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420922

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions he has had with his Cabinet colleagues on the implementation of the UK's domestic and international legal obligations on human rights.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	11542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p>By long-standing convention, observed by successive administrations and embodied in the Ministerial Code, the fact that I may or may not have advised or have been requested to advise on a particular issue, and the content of any advice, is not disclosed outside Government.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 20/10/2015 10:11:56 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

420928

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Productivity: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the Government has made of the rates of productivity of young employed people in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	11769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 15/10/2015 15:44:11 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name 11769 FINAL.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Rates of Productivity
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

420931

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Foreign Companies: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are employed in (a) the UK and (b) each region by companies (i) with headquarters in the EU and (ii) owned in the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	11563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 11564 question first answered 16/10/2015 06:48:58 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ11563 & 11564 holding.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Employment in EU
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

420932

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Foreign Companies: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are employed by non-British EU companies in (a) the UK and (b) each region.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	11564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 11563 question first answered 16/10/2015 06:48:58 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ11563 & 11564 holding.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Employment in EU
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

420933

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	Students: 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 assessment he has made of the effect on students living or studying in areas where household income is below the national average of the announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 8 July 2015 that maintenance grants will be discontinued from 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	11570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>From 2016/17 all new eligible students living or studying in areas where household income is below the national average and who would otherwise have received a grant will <ins class="ministerial">qualify for an increased loan for living costs. The total living costs support available under the new student support arrangements for eligible students on the lowest incomes is increasing by 10.3% in 2016/17.</ins><del class="ministerial"> be eligible for a maintenance loan, that increases the total maintenance support available to them by 10.3%.</del></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 19/10/2015 13:06:45 question first ministerially corrected 20/04/2016 10:36:58 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 23986 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

420934

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	UK Trade and Investment: Expenditure
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 effect of expenditure on UK Trade and Investment on the level of foreign direct investment in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency between 2010 and 2015.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	11549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>During the 2010/11-2014/15 period, UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) recorded 8160 successful Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects won in the UK; of which 284 investments were in Scotland.</p><p>UKTI and its regional/local partners were involved in supporting 6415 of the total number of UK investments.</p><p>Breaking down the Scottish successes further, 5 landed in Kilmarnock and Loudoun.</p><p>UKTI works as one team with Scottish Government and all other regional and local partners, to promote and support inward investment into all parts of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 21/10/2015 16:21:37 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

420935

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the schedule of comparable programme objects in HM Treasury's publication, Funding the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly: Statement of Funding Policy, published in October 2010, what projects were funded by the Research Establishments Major Capital funding; what the (a) projected and (b) actual cost was of each of those projects; and whether each of those projects has been completed.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	11507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>The data in the HM Treasury publication Funding the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly, Statement of Funding Policywas compiled in 2010 using a different financial database system to the one subsequently used by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and its delivery partners. The term ‘Research Establishments Major Capital funding’ is not currently used by BIS. Information on overall science capital expenditure is available in the Science Capital Roadmap, in the BIS annual accounts, and relevant information is also obtainable in Research Council Annual Reports (see below).</p><p><strong>Information on overall science capital expenditure is available in the BIS annual accounts and useful information is also obtainable in Research Council Annual Reports (see below). </strong></p><ol><li>BIS Annual Reports and Accounts <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bis-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bis-annual-reports-and-accounts</a> The most recent report is here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/444896/BIS-15-421-BIS-Annual-Report-15-web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/444896/BIS-15-421-BIS-Annual-Report-15-web.pdf</a></li></ol><p>See Annex B, page 200 for tables that features resource and capital spend on science and research.</p><ol start="2"><li>Research Council Annual Reports <a href="http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/about/aboutrcs/governance/" target="_blank">http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/about/aboutrcs/governance/</a></li></ol><p>Annual Reports for each of the Research Councils with information on expenditure.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 26/10/2015 12:10:22 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

420936

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	UK Trade and Investment: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the schedule of comparable programme objects in HM Treasury's publication, Funding the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly: Statement of Funding Policy, published in October 2010, what the total expenditure was on UK Trade and Investment between 2010 and 2015.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	11508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>UK Trade and Investment expenditure is published annually in the UKTI Annual Report and Accounts which are available in the libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 28/10/2015 17:47:35 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

420937

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the schedule of comparable programme objects in HM Treasury's publication, Funding the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly: Statement of Funding Policy, published in October 2010, what the total expenditure was on UKAEA-Decommissioning between 2010 and 2015; and what the forecast expenditure in which locations is on such decommissioning in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	11509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <p>The data in the HM Treasury publication <em>Funding the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales an Northern Ireland Assembly, Statement of Funding Policy</em>was compiled in 2010 using a different financial database system to the one subsequently in use by BIS and its delivery partners. This means that the information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost. However the UK Atomic Energy Authority, which is responsible for the UK fusion programme, has provided the following information.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Legacy costs<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>JET decommissioning costs<sup>1, 5</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>8,279</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>10,798</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>7,356</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>6,814 plus 1,050 capital<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>6,024 plus 1,554 capital<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>8,315 (est.) plus 6,010 capital<sup>2</sup> (est.)</p></td><td><p>166 (est.)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p><em>See note 3</em></p></td><td><p>214 (est.)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p><em>See note 3</em></p></td><td><p>943 (est.)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p><em>See note 3</em></p></td><td><p>16,306<sup>4</sup> (est.)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p><em>See note 3</em></p></td><td><p>28,251 (est.)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Notes</p><p>1. Figures in £000s.</p><p>2. Capital costs cover new facilities on the Culham site such as the Materials Research Facility and RACE (Remote Applications in Challenging Environments) funded partly through the National Nuclear Users Facility and Oxford City Deal.</p><p>3. Subject to next Spending Review.</p><p>4. The costs rise substantially in 2018/19 due to the expected closure of JET in 2018 and start of decommissioning. However this date is under review with the European Commission with an extension proposed.</p><p>5. These costs are undiscounted and form part of the total undiscounted liability for decommissioning JET of £256,544k as stated in the 2014/15 UKAEA Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 27/10/2015 10:56:46 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

420938

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	Employment: English Language
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 effect of reduction in funding to English for Speakers of Other Languages Mandation Courses on the level of employment among people for whom English is an additional language.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	11576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p>The decision to withdraw the 2015/16 English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Plus (Mandation) funding was taken in the knowledge that providers could use their adult skills budget to continue to provide ESOL training for jobseekers and therefore mitigate any adverse impact. Our data showed that the numbers of claimants being referred to ESOL Plus (Mandation) provision was significantly lower than originally anticipated.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/10/2015 10:26:16 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor