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522961

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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	Manufacturing Industries: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to attract more manufacturing jobs to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	39365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government is creating a highly competitive business environment that makes the UK an attractive location for new manufacturing investment and drives strong productivity growth and export success. We have invested £300m over five years in the High Value Manufacturing Catapult to support the commercialisation of the innovation and new technologies that will be crucial to the future of manufacturing in the UK.</p><p>UK Trade and Investment works to attract foreign manufacturing companies to set up and grow in the UK. The recently published EY report (EY’s Attractiveness Survey 2016, UK) put the UK ahead of Germany for a second year running in terms of attracting manufacturing related foreign direct investment.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 08/06/2016 15:57:37 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

523160

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Solicitors: Voluntary Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will take steps to offer incentives to encourage more solicitors to offer pro bono work.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	39508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>Pro Bono is a voluntary commitment made by lawyers who understand that the service they provide is invaluable to those individuals who would otherwise be denied access to justice.</p><p>As pro bono champions of the Government, the Law Officers support a number of projects through our co-ordinating committees. The Government has also provided funding for several projects, such as the Litigants in Person package run by the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 08/06/2016 15:07:38 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

522426

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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	Land Registry: Privatisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what links firms bidding to run the Land Registry have to offshore tax havens.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	38964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>A government consultation seeking views on options to move operations of Land Registry to the private sector closed on 26 May. Government is currently analysing the responses but no final decisions have been made. We have not received any bids.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/06/2016 13:27:07 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

522433

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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	Construction: Productivity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made in improving construction sector productivity since publication of the Government's Productivity Plan in July 2015.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	39105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Working with the Construction Leadership Council (CLC), the Government has identified skills, business models and innovation as the major sources of improved productivity in the sector.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>To promote increased investment in skills, an Apprenticeship Levy will be introduced in April 2017 on all companies with a pay bill above £3 million per annum. The CLC Review of the Construction Labour Model launched in January 2016, is examining the labour model in construction and will recommend measures which will help lead house-building and other construction firms to ensure they have the skills, and the skills pipelines, that they need.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Construction Strategy 2016-2020 published in March this year has a focus on smarter procurement, using Government’s position in the market to help drive improved productivity in construction and better value for the tax payer.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses need money to invest in productivity improvement, and a review of the practice of cash retention and of the effectiveness of the legislation covering construction contracts (Part 2 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996), is currently underway.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Digital technology has great potential to drive productivity improvement through innovation in construction, and the UK is among the world leaders thanks to the Government’s support for the use and development of Building Information Modelling. In the Budget the Government announced support for the development of the next digital standard for the construction sector, Building Information Modelling 3.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 39106 question first answered 08/06/2016 15:49:36 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell

522434

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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	Construction: Productivity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the major barriers his Department has identified are to improving construction productivity; and what steps the Government has taken to remove those barriers.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	39106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Working with the Construction Leadership Council (CLC), the Government has identified skills, business models and innovation as the major sources of improved productivity in the sector.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>To promote increased investment in skills, an Apprenticeship Levy will be introduced in April 2017 on all companies with a pay bill above £3 million per annum. The CLC Review of the Construction Labour Model launched in January 2016, is examining the labour model in construction and will recommend measures which will help lead house-building and other construction firms to ensure they have the skills, and the skills pipelines, that they need.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Construction Strategy 2016-2020 published in March this year has a focus on smarter procurement, using Government’s position in the market to help drive improved productivity in construction and better value for the tax payer.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses need money to invest in productivity improvement, and a review of the practice of cash retention and of the effectiveness of the legislation covering construction contracts (Part 2 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996), is currently underway.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Digital technology has great potential to drive productivity improvement through innovation in construction, and the UK is among the world leaders thanks to the Government’s support for the use and development of Building Information Modelling. In the Budget the Government announced support for the development of the next digital standard for the construction sector, Building Information Modelling 3.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 39105 question first answered 08/06/2016 15:49:36 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell

522440

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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	Land Registry: Privatisation
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 reconsider the proposal to privatise the Land Registry; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	39188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>A government consultation seeking views on options to move operations of the Land Registry to the private sector closed on 26 May. Government is currently considering the responses but no final decisions have been made.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/06/2016 13:28:05 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

522443

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of Civil Service Fast Stream employees based in London complete a placement outside London.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	39272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The Civil Service Fast Stream is a rotational graduate development programme that lasts 4 years. Fast Streamers are employed on a national contract and undertake a number of roles across different Civil Service organisations and in different locations across the UK.</p><p>The number and proportion of Fast Streamers who will have undertaken a regional placement by the end of their programme will be available for the first cohort who joined in 2013, once they have completed the 4 year programme in October 2017.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/06/2016 08:13:46 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

522447

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many migrants from (a) the EU, (b) the EEA and (c) countries outside the EU have settled in the UK since 1 January 2004 in each (i) region and (ii) local authority area where they have settled.
tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
tabling member printed	William Wragg
uin	39201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 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 attachment 1 file name UKSA Response to 39201_table.xls title Excel Attachment for Member - Migrants 2 file name UKSA Response to 39201.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Migrants question first answered 08/06/2016 08:09:49 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

522450

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2016 to Question 37839, what the cost to the public purse has been of advertising of the Government's position on the EU referendum specifically on social media to date, excluding the cost of producing, distributing and publicising the Government's EU referendum leaflet and associated website.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	39123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government confirmed on 6<sup>th</sup> April 2016 that £2,894,064 had been set aside for the promotion of information relating to the EU Referendum, including the production of <a href="http://eureferndum.gov.uk/" target="_blank">eureferndum.gov.uk</a>. Costs relating to the Referendum will be accounted for in the usual way in Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 08/06/2016 16:04:15 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

522451

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Childbirth: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many births were recorded at (a) West Cumberland Hospital and (b) Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	39010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 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 08/06/2016 08:10:38 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name UKSA Response to 39010.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Recorded Births
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed