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100307

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what work his Department has conducted on identifying specific policy areas and sectors for which the UK will seek exemptions from the scope of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; and what representations the UK has made to the EU on exemption of such policy areas or sectors.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	211430
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government has consistently pushed for an ambitious agreement under the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations in line with the recently published mandate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The European Commission has explicitly ruled out public services from the scope of any market liberalisation in TTIP, and it has therefore not been necessary to discuss any exclusions related to specific public services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission has provided further details on the treatment of public services, available online at: <a href="http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2014/may/tradoc_152462.pdf" target="_blank">http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2014/may/tradoc_152462.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 28/10/2014 16:04:43 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 24563 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

168829

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2014
	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	Holiday Leave: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his Department's announcement of 4 November 2014, on establishing a taskforce to assess the possible impact of the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling on holiday pay, what the membership of that taskforce is; when that taskforce's first meeting was; and what the remit of that taskforce is.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	217844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The Taskforce is comprised of representatives from the CBI, Institute of Directors, British Chambers of Commerce, Federation of Small Businesses, the Engineering Employers Federation, the Construction Engineering Contractors Association, the British Retail Consortium and GC100. Officials from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, HM Treasury, HMRC, Cabinet Office and the Department for Work and Pensions also attend. Its first meeting took place on the 6<sup>th</sup> November 2014. The purpose of the group is to discuss ways to limit the judgment’s impact on business. This encompasses both issues relating to backpay and management of future workforce planning</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 15/12/2014 15:57:34 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

169928

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2014
	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	Minimum Wage
	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 employers have successfully appealed against being named and shamed for non-payment of the national minimum wage under the revised scheme that came into force on 1 October 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	218516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Under the revised Naming Scheme the Government will name all employers that have been issued with a Notice of Underpayment (NoU) unless employers meet one of the exceptional criteria or have arrears of £100 or less.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To date 3 employers have made successful representations against being named and 8 employers have not been named as they had arrears of £100 or less.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has already named 55 employers. Between them they owed workers a total of over £139,000 in arrears and have been charged financial penalties totalling over £60,000. We will be naming other employers that do not comply with National Minimum Wage regulations soon.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Anyone not receiving the minimum wage that they are legally entitled to should call the Pay and Work Rights Helpline on 0800 917 2368.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 15/12/2014 15:41:13 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

169932

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2014
	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 Tribunals Service
	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 financial penalties have been imposed on respondent employers under section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 to date; and how many such penalties (a) have been paid and (b) remain unpaid.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	218454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Financial Penalties, as described in section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, commenced on 6 April 2014. None have been imposed so far.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 16/12/2014 16:03:39 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

170085

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2014
	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 Tribunals Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to introduce a scheme for naming and shaming employers who fail to pay an employment tribunal award.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	218531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government takes very seriously the non-payment of employment tribunal awards. Currently, as part of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill, the Government is proposing a financial penalty for employers that fail to pay awards. We are also ensuring that enforcement options and consequences of non-payment are made clear throughout the dispute resolution process from early conciliation to the tribunal hearing itself.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will also look to learn the lessons of existing naming and shaming schemes and consider if such a scheme could further encourage prompt payment of employment tribunal awards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 17/12/2014 10:16:21 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

175660

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2015
	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	Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2014 to Question 208599, on the minimum wage, how many notices of underpayment have been issued since 1 October 2013 in cases where the investigation commenced on or after that date.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	221930
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>276 Notices of Underpayment have been issued by HMRC since 1 October 2013 where the investigation started on or after that date. All of these cases will be considered for naming under the revised BIS naming scheme. We have already named 92 employers under the new scheme and we will name more soon.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>After the Notice of Underpayment is issued, employers have 28 days to pay back the arrears they owe and the penalty, or they can lodge an appeal against the NOU. HMRC then issue a case closure letter. From the date of that letter, the employer has 14 days to make a representation to BIS as to why they should not be named.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any worker who is concerned that they have not been paid the minimum wage should call the Pay and Work Rights Helpline on 0800 917 2368.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 29/01/2015 15:33:37 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

179260

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2015
	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	Working Hours: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the EU Commission on the UK's implementation of the Working Time Directive.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	224307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is in regular contact with the European Commission on a range of issues. In 2014 the European Commission requested national reports on the practical implementation of the Working Time Directive. The Government provided its response on 31 October 2014, setting out recent developments in case law, and evidence of the impacts of the Working Time Directive. That evidence was recently published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/389676/bis-14-1287-the-impact-of-the-working-time-regulations-on-the-uk-labour-market-a-review-of-evidence.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/389676/bis-14-1287-the-impact-of-the-working-time-regulations-on-the-uk-labour-market-a-review-of-evidence.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The response re-iterated the Government’s priorities for the future of the Working Time Directive. They are to maintain the economy-wide individual right to opt-out of the 48 hour working week, and seek more flexibility following EU court rulings around on-call time, compensatory rest and holiday pay.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 23/02/2015 09:38:11 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

417531

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	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	Higher Education: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) a comprehensive set of shared e-infrastructure services and (b) funding for such services are provided for the higher education sector.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	9643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) is a sector owned charity, independent of Government and oversees the provision of e-infrastructure in higher education.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills through HEFCE and in conjunction with other sector funders (Scottish Funding Council, Higher Education Funding Council Wales, Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland) provides funding on an annual basis to JISC in support of the development, maintenance, and support of shared e-infrastructure services for the higher education sector. In 2015-16 HEFCE has provided JISC with £21 million in core funding and £19 million in capital funding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/09/2015 12:16:45 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

418140

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2015
	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	Balance of Trade: Life Sciences
	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 the life sciences industry generated in trade surplus for (a) the UK and (b) Scotland in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	9745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>In 2014 the Life Science industry generated a trade deficit of £5.0bn for the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Life Sciences goods that can be identified through standard industry classifications consists of pharmaceuticals, irradiation, electro-medical and electrotherapeutic equipment and medical and dental supplies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Recent changes to international legislation on the compilation of the Balance of Payments have classed the trade in illegal drugs as pharmaceuticals. This change accounted for £4.3bn of the imports of pharmaceuticals in 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Comparable figures for Scotland alone are not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 17/09/2015 15:28:27 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

418389

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	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	Science: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Government plans to reduce its spending on science in the next three years.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	9969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in December 2014 a long-term commitment to investment in science infrastructure of £1.1bn per annum in real terms to 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on the amount and allocation of research resource funding beyond 2015/16 will be made during the Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>We cannot pre-judge the Spending Review outcome.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/09/2015 15:51:18 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray