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470338

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2016
	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	Business: Government Assistance
	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 businesses in each (a) parliamentary constituency, (b) local authority area and (c) Government Office region received funding under the (i) Enterprise Finance Guarantee, (ii) Working Capital and (iii) British Business Bank in each year during which those schemes have been in existence.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	30981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>Since the launch on 14 January 2009 of the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme, 29,092 loans have been offered with a value of over £3 billion. With regard to Working Capital support, 47 companies have also received support through UK Export Finance’s Export Working Capital product, enabling over £250 million of export contracts to take place</p><p> </p><p>The British Business Bank was formally created in November 2014. Its programmes are currently supporting £2.5 billion of finance to over 44,000 smaller businesses, and participating in a further £3.6 billion of finance to small mid-cap businesses.</p><p> </p><p>Where it has been possible to provide the data in the format requested this has been included in the attached tables.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 21/03/2016 15:30:36 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name Attachment to 30981 - Regional totals.docx title Regional Totals previous answer version 52036 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

470340

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2016
	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	Export Credit Guarantees: Corruption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions the Export Credits Guarantee Department has reported allegations of bribery and corruption to (a) the Serious Fraud Office and (b) other agencies in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	30982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>During this period no allegations of bribery and corruption have been disclosed to UK Export Finance (the operating name of the Export Credits Guarantee Department) that were not already in the public domain. Accordingly, the Department has not referred any allegations of bribery or corruption to the Serious Fraud Office, or other similar agencies, over that period.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 21/03/2016 15:42:28 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 52037 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

470341

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2016
	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	Foreign Investment in UK: EU Countries
	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 inward investment projects originating from other EU member states have been established in each region and constituent part of the UK for each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	30983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>Below is a breakdown of all successful inward investment projects recorded from EU countries in each region and constituent part of the UK during the 2010/11 - 2014/15 period. These are based on estimates made by UK Trade and Investment.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Foreign Direct Investment Projects originating from the EU</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>880</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>281</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Wide</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>228</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; The Humber</p></td><td><p>157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,612</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: UKTI internal database. Note: Based on UKTI’s estimates of successful inward investment projects originating from </em><em>27 EU member countries into</em><em> the UK </em><em>regions </em><em>at the time of announcement of investment projects during each of the reporting period between 2010/11 to 2014/15. </em></p><p><em> </em></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 21/03/2016 15:39:49 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 52038 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

518891

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	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	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, Innovation and Skills, which steel plants in the UK have (a) closed and (b) been bought by a new owner in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	37218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is set out below and covers the closures and sales of primary steel making plants in the UK.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Steel Plant Closed (A)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Steel Plant Bought by New Owner (B)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Alphasteel, Newport (2007)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Libala, Newport (2008)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Teeside Cast Products, Redcar (2010)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SSI, Redcar (2011)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Thamesteel, Sheerness (2012)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Liberty Group, Newport (2013)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Libala, Newport (2013)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SSI, Redcar (2015)</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For A) owner at time of closing, plant (year of closure)</p><p>For B) new owner, plant (year of sale)</p><p> </p><p>There is no centrally collected information for downstream steel sites closures and sales.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 09/06/2016 06:53:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 222 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

422520

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2015
	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	Tata Steel: Redundancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he was first made aware of the fact that job losses were likely at TATA Steel in Scunthorpe and Lanarkshire; and what assessment he has made of the economic effect on (a) the local community and (b) the supply chain of those job losses.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	12687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills were given final details of the planned closures and associated redundancies on 8 October on a commercially sensitive basis. Our main priority now is to support the workers and the families of those who have lost their jobs. We have established a local task force led by Liz Redfern, leader of North Lincolnshire Council, to consider what action needs to be taken to support the local economy and related supply chain following this announcement and the Government stands ready to provide help.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/10/2015 12:10:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

422521

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2015
	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	Sahaviriya Steel Industries UK: Redcar
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the cost of (a) fully mothballing the SSI Steel site in Redcar and (b) safely cleaning up the site to prepare it for redevelopment.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	12688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>We know the SSI Redcar plant lost over £600 million in over three years. When the company went into liquidation, the Official Receiver bought supplies to keep certain operations, such as the coke ovens, going in the hope of finding a commercial buyer.</p><br /><p>Unfortunately, no commercial buyer could be found to maintain operations at the plant. While this was deeply disappointing, with such large losses and debts, and the price of steel produced at SSI expected to stay depressed for some considerable time, it was perhaps not surprising.</p><br /><p>It is too early to say what the costs of preparing the site for redevelopment will be. This will depend on the state the site is left in following liquidation, the future use of the site and any private sector interest in it, which could generate value to offset redevelopment costs.</p><br /><p>The Government is providing the Official Receiver with the funds and support necessary to deliver a safe liquidation of SSI.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/10/2015 17:28:27 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

422522

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2015
	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	Caparo Industries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he was first made aware of the fact that Caparo Industries was facing significant difficulties and was likely to enter administration.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	12689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>We received confirmation of these developments when PwC announced on 19<sup>th</sup> October 2015 that a team of Administrators, partners and directors from PwC had been appointed Joint Administrators over certain companies within the Caparo Industries group.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/10/2015 12:11:46 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

422523

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2015
	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	Sahaviriya Steel Industries UK: Redcar
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the £80 million package announced to help the local community after the closure of the SSI Plant in Redcar will be used to pay statutory redundancy pay; and how much of the remaining sum will be allocated from other funds for employment support already in operation.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	12643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>There is some flexibility to meet statutory redundancy payments from the package, but the majority of the fund will go towards supporting training, small businesses and the local economy. Ministers were clear on the components of the package when they first briefed the local taskforce earlier this month. The task force has already submitted proposals for elements of this funding to support economic regeneration in the area which the Department is now considering.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/10/2015 13:00:34 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

423210

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2015
	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	Trade Agreements: China
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on granting Market Economy Status to China under World Trade Organisation rules.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	13061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>The UK will examine the Commission’s legal analysis and proposal on addressing the commitment in article 15 of China’s protocol of accession to the World Trade Organisation when it is made available. The UK fully supports the China-EU 2020 Strategic Agenda for Cooperation.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 30/10/2015 12:08:47 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

424844

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2015
	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	Green Investment Bank: Privatisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what he plans for the size of the stake which the Government will retain in the Green Investment Bank to be after that bank's privatisation.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	14148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>Decisions on the size of stake retained in the Green Investment Bank will be taken on the basis of what achieves best value for money for the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 04/11/2015 17:35:52 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan