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454007

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	Innovate UK: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the future of the Innovate UK Smart funding programme.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	27864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>Innovate UK is tasked with increasing growth and productivity across the UK through supporting business-led innovation. The number of different programmes it delivers has increased over the years and in some cases have become confusing for businesses, especially for SMEs, to navigate. Consequently, Innovate UK is currently simplifying its support to innovative businesses. Innovate UK intends to publish new Strategy and Delivery plans, which will outline its funding approaches and programmes.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 29/02/2016 14:57:52 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

454009

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	Research Councils: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how his Department decides on allocation of funding to research councils; and what assessment he has made of the grounds for significant changes being made to the relative size of allocations to each research council compared to allocations in previous years.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	27862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The allocations will be published shortly. As in previous years, the allocations will be made by ministers following discussions with BIS delivery partners.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 29/02/2016 15:00:21 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

454020

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	Higher Education
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 make an assessment of the variation in the number of teaching hours provided to and fees paid by university students.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
uin	27969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>No such assessment currently exists. However, in our Green Paper<em>: “Fulfilling our potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice,” </em>we proposed that the new Teaching Excellence Framework could consider information about levels of teaching intensity and contact hours. We will be setting out our response to the Green Paper in due course.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 29/02/2016 14:59:38 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan

454021

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Heating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will instruct the National Measurement and Regulation Office to publish a list of all known heat networks in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	27989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>In the final quarter of this year DECC will publish summary tables, including regional breakdowns, of the data gathered as a result of the notification requirement in the Heat Networks (Metering and Billing) Regulations. Due to the commercially sensitive nature of the data, this information will be aggregated rather than a list of individual networks.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 29/02/2016 14:52:39 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

454033

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	Sunday Trading: Public Consultation
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 responses his Department received to the devolving Sunday trading rules consultation.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	28167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department received 7,171 responses to that consultation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 29/02/2016 14:05:52 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

454034

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	Sunday Trading: Public Consultation
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 responses to the Government's consultation on devolving Sunday trading rules were opposed to any relaxation of Sunday trading rules.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	28168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The consultation was about a specific proposal to devolve a power to extend trading hours on Sunday to local areas. The consultation did not ask respondents whether they supported or were opposed to a general relaxation of Sunday trading rules. The Department does not, therefore, hold information on this issue.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 29/02/2016 14:02:09 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

454043

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	UK Membership of EU: 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, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for projects supported by State Aid agreements of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	28116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government's view is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off in a reformed European Union.</p><p>As required by the EU Referendum Act 2015, the Government is committed to producing clear information, ahead of the Referendum, on: the outcome of the renegotiation, rights and obligations in European Union law, an assessment of alternatives to membership, and the process for leaving.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 29/02/2016 14:58:31 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

454047

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Department for Communities and Local Government: Lobbying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Communities and Local Government on the applicability of that Department's anti-sock puppet clause pilot scheme to other departments.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	28159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>Cabinet Office officials undertook several discussions with DCLG on this matter. The discussions were varied, extensive and frequent, and covered both development and implementation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 29/02/2016 13:53:36 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

454051

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Credit Reference Agencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) guidance his Department issues and (b) regulations are in place on the provision of electoral roll data to credit reference agencies.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	28021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission provides detailed guidance to Electoral Registration Officers on access and supply of the full electoral register, including by credit reference agencies.</p><p>The regulations on the supply of electoral roll data to credit reference agencies are set out in The Representation of the People (England and Wales)(Amendment) Regulations 2002. Under Regulation 114, credit reference agencies registered under Part III of the Consumer Credit Act and carrying on the business of providing credit reference services may only use the full electoral register for specified purposes; namely for checking a person’s identity if they apply for credit, and for the prevention of money laundering fraud. Electoral Registration Officers are entitled to charge credit reference agencies a small fee for copies of the full register, to cover administration costs.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 29/02/2016 14:01:20 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

454055

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Ministerial Policy Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) policy and (b) other responsibilities are of each special adviser in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	27946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The Code of Conduct for Special Advisers sets out the role of special advisers and describes the range of activities they may undertake. Copies of the Code of Conduct are available in the Libraries of the House and on-line at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/468340/CODE_OF_CONDUCT_FOR_SPECIAL_ADVISERS_-_15_OCTOBER_2015_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/468340/CODE_OF_CONDUCT_FOR_SPECIAL_ADVISERS_-_15_OCTOBER_2015_FINAL.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 29/02/2016 14:09:18 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma