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64142

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
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	Manufacturing Industries: 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 delegates from manufacturers based in Northern Ireland were invited to the BIS Manufacturing Summit 2014 held on 19 June 2014.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	202561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>Information on the regional location of Manufacturing Summit delegates was not requested as part of the registration process. However, from the limited data available we have identified one Northern Ireland-based manufacturing company which was invited to the Manufacturing Summit. This particular company decided not to send a representative.</p><p>For future summits we will be looking at ways to create a more diverse mix of CEO-level participants from across manufacturing industry. Proactive suggestions from Hon Members would be welcome as part of this process.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 03/07/2014 15:42:44 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

64143

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
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	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, how many applicants for the Start-Up Loans Scheme have been received from Northern Ireland; and what value of such loans have been provided for new businesses in Northern Ireland since the scheme was launched.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	202565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>To date there have been 913 applications for Start-Up Loans in Northern Ireland including applications that have been withdrawn, declined or still in progress. Of these applications, 120 loans with a value of £562,110 have been drawn down to date.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 03/07/2014 15:39:49 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

64144

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
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	Space Technology: 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 work the National Space Agency is doing to support the development of a regional space small and medium-sized enterprise sector in Northern Ireland; and what steps his Department has taken to support space-related events and conferences for decision-makers, the public, industry or academia in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	202605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The UK Space Agency recognises the strengths and interest of the Northern Ireland space sector. The Agency has recently established a small team to focus on supporting the development of a vibrant regional small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) community across the UK. It is already engaged with the Northern Ireland space office and will work with them to help them to understand the potential value of the space sector to the Northern Ireland economy, both in the traditional upstream and in downstream “space-enabled markets”. Areas of focus for regional engagement include aligning locally provided business support and the potential for further space business incubators. The team are working closely with colleagues in the Satellite Applications Catapult who are also engaging with Local Enterprise Partnerships &amp; the Devolved Administrations and have a significant role to play in supporting SMEs in the space sector. As set out in the Northern Ireland Economic Pact, the Agency is considering the case for a new satellite propulsion test facility near Belfast. The Agency is also in receipt of Northern Ireland's letter of intent to host the UK Space Conference 2017 and due consideration will be given to holding the conference in Belfast in due course.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 03/07/2014 15:50:20 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

64145

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
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	Higher Education: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 young people from (a) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber (i) applied for and (ii) started a degree course in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	202646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The latest available information on applicants is shown in Table 1. Comparable figures for North Yorkshire are not held centrally.</p><p><strong>Table 1</strong></p><p><strong>UCAS applicants to full-time undergraduate courses from Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency, and Yorkshire and the Humber</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Year of entry:</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Area of domicile</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrogate and Knaresborough</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aged under 21<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>810</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>835</p></td><td><p>775</p></td><td><p>810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21 and over<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All ages</p></td><td><p>1,035</p></td><td><p>1,005</p></td><td><p>1,035</p></td><td><p>945</p></td><td><p>1,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All ages</p></td><td><p>42,475</p></td><td><p>44,850</p></td><td><p>45,070</p></td><td><p>42,110</p></td><td><p>43,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source: UCAS</strong></p><p><strong>Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5.</strong></p><p><strong>1. This analysis uses country specific age definitions that align with the cut off points for school and college cohorts within the different administrations of the UK. For England, ages are defined on the 31<sup>st</sup> August. Defining ages in this way matches the assignment of children to school cohorts.</strong></p><p> </p><p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on students at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The number of young (under 21) entrants to UK HEIs who were domiciled in Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency, North Yorkshire, and the Yorkshire and the Humber region prior to starting their course is shown in Table 2. HESA figures for 2013/14 will be available in January 2015. There are differences in the coverage of UCAS and HESA: the UCAS figures cover applicants to Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), Further Education Colleges (FECs), and Alternative Providers (APs) of HE in the UK; the HESA figures cover HEIs only, plus the University of Buckinghamshire. Not all applicants apply via UCAS: some apply directly to institutions. In addition, some applicants who obtain a place via UCAS opt to defer entry until the following year.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2</strong></p><p><strong>Young <sup>(1)</sup> entrants <sup>(2)</sup> domiciled <sup>(3)</sup> in Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency <sup>(4)</sup>, North Yorkshire local authority and Yorkshire and Humber government office region</strong></p><p>UK Higher Education Institutions</p><p>Academic years 2009/10 to 2012/13</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Domicile</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrogate and Knaresborough</p></td><td><p>580</p></td><td><p>655</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>3,670</p></td><td><p>3,605</p></td><td><p>3,845</p></td><td><p>3,015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humber</p></td><td><p>24,880</p></td><td><p>24,705</p></td><td><p>26,340</p></td><td><p>22,350</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source: HESA Student Record</strong></p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p><strong>(1) Young refers to students aged under 21 on 31<sup>st</sup> August in the reporting year</strong></p><p><strong>(2) Entrants refers to students in their first year of study</strong></p><p><strong>(3) Domicile refers to a students' home or permanent address prior to starting their course</strong></p><p><strong>(4) Parliamentary Constituency boundaries were revised from the 6<sup>th</sup> May 2010 UK General Election.</strong></p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 03/07/2014 15:47:52 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

64148

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what additional central government funding is available to electoral registration officers for the purpose of electoral registration in each of the last 10 years; and which local authorities were successful in bidding for such funding.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	202603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The following additional amounts were available for the purpose of electoral registration in the last 10 years:</p><p> </p><p>2007/2008 - £934,741</p><p>2008/2009 - £544,391</p><p>2009/2010 - £427,190</p><p>2010/2011 - £54,708</p><p>2011/12 – no additional funding</p><p>2012/13 – no additional funding</p><p>2013/14 - £4,857,018</p><p>2014/15 - £29,992,993</p><p> </p><p>In the financial years 2007/2008 to 2010/2011, local authorities were able to bid for funding from the Participation Fund, which was abolished due to lack of demand. A table listing those local authorities which received money from this fund has been placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has provided funding in 2013/14 and 2014/15, in addition to the Revenue Support Grant, for every local authority and Valuation Joint Board in England, Wales and Scotland for the net additional cost of the transition to Individual Electoral Registration (IER).</p><p> </p><p>In addition, in 2013/14 every local authority and Valuation Joint Board in England, Wales and Scotland received a share of £3,984,068funding to support the costs of activities to maximise electoral registration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 03/07/2014 16:37:18 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

64149

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what Government spending was in reform of the process of procurement and across central Government in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	202636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has been working with central Government departments to implement a demanding Commercial Reform agenda which is aimed at leveraging the Crown's buying power, deriving better value for money and savings for the taxpayer to support deficit reduction and growth. This work has been carried out across departments and costs are not held centrally.<br> <br> As a result of our work to date, we have made the way we buy goods and services in central Government quicker, more competitive, more transparent, better value and far simpler than before. This has saved the taxpayer £2.9bn in 2010-11, with a further £3.0bn in 2011-12, £3.8bn in 2012-13 and £5.4bn in 2013-14. These savings are all calculated against a 2009-10 baseline and include both recurring and non-recurring items.</p><p>All of this could have been started before the 2010 General Election. However in May 2010 there was no effective central oversight of procurement, commercial skills were lacking and Government didn't even know who its strategic suppliers were, let alone how much was being spent with them.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 03/07/2014 14:54:50 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

64152

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Banks: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the (a) Prudential Regulation Authority and (b) Financial Conduct Authority about reports of UK banks paying allowances to employees in order to avoid the EU's bonus cap; and what steps he plans to take to reduce such practices.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	202634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The UK is at the forefront of global efforts to tackle excessive pay in the financial sector and ensure that pay is aligned with performance, with a tough Remuneration Code that requires deferral of at least 60% of bonuses of senior bankers and limits the amounts that can be paid in cash. Bonuses are down significantly since their peak under the last Government, and are now largely deferred and paid in shares.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In contrast, the EU's bonus cap is a poorly thought through measure that undermines rather than reinforces our efforts by pushing up fixed pay. It was introduced without any proper impact assessment and has issues around its compatibility with the EU Treaty; for these reasons we are challenging it in the European Court of Justice. However, pending the outcome, the Government is fully implementing the cap in the UK, and the Prudential Regulation Authority is responsible for ensuring that the banks comply with these rules.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/07/2014 15:39:53 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

64155

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Corporation Tax: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much corporation tax was raised by HM Treasury in Northern Ireland in the last full financial year.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	202564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The most recent available estimate of Corporation Tax receipts in respect of Northern Ireland relates to financial year 2012-13. This estimate was published by HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) in ‘A Disaggregation of HMRC Tax Receipts between England, Wales, Scotland &amp; Northern Ireland'. A link to the publication is provided below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/285765/disagg-info.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/285765/disagg-info.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For 2012-13 the estimated portion of onshore UK Corporation Tax receipts relating to Northern Ireland was £476m. Estimates of offshore Corporation Tax receipts relating to Northern Ireland are available as produced by two methods: a geographic basis and a population based apportionment. The estimates for 2012-13 are nil and £137m respectively.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 07/07/2014 15:04:47 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

64157

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	EU Education, Youth and Culture Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what input officials in his Department sought from their counterparts in the Northern Ireland Executive in preparation for the UK's attendance at the Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council held in Brussels on 20 and 21 May 2014.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	202604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>DCMS officials seek to keep their counterparts in the Northern Ireland Executive informed of relevant EU developments on an ongoing basis. There was no specific contact prior to the meeting of the Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council on 20 and 21 May.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 03/07/2014 12:28:08 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

64159

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Tornado Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what quantitative criteria have been used to set to remote the risk probability of a collision involving a Tornado aircraft.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	202641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>Military Aviation Authority Regulatory Article 1210 defines categories for quantifying the likelihood of a risk as follows:<br><br>“Likelihood is assessed with respect to the likelihood of the assessed consequence of a hazard. This is based on the likelihood of a single accident resulting in harm for a particular fleet. The appropriate category listed below must be used:<br>a. Frequent: Likely to occur at least several times a year. <br>b. Occasional: Likely to occur one or more times per year. <br>c. Remote: Likely to occur one or more times in 10 years. <br>d. Improbable: Unlikely to occur in 10 years.” <br><br>A panel of suitably qualified and experienced persons from the Tornado Force calculated the risk likelihood for the Tornado risk register based on this definition.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 16/07/2014 15:35:20 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 8601 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson