p>12,420,000</p></td><td><p>6,930,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Devon</p></td><td><p>2,000,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Worthing and Shoreham</p></td><td><p>3,230,000</p></td><td><p>3,220,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastleigh</p></td><td><p>3,130,000</p></td><td><p>980,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ellesmere Port and Neston</p></td><td><p>4,060,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faversham and Mid Kent</p></td><td><p>1,000,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forest of Dean</p></td><td><p>1,120,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Garston and Halewood</p></td><td><p>22,220,000</p></td><td><p>6,910,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>1,300,000</p></td><td><p>1,240,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gosport</p></td><td><p>4,490,000</p></td><td><p>2,840,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halesowen and Rowley Regis</p></td><td><p>970,000</p></td><td><p>760,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halton</p></td><td><p>16,360,000</p></td><td><p>14,180,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td><p>11,130,000</p></td><td><p>1,420,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hemsworth</p></td><td><p>5,960,000</p></td><td><p>2,960,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hexham</p></td><td><p>160,000</p></td><td><p>160,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heywood and Middleton</p></td><td><p>480,000</p></td><td><p>500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Houghton and Sunderland South</p></td><td><p>4,600,000</p></td><td><p>2,030,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Huddersfield</p></td><td><p>5,890,000</p></td><td><p>2,660,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hyndburn</p></td><td><p>1,000,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jarrow</p></td><td><p>3,180,000</p></td><td><p>2,230,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenilworth and Southam</p></td><td><p>9,270,000</p></td><td><p>4,890,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull East</p></td><td><p>6,800,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle</p></td><td><p>8,000,000</p></td><td><p>8,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingswood</p></td><td><p>1,000,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowsley</p></td><td><p>11,190,000</p></td><td><p>5,970,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds Central</p></td><td><p>9,920,000</p></td><td><p>6,070,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester South</p></td><td><p>1,070,000</p></td><td><p>660,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lichfield</p></td><td><p>2,470,000</p></td><td><p>1,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>5,580,000</p></td><td><p>1,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool, Riverside</p></td><td><p>6,730,000</p></td><td><p>2,040,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton South</p></td><td><p>35,180,000</p></td><td><p>25,600,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maidstone and The Weald</p></td><td><p>4,560,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Makerfield</p></td><td><p>6,520,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester Central</p></td><td><p>13,120,000</p></td><td><p>9,970,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester, Withington</p></td><td><p>140,000</p></td><td><p>140,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Meriden</p></td><td><p>15,700,000</p></td><td><p>15,700,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mid Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>1,950,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough</p></td><td><p>8,640,000</p></td><td><p>5,610,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland</p></td><td><p>4,900,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle upon Tyne Central</p></td><td><p>10,950,000</p></td><td><p>10,460,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle upon Tyne East</p></td><td><p>6,600,000</p></td><td><p>6,600,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford</p></td><td><p>13,900,000</p></td><td><p>10,010,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Devon</p></td><td><p>1,480,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Durham</p></td><td><p>870,000</p></td><td><p>870,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td><td><p>8,610,000</p></td><td><p>8,610,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Durham</p></td><td><p>1,440,000</p></td><td><p>1,170,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>10,100,000</p></td><td><p>3,740,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham North</p></td><td><p>1,600,000</p></td><td><p>1,600,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham South</p></td><td><p>8,180,000</p></td><td><p>2,150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham East and Saddleworth</p></td><td><p>1,760,000</p></td><td><p>800,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford East</p></td><td><p>1,560,000</p></td><td><p>1,560,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth, Moor View</p></td><td><p>5,010,000</p></td><td><p>340,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport</p></td><td><p>4,490,000</p></td><td><p>4,490,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth North</p></td><td><p>2,250,000</p></td><td><p>1,910,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth South</p></td><td><p>1,470,000</p></td><td><p>790,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redcar</p></td><td><p>11,790,000</p></td><td><p>8,780,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond (Yorks)</p></td><td><p>140,000</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>1,600,000</p></td><td><p>1,600,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rossendale and Darwen</p></td><td><p>2,150,000</p></td><td><p>1,510,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rother Valley</p></td><td><p>8,240,000</p></td><td><p>6,320,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td><td><p>15,870,000</p></td><td><p>14,850,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford and Eccles</p></td><td><p>4,880,000</p></td><td><p>2,030,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sedgefield</p></td><td><p>9,750,000</p></td><td><p>5,630,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sherwood</p></td><td><p>500,000</p></td><td><p>380,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>18,650,000</p></td><td><p>10,490,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>4,340,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Norfolk</p></td><td><p>10,440,000</p></td><td><p>10,020,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>1,300,000</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Devon</p></td><td><p>3,100,000</p></td><td><p>1,780,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>2,990,000</p></td><td><p>2,990,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton, Itchen</p></td><td><p>10,900,000</p></td><td><p>8,720,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spelthorne</p></td><td><p>1,030,000</p></td><td><p>930,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens North</p></td><td><p>1,100,000</p></td><td><p>1,100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens South and Whiston</p></td><td><p>5,000,000</p></td><td><p>5,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Ives</p></td><td><p>6,500,000</p></td><td><p>4,390,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stafford</p></td><td><p>4,000,000</p></td><td><p>4,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stalybridge and Hyde</p></td><td><p>2,100,000</p></td><td><p>2,100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton North</p></td><td><p>12,410,000</p></td><td><p>6,600,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton South</p></td><td><p>9,380,000</p></td><td><p>6,270,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent Central</p></td><td><p>6,420,000</p></td><td><p>3,310,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent North</p></td><td><p>3,980,000</p></td><td><p>3,960,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent South</p></td><td><p>5,050,000</p></td><td><p>1,320,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stratford-on-Avon</p></td><td><p>1,200,000</p></td><td><p>1,200,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stretford and Urmston</p></td><td><p>15,000,000</p></td><td><p>15,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland Central</p></td><td><p>7,750,000</p></td><td><p>2,270,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tatton</p></td><td><p>2,200,000</p></td><td><p>650,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tewkesbury</p></td><td><p>1,250,000</p></td><td><p>1,170,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Cotswolds</p></td><td><p>120,000</p></td><td><p>70,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torbay</p></td><td><p>1,200,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Totnes</p></td><td><p>1,200,000</p></td><td><p>1,200,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tynemouth</p></td><td><p>370,000</p></td><td><p>280,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>9,410,000</p></td><td><p>9,410,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wansbeck</p></td><td><p>470,000</p></td><td><p>350,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wantage</p></td><td><p>1,250,000</p></td><td><p>500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warley</p></td><td><p>500,000</p></td><td><p>500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Washington and Sunderland West</p></td><td><p>19,080,000</p></td><td><p>19,080,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wells</p></td><td><p>2,500,000</p></td><td><p>2,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wentworth and Dearne</p></td><td><p>1,260,000</p></td><td><p>670,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Bromwich West</p></td><td><p>1,880,000</p></td><td><p>1,770,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Lancashire</p></td><td><p>1,250,000</p></td><td><p>570,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>3,000,000</p></td><td><p>2,910,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westmorland and Lonsdale</p></td><td><p>3,370,000</p></td><td><p>2,430,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>1,150,000</p></td><td><p>900,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral South</p></td><td><p>12,770,000</p></td><td><p>6,260,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woking</p></td><td><p>120,000</p></td><td><p>120,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton South East</p></td><td><p>650,000</p></td><td><p>650,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton South West</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td><td><p>70,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcester</p></td><td><p>1,010,000</p></td><td><p>1,010,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yeovil</p></td><td><p>37,260,000</p></td><td><p>12,130,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No Constituency assigned</p></td><td><p>44,460,000</p></td><td><p>16,550,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Programmes</p></td><td><p>1,605,070,000</p></td><td><p>991,200,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Grand Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,621,730,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,531,130,000</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>* A drawdown schedule is agreed with each organisation when they sign their grant offer letter but matches the beneficiary’s own investment schedule. For the recently contracted Round 5 awards, payments are scheduled through to March 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 15/12/2014 15:50:34 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 29554 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

156756

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	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	Emigration: Skilled Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research he has commissioned on the economic loss incurred as a result of the emigration of highly-skilled workers from the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
	uin	215135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>No such work has been commissioned to date.</p><p> </p><p>In the year ending March 2014 net migration to the UK, the difference between the number of people entering and leaving the UK, stood at +243,000.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures from the ONS show that 316,000 emigrated from the UK whilst 560,000 immigrated to it. Of those emigrating 131,000 were UK citizens, accounting for 41% of the total numbers, and of this number 57% emigrated for work related reasons, (although there is no clarification whether the work was highly skilled or not).</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 25/11/2014 14:56:27 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

156777

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	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	Small Businesses: Clacton
	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 effect of his policies to support small and medium-sized enterprises on businesses in Clacton constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	215147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>Small businesses are vital to our economy and our small business owners have driven this economic recovery. The Clacton constituency has benefitted from a number of support schemes. The Business Bank’s Start-Up Loan programme has already provided 26 loans, with a value of £99,230 to people starting a business in Clacton. And since May 2010, the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme has supported 14 loans in the area with a total value of £1.8m.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>We are committed to making Britain the best place in the world to start and grow a business, and are doing this in a number of ways:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>A more stable economic environment.</li><li>£10 billion of financing will be unlocked for smaller business over the next 5 years by our British Business Bank;</li><li>Government grants of up to £3,000 for better internet connectivity are available to small businesses;</li><li>The Business Support Helpline is available to provide bespoke information and advice;</li><li>Cuts to corporation tax from 28% to 21%; and</li><li>£2,000 cut from the National Insurance bills of small firms from the new Employment Allowance.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/11/2014 11:13:51 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

156796

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	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	Post Office Card Account
	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 Department for Work and Pensions about the future of the Post Office card account after the current contract ends in March 2015; and when he expects a decision on this matter to be announced.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
	uin	215313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>I regularly discuss matters relating to Post Office Ltd with colleagues, including those from the Department for Work and Pensions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is not involved in commercial negotiations between other Departments and Post Office Ltd. Post Office Ltd and the Department for Work and Pensions are currently discussing the future of the Post Office card account and an announcement will be made when these discussions are concluded.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 26/11/2014 15:03:18 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

156806

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	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	Consumers: Protection
	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 merits of consolidating Government schemes relating to the accreditation of tradespeople.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
	uin	215318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government aims to foster greater collaboration between schemes aimed at protecting the consumer as it believes that such collaborations will both enhance clarity and protection to the consumer and thus further marginalise the unscrupulous trader. To support these ambitions relevant Departments are engaged in exploratory discussions to foster closer working between government-sponsored schemes in the home repair, maintenance and improvement (RMI) market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 25/11/2014 13:08:48 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin

156807

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	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	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, if he will confirm whether his Department has conducted a sectoral impact assessment of the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on UK business.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
	uin	215265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The Centre for Economic Policy Research’s assessment of the potential impact of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on the UK includes projections of the impact for 20 sectors. For details, please see the report which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-and-investment-agreement-between-eu-and-usa-estimated-impact-on-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-and-investment-agreement-between-eu-and-usa-estimated-impact-on-uk</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/11/2014 14:03:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin

156808

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	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	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, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in other EU member states on the proposed disputes procedure in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
	uin	215292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has ongoing discussions on investor-state dispute settlement provisions in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) with EU member states, the European Commission, MEPs and other stakeholders. We want investment protection provisions that guarantee the right of governments to legislate in the public interest while ensuring access to justice for investors who are discriminated against or treated unfairly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/11/2014 15:52:12 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin