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417388

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what policy evaluations have been carried out by external organisations for his Department and its agencies in each financial year since 2010-11; whether the output of those evaluations was published; which organisation carried out each such evaluation; and what the value of each contract to provide that evaluation was.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	9257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Policy evaluations, as with all externally commissioned DWP research, are routinely published:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/about/research" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/about/research</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Reports always identify the organisations that have been contracted to do the research. Details of all government contracts let since February 2011 are in the public domain, including the contract value:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/09/2015 11:09:01 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

417152

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	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	Small Businesses: Advisory Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how he plans to spend the funds which were allocated but unused as part of the Growth Vouchers scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	9277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All unused funds have been redistributed across the department's other programmes to support business start-up and growth.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 9269 question first answered 14/09/2015 09:19:59 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

417157

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	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	Small Businesses: Advisory Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for funds allocated under the Growth Vouchers scheme have not been claimed.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	9269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All unused funds have been redistributed across the department's other programmes to support business start-up and growth.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 9277 question first answered 14/09/2015 09:19:58 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

417158

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	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	Small Businesses: Advisory Services
	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 Growth Vouchers redeemed after 31 March 2015 are undergoing assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	9270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>As of 8 September, 16 growth voucher claims are being assessed.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/09/2015 09:15:22 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

417230

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what policy evaluations have been carried out by external organisations for his Department and its agencies in each financial year since 2010-11; whether the output of those evaluations was published; which organisation carried out each such evaluation; and what the value of each contract to provide that evaluation was.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	9246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>Information on policy evaluations carried out by external organisations is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 10/09/2015 16:28:22 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

417161

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	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	Small Businesses: Advisory Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what provision he made for Growth Vouchers to be redeemed after the deadline for their use passed.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	9271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Provision was made for businesses to redeem their voucher after the expiry date if the delay was beyond their control.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/09/2015 09:13:44 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

417168

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	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: Takeovers
	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 his Department is undertaking to review and evaluate rules on company takeovers.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	9314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is currently neither reviewing nor evaluating rules on company takeovers.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/09/2015 13:28:57 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

417134

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	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	Research Councils
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received on the future of the Research Councils.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	9318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government has commissioned Sir Paul Nurse to lead an independent review of the Research Councils. As part of the review, there was an open call for evidence which received over 250 responses. Sir Paul is supported by Advisory and Reference Groups representing a range of academic disciplines, universities, business and HE organisations as well as the Research Councils themselves.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 10/09/2015 16:38:17 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

417155

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	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	Comet Group
	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 plans to take in response to the completion of the Insolvency Service's review into the collapse of Comet.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	9279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service has concluded its confidential fact-finding inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the insolvency of Comet Group Ltd. Publication of the evidence gathered during the inquiry into the company is prohibited by law, and as the report of the inquiry contains such evidence it also cannot be published. However, I can confirm that, after careful consideration of the facts obtained in this investigation, it has been decided that there is insufficient evidence to warrant enforcement action.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/09/2015 09:11:05 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

417148

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	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	Small Businesses: Advisory Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to publish the findings and results of the Growth Vouchers scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	9275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The scheme is now closed for applications and the programme is in the evaluation stage. Two initial result reports have been published online at gov.uk and the next report will be published later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 9278 question first answered 14/09/2015 09:18:05 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna