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62185

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
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	Bankruptcy
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 his Department has provided to companies facing bankruptcy in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	201035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department has a suite of business support packages available to companies whether or not they are facing an insolvency event.</p><p>In exceptional circumstances the Department can work with companies in difficulty to help find solutions to their needs. Any such support is commercially sensitive and is normally a matter between the Department and the company.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 24/06/2014 15:43:46 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

62186

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
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	Shipbuilding: Portsmouth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of former BAE staff at the Portsmouth shipyard who have been recruited by overseas ship-builders.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	201062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><sub>The local taskforce is working to secure positive outcomes for all staff leaving BAE in Portsmouth. It is too early to draw conclusions.</sub></p><p> </p><p><sub> </sub></p><p> </p><p><sub>We recognise the importance of manufacturing and engineering skills to the economy: these will be vital to building the Solent area's strengths in marine and maritime. BIS is working closely with industry, Job Centre Plus, and Portsmouth Council to support those employees impacted by BAE's decision to close its shipyard in Portsmouth.</sub></p><p> </p><p><sub>The Southampton &amp; Portsmouth City Deal announced a £1 million DWP Rapid Response Service that will support those recently made redundant. Government and local industry will invest £3m in a Marine and Maritime Employer Ownership for skills Programme, responding to the immediate skills needs in small and medium sized enterprises in the advanced manufacturing sector. </sub></p><p> </p><p><sub>Additionally the existing UK wide Talent Retention Solution is available to help match skilled workers to engineering jobs in the UK </sub><sub>and is currently advertising 693</sub><sub>vacancies in the south of England on its website</sub><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup><sub>.</sub></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><br /><p>[1] Active TRS vacancies listed on 18 June 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 23/06/2014 17:00:13 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

62187

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
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	Employment Agencies: Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with employment agencies on the practice of blacklisting.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Jim Sheridan
uin	200982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>Blacklisting is an unacceptable and illegal practice and we take any allegations of blacklisting very seriously. I have not had any discussions on the practice of blacklisting with employment agencies. We have referred the allegations made about an international recruitment agency to the Information Commissioner's Office which is looking into the matter.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 24/06/2014 15:46:22 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	1464 label Biography information for Jim Sheridan

62188

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
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	Employment Agencies: Vetting
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 prevalence of blacklisting amongst employment agencies.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Jim Sheridan
uin	200983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>Blacklisting is an unacceptable and illegal practice and we take any allegations of blacklisting very seriously. We have always encouraged anyone with evidence of blacklisting to come forward so that we can investigate. Any evidence of blacklisting should be referred to the Information Commissioner's Office. Individuals who believe they are being excluded from employment because of a blacklist should seek redress in the county courts in England and Wales, or Court of Session in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 24/06/2014 15:57:50 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	1464 label Biography information for Jim Sheridan

62189

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
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	Exports: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether export licences to Syria have been granted for the period since 1 July 2012; and if he will describe any such material so exported.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
uin	200996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Five Standard Individual Export Licences (SIELs) and one Open Individual Export Licence (OIEL) have been granted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information provided relates to goods or services that have been licensed for export. The licences were granted to international and humanitarian organisations to support and protect staff working in these organisations. The six licences granted authorise export of the following:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>SIEL for: components for body armour;</p><p> </p><p>SIEL for: NBC (nuclear, biological and chemical) protective/defensive equipment;</p><p> </p><p>SIEL for: body armour, components for body armour, military helmets;</p><p> </p><p>SIEL for: body armour, military helmets;</p><p> </p><p>SIEL for: components for all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection;</p><p> </p><p>OIEL for: cryptographic software; equipment employing cryptography.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The licences were granted to international and humanitarian organisations to support and protect staff working in these organisations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 23/06/2014 17:01:33 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty

62191

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
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	Royal Mail: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of Royal Mail staff who bought shares in the newly-privatised company in (a) Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency, (b) Renfrewshire and (c) Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Jim Sheridan
uin	200637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not made any estimates by constituency, county or country of shares bought by Royal Mail staff.</p><p>As part of the Royal Mail Initial Public Offering, each eligible employee has now received 729 shares free of charge. Only 372 of the 147,000 eligible employees opted out of the scheme. Approximately 99.75% of employees accepted the shares that we offered them. Under the Employee Priority Retail Offer, over 15,000 employees (just over 10%) bought additional shares in Royal Mail.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 24/06/2014 15:55:07 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1464 label Biography information for Jim Sheridan

62195

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to prevent employers who engage in blacklisting receiving Government contracts.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Graeme Morrice
uin	200660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The blacklisting of employees is an unacceptable and unlawful practice, and Government takes any such allegations very seriously.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/06/2014 13:28:44 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4012 label Biography information for Graeme Morrice

62198

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of divorced and separated parents who will have to decide which of them should own a tax-free childcare account; how HM Revenue and Customs plans to resolve disputes over such decisions; and what additional resources will be committed for this purpose.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	200674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p><strong>It is estimated that of the families that will directly benefit from the Tax-Free Childcare scheme around 95% are couples and 5% are lone parents. </strong><strong>Based on the best available data, we estimate that around half of these lone parents will be either divorced or separated.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Working lone parents are more likely to have lower income levels than working couples. More lone parents will therefore receive support for childcare through Tax Credits and then subsequently Universal Credit which is generally more generous than Tax-Free Childcare. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>On the 18 March the Government published its response to the consultation on design and operation of Tax-Free Childcare which sets out that where</strong><strong> adults in a family are unable to reach agreement about which of them should claim, HMRC will consider the facts of the case and make a decision. </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>The resource requirements of the scheme will be settled once the scheme's details have been finalised. </strong></p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 24/06/2014 15:41:30 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

62199

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Video Games: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to promote the video games tax relief to video games producers.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	200659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The video games tax relief came into effect from 1 April 2014. This generous new relief will provide support for the growing video games sector in the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) are currently presenting a series of events across the country to promote and explain the new relief to the industry. A specialist unit has been provided to assist businesses with making claims. Guidance is available on HMRC's website to explain the relief and help businesses decide whether they are eligible for relief. HMRC are working closely with the video games industry to develop more detailed guidance, which will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 24/06/2014 16:41:24 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

62200

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date each of the 25 firms named and shamed for breach of the national minimum wage by his Department on 8 June 2014 was issued with the relevant Notice of Underpayment of the minimum wage by HM Revenue and Customs.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	200988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.</p><p>The dates that the Notice of Underpayments (NoU) were issued for the 25 firms named and shamed for breach of the national minimum wage (NMW) are as follows.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><em>Month</em></td><td><em>NoUs</em></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2013</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2014</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2014</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>They were issued under the revised Naming Scheme which was introduced on 1 October 2013. It takes time for cases to work their way through the system as there is a process to follow before an employer can be named. If HMRC investigates an employer that is breaking NMW law they will be issued with a Notice of Underpayment (NOU) by HMRC. An employer has 28 days to appeal against the NOU and 14 days from when the case closes to make representations to BIS.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 26/06/2014 12:06:03 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas