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165872

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bitcoin
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on attracting companies that develop bitcoin technology to locate in the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	215985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>Earlier this year, the Chancellor set out plans to make Britain the global centre of financial innovation, benefitting consumers and businesses, including a major programme of work looking at the benefits and risks of digital currencies, and to look into whether they could or should be regulated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 3 November, the Treasury published a Call for Information on digital currencies. This Call for Information asks whether there are currently barriers to digital currency businesses setting up in the UK, and the Government will consider access to UK bank accounts as part of this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In October, the Financial Conduct Authority launched its Innovation Hub to provide support to innovative businesses. It has identified helping innovators access bank accounts as a key priority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 215986 question first answered 28/11/2014 14:11:53 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

165876

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
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	Environment Protection: Taxation
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 businesses eligible for compensation for the indirect costs of (a) the EU Emissions Trading System and (b) the carbon price floor.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	215932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>When initially estimating the overall budget for the compensation schemes for EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS) and the carbon floor price, a sector level approach was taken using ONS data on electricity consumption to estimate the total coverage and eligibility. At that time, it could not be assessed on a business by business basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To date we have paid £45.7 million to 54 electricity-intensive businesses that operate in international markets to compensate for the indirect costs of the EU ETS.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of the 54 companies we have also paid £21.9 million to 52 of them for the cost of the carbon price support mechanism.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The average compensation per eligible business to date is therefore approximately £1.25 million. However, there is considerable variance in the size of payments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In any given calendar or financial year from 2016 to 2020 the level of compensation is estimated to be:</p><p> </p><p>a) circa £20 million for EU ETS;</p><p> </p><p>b) circa £70 million for carbon price support.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The overall cost of EU ETS compensation in the future depends on a number of variables including the EU carbon price, which will vary from year to year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 215933 215934 question first answered 28/11/2014 14:19:36 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

165877

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
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	Environment Protection: Taxation
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 businesses have been compensated to date for the indirect costs of (a) the EU Emissions Trading System and (b) the carbon price floor; what the average award per eligible business was; and what the total monetary value of such compensation was.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	215933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>When initially estimating the overall budget for the compensation schemes for EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS) and the carbon floor price, a sector level approach was taken using ONS data on electricity consumption to estimate the total coverage and eligibility. At that time, it could not be assessed on a business by business basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To date we have paid £45.7 million to 54 electricity-intensive businesses that operate in international markets to compensate for the indirect costs of the EU ETS.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of the 54 companies we have also paid £21.9 million to 52 of them for the cost of the carbon price support mechanism.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The average compensation per eligible business to date is therefore approximately £1.25 million. However, there is considerable variance in the size of payments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In any given calendar or financial year from 2016 to 2020 the level of compensation is estimated to be:</p><p> </p><p>a) circa £20 million for EU ETS;</p><p> </p><p>b) circa £70 million for carbon price support.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The overall cost of EU ETS compensation in the future depends on a number of variables including the EU carbon price, which will vary from year to year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 215932 215934 question first answered 28/11/2014 14:19:36 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

165878

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
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	Environment Protection: Taxation
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 level of compensation that will be available for eligible companies for the indirect costs of (a) the EU Emissions Trading System and (b) the carbon price floor in each year from 2016-17 to 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	215934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>When initially estimating the overall budget for the compensation schemes for EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS) and the carbon floor price, a sector level approach was taken using ONS data on electricity consumption to estimate the total coverage and eligibility. At that time, it could not be assessed on a business by business basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To date we have paid £45.7 million to 54 electricity-intensive businesses that operate in international markets to compensate for the indirect costs of the EU ETS.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of the 54 companies we have also paid £21.9 million to 52 of them for the cost of the carbon price support mechanism.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The average compensation per eligible business to date is therefore approximately £1.25 million. However, there is considerable variance in the size of payments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In any given calendar or financial year from 2016 to 2020 the level of compensation is estimated to be:</p><p> </p><p>a) circa £20 million for EU ETS;</p><p> </p><p>b) circa £70 million for carbon price support.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The overall cost of EU ETS compensation in the future depends on a number of variables including the EU carbon price, which will vary from year to year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 215932 215933 question first answered 28/11/2014 14:19:37 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

165883

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
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	Skilled Workers
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 skills shortage vacancies are expected in each employment sector in each of the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich West
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Bailey
uin	215817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not forecast skill shortage vacancies. The UK Commission for Employment and Skills published employment and skill projections on 6<sup>th</sup> March 2014:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-futures-2012-to-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-futures-2012-to-2022</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The report presents employment projections for the period from 2012 to 2022, based on an assumption that past patterns of behaviour and performance are continued. The projected demand for skills is shown by occupation and qualification rather than by sector, but they do show employment projections for sectors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 28/11/2014 14:09:42 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	320 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Bailey

165885

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
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	Further Education: Admissions
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 and what proportion of students in further education colleges aged (a) 19 to 24 and (b) 25 and over are of each social grade.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich West
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Bailey
uin	215819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the social grade of further education learners is not centrally collected.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2 of a Statistical First Release (SFR) presents data on the characteristics of government funded adult (19+) further education learners:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 28/11/2014 14:10:33 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	320 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Bailey

165891

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Low Pay: Kilmarnock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of (i) men and (ii) women in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency who earn less than the living wage.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	215864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 28/11/2014 11:40:45 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 215864 ONS 425.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Living Wage
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

165892

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Political Impartiality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 37 of the Government Communication Service Propriety Guidance, published in April 2014, what rules govern the use of government slogans by political parties.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	215869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Cabinet Secretary's letter of 10 July 2014 to the Shadow Secretary of State for Transport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 215870 215871 question first answered 28/11/2014 12:55:14 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham attachment 1 file name document2014-07-10-171025 (1) (1).pdf title Letter to Member - Propriety Guidance
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

165893

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Political Impartiality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 37 of the Government Communication Service Propriety Guidance, published in April 2014, what assessment he has made of the propriety of the use of the phrase 'long-term economic plan' by organisations outside government.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	215870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Cabinet Secretary's letter of 10 July 2014 to the Shadow Secretary of State for Transport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 215869 215871 question first answered 28/11/2014 12:55:14 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham attachment 1 file name document2014-07-10-171025 (1) (1).pdf title Letter to Member - Propriety Guidance
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

165894

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Political Impartiality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the term 'long-term economic plan' as a description of government economic poicy was developed by civil servants.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	215871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Cabinet Secretary's letter of 10 July 2014 to the Shadow Secretary of State for Transport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 215869 215870 question first answered 28/11/2014 12:55:14 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham attachment 1 file name document2014-07-10-171025 (1) (1).pdf title Letter to Member - Propriety Guidance
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant