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391685

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Electronic Commerce
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 regulations to clarify the legal protections that third party companies receive with regard to stock and stock lists which are held by online retailers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	8232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>No, given the rights and obligations of businesses holding stock on behalf of third parties are well-established and in the event of a dispute it is for the courts to determine the outcome, based on the facts of the case.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/09/2015 08:42:37 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

391710

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Companies House
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 policy is on the future of Companies House; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	8235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Companies House’s principal roles are to incorporate and dissolve limited companies, register the information companies are legally required to supply, and make that information available to the public. There are no plans to change these functions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/09/2015 08:45:35 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

391719

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Care Homes: 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, what assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of the National Living Wage on charitable residential care homes who do not benefit from the reduction in corporation tax rates.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	8140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The National Living Wage supports the UK in moving from a low wage, high tax, high welfare society to a higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare society.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are working with employers in the social care sector, including care providers from the voluntary sector, to understand how the introduction of the National Living Wage will affect them.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 07/09/2015 13:13:46 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

391949

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Living Wage
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 impact on individuals' and businesses' understanding of wage rules of naming the new higher minimum wage, announced in the recent July budget, a National Living Wage when there is already a living wage rate established by the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government will take steps to ensure the wage rules for the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage are clear to employers and employees. The National Living Wage will be implemented through the National Minimum Wage Regulations, in the same manner as the National Minimum Wage uprating in October 2015. National Living Wage rates will be debated in both Houses of Parliament in time to come into force on 1 April 2016. This will mean rules for all wage rates will be found within the National Minimum Wage Regulations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government supports employers that choose to pay above the level of the National Living Wage. However, decisions on what wages to set are for employers and workers to agree as long as employers pay at least the statutory minimum.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 28/07/2015 16:06:20 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

391955

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many, and what proportion of, (1) 16 year-olds, (2) 17 year-olds, (3) 18 year-olds, and (4) 19-24 year-olds, started on an apprenticeship in the areas of science, engineering, manufacturing and technology in (a) 2012–13, and (b) 2013–14.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sharp of Guildford
uin	HL1718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2015 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the number of young people starting apprenticeships in the ‘Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies’, ‘Information and Communication Technology’ and ‘Science and Mathematics’ Sector Subject Areas in 2012/13 and 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This information is not available as proportions of the population of each age group. <br></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table 1: Number of Apprenticeship starts by 16,17, 18 and 19-24 year-olds in the Engineering and Manufacturing Techologies, Information and Communication Technology and Science and Mathematics Sector Subject Areas in 2012/13 and 2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sector Subject Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>6,980</p></td><td><p>6,850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>7,570</p></td><td><p>8,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>10,220</p></td><td><p>10,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19-24</p></td><td><p>20,950</p></td><td><p>22,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information and Communication Technology</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>940</p></td><td><p>720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>1,500</p></td><td><p>1,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>2,490</p></td><td><p>2,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19-24</p></td><td><p>4,810</p></td><td><p>5,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Science and Mathematics</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19-24</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>7,900</p></td><td><p>7,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>9,100</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>12,800</p></td><td><p>13,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19-24</p></td><td><p>25,900</p></td><td><p>28,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>1) The source is the Individualised Learner Record.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10, with the exception of totals which are rounded to the nearest hundred.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>3) Age is based upon self-declaration by the learner and is defined as age at start of Apprenticeship.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br> <br></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 04/08/2015 15:25:07 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2113 label Biography information for Baroness Sharp of Guildford

391958

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Supermarkets: Sales Promotions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are taking steps to tighten regulation to ensure that supermarkets do not mislead customers with confusing pricing promotions.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL1721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>It is already a criminal offence under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 for traders, including supermarkets, to give consumers misleading pricing information. We are currently giving careful consideration to the Competition and Market’s Authority’s (CMA) findings and recommendations published on 16<sup>th</sup> July in response to the <em>Which?</em> Super-complaint on pricing practices in the grocery market and will respond to the CMA’s report within 90 days.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 04/08/2015 15:24:23 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

391960

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they plan to create an apprenticeship scheme that focuses equally on increasing vocational on-the-job training and offering high quality study opportunities.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL1723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2015 answer text <p>Over the next 5 years we will support 3 million new apprenticeships. We are developing a package of measures to achieve this growth by getting more employers to offer apprenticeships, so many more people can benefit from this valuable route to a great career. The Government is introducing a levy on larger UK employers to fund apprenticeship training. The levy will apply to larger employers and will support post-16 apprenticeships. Further details on the apprenticeships levy will be set out in theSpending Review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through our reforms, we are driving up the quality of apprenticeships to ensure that they fully meet employers’ needs and have substantial, stretching on- and off-the-job training with robust assessment procedures that ensure apprentices are fully competent in their occupation at the end of their training. We also insist that apprentices study English and maths to ensure they have the transferable skills needed to progress their career.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 03/08/2015 16:21:23 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

391999

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Autism: Research
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much funding they have committed to research into autism in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Turnberg
uin	HL1762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2015 answer text <p>The Medical Research Council (MRC) is one of the main agencies through which the Government supports medical and clinical research. MRC expenditure on autism in each of the last five years is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£2.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£2.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£2.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£2.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£2.8m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 27/07/2015 15:58:44 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2537 label Biography information for Lord Turnberg

391271

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Export Credit Guarantees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what value of export credit guarantees has supported (a) ship manufacturing and (b) marine engineering in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	8001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Between financial years 2005/6 to 2014/15 inclusive, UK Export Finance has provided support with a value of £501.7m for export contracts related to the shipbuilding and marine engineering sectors. These figures are broken down by category and year in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Shipbuilding</p></td><td><p>Marine Engineering</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/6</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/7</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/8</p></td><td><p>£276.3m</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£276.3m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/9</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£12.1m</p></td><td><p>£12.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£22.6m</p></td><td><p>£22.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£6.9m</p></td><td><p>£24.1m</p></td><td><p>£31m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£6.4m</p></td><td><p>£1.2m</p></td><td><p>£7.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£8m</p></td><td><p>£143.9m</p></td><td><p>£151.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>£297.7m</p></td><td><p>£204m</p></td><td><p>£501.7m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: UKEF Annual Accounts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/09/2015 14:29:03 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

391273

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Iron and Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what forecasts the Government has made of steel (a) production and (b) demand in the next 20 years; and from which countries he expects the UK will import steel to meet that demand.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	8053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Neither the Office for National Statistics nor other governmental statistical sources make such forecasts for steel. The Government forecasts can influence markets and therefore must be able to be robust.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/09/2015 14:25:16 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop