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60643

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Public Houses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which organisations (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department met to discuss regulation of pub companies in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014; and on what dates those meetings took place.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	199739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has taken an even handed approach to speaking with stakeholders from all sides of the debate in developing our proposals for statutory intervention in the pubs sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2013, BIS Ministers met the following organisations:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>Minister</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 January</p></td><td><p>Ministerial Roundtable with licensee groups including:</p><p> </p><p>British Institute of Innkeeping; GMB Union; Federation of Licensed Victuallers Associations; Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers; Brighton &amp; Hove Licensees Association; Campaign for Real Ale; Fair Pint Campaign; Independent Pub Confederation; Federation of Small Businesses; Guild of Master Victuallers.</p></td><td><p>Jo Swinson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28 January</p></td><td><p>Ministerial Roundtable including:</p><p> </p><p>British Beer and Pub Association; Punch Taverns; Star Pubs and Bars.</p></td><td><p>Jo Swinson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 February</p></td><td><p>Ministerial Roundtable including:</p><p> </p><p>Greene King; Shepherd Neame; Everards Brewery; Admiral Taverns; Hook Norton Brewery; Independent Family Brewers of Britain.</p></td><td><p>Jo Swinson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21 February</p></td><td><p>Meeting with the Scottish Licensed Trade Association.</p></td><td><p>Jo Swinson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27 February</p></td><td><p>Meeting with Enterprise Inns</p></td><td><p>Michael Fallon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 June</p></td><td><p>Ministerial Roundtable including:</p><p> </p><p>Everards Brewery; Fuller Smith &amp; Turner; Admiral Taverns; Hook Norton; McMullen &amp; Sons; Shepherd Neame; Wadworth &amp; Co; Trust Inns; Greene King; Titanic Brewery; Westerham Ales; Society of Independent Brewers.</p></td><td><p>Jo Swinson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 June</p></td><td><p>Ministerial Roundtable including:</p><p> </p><p>British Beer and Pub Association; Enterprise Inns; Marston's; Mitchells &amp; Butlers; Punch Taverns; Spirit Pub Company; Star Pubs and Bars; Wellington Pub Company.</p></td><td><p>Jo Swinson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18 July</p></td><td><p>Meeting with Greg Mulholland MP and the Independent Pub Confederation.</p></td><td><p>Jo Swinson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30 September</p></td><td><p>Meeting with the British Beer and Pub Association.</p></td><td><p>Vince Cable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>29 October</p></td><td><p>Meeting with the Federation of Small Businesses (pubs were discussed as part of a wider meeting).</p></td><td><p>Vince Cable</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2014, BIS Ministers met the following organisations:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>Minister</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30 January</p></td><td><p>Meeting with the Federation of Small Businesses.</p></td><td><p>Vince Cable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 February</p></td><td><p>Meeting with Sir Peter Luff MP and Admiral Taverns; Hook Norton Brewery.</p></td><td><p>Jenny Willott</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17 March</p></td><td><p>Meeting with Greene King.</p></td><td><p>Jenny Willott</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24 March</p></td><td><p>Meeting with representatives of the British Beer and Pub Association; Punch Taverns; Shepherd Neame.</p></td><td><p>Jenny Willott</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March</p></td><td><p>Meeting with the Campaign for Real Ale.</p></td><td><p>Jenny Willott</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25 April</p></td><td><p>Meeting with S A Brains.</p></td><td><p>Jenny Willott</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to meetings with organisations, Ministers met with a number of tied tenants. Officials also met with stakeholders before, during and after the consultation process to discuss our proposals to establish a Statutory Code and an independent Adjudicator.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 16/06/2014 15:56:29 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

60644

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	New Businesses: Loans
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 approved partners of the Start Up Loans programme there are in each region.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	199728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of approved partners of the Start Up Loans programme by region are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>England (National): 15</p><p> </p><p>Greater London: 11</p><p> </p><p>North West: 8</p><p> </p><p>North East: 4</p><p> </p><p>East Of England: 2</p><p> </p><p>Yorkshire And Humberside: 6</p><p> </p><p>West Midlands: 5</p><p> </p><p>East Midlands: 4</p><p> </p><p>South East: 4</p><p> </p><p>South West: 2</p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland: 5</p><p> </p><p>Wales: 6</p><p> </p><p>Scotland: 5</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/06/2014 16:00:44 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

60645

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	New Businesses: Loans
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 Start Up Loans applications have been supported by each approved provider of Start Up Loans mentoring services in each region in which the new company was based or planned to be based.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	199740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>All loan recipients in all regions receiving a start-up loan are offered mentoring, although take up of support services is not a mandatory condition of making the facility available. The number of loans made in each region will be placed in the Libraries of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/06/2014 16:49:08 question first ministerially corrected 17/06/2014 14:06:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name aTTACHMENT TO 199740.docx title Start up Loan applications previous answer version 1697 answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon attachment 1 file name aTTACHMENT TO 199740.docx title Start up Loan applications
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

49561

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will commission an inquiry into the extent of problems arising from the use of motorised vehicles on unmetalled roads.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	197703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In the Deregulation Bill Committee debate on 25 March, we announced that we propose to form a working group along the lines of the current rights of way Stakeholder Working Group. We will invite stakeholders with the relevant experience and expertise to join a group with an independent chair and secretariat, ensuring that the group contains a balance across the full range of interests.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any proposals made by the group for changing the current framework for managing the recreational use of motor vehicles would be subject to a full public consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

48416

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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
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 (a) Official Receivers and (b) all Insolvency Service officials who will receive training leading to a (i) personal insolvency partial licence and (ii) corporate insolvency partial licence.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	196532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The legislation relating to official receivers and Insolvency Service technical staff, does not require study to hold an Insolvency Practitioners' Licence and, as such, no staff will receive training that will lead to either a personal insolvency partial licence or a corporate insolvency partial licence.</p><p> </p><p><em>Under S399(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986 “………the official receiver, in relation to any bankruptcy, </em><em>winding up</em><em>, individual voluntary arrangement, debt relief order or application for such an order</em><em>is any person who by virtue of the following provisions ………….is authorised to act as the official receiver ………..” and S399(2) “The Secretary of State may ……. appoint persons to the office of official receiver ……………….”.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p>All technical staff are required to study for, and pass, a bespoke accredited training programme at Qualifications &amp; Credit Framework Level 3 and are required to undertake a minimum of 5 days Continuous Professional Development per year.</p><p>Incidentally, over 50% of Official Receivers hold a professional qualification e.g. ACCA.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

47028

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds have been allocated to each local enterprise partnership area from (a) the Growing Places Fund and (b) other central government funding since March 2012.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	195307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Central Government funding allocated to Local Enterprise Partnership programmes since March 2012 is set out in a table which has been deposited in the Library. This includes capacity funding for each Local Enterprise Partnership, Regional Growth Fund for programmes sponsored by Local Enterprise Partnerships and funding for Enterprise Zones which are sponsored by Local Enterprise Partnerships. No further Growing Places Fund has been allocated since March 2012.</p><p>All funding to Local Enterprise Partnerships goes through their accountable body (a nominated local authority) and so no funds are paid directly to Local Enterprise Partnerships.</p><p>I would observe that the north of England has received proportionately the most funding (per capita), followed by the Midlands, and then the south of England, reflecting the fact that we are supporting economic growth in all parts of the country, north and south, rural and urban, shire and city, but particularly those which were left behind under the last Administration.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><em>Total government funding</em></p></td><td><p><em>Population</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North of England</p></td><td><p>£157.8 million</p></td><td><p>16,463,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>£90.5 million</p></td><td><p>12,903,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South of England</p></td><td><p>£106.9 million</p></td><td><p>28,966,600</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins attachment 1 file name 2490 Perkins - Table.docx title Table
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

46882

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to ensure that anonymous military graves at Padstow Cemetery are updated in situations where the identity of the former soldier has been discovered.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	195217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>A claim as to the identity of an individual buried in Padstow Cemetery in a grave bearing a headstone with the inscription “A Royal Marine of the Great War”, is currently awaiting review by officials in the Joint Casualty &amp; Compassionate Centre. If the claim is supported by clear and convincing evidence they will task the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to replace the headstone with a new memorial bearing the individual's name.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

46450

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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
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 publish a summary of the responses to the consultation on strengthening the regulatory regime and fee structure for insolvency practitioners which closed on 28 March 2014.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	194829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>We plan to publish the responses received (unless they may be deemed confidential within the Freedom of Information Act's Code of Practice for authorities) alongside the Government's response to the views received.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

46453

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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
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 (a) conveyancers and (b) small and medium-sized enterprises of a change in the Land Registry's trading status to a Government Owned Company and implementation of the Land Registry plans for e-Mandation and self-service.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	194866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>The proposals in the consultation on the introduction of a Land Registry service delivery company are being considered against the option of remaining as is, and no decisions will be taken until all responses have been considered. As part of considering the consultation responses Government will be considering potential effects on interested parties (including conveyancers and small and medium-sized enterprises.)</p><p> </p><p>The way in which some Land Registry services are delivered will likely change as a result of the implementation of the Business Strategy. Land Registry will engage with customers as and when it introduces new services.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

46454

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he intends to respond to the consultation on the introduction of a Land Registry service delivery company.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	194863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>We are aiming to publish the Government response within 12 weeks of the consultation closing, in line with the consultation principles.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins