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539736

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2016
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure
	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 estimate he has made of his Department's total budget in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	43020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>Following the Machinery of Government changes, budgets will be formally agreed and approved by Parliament through the relevant Supply Estimate process. The next Estimate will be published in early 2017. The Department is working through the budgetary implications of the recent MOG announcements in advance of this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 21/07/2016 15:59:33 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

539737

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2016
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Civil Servants
	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 many Civil Servants employed by the Department for Energy and Climate Change he expects to move to employment in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	43021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>All the Civil Servants previously employed by the Department for Energy and Climate Change have moved to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. All of its functions, along with the business, industrial strategy, science and innovation functions of the former Department for Business, Innovation and Skills have come together to form the new Department.</p><p> </p><p>Details of staff numbers at the former Department for Energy and Climate Change were published in its Annual Report and Accounts 2015/16 on 13 July 2016</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 21/07/2016 15:57:05 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

606029

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2016
	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	Small Businesses: Economic Situation
	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 steps he is taking to ensure that the UK leaving the EU does not have a deleterious effect on the financial situation of small and medium-sized businesses; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	49428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to making Britain the best place in Europe to start and grow a business. That includes supporting those businesses that trade with the EU and wider international markets, as well as continuing to encourage record foreign direct investment that supports business and communities up and down the country.</p><p>Over the coming weeks and months the Government will be engaging with businesses and key stakeholders up and down the country. We will listen to their concerns, aim to limit uncertainty in the transition and ensure our new relationship with the EU works for business.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/10/2016 13:34:09 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

641394

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2016
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Civil Servants
	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 his most recent estimate is of the number of civil servants working in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	53942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As at 31 October 2016, there were 3,189 civil servants who were employed and working in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and being paid via our payroll.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2016 10:17:15 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

641395

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2016
	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	Department for Energy and Climate Change: Redundancy
	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 many staff of the former Department for Energy and Climate Change have not had their contracts renewed since the creation of his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	53943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Since 14 July 2016, there have been five members of staff on Short or Fixed Term Appointments whose contracts have ended.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2016 10:15:31 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

674497

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2017
	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: Finance
	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 steps he is taking to increase the financial support available for small businesses; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	60473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>The British Business Bank is supporting £3.2 billion of finance to over 51,000 smaller businesses across the UK. This includes over 44,000 Start-Up Loans worth over £275 million. At a local level, the Bank is working alongside 10 Local Enterprise Partnerships in the Northern Powerhouse region to deliver a fund of over £400 million and in the Midlands Engine region the Bank is working with Local Enterprise Partnerships to deliver a fund of over £250 million, once launched these funds will be available to support small businesses in these regions.</p><p>Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, helps high-growth potential SMEs become high-growth mid-sized companies. Its core budget is £567 million in 2016/17 and around 60% of Innovate UK’s grant funding goes to SMEs</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/01/2017 14:56:21 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

674498

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2017
	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
	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 estimate he has made of the number of sole traders operating in the UK in each year since 1990; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	60496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of sole traders are available from 1996 in the table below. Due to an improvement to the methodology in 2010 there is a break in the series; an estimate for 2009 on the new basis has been provided for information.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Number of sole trader businesses</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All – old method <sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All – new method <sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Of which</em> Employers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Of which</em></strong> <strong>No employees</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1996</strong></p></td><td><p>2,451,707</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>330,698</p></td><td><p>2,121,009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1997</strong></p></td><td><p>2,470,260</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>329,865</p></td><td><p>2,140,395</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1998</strong></p></td><td><p>2,234,915</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>367,555</p></td><td><p>1,867,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1999</strong></p></td><td><p>2,204,955</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>358,845</p></td><td><p>1,846,110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2000</strong></p></td><td><p>2,226,270</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>370,580</p></td><td><p>1,855,690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2001</strong></p></td><td><p>2,326,530</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>368,055</p></td><td><p>1,958,475</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2002</strong></p></td><td><p>2,325,545</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>369,570</p></td><td><p>1,955,975</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2003</strong></p></td><td><p>2,522,490</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>346,145</p></td><td><p>2,176,345</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2004</strong></p></td><td><p>2,719,410</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>329,225</p></td><td><p>2,390,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p>2,741,780</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>321,475</p></td><td><p>2,420,305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2006</strong></p></td><td><p>2,816,885</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>322,100</p></td><td><p>2,494,785</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p>2,984,755</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>315,890</p></td><td><p>2,668,865</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p>3,024,520</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>306,060</p></td><td><p>2,718,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>3,089,405</p></td><td><p>2,801,470</p></td><td><p>302,125</p></td><td><p>2,787,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>2,757,200</p></td><td><p>302,800</p></td><td><p>2,454,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>2,839,200</p></td><td><p>294,800</p></td><td><p>2,544,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>3,026,200</p></td><td><p>296,500</p></td><td><p>2,729,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>3,079,200</p></td><td><p>276,500</p></td><td><p>2,802,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>3,279,100</p></td><td><p>279,300</p></td><td><p>2,999,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>3,335,400</p></td><td><p>274,300</p></td><td><p>3,061,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>3,323,900</p></td><td><p>265,400</p></td><td><p>3,058,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>1. Source: <em>Small and Medium Enterprises in the UK and Regions</em></p><p>2. Source: <em>Business Population Estimates for the UK and Regions</em></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/01/2017 14:02:43 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

674394

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2017
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff
	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 estimate he has made of the number of employees in his Department working in full-time business support roles in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	60287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Information on individual staff roles and the percentage of time spent on specific tasks is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/01/2017 14:04:15 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

674945

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2017
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Capital Investment
	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 his Department has spent on large capital projects in each of the last six years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	60573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s capital expenditure on projects within the Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) in each of the last 6 years is set out in the table below. The figures for 2016/17 are forecast figures. The annual totals are broken down between Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the two former departments which merged in 2016 to create BEIS.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</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 (Forecast)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TOTAL (in millions £)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ex-DECC</p></td><td><p>155.0</p></td><td><p>929.7</p></td><td><p>305.5</p></td><td><p>678.3</p></td><td><p>1826.1</p></td><td><p>1590.0</p></td><td><p><strong>5484.5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ex-BIS</p></td><td><p>442.1</p></td><td><p>485.0</p></td><td><p>1098.5</p></td><td><p>345.7</p></td><td><p>48.7</p></td><td><p>47.7</p></td><td><p><strong>2467.6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Combined</p></td><td><p><strong>597.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1414.7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1403.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1023.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1874.8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1637.7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7952.1</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/01/2017 11:21:40 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

674947

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2017
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff
	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 many additional staff his Department plans to employ to work on the proposed Great Repeal Bill; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	60572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The Repeal Bill will end the authority of EU law, so that Parliament will be free to amend, repeal and improve any law it chooses, and convert the body of existing EU law into domestic law. The Department will continue to ensure there is an appropriate level of resource to support the work on the Bill.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/01/2017 11:20:53 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham