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166920

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
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	Renewable Energy
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 capacity of his Department's buildings for the micro-generation of renewable energy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	216581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department currently has a number of renewable energy installations installed for micro-generation.</p><p> </p><p>BIS Core produced 10,615kwh of electricity between June-September (Quarter 2) this year. This is produced from PV arrays set on the roof of 1 Victoria Street.</p><p> </p><p>The Biomass boiler at Companies House in Cardiff produces 88% of heating for the building producing 227 tonnes of carbon per annum and is an Ofgem case study and Carbon Trust Exemplar.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2014 the Department as a whole has produced:</p><p> </p><ul><li>122,967kwh of electricity</li><li>3,500kwh of heat</li><li>32,022kwh of CHP electricity</li><li>62,880kwh of CHP heat</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Assessments to install micro-generation across sites are being made however are faced with a number of challenges including site constraints, funding and payback before lease expiry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 04/12/2014 15:55:09 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

166922

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
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	Dairy Products: Marketing
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 spent on marketing support for (a) milk and (b) other dairy products in financial years (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14; and if he will make statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	216490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>None. I refer my Rt. Hon. Friend to the answer given by my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 4 December 2014 to question 216512.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 08/12/2014 16:25:49 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

166924

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
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	Construction: 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 steps his Department is taking to improve skills in the construction industry.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	216497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>Under the auspices of the Construction Leadership Council, the house building industry is developing an action plan to address three immediate priorities: improving the image of house building; attracting back experienced workers who left during the recession; and attracting other workers with relevant skills.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More widely, this Government is making a number of reforms to the skills system to improve skills supply; putting employers in the driving seat and making providers more responsive to their needs. Government is also currently undertaking a triennial review of the way the Construction Industry Training Board operates. CITB is undertaking reforms that will seek to improve the service it delivers to the sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, Government believes that a more robust and more visible Government construction procurement pipeline is key to improving investment decisions in construction. We are working to enhance the pipeline to give construction businesses the confidence to upskill staff, to recruit, and to commit to apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 08/12/2014 15:31:26 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

166925

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
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	Dairy Products: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department gives to dairy exporters who wish to enter the Chinese market; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	216498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>UK dairy exporters who wish to enter the Chinese market have full access to the range of services offered by UK Trade and Investment, the Government department that helps UK based companies succeed globally. These services include advice from experts, help with introductions to key contacts in China and support for market visits and exhibitions.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/12/2014 16:35:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

166927

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
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	Dairy Products
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 bring forward proposals to extend the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator to cover the dairy supply chain.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	216499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The jurisdiction of the Groceries Code Adjudicator already extends to direct suppliers of the large supermarkets in the dairy supply chain. I have no plans to bring forward proposals to extend its remit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Adjudicator was created under the Groceries Adjudicator Act 2013 to oversee and to enforce the Groceries Supply Code of Practice. The Code applies to the ten largest grocery retailers in the UK; and governs their commercial relationships with their direct suppliers of food, drink and some household goods. It imposes on retailers an over-arching principle of fair dealing with their suppliers; and includes specific provisions governing terms of supply, the timing of payments, and commercial arrangements related to marketing and promotions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Code does not extend to pricing, which is the responsibility of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The CMA can carry out investigations where there is evidence of abuse of a dominant position or market abuse.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Government does not generally intervene in what businesses charge consumers for their goods and services, we do recognise the concerns over the current pressures on milk prices. That is why the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs brought forward and chaired a meeting of the Dairy Supply Chain Forum last month. Members – including retailer representatives – discussed the recommendations made in the recent independent review of the dairy industry voluntary Code of Practice, one of which was to explore the possibility of expanding adoption of the Code within the supply chain to include retailers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 08/12/2014 14:57:54 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

166929

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
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	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Written Statement of 7 April 2014, on higher education student support, what assessment he has made of the effect of the changes announced in that statement on the small and medium-sized enterprises and micro-businesses that provide assistive technology.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
uin	216634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government continues to engage extensively with small and medium-sized enterprises and micro-businesses that provide assistive technology. This has been very helpful in enabling us to take account of their views in developing proposals on Disabled Students’ Allowances.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 08/12/2014 15:22:46 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

166930

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
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	Animal Experiments
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 his Department has commissioned on the contribution of testing households products and their ingredients on animals to the UK economy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	216683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation &amp; Skills has not commissioned research on the contribution of testing household products and their ingredients on animals to the UK economy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Animal testing in the UK is licensed through the Home Office.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 08/12/2014 14:56:42 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

166953

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
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	Construction: Materials
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 his Department is taking to ensure that the production of building materials keeps up with increases in the number of house-build starts.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	216496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The general picture on material supply is one of gradual re-adjustment to the return to growth. Domestic brick production increased by 5.8% during the 12 months to October 2014 and has been augmented by an increase in imports, which is normal at this stage of the economic cycle, because of lead times in raising domestic output.</p><p>Government is in touch with the building products sector to understand and act on factors affecting building materials production. It is committed to a stable climate for business investment, which is the most important requirement for investment in building materials production.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 08/12/2014 16:28:28 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

166674

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
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	Annual Reports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support he is giving to UK-registered businesses to encourage reporting on an integrated reporting basis; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	216427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>I consulted extensively on changes to the reporting framework in 2013 and impact assessments, showing the costs and benefits, were published.</p><p> </p><p>Initial indications are that the Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors’ Report) Regulations 2013 regulations, which are one form of integrated reporting, have made a positive impact and will help shareholders in their role as stewards of the companies they own.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ultimately, good reporting should prevail regardless of the approach but there is nothing in regulation that prevents a company taking a different integrated approach to its reporting should it choose to.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 216430 question first answered 05/12/2014 14:18:09 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

166675

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
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	Warships: Export Controls
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 export licences his Department has issued for the supply of military equipment for incorporation into the Vladivostok Mistral-class amphibious assault ship.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	216432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>Eleven licences were granted for the supply of military equipment for incorporation into a Mistral-class amphibious assault ship. The goods licences were granted for as follows:</p><p> </p><p>components for military communications equipment, military communications equipment, software for military communications equipment, technology for military communications equipment, components for military auxiliary/support vessels, technology for military auxiliary/support vessels, components for military guidance/navigation equipment, equipment for the use of military guidance/navigation equipment, components for combat naval vessels, components for military radars, general naval vessel components.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not clear whether the components were for the Vladivostok, or the second Mistral-class amphibious assault ship being built in France on behalf of the Russian Navy.</p><p> </p><p>Granting of licenses has been suspended.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/12/2014 15:32:16 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching