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533699

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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	New Businesses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the risk that leaving the EU could negatively affect the growth of startup companies in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL1067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>There will be no immediate changes to the UK’s relationship with the EU, in the way goods can move or services can be sold.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the UK remains open for business and continues to grow and thrive.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 13/07/2016 15:09:01 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

438469

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
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	New Businesses
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 business start-ups and entrepreneurship.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	902720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Start-Up Loans scheme supports people wanting to start a business and has provided over 33,500 loans worth over £180 million. The Government is providing further funding to Growth Hubs to help businesses at the local level, as well as cutting taxes on small businesses, extending rate relief and increasing the Employment Allowance.</p><br /><p>The latest stats from the ONS show that the number of UK start-ups has reached record levels with some 351,000 new businesses launched in 2014.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 15/12/2015 17:50:34 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

424459

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
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	New Businesses
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 how many small businesses have been started in (a) Bristol, (b) London and (c) England in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	13933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>There is no single data source that comprehensively measures all business start-ups within the UK.</p><p>However, ONS publishes statistics showing the number of businesses newly registered for VAT or PAYE.</p><p>These figures are available from the ONS Business Demography releases.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/11/2015 14:54:40 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

417087

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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	New Businesses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to encourage more accelerators and incubators outside London to support all entrepreneurs across the country.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>We encourage business support across the country by investing in projects in many regions. The Government is investing £15m in 4 University Enterprise Zones (UEZs) to test how university-led incubators, with associated business support, can contribute to economic growth and productivity gains. The pilot UEZs are in Bradford (Leeds City Region), Bristol, Liverpool and Nottingham. The Government is also investing £4.8m capital to support the development of a new spin-out centre for small high tech businesses in the life sciences sector, based at Cambridge Science Park.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 22/09/2015 13:11:53 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

389445

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
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	New Businesses
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 (a) applicants and (b) successful applicants there have been in each (i) UK region and (ii) local authority area to the Government's Start Up Loan Scheme since its establishment.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	6771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Start Up Loans and business support are provided directly by a network of delivery partners. Not all information regarding expressions of interest or applications is passed through centrally to the Start Up Loans Company. Therefore we cannot provide an accurate picture of the total number of applicants. However, in total more than 30,000 Start Up Loans have been issued to budding entrepreneurs across the country since the scheme launched in June 2012. A breakdown by region and local authority area is attached.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 21/07/2015 16:28:36 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name Start-Up-Loans-by-Region-to-30-June-2015.pdf title Start Up Loans by region and local authority
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

228067

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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	New Businesses
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 his Department has invested in start-up accelerators and incubators in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	228057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Growth Deals</p><p>Several accelerator and incubator projects were proposed under Growth Deals and the details of these and the associated costs are attached in the annex. Note that Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) have the flexibility to reprioritise projects based on local needs.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2015 the government announced an additional £11m investment in new tech entrepreneur hubs in Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield. They will create thriving local ecosystems by nurturing start-ups, fostering collaboration, and providing mentoring, learning and business support.</p><p> </p><p>University Enterprise Zones</p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is investing £15m capital in a three year pilot (14/15 – 16/17) to establish four University Enterprise Zones (UEZs) in Bradford, Bristol, Liverpool and Nottingham. Led by Universities, the UEZs will provide physical space/facilities for small, innovative start-up businesses. Businesses will also be able to access wraparound business support packages, specialist facilities and expert knowledge, including support from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-trade-investment" target="_blank">UKTI</a> to promote inward investment onto their sites. The Government investment of £15m will leverage over £47m from private and public sector sources. The UEZs are focused on sectors of relevance to the areas – digital health, robotics, sensors and advance manufacturing.</p><p> </p><p>Projects commenced in the second half of 2014/15 and the majority of the funding will be pulled down in years 15/16 and 16/17. The first centres will open for business in spring 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Profiled expenditure is in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£0.848m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£7.054m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£7.499m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Science Park Business Incubator</p><p>The Government is providing £4.8m capital funding in 2015/16 for a new business incubator on Cambridge Science Park (Cambridge Science Park Technology Centre). The incubator will support innovative, early stage companies, primarily in the life sciences sector. This forms part of the Government’s long term economic plan for the East of England to increase the growth rate, building on the world class science and technology base of Cambridge and the surrounding area.</p><p>Full details of current Growth Deals projects can be found in the attached document.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/03/2015 11:28:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name Growth-Deals-Projects-Details-228057.doc title Growth Deals project details
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

224637

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
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	New Businesses
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 improve the UK's ranking in the Word Bank's Doing Business survey for (a) starting a business, (b) registering property, (c) getting electricity and (d) enforcing contracts.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	226103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The World Bank recognises the UK as one of the best places in the world to do business. Their latest Ease of Doing Business ranking saw the UK climb to 8<sup>th</sup>. This is evidence that our economic plan is delivering a more competitive economy; we are delivering on our commitment to make Britain the best place in the world to start and grow a business.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is clearly still more to do.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>With regard to specific action on the indicators mentioned:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Starting a business</strong>: The UK already has an online company registration system that compares favourably with the best in the world. In their latest Doing Business report, the World Bank applauded the efficiency of the UK’s company registry, Companies House, in a case study. Our Employment Allowance means no business pays the first £2000 of employers NICs, helping businesses create jobs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have improved the tax registration system for new businesses so processing new PAYE applications takes 3 days instead of 8. We are developing a one-click registration tool that should reduce the time and procedures to register even further. Delivery for this is planned for 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Registering property</strong>: The Infrastructure Bill, which received Royal Assent on 12<sup>th</sup> February this year, contains provisions to enable Land Registry to provide a single digital Local Land Charges service. This service will improve access, standardise fees and improve turnaround times for property professionals and citizens. <br> <br></p><p> </p><p><strong>Getting electricity</strong>: The Department for Business Innovation and Skills, the Department for Energy and Climate Change and the energy regulator Ofgem have worked closely to improve the provision of new electricity connections. Ofgem will be implementing measures to remove barriers to competition in the connections market later this year. Increasing competition in the connections market will improve the quality of service and should help to drive down connection costs and times.</p><p> </p><p><br> <strong>Enforcing contracts</strong>: The Department for Business Innovation and Skills has been working closely with the Ministry of Justice to improve the speed in at which contract disputes are resolved. The World Bank measures the performance of the court system in London. Central London County Court is undergoing significant transformation to deliver an improved service to court users and make best use of its administrative and judicial resources. The Ministry of Justice have set up a pilot in London where the Central London County Court acts as the multi-track triage centre for London. Previously cases were managed at the individual centres around London before being sent to CLCC for final hearing. This streamlining of the case management process should reduce the length of disputes by between 30 – 90 days.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/03/2015 15:10:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

168562

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
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	New Businesses
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 businesses have been started in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and (c) Barnsley in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	217724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The estimated number of business start-ups in a) England, b) Yorkshire and the Humber, c) Barnsley between 2010 and 2014 are shown in the table below. These statistics are compiled from BankSearch data, which does not report on the size of start-ups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Estimated number of business start-ups (2010 to 2014)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>Barnsley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>433,300</p></td><td><p>33,780</p></td><td><p>1,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>458,020</p></td><td><p>34,410</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>440,400</p></td><td><p>33,310</p></td><td><p>1,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>398,860</p></td><td><p>29,630</p></td><td><p>1,050</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: BankSearch: number of new business bank accounts opened. All figures rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/12/2014 16:27:30 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 33056 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

168139

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
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	New Businesses
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 enterprises have been started in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley local authority area, (c) South Yorkshire and (d) the UK in each of the last five years; and what proportion of such businesses is still trading.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
uin	217500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The estimated number of business start-ups in a) Barnsley East constituency, b) Barnsley local authority, c) South Yorkshire and d) Great Britain between 2009 and 2014 are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These statistics are compiled from BankSearch data, which does not cover Northern Ireland. BankSearch does not report on the size of start-ups, nor the proportion of start-ups that were still trading in subsequent years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Estimated number of business start-ups (2009 to 2014)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Barnsley East constituency</p></td><td><p>Barnsley local authority</p></td><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>Great Britain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>1,010</p></td><td><p>6,630</p></td><td><p>428,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>1,190</p></td><td><p>7,350</p></td><td><p>482,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td><td><p>7,580</p></td><td><p>507,870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>1,120</p></td><td><p>7,400</p></td><td><p>489,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>1,050</p></td><td><p>6,610</p></td><td><p>446,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: BankSearch: number of new business bank accounts opened. All figures rounded to nearest 10.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/12/2014 16:24:18 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher