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535499

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2016
	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	Arts: Royalties
	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 the implications for his policies of the recommendations of the Creative Industries Council in its report entitled Create Together, published in July 2016, on clarifying the role of safe harbours and rights holders' remuneration.
	tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
	tabling member printed	Nigel Adams
	uin	42572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>The Create Together strategy produced by the industry members of the Creative Industries Council is a strategy for building on the economic success of the UK’s creative sector. It is one which the Government supports. Government is currently reviewing specific recommendations within the strategy, including on safe harbour. We are strongly committed to working constructively with industry on these issues.</p><p>The Government agrees that it should not be possible to benefit from encouraging the posting of copyright infringing content through safe harbours, and that the rules governing who is responsible for such content should be clear. In developing the UK’s copyright framework going forward, we will consider whether the current situation is providing the right mix of incentives and protections.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/07/2016 11:01:05 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams

535520

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2016
	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	Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs
	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 the implications of the outcome of the EU referendum are for changes to the potential number of solar jobs supported on a headcount basis set out in his Department's Impact Assessment on the Periodic Review of Feed-in Tariffs, published on 17 December 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	42466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s guiding principle throughout the process of leaving the EU will be to ensure the best possible outcome for the British people.</p><p> </p><p>At this stage, it is not possible to assess the implications of the outcome of the EU referendum on the potential solar jobs figures set out in the Impact Assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/07/2016 08:41:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

535465

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2016
	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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the recent change in the value of the pound on the purchasing power of British steel companies.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
	uin	42472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/08/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>My Department regularly reviews the impact of changing economic conditions on business including in specific sectors such as steel. We also talk regularly to companies to understand their view on market conditions including in formal meetings such as sector councils.</p><p> </p><p>Steel companies are impacted differently by exchange rates depending on the balance of raw materials they import from outside the UK and the location of their export markets.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 15/08/2016 12:51:52 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

535464

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2016
	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	Business: EU Law
	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 work his Department is undertaking on identifying EU regulations that have a cost to British businesses that could be repealed or replaced.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	42469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/08/2016 answer text <p>In the short term, the Government will continue to seek the amendment or repeal of EU rules within the framework of the European Commission’s Regulatory Fitness (REFIT) programme, in order to minimise the regulatory burdens imposed on UK businesses. The REFIT programme was established in 2012 to review the stock of existing EU legislation in order to identify burdens, inconsistencies, gaps or ineffective measures and address them.</p><p> </p><p>Building on the work of the Red Tape Challenge and the current Cutting Red Tape programme, we will continue our engagement with business to gather their views on their priorities for reducing EU regulatory burdens wherever possible once the UK has left the EU. My Rt Hon Friend the former Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Member for Bromsgrove (Sajid Javid) chaired a roundtable with business leaders, to discuss the challenges faced by businesses and ensure that the negotiation of the UK’s future relationship with the EU is carried out in the interest of UK companies, investors, potential investors and workers.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 25/08/2016 12:47:11 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

535469

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2016
	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	EU Grants and Loans: Liverpool City Region
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding from the (a) European Regional Development Fund and (b) European Social Fund was spent in (i) Liverpool, Wavertree constituency and (ii) each borough of the Liverpool City Region in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	42527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/08/2016 answer text <p>Information is not held for individual constituencies or boroughs. Figures are recorded for Merseyside and are from the 2007-13 programming period where projects could spend money up to the end of 2015, with some reimbursements taking place in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The figures for the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>£m Merseyside</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>£77.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£25.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£28.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£27.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£29.70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£21.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£33.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£20.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£263.65</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For the European Social Fund (ESF) figures as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>£m Merseyside</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£44.04</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£20.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£11.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£8.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£7.70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£9.93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£0.29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£102.90</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 25/08/2016 13:03:07 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger