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515188

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Civil Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the (a) Law Society and (b) other representatives of the legal profession on the issuing of seven day notices of legal proceedings at the same time as invoices for payment to consumers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	35350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>Ministers at the Ministry of Justice have had no such discussions with the Law Society or other representatives of the legal profession on this issue.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 28/04/2016 17:11:03 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

515189

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Driverless Vehicles: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the cyber security implications of driverless cars.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	35322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>Government recognises that vehicle security is a priority to ensure the safety and security of the public and their data.</p><p>Government believes connected and autonomous vehicles should be “secure by design” and handle data appropriately. We are working closely with industry to achieve these aims as part of a wider programme of activity to ensure that the significant opportunities of these technologies can be realised safely and securely.</p><p>Connected technologies present cyber security challenges across a range of sectors. Cyber security has been identified as a key priority in the latest National Security Strategy. The Government has announced the formation of a National Cyber Security Centre, which will bring together the UK’s cyber expertise from different parts of Government into one organisation. The Government will also publish a new National Cyber Security Strategy later this year.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 03/05/2016 15:12:10 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

515190

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answers of 25 February 2016 to Questions 27493 and 27494, and with reference to Article 29 of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, what the evidential basis is for the Government's conclusion that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership does not automatically apply to British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Rob Marris
uin	35358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s position, set out in the answers to Questions 27493 and 27494, is based on the wording of the treaties (Article 52 of the Treaty on European Union, Article 355 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the 1972 Treaty of Accession of Denmark, Ireland and the UK to the European Economic Community) and the longstanding practice of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Article 29 of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is not relevant to the status of British Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. Article 29 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties provides that “Unless a different intention appears from the treaty or is otherwise established, a treaty is binding upon each party in respect of its entire territory.” The British Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies are not part of the UK, and the UK has consistently adopted the position that treaties made by the UK do not extend to British Overseas Territories or the Crown Dependencies, unless this is done expressly. The first expression of this position was set out in the “Bevin Despatch” (Foreign Office Circular 118, 16 October 1950).</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 35359 question first answered 28/04/2016 15:25:19 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1468 label Biography information for Rob Marris

515191

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answers of 25 February 2016 to Questions 27493 and 27494, and with reference to Article 29 of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, what the evidential basis is for the Government's conclusion that the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement does not automatically apply to British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Rob Marris
uin	35359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s position, set out in the answers to Questions 27493 and 27494, is based on the wording of the treaties (Article 52 of the Treaty on European Union, Article 355 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the 1972 Treaty of Accession of Denmark, Ireland and the UK to the European Economic Community) and the longstanding practice of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Article 29 of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is not relevant to the status of British Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. Article 29 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties provides that “Unless a different intention appears from the treaty or is otherwise established, a treaty is binding upon each party in respect of its entire territory.” The British Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies are not part of the UK, and the UK has consistently adopted the position that treaties made by the UK do not extend to British Overseas Territories or the Crown Dependencies, unless this is done expressly. The first expression of this position was set out in the “Bevin Despatch” (Foreign Office Circular 118, 16 October 1950).</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 35358 question first answered 28/04/2016 15:25:19 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1468 label Biography information for Rob Marris

515192

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	International Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has produced an implementation plan for the Sustainable Development Goals.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	35363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Government intends to produce a report in due course that will set out how the UK is contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 28/04/2016 15:14:46 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

515193

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	EU Grants and 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 much EU (a) 7th Framework Programme and (b) Horizon 2020 funding has been provided to (i) universities, (ii) other research institutions and (iii) small businesses in the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	35370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>The figures requested are set out below. These reflect the full value of grant agreements signed in each calendar year, not the money received in that year.</p><p>Higher and Secondary Education Organisations (HES) agreed funding (€):</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FP7</p></td><td><p>832,679,583</p></td><td><p>923,451,655</p></td><td><p>1,017,766,046</p></td><td><p>390,441,742</p></td><td><p>22,102,754</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Horizon 2020</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>178,789,606</p></td><td><p>910,814,167</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Non-profit Research organisations (REC) agreed funding (€):</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FP7</p></td><td><p>109,612,016</p></td><td><p>78,523,761</p></td><td><p>107,290,576</p></td><td><p>38,249,216</p></td><td><p>1,469,761</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Horizon 2020</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>48,957,471</p></td><td><p>140,977,361</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SME) agreed funding (€):</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FP7</p></td><td><p>127,491,096</p></td><td><p>180,348,365</p></td><td><p>229,312,029</p></td><td><p>39,929,247</p></td><td><p>241,625</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Horizon 2020</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>49,215,444</p></td><td><p>219,693,279</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that the SME figures may include some HES or REC organisations.</p><p>The variation in the figures across the years in part reflects the fact that calls are competitively bid for and vary considerably in the amount of funding available; and in part the fact that the FP7 budget was back-loaded, with increasing amounts of money available to award as grants in the final two years of the programme (2012-2013). In contrast, relatively few grants were awarded in the first year of Horizon 2020 (2014), which thereafter is due to run with annual budgets larger than those available to FP7.</p><p>Overall, the UK was the second biggest recipient of EU research funding under FP7, and remains so under Horizon 2020.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 27/04/2016 15:02:29 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

515194

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Overseas Trade: Commonwealth
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 the Government is taking to promote trade between the UK and other Commonwealth countries.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	35417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government is represented across the Commonwealth and, as one of its priorities, is committed to helping UK business succeed overseas. UK Trade &amp; Investment itself is represented in around half of all Commonwealth countries. There is therefore a range of services that business can benefit from, dependent on the scale of the opportunities in each country.</p><p>My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has recently made further appointments of designated Trade Envoys to Commonwealth countries which now include; Bangladesh, Ghana, Mozambique, Brunei, Malaysia, Nigeria, Canada, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 03/05/2016 10:13:45 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

515195

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
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 vehicles were acquired under the 2009-10 vehicle scrappage scheme; and how many of those vehicles had not been disposed of on the latest date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	35431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>Under the 2009 Vehicle Scrappage Scheme (VSS) claims were made for 392227 vehicles. A breakdown of that figure by make and model is available on our website, gov.uk. In order for a claim to be made under the VSS, a Certificate of Destruction (CoD), issued by an Authorised Treatment Facility (ATF) for the old vehicle had to be provided by the car dealer to the manufacturer. Beyond the CoD, the arrangements covering disposal of the old vehicle, and any associated costs, sat outside the scheme. The physical treatment chain was not a condition of the Scheme and therefore the Department does not hold any information relating to this. The Environment Agency is the responsible authority for compliance with the permit requirements for Authorised Treatment Facilities (ATF).</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 28/04/2016 15:34:44 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

515196

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Nursing: Training
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 places were awarded on nursing degrees at each institution in each of the last 5 years.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	35415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The attached table shows the number of entrants to full-time undergraduate courses at English HEIs who were studying nursing, split by institution, for the last 5 academic years.</p><p>Reforms to the funding of nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals (AHP) courses will enable universities to create more training places by the end of this Parliament, allowing more students to study for a health degree.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 04/05/2016 15:09:49 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone attachment 1 file name PQ_35415_nursing_course_table.xls title Entrants to Nursing Courses by Institution
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

515197

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Nursing: Training
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 (a) applicants and (b) accepted offers of places there were for nursing degrees at each institution in 2014-15 from (i) A-levels and (ii) Access students.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	35416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) publishes data on applications and acceptances for full-time undergraduate courses.</p><p>In 2015 the number of applications to nursing courses was 186,260 and the number of acceptances was 21,450. Each person can make up to five applications.</p><p>UCAS does not publish data on applicants or acceptances for nursing degrees broken down by either institution or entry qualification.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 27/04/2016 15:01:44 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins