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62541

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date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Medicine: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that clinical research is carried out by suitably qualified professionals.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	201200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive is responsible for the enforcement of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and ensuring that “risks to people's health and safety from work activities are properly controlled”.</p><p> </p><p>The Health Research Authority (HRA) ensures that ethically-approved clinical research is carried out by suitably qualified professionals through its arrangements for research ethics committee review. Research ethics committee review includes scrutiny of researchers' suitability to conduct the research they are proposing. This review is required by Departmental guidance, which applies to all health and adult social care research, and by legislation, for instance, in the case of clinical trials, by Schedule 1 part 2(2) of the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/1031).</p><p> </p><p>The HRA publishes a register of research summaries, including a contact name (usually that of the chief investigator) and the research ethics committee's opinion. The register is publicly available on line at:</p><p> </p><p>www.nres.nhs.uk/researchsummaries</p><p> </p><p>From September 2013, registration of clinical trials in a publicly accessible database is a condition of the favourable ethical opinion given by a research ethics committee.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 201201 question first answered 25/06/2014 14:23:38 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

62542

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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	Higher Education: Dartford
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 students at schools in Dartford applied for higher education places in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Dartford
tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
uin	201222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of UCAS applicants from Dartford constituency is shown in the table.</p><p><strong>UCAS applicants aged under 21<sup>1</sup> and 21 and over to full-time undergraduate courses from Dartford constituency</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Year of entry:</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under 21</p></td><td><p>705</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>845</p></td><td><p>740</p></td><td><p>835</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21 &amp; over</p></td><td><p>1,205</p></td><td><p>1,225</p></td><td><p>1,245</p></td><td><p>1,130</p></td><td><p>1,085</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source: UCAS</strong></p><p><strong>1. This analysis uses country specific age definitions that align with the cut off points for school and college cohorts within the different administrations of the UK. For England, ages are defined on the 31<sup>st</sup> August. </strong><strong>Defining ages in this way matches the assignment of children to school cohorts.</strong></p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 25/06/2014 14:46:31 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson

62544

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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	Companies: Ownership
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 his Department is taking to ensure that the proposed beneficial ownership registry identifies the real controlling parties of all companies listed.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Naomi Long
uin	201303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill will make provision for the implementation of a central registry of company beneficial ownership information. The legislation will set out the obligations and sanctions that will apply to companies and others to ensure that the central registry contains information on the ultimate owners and controllers of UK companies.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 25/06/2014 14:53:05 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	3920 label Biography information for Naomi Long

62548

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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	Minimum Wage
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 complaints about payment of the National Minimum Wage (a) were made, (b) were resolved within the required Departmental timescales and (c) were not resolved within the required Departmental timescales in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	201382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing compliance with minimum wage legislation and effective enforcement of it. Everyone who is entitled to the minimum wage should receive it. HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) enforces the National Minimum Wage (NMW) on behalf of BIS.</p><p>HMRC investigates every complaint made to the Pay and Work Rights helpline and deals with each NMW complaint on a case-by-case basis. The timescale for each case is dependent on a number of factors:</p><ul><li>the complexity of the issues</li><li>the size of employer</li><li>the cooperation of the employer</li><li>the enforcement route required</li></ul><p>In 2013/14, HMRC investigated 1631 cases. Of these, 1084 cases were closed; 565 cases were closed within 120 days; 519 cases were closed outside of 120 days and 547 cases are still open and yet to be concluded.</p><p>Please note that investigations may not commence and be completed in the same financial year.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott grouped question UIN 201383 question first answered 25/06/2014 14:50:12 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

62549

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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	Minimum Wage
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 target timescale is for resolving complaints regarding non-payment of the National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	201383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing compliance with minimum wage legislation and effective enforcement of it. Everyone who is entitled to the minimum wage should receive it. HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) enforces the National Minimum Wage (NMW) on behalf of BIS.</p><p>HMRC investigates every complaint made to the Pay and Work Rights helpline and deals with each NMW complaint on a case-by-case basis. The timescale for each case is dependent on a number of factors:</p><ul><li>the complexity of the issues</li><li>the size of employer</li><li>the cooperation of the employer</li><li>the enforcement route required</li></ul><p>In 2013/14, HMRC investigated 1631 cases. Of these, 1084 cases were closed; 565 cases were closed within 120 days; 519 cases were closed outside of 120 days and 547 cases are still open and yet to be concluded.</p><p>Please note that investigations may not commence and be completed in the same financial year.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott grouped question UIN 201382 question first answered 25/06/2014 14:50:12 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

62551

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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	Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
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 budget for the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate is for 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	201394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The budget for the Employment Agency Standards inspectorate is no longer devolved below branch level in the Labour Markets Directorate, and we are therefore unable to provide this information.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 25/06/2014 14:41:23 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

62553

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
hansard heading	Sovereignty: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether his Department had discussions with the Welsh Government regarding the use of public funds by the Cabinet Office to produce and send an anti-Scottish Independence pamphlet to every house in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	201175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>There are regular discussions between UK Government and Welsh Government Ministers on matters of mutual interest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 25/06/2014 16:15:26 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

62559

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Building Societies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to publish the results of the consultations on bail-in order for building societies; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	201186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p><strong>The Government is currently analysing the responses to the consultation on bail-in secondary legislation. Once this review is completed, the Government will publish a summary of the responses and indicate how it plans to proceed.</strong></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/06/2014 13:48:01 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

62568

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Crowdfunding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2014, Official Report, column 160W, on venture capital, what steps he has taken to support crowdfunding and peer-to-peer (a) lending to and (b) investment in small businesses; and if he will assess the value of such forms of finance to the small and medium-size sector.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	201391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>Crowdfunding and peer to peer lending are innovative new forms of finance that support competition in the business lending sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken a number of steps to support their growth, including bringing peer to peer lending within the scope of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and announcing that the range of products that can be held in stocks and shares ISAs will be expanded to include loans made through peer to peer platforms.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also operates two tax-advantaged venture capital schemes which are used by equity crowdfunding investors; the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made any assessment of the value of investment in small and medium sized businesses from peer to peer lending and crowdfunding platforms.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/06/2014 13:54:48 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

62569

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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	Minimum Wage
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 the Government spent on National Minimum Wage enforcement in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	201395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>Final figures for the Government spend on National Minimum Wage enforcement during 2013/14 are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 25/06/2014 14:39:07 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray