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61853

registered interest
date	13/06/2014
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	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 discussions he had on human rights during his recent visit to China.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	200693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills met civil society organisations during his visit and discussed a range of human rights issues, including the rule of law, labour and trade union rights.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 18/06/2014 16:28:01 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

61898

registered interest
date	13/06/2014
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	China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, who has been invited to the UK-China business summit scheduled during the visit of the Chinese Premier, Li Keqian, to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	200694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A number of business events were arranged to coincide with Premier Li's visit to the UK. These included a business lunch hosted by the Prime Minister at No.10 with Ministers, business leaders from UK and Chinese companies and senior Government officials from both sides.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A number of other events were arranged by the China Britain Business Council and others including over 600 UK and Chinese businesses, large and small, from a range of sectors. These were open to all with companies being able to book tickets for the event.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 18/06/2014 16:26:54 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

61571

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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	Official Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what visits each of the Ministers in his Department have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	200477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>Details of Ministers' overseas visits are published quarterly on the Gov.uk website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;publication_type=transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;publication_type=transparency-data</a></p><p>Information for January to March 2014 will be published shortly.</p><p>Information relating to UK visits can only be provided at disproportionate cost as it is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 19/06/2014 14:44:56 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

61572

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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	Overseas Trade: Latin America
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 are being taken to promote UK trade with Latin America in connection with the 2014 Football World Cup taking place in Brazil.
tabling member constituency	Worcester
tabling member printed	Mr Robin Walker
uin	200553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>During the 2014 Football World Cup, the UK Trade and Investment network in Brazil will host a series of events to promote the UK as a destination for business, investment, education and tourism. The programme includes 20 events focussed on our prosperity campaigns to promote British expertise and partnership in priority areas that includes culture, energy, infrastructure, inward investment and legacy opportunities associated to the 2012 London Olympic games.</p><p>Events will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Manaus and Belo Horizonte, the cities hosting the England team which will be supported by Prince Harry, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and my Hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Equalities.</p><p>One of the highlights of the UK programme isthe GREAT Britain House in Sao Paulo. Specially developed for the agenda of events, the venue will be set up at the British Consulate in Sao Paulo to present the best the UK has to offer.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 19/06/2014 14:39:01 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker

61574

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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	Postal Services
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 Royal Mail Group, Ofcom or officials or Ministers in other departments about invoking section 44(9) and section 44(10) of the Postal Services Act 2011 to ask Ofcom to report on the sustainability of the Universal Service Obligation.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	200467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>None.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Postal Services Act 2011, Parliament gave Ofcom the primary duty to secure the ongoing provision of the universal service and to this end Ofcom must also have regard for the provision of a universal service to be financially sustainable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ofcom monitors market developments, including any impacts on Royal Mail's performance and operational efficiency, and has the regulatory powers and tools to intervene if the sustainability of the universal service is ever at risk.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of its monitoring regime, Ofcom publishes a report every year on Royal Mail's performance and the postal market, and this includes an update on the financial sustainability of the universal service. More information about Ofcom's regulatory regime can be found on its website (<a href="http://www.ofcom.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.ofcom.org.uk</a>).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 17/06/2014 16:45:26 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

61575

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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	Written Questions
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 parliamentary questions tabled to his Department in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	200437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>Ministers and officials in this Department attach the highest priority to answering written Parliamentary Questions (PQs) accurately and on time. All PQs tabled in the last session of Parliament received a substantive answer from the Department by the time of the 2014 Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 19/06/2014 14:53:14 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

61577

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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: North East
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 UK Trade and Investment has taken to encourage exports from the north east to Brazil, Angola and Mozambique and other emerging lusophone markets.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	200358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The United Kingdom Trade and Investment (UKTI) North East trade team has developed a programme called “Access to Brazil in North East”, which is aimed at support companies in the North East to link with Brazil. It is managed for UKTI by the North East Chamber of Commerce. The programme is also supported by European Regional Development Fund funding. A key element of the programme, as part of a Olympics legacy, is about building a relationship with North East Brazil. When the UK's North East Brazil consul (Recife) was opened, a group of North East companies were part of the launch event. A number of market visits have taken place since then. The next visit by North East companies to Brazil is planned for October 2014, with an event involving the Consul from Recife on 10 July.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>UKTI North East have worked with 165 companies regarding opportunities in the Brazilian market.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For Angola and Mozambique UKTI has identified an increasing number of opportunities in Africa for North East companies, particularly in the oil and gas sectors. UKTI North East has worked with 25 Companies on opportunities in Angola and 10 companies in Mozambique.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>UKTI North East is working with the lead FCO Minister for Africa, Mark Simmonds, on a visit to North East in late July to promote opportunities in Africa. A programme is currently being prepared.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 17/06/2014 15:20:14 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

61578

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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	Apprentices: Pay
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 increase the minimum rate of pay for apprentices from £2.68 per hour to £2.96 per hour.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	200564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This Government is fully committed to the National Minimum Wage set by the independent Low Pay Commission at a level that maximises the wages of the low paid without damaging their employment prospects by setting it too high.</p><p> </p><p>We ask the Low Pay Commission to consider the evidence and recommend the National Minimum Wage rates, to achieve this.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has accepted an above inflation increase in the NMW including an increase in the apprentice rate from £2.68 to £2.73. The increase will come into effect on 1 October 2014 and will provide low paid workers with the biggest cash increase in their pay packets since 2008.</p><p> </p><p>The Low Pay Commission has judged that a higher increase in the minimum wage would risk damaging employment prospects for the lowest paid.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 17/06/2014 16:23:19 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

61580

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
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	Comet Group
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 paid out by his Department in statutory entitlements following the collapse of Comet; how many people have been compensated to date; and what estimate he has made of the total cost to the Exchequer of meeting all arising liabilities in this case.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	200565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Insolvency Service's Redundancy Payments Services have paid out a total of £18,482,220 in statutory entitlements to 4,838 former employees of Comet Group Plc.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible at present to estimate the total cost to the Exchequer of meeting all statutory entitlements. Further payments will depend on the findings of the Employment Tribunal regarding the employees covered by the protective award judgment of the 11<sup>th</sup> June 2014. Consideration of this matter is scheduled for 17<sup>th</sup> July 2014. There are also outstanding Tribunal applications in respect of statutory payments other than protective awards which are still to be determined.</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 constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 17/06/2014 15:25:39 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

61297

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
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	Green Investment Bank
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 11 June 2014, Official Report, column 47WS, on UK Green Investment Bank, whether the UK Green Investment Bank will be able to invest in green projects overseas.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	200331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The proposal is that the Green Investment Bank might help to invest funds allocated to the International Climate Fund in green projects in developing economies overseas. The £3.8bn that has been allocated to GIB remains available solely for investment within the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 18/06/2014 16:22:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright