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967825

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date	04/09/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the proportion of late payments to SMEs.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	170292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government understands how important tackling late payment is, especially for smaller businesses. In due course, the Department will be publishing a call for evidence to understand the current trends and evidence on how late payments are affecting SMEs and to seek views on how the Government could go further to tackle the problem.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 12/09/2018 16:53:42 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

967826

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the number of self-employed individuals.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	170293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy relies on published labour market statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) which are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/previousReleases" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/previousReleases</a></p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 12/09/2018 16:53:50 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

967827

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	New Enterprise Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of recent trends in the number of individuals in receipt of the New Enterprise Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	170294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department regularly publishes official statistics for the New Enterprise Allowance Scheme, including an overview of the latest trends seen in the data. The latest publication can be accessed at:</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/new-enterprise-allowance-april-2011-to-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/new-enterprise-allowance-april-2011-to-december-2017</a></strong></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/09/2018 16:33:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

967828

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	New Enterprise Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse has been of the New Enterprise Allowance in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	170295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Between April 2011 and December 2017, New Enterprise Allowance has supported over 113,000 people to start their own business.</p><p> </p><p>The Departmental spend on New Enterprise Allowance (NEA), comprising contracted mentoring costs and Allowance payments to participants who had started to trade from 2013/14 is set out in the table below:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total NEA spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>58.8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>44.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22.1</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p>The reducing spend reflects:</p><p> </p><ol><li>Rising employment rates</li><li>The introduction of the Link Up Start Up (LUSU) workshop in April 2017 (to assess the viability of a claimant’s business) prior to starting on NEA</li><li>A refund of costs in 2015/16 from suppliers from the Grant Funded phase of the NEA which ended in December 2014.</li></ol> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 19/09/2018 14:47:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

964043

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Australia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the FinTech bridge agreement between the UK and Australia.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	169237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s FinTech Bridge agreements have facilitated positive cross border activity between the UK and our Bridge partner markets, and UK officials work closely with counterparts in each FinTech Bridge market to support firms seeking to export internationally.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 169238 169239 169240 169241 question first answered 10/09/2018 14:39:33 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

964044

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Hong Kong
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the FinTech bridge agreement between the UK and Hong Kong.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	169238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s FinTech Bridge agreements have facilitated positive cross border activity between the UK and our Bridge partner markets, and UK officials work closely with counterparts in each FinTech Bridge market to support firms seeking to export internationally.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 169237 169239 169240 169241 question first answered 10/09/2018 14:39:34 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

964045

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Singapore
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the FinTech bridge agreement between the UK and Singapore.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	169239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s FinTech Bridge agreements have facilitated positive cross border activity between the UK and our Bridge partner markets, and UK officials work closely with counterparts in each FinTech Bridge market to support firms seeking to export internationally.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 169237 169238 169240 169241 question first answered 10/09/2018 14:39:34 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

964046

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: South Korea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the FinTech bridge agreement between the UK and South Korea.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	169240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s FinTech Bridge agreements have facilitated positive cross border activity between the UK and our Bridge partner markets, and UK officials work closely with counterparts in each FinTech Bridge market to support firms seeking to export internationally.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 169237 169238 169239 169241 question first answered 10/09/2018 14:39:34 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

964047

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the FinTech bridge agreement between the UK and China.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	169241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s FinTech Bridge agreements have facilitated positive cross border activity between the UK and our Bridge partner markets, and UK officials work closely with counterparts in each FinTech Bridge market to support firms seeking to export internationally.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 169237 169238 169239 169240 question first answered 10/09/2018 14:39:34 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

964048

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with the US Administration on establishing a FinTech bridge agreement between the UK and the USA.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	169242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>UK and US government officials and regulators continue to engage on a range of financial services policy, including FinTech. There are no current plans for a UK-US FinTech Bridge.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/09/2018 16:03:18 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie