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482983

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Principle G of the Cabinet Office Consultation Principles 2016, what steps he took to (a) consider how the summer holiday period would affect consultation with stakeholders and (b) mitigate such effects when deciding on the consultation period on proposals relating to exit payments in the public sector.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>The consultation on a public sector exit payment cap ran from 31 July to 27 August 2015. These dates ensured that the consultation concluded in advance of the Enterprise Bill’s introduction on 16 September 2015, to inform the content of the ‘public sector employment: restrictions on exit payments’ clause.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, this policy was a clear manifesto commitment made in April 2015 and the intention to legislate was announced in May. The Government also considered responses received after the official consultation deadline.</p><p>The consultation received over 4000 responses, which is a good indication that there was sufficient time to comment and demonstrates that stakeholders were able to effectively engage with the proposals. The measure has also undergone full Parliamentary scrutiny during the passage of the Enterprise Bill.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 24/03/2016 12:35:10 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

482984

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department owed in late payments to small and medium-sized enterprises in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>When making payments, the core Department does not differentiate between small, medium and large enterprises as many small and medium sized businesses can be found at various tiers of the procurement chain.</p><p>The Department takes prompt payment very seriously and records show that in the current financial year to the end of February 2016, 96.4% of all valid invoices (by volume) were paid within 5 working days. When looking at the overall value, this equates to 99.8% paid within 5 working days and 99.99% of invoices were paid within the 30 day standard contractual terms.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 30/03/2016 09:57:55 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

482985

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much central government infrastructure investment was in each region of the UK since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2016 answer text <p>Historic data for regional infrastructure investment by government is not currently available. However historical capital expenditure figures including government’s infrastructure investment can be obtained from the following link :</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2015</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/509735/NIDP_2016-2021_final_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/509735/NIDP_2016-2021_final_web.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 29/03/2016 10:48:49 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

482996

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Banks: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2016 to Question 24869, whether the (a) Royal Bank of Scotland, (b) Bradford and Bingley and c) Northern Rock banks have received any public funding since they were taken into public ownership.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>In 2008 and 2009 HM Treasury made a number of interventions to support institutions including Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Bradford &amp; Bingley and Northern Rock.</p><p> </p><p>Full details of the funds used and outstanding balances can be found at the Office of Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) website and at UK Financial Investments’ (UKFI) website:-</p><p><a href="http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.ukfi.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.ukfi.co.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 24/03/2016 14:36:29 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

483055

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of online retail fraud was to retailers in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested.</p><p>The Home Office runs an annual Commercial Victimisation Survey (CVS) which asks business premises in different sectors about their experience of various crime types, including fraud, in the latest year.</p><p>In order to keep the length of the survey, and hence the burden on respondents, to a minimum, businesses are only asked about the cost of the latest incident of each crime type experienced in the year. Therefore, it is not possible to provide an aggregate cost of fraud or overall crime to businesses in the retail sector.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 31795 question first answered 24/03/2016 13:32:19 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

483059

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of retail crime was to businesses in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested.</p><p>The Home Office runs an annual Commercial Victimisation Survey (CVS) which asks business premises in different sectors about their experience of various crime types, including fraud, in the latest year.</p><p>In order to keep the length of the survey, and hence the burden on respondents, to a minimum, businesses are only asked about the cost of the latest incident of each crime type experienced in the year. Therefore, it is not possible to provide an aggregate cost of fraud or overall crime to businesses in the retail sector.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 31815 question first answered 24/03/2016 13:32:19 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

483096

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what average time was taken to hear non-domestic rates appeals in each local authority area in the latest year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2016 answer text <p>The latest statistics on the average (median) time taken to resolve challenges, for non-domestic properties by local authority as at 30 September 2015 can be found on the VOA disclosure log in table Average time to resolve challenges, 30 September 2015:</p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-domestic-rating-average-time-to-clear" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-domestic-rating-average-time-to-clear</a><p> </p><p>The time taken to resolve an appeal can be affected by a number of factors, such as the complexity of the case or whether the case proceeds to be listed for hearing by the independent Valuation Tribunal. Some cases can be held up in litigation or placed on hold at the ratepayer's request.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 01/04/2016 12:54:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

480611

registered interest
date	18/03/2016
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	Business: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of UK firms was owed money for late payments in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information required to make an estimate of proportion of UK firms owed money for late payments in each of the last ten years. As late payment affects so many different types of business in different ways, no single survey gives a full picture of the impact of late payment on businesses. The three sources that we look to as an indicator of late payment are the SME finance monitor, the regular BACs survey and Experian’s late payment index. BACS data shows that small and medium businesses were owed a total of £26.8 billion as at June 2015, and the average small business is waiting for £31,900 in overdue payments.</p><p>The Government recognises that late payment remains an important issue for small businesses in the UK and is taking significant steps to assist small businesses to recover late payment debts. This is part of a package of measures to tackle late payment. We have also legislated for new transparency measures in the public and private sectors. Through the Enterprise Bill, currently before Parliament, we will legislate to establish a Small Business Commissioner to give general advice and to help small businesses resolve disputes relating to payment matters with larger businesses.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 24/03/2016 16:29:37 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

480612

registered interest
date	18/03/2016
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: Finance
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 the level of funding for research and development on productivity.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2016 answer text <p>There is clear and robust evidence of a link between research and development (R&amp;D) spending and national productivity. Research indicates that every £1 the UK government invests in R&amp;D generates a return of 20p per annum in perpetuity<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>. In addition that £1 of public expenditure leverages an average of £1.36 in private investment<sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup>, generating even greater returns for the UK.</p><p>This Government recognises the value of science and innovation as a driver of UK economic success. That is why we are protecting the science ring-fence in real terms during this Parliament at £4.7 billion per annum and investing a record £6.9 billion in science capital from 2015 to 2021.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Haskel, Hughes and Bascavusoglu-Moreau (2014) “The Economic Significance of the UK Science Base” <a href="http://sciencecampaign.org.uk/UKScienceBase.pdf" target="_blank">http://sciencecampaign.org.uk/UKScienceBase.pdf</a>.</p><p>[2] Economic Insight (2014) “What is the relationship between public and private investment in science, research and innovation” <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/438763/bis-15-340-relationship-between-public-and-private-investment-in-R-D.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/438763/bis-15-340-relationship-between-public-and-private-investment-in-R-D.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/04/2016 12:34:14 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

480613

registered interest
date	18/03/2016
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	Exports: 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, if he will make it his policy to create a single online platform for accessing government support for increasing exports for UK companies.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	31755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>My noble Friend Lord Maude of Horsham made a <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Lords/2016-01-19/HLWS466/" target="_blank">statement</a> to the House of Lords on Tuesday 19 January on the Government’s strategy to support trade. This new operating model set out in the statement is seeing UK Trade &amp; Investment develop new services that provide direct support to businesses, including developing a single digital platform through which businesses can access the HMG and private sector support they need to succeed.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 30/03/2016 10:01:11 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan