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77511

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date	14/07/2014
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	UK Export Finance: Northern Ireland
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 finance advisers are employed by UK Export Finance in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	205565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>UK Export Finance employs 21 export finance advisers, based across the English regions and devolved administrations. There is one export finance adviser based in Northern Ireland, who is part of a team of seven advisers which covers North of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/07/2014 15:51:13 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

77512

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the monies made available for the Government's Start-Up Loans scheme has been allocated to businesses in Northern Ireland since the scheme began.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	205566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/08/2014 answer text <p>The funding government has allocated to the Start-Up Loan scheme is not segregated by region therefore when a Start-Up Loan delivery partner approves a Start-Up Loan for a business in Northern Ireland the funds are derived from the overall Start-Up Loan budget. The scheme was extended to Northern Ireland June 13 and there have been 126 loans with a value of £591,610.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 28/08/2014 15:20:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

77513

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Land
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 land his Department has released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	205470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills core owns no freehold land, therefore, no land has been released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 21/07/2014 15:39:29 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

77514

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Business: Northern Ireland
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 businesses located in Northern Ireland have contacted UK Export Finance to enquire about loans from the Direct Lending Facility since June 2013.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	205597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>UK Export Finance has received approximately 10 enquiries from businesses located in Northern Ireland on its Direct Lending Facility since June 2013.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/07/2014 15:47:59 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

77515

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Patents: Northern Ireland
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 patents have been granted to businesses or individuals whose main residence or business address was in Northern Ireland in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	205621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Patents are granted by different national and regional authorities worldwide, for which accurate information is only held by each individual authority. Patents having effect in the United Kingdom can be granted by the Intellectual Property Office (UK national patents) or the European Patent Office (European patents designating the United Kingdom). The following table summarises the number of patents granted with effect in the UK to businesses or individuals whose main residence or business address was in Northern Ireland in 2012 and 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar year</p></td><td><p>Granted UK</p><p>national patents</p></td><td><p>Granted European (UK) patents</p></td><td><p>Total granted patents with UK effect</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: IPO patents register and EPO PATSTAT database (Apr 2014)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 08/09/2014 10:23:29 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 10958 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

77555

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Music: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his most recent assessment is of the impact on small businesses of the licensing enforcement regime for the use of music in public spaces.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	205664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills has not assessed the impact on small businesses of the licensing enforcement regime for the use of music in public spaces. This regime is not run or approved by government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The collecting societies ‘PRS for Music’ and ‘Phonographic Performance Limited’ (PPL), which represent copyright owners in the music sector, enforce their licensing requirements themselves. Since April 2014, their conduct towards licensees and potential licensees has been governed by minimum standards that can be enforced by Government through the Copyright (Regulation of Relevant Licensing Bodies) Regulations 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 08/09/2014 10:30:45 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 10962 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

77617

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Earthquakes
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 seismic events of (a) 0.0-0.5, (b) 0.5-1.0, (c) 1.0-1.5, (d) 1.5-2.0, (e) 2.0-2.5 and (f) 2.5-3.0 magnitude on the Richter scale were recorded in each month since June 2004.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	205584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK’s national seismic network is operated by the British Geological Survey (BGS), a Research Centre of the Natural Environment Research Council. The network will detect almost all earthquakes of local magnitude 2 and above in the UK. The network does detect events with magnitude less than 2, but some will not be recorded as the ability to detect an event reliably diminishes with increasing distance from the closest seismometer stations. Seismic events in the UK since June 2004 are shown in Table 1 below. The BGS network detects around 100 earthquakes in the UK annually. Further information on seismic monitoring in the UK can be found at <a href="http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>TABLE 1. SEISMIC EVENTS SINCE JUNE 2004.</p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Count of ML</strong></p></td><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Richter local magnitude (ML)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0-0.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0.5-0.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1-1.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.5-1.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2-2.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2.5-2.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3-3.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3.5-3.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4-4.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.5-4.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5-5.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>Jun</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jul</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Aug</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sep</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Oct</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nov</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Dec</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>Jan</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Feb</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mar</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Apr</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td> </td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jun</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jul</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Aug</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sep</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Oct</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nov</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Dec</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>Jan</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Feb</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mar</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Apr</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jun</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jul</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Aug</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sep</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Oct</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nov</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Dec</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>Jan</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Feb</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mar</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Apr</p></td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jun</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jul</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Aug</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sep</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Oct</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nov</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Dec</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>Jan</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Feb</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mar</p></td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Apr</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jun</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jul</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Aug</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sep</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Oct</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nov</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Dec</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>Jan</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Feb</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mar</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Apr</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jun</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jul</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Aug</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sep</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Oct</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nov</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Dec</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>Jan</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Feb</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mar</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Apr</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jun</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jul</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Aug</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sep</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Oct</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nov</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Dec</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>Jan</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Feb</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mar</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Apr</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jun</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jul</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Aug</p></td><td> </td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sep</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Oct</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nov</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Dec</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>Jan</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Feb</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mar</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Apr</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jun</p></td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jul</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Aug</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sep</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Oct</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nov</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Dec</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Jan</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Feb</p></td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mar</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Apr</p></td><td> </td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jun</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jul</p></td><td> </td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Aug</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Sep</p></td><td> </td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Oct</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nov</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Dec</p></td><td> </td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Jan</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Feb</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mar</p></td><td> </td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Apr</p></td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>May</p></td><td> </td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jun</p></td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Jul</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>374</p></td><td><p>311</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1170</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 21/07/2014 13:55:34 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 10964 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

77653

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Manufacturing Industries: Drugs
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 encourage international pharmaceutical companies to locate in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	205633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/08/2014 answer text <p>In December 2011, the Government launched the Strategy for UK Life Sciences which includes measures to improve the commercial, research and regulatory environment, with the aim of making the UK the location of choice for investment. Government has also taken steps to strengthen protection for intellectual property in the UK.</p><p>In 2012 a specific organisation was set up to promote life sciences to international companies: the Life Sciences Investment Organisation (now reformed as the Life Sciences Organisation (LSO), with responsibility also for UK trade promotion). LSO collects and distils information on the UK’s internationally competitive commercial offers in life sciences; these are marketed to potential investors via the UK Trade and Investment global network of investment advisors, with tailored support provided to those investors that choose the UK.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 28/08/2014 15:54:58 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

77774

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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: Competition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Ofcom has conducted any analysis of regulatory options to protect the universal postal service in the event of a significant increase in end-to-end competition.
tabling member printed	Lord Whitty
uin	HL1071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The regulatory options to protect the universal service are set out in the Postal Services Act 2011.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Parliament has given Ofcom the primary statutory duty to secure the provision of the universal service and the powers and tools its needs to do so.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ofcom has carried out a consultation on end-to-end competition in the postal services sector and published a Guidance paper on the use of its regulatory options and the circumstances under which it would intervene to protect the universal service from any serious threat from competition. More information about Ofcom’s consultation on end-to-end competition and its Guidance (“Final Guidance on Ofcom’s approach to assessing the impact on the universal service”) can be found on its website (<a href="http://www.ofcom.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.ofcom.org.uk</a>).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 28/07/2014 14:41:38 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2444 label Biography information for Lord Whitty

77775

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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: Competition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how long it would take Ofcom to undertake a review of the impact of the increase in end-to-end competition on the universal postal service.
tabling member printed	Lord Whitty
uin	HL1072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Ofcom has set out its approach towards carrying out a full assessment of end-to-end competition in its Guidance published in March 2013 (“Final Guidance on Ofcom’s approach to assessing the impact on the universal service”). Although it has not set out a specific timescale for a full review, Ofcom has in place a continuous monitoring regime and access to key confidential data from Royal Mail and other postal operators which would enable it to anticipate any potential threat to the universal service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ofcom has said that they are keeping market developments under close monthly review and if this monitoring identified cause for concern they would be able to carry out a review very quickly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More information about Ofcom’s regulatory framework can be found on Ofcom’s website (<a href="http://www.ofcom.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.ofcom.org.uk</a>).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 28/07/2014 14:42:36 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2444 label Biography information for Lord Whitty