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451154

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	Post Offices: Closures
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 post offices are earmarked for closure in the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	26372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>Government’s funding arrangements for Post Office Limited require them to maintain a network that meets nationwide access criteria.</p><p>Within that framework, the provision of post offices is the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited. I have therefore asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to you on this matter. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 24/02/2016 17:08:52 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

451160

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	Minimum 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 the amount of financial penalties was for non-compliance with national minimum wage (a) imposed on and (b) paid by each of the 92 employers who were named and shamed by his Department for such non-compliance on 5 February 2015.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	26318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>We do not publish details of penalties in individual cases. The employers named in the February 5th round were issued with a combined total of over £629,000 in penalties. To date, 84 of the 92 employers have paid penalties. The remaining 8 are being pursued by HM Revenue and Customs compliance officers.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 08/03/2016 14:54:28 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

451166

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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: Regulation
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 reduce the burden of regulation on businesses.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	26212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to cutting £10bn worth of red tape, as set out in the 2015 Conservative Manifesto, and will report on progress by June this year. We are putting forward proposals in the Enterprise Bill to systematically track for the first time the impact of regulators’ actions. This will drive savings through, for instance, simpler guidance, less paperwork and coordinated inspections. Through my department’s Cutting Red Tape programme, businesses are encouraged to report burdens and recommend sectors that Government may wish to review. There are currently seven reviews in progress: Energy; Care; Agriculture; Mineral Extraction; Waste; Anti-Money Laundering; and House Building.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 25/02/2016 17:33:01 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

451167

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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 Promotion
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 promote trade opportunities for UK businesses in high-growth markets.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	26214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>Increasing exports, to all overseas markets, is a key factor in the Government’s long-term economic plan. Government departments are working together to support UK businesses looking to take advantage of overseas opportunities and to create a strong business environment that allows them to flourish both at home and overseas. A key part of this work is to identify export opportunities, many of which are based around the needs of high-growth and emerging markets.</p><p>This effort to drive economic growth is supported in part by the Prime Minister’s <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/trade-envoys" target="_blank">Trade Envoy Programme</a>, a group of appointed parliamentarians drawn from across the political spectrum. Envoys are carefully selected for their experience, skills and knowledge of particular sectors or markets, or their knowledge of business in an effort to identify substantial trade and investment opportunities. There are now 24 Trade Envoys covering 50 high-growth and emerging markets.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 25/02/2016 17:31:16 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

451168

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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: Floods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funds the Government is providing for businesses affected by flooding which did not have insurance.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	26199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>I have made it clear to local councils and Local Enterprise Partnerships who are administering the Business Recovery Grant that they should look to provide funding to un-insured businesses so long as it is clear that this is not rewarding deliberate bad business practice. So where a flooded business has made a reasonable effort to secure insurance and not been successful they can be funded. We have provided £11m in total to provide support to businesses, allocated to local areas based on the number of flooded businesses.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 25/02/2016 17:32:26 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

451210

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	Arts: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on access to the arts in Yorkshire and Humber region between (a) May 2015 and February 2016 and (b) May 2010 and April 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bradford West
tabling member printed	Naz Shah
uin	26168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government continues to support the fantastic range of arts in the culture in Yorkshire and the Humber through its public investment in the arts, distributed by Arts Council England, as well as investment in cultural projects and programmes including £1.5 million for the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull to support its redevelopment and £1 million to support the Yorkshire Festival which will celebrate the region’s culture this summer.</p><p> </p><p>The Arts Council has provided the following funding to Yorkshire during the dates specified:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Funding Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016: 1st April - 8 Feb 2016</p></td><td><p>£46,399,085</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /><p /><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Funding Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>£36,013,760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>£47,661,513</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>£64,126,617</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>£46,717,549</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>£53,628,743</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/03/2016 09:01:58 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

451234

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils who achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE in each of the last five years received an A* to C grade in (a) a modern foreign language and (b) science.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	26257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>The table below provides information for the percentage of pupils that achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE in each year from 2010/11 to 2013/14 who received an A* to C grade in a modern foreign language (MFL) or in each of the science pathways[1]. Data for 2014/15 has not yet been finalised.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Of those pupils[2] who achieved 5 or more GCSEs or equivalent at grade A* to C in the relevant year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Pupils who achieved 5 or more GCSEs or equivalent at grade A* to C</p></td><td><p>Percentage achieving a modern foreign language[3] GCSE at grade A* to C</p></td><td><p>Percentage achieving Core and additional science[4] GCSE at grade A* to C</p></td><td><p>Percentage achieving Separate science[5] GCSE at grade A* to C</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>499,057</p></td><td><p>35.9</p></td><td><p>33.0</p></td><td><p>24.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>508,228</p></td><td><p>35.0</p></td><td><p>30.7</p></td><td><p>26.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>517,388</p></td><td><p>40.7</p></td><td><p>29.1</p></td><td><p>26.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>394,752</p></td><td><p>51.2</p></td><td><p>42.1</p></td><td><p>29.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Note that separate figures are provided for the core science and triple award science pathways. Information is not provided for double award science due to low numbers of entries.</p><p>[2] Based on pupils at the end of key stage 4 in each year.</p><p>[3] Based on the highest grade achieved in any modern foreign language GCSE - if pupils achieved two or more languages and achieved different grades then they only appear once in the figures.</p><p>[4] Figures include only those pupils who entered and achieved the core science pathway (having entered core and additional science and have achieved an A*-C in both) and are based on the highest grade achieved in either of the component subjects.</p><p>[5] Figures include only those pupils who entered and achieved the separate science pathway (having entered three of biology, chemistry, physics and computer science and having achieved A*-C in two of them) and are based on the highest grade achieved in any of the component subjects.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/02/2016 17:15:11 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

451334

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Social Media: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of children (a) under 16 and (b) between 16 and 18 who have been groomed on social media sites in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	26150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>Significant under-reporting of online grooming is likely and it is therefore difficult fully to quantify numbers. The National Strategic Assessment of Serious and Organised Crime, issued by the National Crime Agency, recognises child sexual exploitation and abuse as one of the highest serious and organised crime risks and the Home Office has published a review of the evidence on cybercrime, including online grooming (Cyber Crime: A Review of the Evidence Research Report 75. Chapter 3: Cyber-enabled crimes - sexual offending against children, McGuire and Dowling 2013).</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 26/02/2016 14:06:57 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

451343

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the oldest uncompleted enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check was submitted.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	26316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>The oldest uncompleted application for an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate was received on 30 May 2014.</p><p>It would not be appropriate to comment further on this specific case. But there are a number of factors which can affect the timely completion of checks. These include the length of time it can take for an employer to deal with the initial application, the accurate completion of the application form, the clarity of the information provided, the existence of conviction or non-conviction information and the operational effectiveness of the disclosure units of the police forces involved in the enhanced process. In some cases, forces will ask DBS to clarify some details provided by the applicant which requires further investigation and this can cause further delays.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 24/02/2016 16:27:36 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes