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444100

registered interest
date	12/01/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Human Trafficking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for human trafficking resulted in a conviction between 1 August 2015 and 1 January 2016; and how many orders made for victim compensation as a result of such convictions resulted in payments (a) by convicted traffickers and (b) at a cost to the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Cities of London and Westminster
tabling member printed	Mark Field
uin	22061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>Statistics for prosecutions and convictions for 2015, including those for offences defined as human trafficking, are planned for publication in May 2016.</p><br /><p>Overall court proceedings data for offences defined as human trafficking in England and Wales from 2004 to 2014 are published here.</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014</a></p><br /><p>The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority cannot provide data on the compensation it has awarded to victims of a particular crime type. This is because it awards compensation in line with the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme tariff of injuries rather than the type of incident that led to those injuries.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 18/01/2016 09:21:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1405 label Biography information for Mark Field

444101

registered interest
date	12/01/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	James McConnell
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether he has had discussions with his Northern Ireland counterparts on the recent case of Pastor James McConnell.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	22123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p>The Attorney General and I have not had any discussions on Pastor McConnell’s case with the Attorney General for Northern Ireland or the Public Prosecution Service. The decision to prosecute was a matter for the Public Prosecution Service.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 20/01/2016 10:52:37 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

444102

registered interest
date	12/01/2016
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	Small Businesses: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which 10 companies owed the greatest amount of late payment debt to SMEs in each six-month period of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	22124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The Department does not hold the information required. However, BACS data shows that small and medium businesses are owed a total of £26.8 billion, and the average small business is waiting for £31,900 in overdue payments.[1]</p><br /><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.</p><br /><p>The Small Business Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 legislated for new reporting requirement on the UK’s largest companies and Regulations will be introduced this year which will compel larger companies to report on payment practices and performance. This information will be published on a six-monthly basis and will be made publicly available.</p><br /><p>The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 introduced a requirement for all public-sector buyers to publish annually, from 2017, their liability to debt interest payments. In central government we have gone further and faster. We will be publishing against these requirements quarterly from April this year. This will allow full public scrutiny of payment performance.</p><br /><p>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><br /><p>Tackling late payment is about creating a responsible payment culture where larger companies recognise the benefit of having a sustainable and robust supply chain, and smaller businesses feel able to challenge poor behaviour. Once implemented, the Government is confident that these measures will lead to significant changes in the UK’s payment culture.</p><br /><p><strong></strong></p><br /><p>[1] BACS Data June 2015.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 22125 22126 22130 22183 question first answered 20/01/2016 17:48:40 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

444103

registered interest
date	12/01/2016
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	Small Businesses: 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 many SMEs have been declared bankrupt as a result of late payments in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	22125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The Department does not hold the information required. However, BACS data shows that small and medium businesses are owed a total of £26.8 billion, and the average small business is waiting for £31,900 in overdue payments.[1]</p><br /><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.</p><br /><p>The Small Business Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 legislated for new reporting requirement on the UK’s largest companies and Regulations will be introduced this year which will compel larger companies to report on payment practices and performance. This information will be published on a six-monthly basis and will be made publicly available.</p><br /><p>The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 introduced a requirement for all public-sector buyers to publish annually, from 2017, their liability to debt interest payments. In central government we have gone further and faster. We will be publishing against these requirements quarterly from April this year. This will allow full public scrutiny of payment performance.</p><br /><p>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><br /><p>Tackling late payment is about creating a responsible payment culture where larger companies recognise the benefit of having a sustainable and robust supply chain, and smaller businesses feel able to challenge poor behaviour. Once implemented, the Government is confident that these measures will lead to significant changes in the UK’s payment culture.</p><br /><p><strong></strong></p><br /><p>[1] BACS Data June 2015.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 22124 22126 22130 22183 question first answered 20/01/2016 17:48:40 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

444104

registered interest
date	12/01/2016
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	Small Businesses: 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 estimate he has made of the cost to the UK economy of late payments to SMEs in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	22126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The Department does not hold the information required. However, BACS data shows that small and medium businesses are owed a total of £26.8 billion, and the average small business is waiting for £31,900 in overdue payments.[1]</p><br /><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.</p><br /><p>The Small Business Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 legislated for new reporting requirement on the UK’s largest companies and Regulations will be introduced this year which will compel larger companies to report on payment practices and performance. This information will be published on a six-monthly basis and will be made publicly available.</p><br /><p>The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 introduced a requirement for all public-sector buyers to publish annually, from 2017, their liability to debt interest payments. In central government we have gone further and faster. We will be publishing against these requirements quarterly from April this year. This will allow full public scrutiny of payment performance.</p><br /><p>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><br /><p>Tackling late payment is about creating a responsible payment culture where larger companies recognise the benefit of having a sustainable and robust supply chain, and smaller businesses feel able to challenge poor behaviour. Once implemented, the Government is confident that these measures will lead to significant changes in the UK’s payment culture.</p><br /><p><strong></strong></p><br /><p>[1] BACS Data June 2015.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 22124 22125 22130 22183 question first answered 20/01/2016 17:48:40 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

444105

registered interest
date	12/01/2016
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	Small Businesses: 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 on average was owed in late payment debt to SMEs in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	22130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The Department does not hold the information required. However, BACS data shows that small and medium businesses are owed a total of £26.8 billion, and the average small business is waiting for £31,900 in overdue payments.[1]</p><br /><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.</p><br /><p>The Small Business Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 legislated for new reporting requirement on the UK’s largest companies and Regulations will be introduced this year which will compel larger companies to report on payment practices and performance. This information will be published on a six-monthly basis and will be made publicly available.</p><br /><p>The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 introduced a requirement for all public-sector buyers to publish annually, from 2017, their liability to debt interest payments. In central government we have gone further and faster. We will be publishing against these requirements quarterly from April this year. This will allow full public scrutiny of payment performance.</p><br /><p>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><br /><p>Tackling late payment is about creating a responsible payment culture where larger companies recognise the benefit of having a sustainable and robust supply chain, and smaller businesses feel able to challenge poor behaviour. Once implemented, the Government is confident that these measures will lead to significant changes in the UK’s payment culture.</p><br /><p><strong></strong></p><br /><p>[1] BACS Data June 2015.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 22124 22125 22126 22183 question first answered 20/01/2016 17:48:40 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

444106

registered interest
date	12/01/2016
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	Employment: Research
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 his Department has made of the total number of FTE positions supported by funding from Research Councils UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	22091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>The table below provides the figures for full-time equivalent (FTE) staff employed by the Research Councils as at 31 March 2015. It is not possible to estimate the number of FTE positions supported by grant funding awarded by the Research Councils given the multiple sources of funding which support many researchers.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>FTE as at 31<sup>st</sup> March 2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Head Office staff<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Institute, Research Centre and Unit staff</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>AHRC</strong></p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>BBSRC</strong></p></td><td><p>282.3</p></td><td><p>962</p></td><td><p>1244.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>EPSRC</strong></p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>193</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>ESRC</strong></p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>MRC</strong></p></td><td><p>220<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>2205</p></td><td><p>2425</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>NERC</strong></p></td><td><p>214</p></td><td><p>2171</p></td><td><p>2385</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>STFC</strong></p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>1558</p></td><td><p>1775</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup></sup></p><p><sup>1</sup> Figures in this column include Research Councils UK Executive Directorate and cross-research council support staff.</p><p><sup>2</sup> Locally employed staff at the MRC’s two units in Africa are not included in this data.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 22/01/2016 14:15:00 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

444107

registered interest
date	12/01/2016
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	Disability Aids: Sales
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 take steps to prevent the exploitation of consumers by salesmen of stair lifts and other aids to the elderly and disabled.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
uin	22189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <br /><p><strong></strong></p><p>The Department funds the Citizens Advice Service to provide valuable advice to consumers, including how to avoid scams. Citizens Advice also lead the annual Scams Awareness Month, working with Trading Standards to help give consumers the confidence to spot and report a scam.</p><br /><p>Trading Standards Officers have powers to take action under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 against salesmen who use misleading practices and aggressive pressure selling. Additionally, National Trading Standards Scambuster Teams take action against large scale national and regional scammers, including those who exploit the elderly and vulnerable through the sale of substandard or unnecessary mobility aids.</p><br /><p>Since 2014 the Consumer Protection (Amendment) Regulations 2014 introduced important new rights for consumers to take their own action against such traders to get their money back.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/01/2016 17:45:38 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

444108

registered interest
date	12/01/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many employees were on zero-hours contracts in each financial quarter since May 2010 in each (a) constituency and (b) region.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	22223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 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 18/01/2016 09:22:56 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name 22223 FINAL.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Zero Hour Contracts
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

444109

registered interest
date	12/01/2016
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	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 many (a) private sector companies, (b) public sector bodies went beyond the maximum 60-day period to repay debt covered by the Late Payment Directive in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	22183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The Department does not hold the information required. However, BACS data shows that small and medium businesses are owed a total of £26.8 billion, and the average small business is waiting for £31,900 in overdue payments.[1]</p><br /><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.</p><br /><p>The Small Business Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 legislated for new reporting requirement on the UK’s largest companies and Regulations will be introduced this year which will compel larger companies to report on payment practices and performance. This information will be published on a six-monthly basis and will be made publicly available.</p><br /><p>The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 introduced a requirement for all public-sector buyers to publish annually, from 2017, their liability to debt interest payments. In central government we have gone further and faster. We will be publishing against these requirements quarterly from April this year. This will allow full public scrutiny of payment performance.</p><br /><p>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><br /><p>Tackling late payment is about creating a responsible payment culture where larger companies recognise the benefit of having a sustainable and robust supply chain, and smaller businesses feel able to challenge poor behaviour. Once implemented, the Government is confident that these measures will lead to significant changes in the UK’s payment culture.</p><br /><p><strong></strong></p><br /><p>[1] BACS Data June 2015.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 22124 22125 22126 22130 question first answered 20/01/2016 17:48:40 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson