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388080

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Local Enterprise Partnerships
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 and what proportion of the Enterprise Zone Fund each Local Enterprise Partnership has been allocated in each year of the Fund's operation.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	5804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>Enterprise Zones do not receive an annual funding allocation. Firms moving onto Enterprise Zones receive business rates discounts. Increases in business rates payments to local authorities from the zone are retained locally and spent to support local economic growth initiatives.<br> <br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 13/07/2015 12:45:16 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

388081

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Medicine: Research
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 benefits of supporting medical research and development to the (a) UK science sector, (b) NHS and (c) economy.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	5853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In 2014 the HEFCE supported Research Excellence Framework conducted the largest ever assessment of academic research impact. A selection of just 10 of the 1600 impact case studies submitted to the clinical sciences REF panel were found to contribute roughly £2 billion in economic benefit between 2008 and 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Work to systematically collect details of the output from all research council funded work has established a national database of more than 1 million reports of achievements linked to more than £40 billion of public and charity funded research projects, which is proving to be a comprehensive approach to describe the benefits of supporting not only medical research but research across all disciplines. More than 100 research organisations are now subscribing to this approach including the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and Cancer Research UK.</p><p> </p><p>Recent academic studies in to the returns to medical research estimated the returns to the UK economy from cardiovascular research at 39% and returns from cancer research at 40%. There is ongoing further research to refine these estimates.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, the UK is one of world’s strongest performers in Health and Medical Science research and is ranked 1<sup>st</sup> in field weighted citation index for Health &amp; Medical science research of comparator nations. In 2012, the UK accounted for 8.9% of all Health and Medical Science publications (2<sup>nd</sup> out of comparator nations) and for 16% of the top 1% most highly cited research (2<sup>nd</sup> out of comparator nations).</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 15/07/2015 10:56:57 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

388082

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with businesses to encourage the paying of the living wage.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	5864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>From April 2016, the Government will introduce a new National Living Wage for all workers aged 25 and over.</p><p> </p><p>This will mean that 6 million people will see their pay rise over this Parliament with a cash increase for a full-time worker of around £5,000.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to support and encourage employers to pay more if they can afford it.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/07/2015 14:33:02 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

388083

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will discuss with the Financial Conduct Authority (a) the level of compliance fees for small businesses and (b) the amount of monthly compliance paperwork required from (i) independent financial advisers and (ii) leisure operators who sell credit.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	5944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>This question has been passed on to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The FCA will reply to the honourable gentleman directly by letter. A copy of the response will be placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 13/07/2015 13:28:06 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

388084

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Medicine: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what comparative assessment he has made of Government support for medical research and development in the UK and other major economies.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	5869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p><strong>Every two years, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills commissions an international comparison of the UK research base. The most recent report, “<em>International Comparative Performance of the UK Research Base – 2013</em>”, assesses the performance of the UK compared with seven other research-intensive countries (Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the US). Where data is available, it also makes comparisons with the EU27, OECD member countries’ groups, and three other fast growing nations (Brazil, Russia and India). The report showed that while the UK represents just 0.9% of the global population, it accounts for 3.2% of R&amp;D expenditure, 4.1% of researchers, 6.4% of research articles, 9.5% of research article downloads and 15.9% of the world's most highly-cited articles. Some of the data is broken down by subject area, showing that UK research publications in the fields of health and medical sciences and clinical sciences increased their citation impact between 2008 and 2012, and are well above the world average.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 13/07/2015 14:03:11 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

388085

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Local Enterprise Partnerships
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 and what proportion of the total fund each Local Enterprise Partnership has been allocated from the Growing Places Fund in each year since the introduction of that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	6010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The £730 million Growing Places Fund (GPF) was distributed to Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEP) in England as a one-off payment. The payments were made in February and March 2012 under a section 31 grant. Details of the proportion of the fund paid out to each LEP is available on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-communities-and-local-government" target="_blank">Department for Communities and Local Government</a> website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 13/07/2015 16:35:04 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

388086

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Local Enterprise Partnerships
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 and what proportion of the total fund each Local Enterprise Partnership will be allocated from the Local Growth Fund for the period 2015 to 2021.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	6023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>Details about awards made to date are available on the GOV.UK website. Arrangements for future awards will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 13/07/2015 12:47:12 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

388087

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support he is providing to businesses to help them take on an apprentice.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	6030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>We are committed to 3 million apprenticeship starts during this parliament. Our priority is to work with employers to increase the number of apprenticeships they offer. The Government is investing £1.5 billion during the 2014/15 academic year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeships are paid jobs with quality training. The Government currently fully funds apprenticeship training for 16 – 18 year olds and up to 50% of training for over 19s. In addition from April 2016 employers will not be required to pay employer National Insurance contributions for apprentices under 25 on earnings up to the upper earnings limit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Apprenticeship Grant for Employers (AGE) currently helps small businesses (with less than 50 employees) to take on up to 5 new young apprentices aged 16 – 24 by providing payments of £1,500 per apprentice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is introducing a UK-wide levy to help fund the increase in quantity and quality of apprenticeship training. The levy will raise money to fund increases in apprenticeship numbers and quality and will be entirely funded by the contributors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 14/07/2015 09:13:46 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

388088

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Effect of UK Equity Markets on the Competitiveness of UK Business Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations in the Kay Review of UK equity markets and long-term decision making, published in July 2012.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	5972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department published a detailed progress report on the implementation of the Kay Review in October 2014. The Government is now considering what further steps would be appropriate to encourage a culture of long-term investment on the part of UK companies and their shareholders.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 15/07/2015 14:10:50 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

388089

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Investment: Treaties
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 potential effect of investor-state dispute settlement systems and the outcomes of such disputes on decisions about the provision of public services in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	5922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK has Bilateral Investment Treaties in force with 94 countries and has never faced a serious investor-state dispute claim.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government regulates in a responsible manner – by not discriminating on the basis of nationality or expropriating assets without compensation – therefore the existence of investor-state dispute settlement systems doesn’t impact on decisions about public service provision in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 15/07/2015 15:39:09 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock