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435759

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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	UK Trade and Investment: Staff
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 UK Trade and Investment staff worked in each of the industrial sectors on 1 April 2015; and what the budget for each such sector is in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	19008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>UK Trade &amp; Investment supports eleven sectors, and other priority sectors, such as creative industries and the information economy.</p><br /><p>We are working with a number of other Government departments to ensure companies of all sectors are represented in Government efforts overseas.</p><br /><p>The table below shows the number of staff on 1 April 2015 and the most recent budget information for our core sector teams and investment organisations.</p><br /> <br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Staff</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Budget, £m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Consumer, Retail &amp; E-exporting</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Creative Industries &amp; Global Sports &amp; Construction</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKTI Education</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Energy &amp; Transport</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>3.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Healthcare UK</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information Economy</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Advanced Manufacturing</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKTI Agri-Tech Organisation</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKTI Automotive Investment Organisation</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKTI Financial Services Organisation</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Innovation Gateway</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKTI Life Science Organisation</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKTI Offshore Wind Investment Organisation</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKTI Regeneration Investment Organisation</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/12/2015 17:33:13 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

435760

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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	Defence and Security Organisation
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 staff worked for the UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation on 1 April 2015; and what the budget of that organisation is for 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	19009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>At 1 April 2015 the UK Trade &amp; Investment Defence and Security Organisation had 140 staff-in-post. As at 1 April the 2015-16 budget for UKTI DSO was £9.75M NET.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/12/2015 17:35:41 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

435765

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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	Living Wage
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 14 September 2015 to Question 8893, when he plans to publish the impact assessment for the introduction of the national living wage; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	19022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government has published a full impact assessment alongside draft regulations to implement the National Living Wage. These documents were laid before Parliament on Monday 7 December 2015. Regulations will be debated in both Houses of Parliament in time to come into force on 1 April 2016.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/12/2015 15:52:03 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

433905

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
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	Social Mobility
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 19 October 2015 to Question 11065 and with reference to the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission's report, Downward Mobility, Opportunity Hoarding and the Glass Floor, published in June 2015, what discussions the Government has had with the devolved administrations on that report's findings that children from better-off families are hoarding opportunities in the education system and in the labour market.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	18612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>There have been no discussions with devolved administrations specifically in relation to this report.</p><p>However, it should be noted that many key levers for improving social mobility such as apprenticeships, traineeships and higher education have some degree of devolution across the UK and so policy decisions on these issues should be referred to the relevant devolved administration.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/12/2015 15:52:46 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

433729

registered interest
date	02/12/2015
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	Small Businesses: Finance
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 conducted of the adequacy of the level of financial support offered to small businesses that have been in operation for two years or less; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	18526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government recognises that new businesses can encounter difficulties in obtaining the finance they need to start-up or grow. However I am encouraged that net lending to smaller businesses has been recovering strongly since the end of 2014. The Bank of England has reported that credit conditions for SMEs seeking finance are improving and the SME Finance Monitor shows that 80% of SME loan and overdraft applications were successful in the 18 months to 2015 Q3, up from 68% in Q4 2013.</p><p>Latest figures show that net SME lending from banks participating in the Funding for Lending Scheme grew by £675m in the third quarter and the Bank of England recently announced that allowances earned by banks for increasing their net lending under the scheme will be available to draw down for a further two years. The government also continues to fund start-up loans, with more than 33,000 loans worth over £180 million issued so far and a target to deliver 75,000 loans by the end of the parliament.</p><p>I am also encouraged by our growing alternative finance sector, with the UK the leading fin tech centre of Europe.</p><p>A recent report from the Legatum Institute rated the UK as the best country in the EU in which to start a business and the government will continue to back our small businesses to start and grow.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/12/2015 17:31:04 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

433137

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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	Public Houses: Training
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 have discussions with pub chains on training staff to identify people with suicidal tendencies in order to stop serving such people alcohol.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	18209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Business Innovation and Skills has no plans to undertake such discussions but as part of the continuing programme of work to support the government’s suicide prevention strategy, Public Health England has published guidance for local authorities to develop local suicide prevention action plans. The guidance suggests that local authorities establish a local suicide prevention group and work with relevant organisations in their area to co-ordinate activities to reduce suicide. Those groups can work with landlords and pub managers.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/12/2015 17:31:40 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon