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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

391276

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	British Students Abroad: Finance
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 take steps to ensure that students studying abroad whose studies are interrupted by conflict have access to student finance on returning to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	8085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>The amount of funding available to any student is affected by whether they have studied previously. Eligible students who return to England and enter higher education in the UK will therefore have any years of previous study taken into account when an assessment is made for a full-time tuition fee loan for a new course.</p><p> </p><p>One additional year of tuition fee loan may be available if the student was forced to withdraw from a previous course for compelling personal reasons. Students may ask that the conflict in their initial country of study be taken into account when they apply to Student Finance England for funding.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 10/09/2015 14:29:01 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

391278

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Freedom of Information: Commercial Secrets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Written Statement of 20 June 2015, HCWS153, on Freedom of Information, whether the terms of reference of the Commission on Freedom of Information will permit it to consider the appropriate scope of the commercial confidentiality exemption under section 43(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	8035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>It will be for the independent FOI commission to determine the interpretation of its terms of reference.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 8036 question first answered 07/09/2015 11:57:03 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

391280

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Freedom of Information: Commercial Secrets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Written Statement of 20 June 2015, HCWS153, on Freedom of Information, whether the Commission on Freedom of Information's terms of reference will permit it to consider the effective application of the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to private companies that are providing under contract any service whose provision is the function of a public authority under section 5(1)(b) of that Act.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	8036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>It will be for the independent FOI commission to determine the interpretation of its terms of reference.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 8035 question first answered 07/09/2015 11:57:03 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

391282

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	Engineering: Employment
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 he is taking to increase the number of people employed in engineering from low income backgrounds; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	8008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This Government is committed to ensuring the Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) workforce is diverse, reflects wider society and makes use of all the talents available to it, including those from low income backgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) funds and works with partners on a number of programmes which encourage a diverse range of people into STEM. BIS established a programme jointly run by the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering aimed at understanding and addressing issues of diversity in the STEM workforce.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this programme the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Diversity Steering group recently launched their Engineering Engagement Programme. The programme aims to increase the number of people from low income backgrounds, women and black and minority ethnic backgrounds in engineering by changing the way employers recruit engineers.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/09/2015 11:58:57 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

391284

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Government Art Collection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the value of the Government Art Collection.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	7957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2015 answer text <p>It is not possible to give an accurate estimate of the value of the Government Art Collection or individual works, neither of which have a current market valuation. The current monetary value of a work of art can be accurately assessed only at the time of purchase or sale or by professional valuation. In the former case, the Collection is not actively traded; in the latter, it would not be justifiable expenditure of public funds to have the whole Collection valued professionally.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 01/10/2015 15:10:47 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

391290

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of self-employed people to achieving the objectives set out in his Department's document, Fixing the Foundations: Creating a more prosperous nation, published in July 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	7913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Self-employment makes a vital contribution to the economy, with over 4.5 million people currently self-employed, accounting for 14.5% of total employment.</p><p> </p><p>The government wants to raise productivity across all sectors and believes that self-employment can make an important contribution to achieving the objectives set out in Fixing the foundations.</p><p> </p><p>The government has asked Julie Deane OBE to carry out an independent review, reporting in early 2016, of the contribution the self-employed make to the UK economy and consider how they can be better supported.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 07/09/2015 15:22:09 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

391294

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Scotland have made use of the new pension flexibilities introduced on 6 April 2015.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	7915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The July Budget document revealed that over 85,000 individuals had taken advantage of the new flexibilities for accessing pensions that were introduced in April 2015. Reliable data for Scotland is not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC plans to publish statistics on take up of pensions flexibility in the Autumn</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 09/09/2015 13:07:12 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

391296

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Scotland have received guidance from the Pension Wise guidance service (a) face-to-face, (b) by telephone and (c) online.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	7916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The pension freedoms introduced on 6 April mean that the 320,000 individuals retiring each year with defined contribution pension savings are able to access them as they wish, and around 2 million people aged over 55 now have more options when they retire. Data for the proportion of people who have used the freedoms following a Pension Wise appointment is not collected.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As announced on 21 July, nearly 18,000 free Pension Wise guidance appointments over the phone and face to face are being delivered and more than 925,000 people have used the Pension Wise website, with many people returning to the site regularly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 7917 question first answered 09/09/2015 13:12:31 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray