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77831

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date	15/07/2014
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	Exports: Government Assistance
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 bids to the Export Refinancing Facility have been (a) received and (b) approved since its launch; and how many firms have received funds under the scheme to date.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	206027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2014 answer text <p>The Export Refinancing Facility (ERF) was launched on 30 April 2014 in order to support UK bids for projects that require finance above £50m.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The ERF does not provide funds directly to firms but a commitment to banks funding loans to overseas buyers of UK exports to take-out that loan if it has not been possible for the bank to refinance it commercially.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>UK Export Finance officials have held several discussions with exporters, overseas buyers and banks in relation to ERF, with one case currently under discussion.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>It is likely that ERF will be most relevant during periods of constrained liquidity in the banking market. Given current market conditions, export credit transactions are less likely to require ERF in order to take place but the facility remains an important product in UKEF’s portfolio giving it the ability to respond quickly to changes in those market conditions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/10/2014 12:28:30 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 11695 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

77834

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
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: Loans
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 firms have received assistance under the Direct Lending Scheme to date.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	206025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There has been significant interest in UK Export Finance’s (UKEF) Direct Lending Facility (DLF) since its enhancements were announced in the Budget. Since it was relaunched on 30 June 2014, the pipeline of potential export contracts has developed and now involves 28 UK-based exporters of varying size and export experience. As it stands, the pipeline has 35 potential export contracts that range from £3m to over £350m. Most importantly, the DLF pipeline is growing.</p><p> </p><p><br> <br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/09/2014 15:33:12 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 11686 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

77835

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
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	Royal Mail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the current ownership of shares in Royal Mail.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	206024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2014 answer text <p>Maintaining and updating the Royal Mail shareholder register is the responsibility of the company.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A number of financial market Information providers publish information about company shareholders including Royal Mail.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government does not hold any information that cannot be obtained from these sources.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/10/2014 12:26:46 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

77836

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
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	Royal Mail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assurances were sought from priority investors ahead of the privatisation of Royal Mail on long-term holding of shares by (a) Ministers in his Department (b) Officials in his Department (c) the Financial Adviser to the Government and (d) the banking syndicate working on the privatisation.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	206026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>No assurances were sought from the priority investors ahead of the sale of shares in Royal Mail.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any mechanism which requires a buyer to give up the rights normally associated with shares, such as a restriction on the right to sell those shares for a period of time, would be reflected in the price investors would be prepared to pay for those shares.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These investors gave the Government confidence to take forward the IPO which raised nearly £2bn for the tax payer and reduced the risk that the tax payer to support the universal postal service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 15/10/2014 13:24:04 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 11677 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

77841

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
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	Trade Fairs: Farnborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the net benefit to the UK export sector as a result of the recent Farnborough Airshow.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	206009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">Farnborough is an important showcase for the UK aerospace sector. The Department does not make estimates of aerospace exports arising as a result of the Farnborough Airshow. However, given the UK’s position as a leading supplier to the world’s aerospace industry, our industry is likely to be a major beneficiary of many of the new orders announced at the Show.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Recent data from the Aerospace Defence and Security trade association show aerospace exports grew by 12% in 2013 to £25 billion.</ins></p><p><br /><del class="ministerial">There has been significant interest in UK Export Finance’s (UKEF) Direct Lending Facility (DLF) since its enhancements were announced in the Budget. Since it was relaunched on 30 June 2014, the pipeline of potential export contracts has developed and now involves 28 UK-based exporters of varying size and export experience. As it stands, the pipeline has 35 potential export contracts that range from £3m to over £350m. Most importantly, the DLF pipeline is growing.</del></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock previous answer version 11700 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock 19350 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock question first answered 10/09/2014 15:27:30 question first ministerially corrected 29/10/2014 14:19:01 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

77842

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for remissions relating to fees for employment tribunal proceedings have been (a) made and (b) awarded in each month since July 2013; and what has been the (i) average cost of assessing each claim and (ii) total aggregate cost to the public purse of making such assessments.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	206019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Employment tribunal remission data extracted in its current form from HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) systems has not yet been assured to sufficient standards to provide the number of remission applications received, subsequently awarded, in full or partial.</p><p> </p><p>The number of awards each month is available from financial information relating to fees and remissions in the employment tribunals system published by HMCTS in its Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p>The number awarded each month from July 2013 to June 2014, the most recently published reporting period, is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Employment Tribunal (ET)</strong></p><p><strong>Remission Volumes<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ET Remission Volumes</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2013</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2013</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013</p></td><td><p>107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2013</p></td><td><p>261</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2013</p></td><td><p>193</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2013</p></td><td><p>144</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2014</p></td><td><p>379</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2014</p></td><td><p>114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p>753</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14 Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2044</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014</p></td><td><p>503</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2014</p></td><td><p>754</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2014</p></td><td><p>612</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July 2013 to June 2014 Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,913</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><sup>1</sup></strong>Timing differences exist between data uploaded to the finance system and data entered at source within employment tribunals fees systems. The monthly profile shown here reflects the date remissions were recorded on the finance system. This may not reflect the date on which remission applications were received or processed. The year end total for remissions granted is materially accurate.</p><p> </p><p>The Annual Report and Accounts for 2013-14 was published in June 2014 on the Ministry of Justice website and can be found at:</p><p>http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/corporate-reports/hmcts.</p><p> </p><p>The Employment Tribunals Fees &amp; Remission case management system records fees paid and remissions awarded and was introduced in July 2013. However, the system does not record the amount of time for assessing each individual fee remission and it is not, therefore, possible to calculate the average and total aggregate costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 15/10/2014 15:29:26 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

77852

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
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	Local Growth Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when (a) due diligence will be completed and (b) funds will be drawn down by winning bidders under the Local Growth Fund.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	206011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Growth Deals were announced with all 39 Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) on 7 July. This followed a highly competitive process in which the Government assessed LEP Strategic Economic Plans against the published assessment criteria including value for money and deliverability. The funding for these deals will be in place for all LEPs by April 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 01/09/2014 11:39:14 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

77853

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by his Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	205966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office identified duplicate payments worth £77,164 through the 2011/12 to 2012/13 payments review. All of the duplicate payments identified were recovered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 03/09/2014 14:19:39 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

77861

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2014, Official Report, column 438W, on tax evasion, what recent progress has been made by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in initiating proceedings against all current HMRC fugitives; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	206010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>HMRC continues to work towards bringing all current HMRC Fugitives facing legal proceedings before the UK Courts. They use all available systems and resources to locate and trace individuals. This includes working closely with HMRC’s Fiscal Liaison Officers based overseas, Crown Prosecution Service, National Crime Agency, Interpol and other International Partners.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC will publish an update in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 01/09/2014 16:32:03 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

77870

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs staff in each (a) grade and (b) pay band were loaned to the UK Border Agency on 10 July 2014 to cover staffing shortfalls.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	David Wright
uin	205797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The UKBA was closed in March 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 13/10/2014 14:55:18 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1461 label Biography information for David Wright