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885902

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	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	Artificial Intelligence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government by what metrics they will determine whether the UK has become “the go-to destination for AI innovation and investment”, as set out in their Industrial Strategy White Paper; and by what date they intend to achieve that aim.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL6996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>AI is emerging in its own right as a nascent industry with the potential to raise the productivity of diverse sectors and create entirely new jobs. To maximise this potential, the recently announced AI Sector Deal will establish a new AI Council to bring together respected leaders in the field from across academia and industry; a new delivery body within the government – the Office for Artificial Intelligence – to support it; and a new Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation.</p><p> </p><p>Oversight of the implementation of the Sector Deal will be led by the Office for Artificial Intelligence, which will review progress against objectives regularly.</p><p> </p><p>The new government Office for Artificial Intelligence will be established with responsibility for implementing this Sector Deal. It will support the AI Council which will oversee and drive the implementation of the deal.</p><p> </p><p>An early role for the Office for AI will be to agree implementation plans for each section of the deal, including agreed success metrics.</p><p> </p><p>Membership of the AI Council will be announced ahead of the first meeting. The main aim of the AI Council will be to provide strategic leadership and momentum in delivery.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for AI will report to the AI Council regularly and will be subject to challenge sessions from government ministers on progress in implementing the Sector Deal. The Industrial Strategy team will provide the challenge on delivery timetable, metrics and ambition on outcomes as well as providing updates and escalation to ministers across the suite of Sector Deals.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 30/04/2018 16:38:54 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

788337

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	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: Complaints
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 10 November (HL2702), how many complaints from small businesses have been received by (1) the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and (2) the Small Business Commissioner's office, since 1 October; and of those, how many have not been accepted because of the delay in the launch of the Small Business Commissioner's complaints handling service.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL3129
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Since 1 October, the Department for Business Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy has not received any complaints from small businesses that would be in scope of the proposed Small Business Commissioner’s complaints handling service. The office of the Small Business Commissioner has received two enquiries on behalf of small businesses, neither of which would be in scope of the proposed complaints handling service. Secondary legislation relating to this complaints handling service is currently before this House, and would need to come into force before the complaints service could launch. Subject to the will of Parliament, when it is in force small businesses will be able to submit complaints for consideration, including complaints relating to the period from 6 April 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 20/11/2017 15:17:54 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

788338

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Tradeshow Access Programme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many companies have received (1) 1, (2) 2, (3), 3, (4) 4, (5) 5, (6) 6, (7) 7, (8) 8, (9) 9, (10) 10, (11) 11, and (12) 12, grants from the Tradeshow Access Programme since its launch.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL3130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>In the period 1 April 2009 to present, the number of companies who have received Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP) grants are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>TAP Lives/Grants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Companies</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>321</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>727</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>921</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1435</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2671</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>7480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total number of companies </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15,168</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Lives: Eligible businesses are entitled to exhibit overseas with TAP grant support. Each time they exhibit they use one TAP grant life, therefore TAP lives equates to the numbers of grants a business has claimed.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Source: DIT CDMS</strong></p><p><strong>Footnote: From 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2012 Participants could apply for only six grants. From 1 April 2012 to 30 September 2017 Participants can apply could apply for six grants in the majority of markets and for an additional six grants in High Growth markets. The number of grants Participants can apply for was reduced from twelve to six on 1 October 2017, but Participants can go to any market. </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 22/11/2017 11:42:41 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

790406

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Sick Leave
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many days were lost through sickness absence in each of the past five years (1) at the Student Loans Company, (2) at the Department for Education, and (3) for the average UK worker.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL3316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The number of days that are lost through sickness absence for the Student Loans Company (SLC) and the Department for Education are set out in the attached document.</p><p> </p><p>The data for the financial year 2017/18, in the attached table, shows that the number of days lost from April to October has reduced by 26% from 2016/17. This decrease can be contributed to the introduction of a new Attendance Management Policy from August 2017 which has seen the days lost each month reduce by over 30%.</p><p> </p><p>Even with seasonal variation in sickness levels, we would expect the reduction in days lost to still remain at 26% due to the continued attention paid to sickness absence within SLC. If this reduction was maintained until the end of the 2017/18 financial year we would see the average number of days lost per employee reduce to less than 12 days.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics holds data on sickness absences for the average UK worker, which is available on their website.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 30/11/2017 16:31:23 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name HL3316 - Sickness Absence for SLC and DfE - 201117.docx title Sickness Absence for SLC and DfE
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

790405

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Steve Lamey
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many formal complaints they received about Steve Lamey while he was Chief Executive of the Student Loans Company; how many of those complaints were upheld; and what investigations were carried out into Steve Lamey's performance as Chief Executive of the Student Loans Company.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL3315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Two whistleblowers raised separate allegations about Steve Lamey whilst he was Chief Executive of the Student Loans Company (SLC). Two separate independent investigations were put in place to investigate these allegations.</p><p> </p><p>The allegations raised against Steve Lamey were fully considered by SLC as his employer, in line with established SLC processes. For reasons of confidentiality there are no plans to make public the investigation reports or the detailed findings they contain.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 30/11/2017 16:34:30 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

885895

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	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	Carillion: Insolvency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many businesses are currently owed payments by Carillion following that firm’s collapse; and what number of those are small businesses.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL6991
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>In his role as liquidator of Carillion, the Official Receiver is an officer of the court and is independent of government. The liquidation process for such a complex and interconnected group of companies will take some time, as will gathering in full information regarding the creditors of the companies.</p><p> </p><p>We are carefully monitoring the situation and we have established a Taskforce with industry and unions to actively monitor the impact on SMEs and the supply chain, and to assess the action that can be taken to mitigate these effects. The Taskforce has delivered a range of supportive measures. This includes nearly £1bn in support to those affected from UK lenders; the British Business Bank giving available support of up to £100m to small businesses, through their delivery partners, using the Enterprise Finance Guarantee; assistance from HMRC to those experiencing difficulties paying tax and Government funding to ensure continuity of vital services.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 26/04/2018 13:24:01 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

885899

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	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	Carillion: Insolvency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional resources they will provide the Office of the Small Business Commissioner to support small business suppliers affected by the collapse of Carillion.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL6994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The Office of the Small Business Commissioner is sufficiently resourced for its current operation. This will be kept under review as the organisation continues to establish itself. The issues surrounding the collapse of Carillion continue to be at the forefront of the Commissioner’s mind in his discussions with business, in his role in encouraging a culture change in payment practices.</p><p> </p><p>Moreover, the Government has already moved quickly to put in place support to small business suppliers affected by this insolvency event and is working with the banks to ensure that firms have access to advice and support. We have set up a Taskforce made up of representatives from the construction sector, small business bodies, trade unions, banks and government including the Small Business Commissioner. This has produced a number of useful outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>The Banks have made provision for nearly £1bn of support to those affected, including £600m from Barclays, £100m from HSBC, and £75m from both Santander and the Royal Bank of Scotland and £50m from Lloyds Bank. The Government has also announced that it will make available through the British Business Bank support of up to £100 million to small businesses, through their delivery partners, via the Enterprise Finance Guarantee. HMRC are also helping businesses facing genuine difficulty paying their tax bills through the Business Payment Support Service (BPSS) by offering a range of practical advice and guidance.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 01/05/2018 16:44:26 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

790403

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Student Loans Company
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) performance, (2) management, and (3) governance, of the Student Loans Company; and what plans they have to review the Student Loans Company’s performance and governance structures.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL3313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Student Loans Company’s (SLC) performance remains strong, with customer satisfaction rates for applicants currently stable at around 85%, and for borrowers in repayment at around 72%. In this academic year, SLC has processed over 1.4 million applications for student funding, and has paid out approximately £2.5 billion in maintenance funding and £2 billion in tuition fee payments to providers.</p><p> </p><p>SLC services around 1.8 million applications per year, responds to 4.5 million phone calls from borrowers and has over 6 million repaying or due to repay customers with loans totalling more than £100 billion. In addition, it has delivered a range of new products on time and successfully. This includes Post Graduate Loans and simplified Advanced Learner Loans. SLC has demonstrated significant improvements in its operational performance over the last 6 years, and last year the Company received complaints about its service from fewer than 0.1% of its customers.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the performance of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is reviewed regularly by the chairman, and annually by the responsible minister. Following the recent termination of the CEO’s contract, the SLC Board, in consultation with its shareholders, has acted swiftly to appoint Peter Lauener, currently Chief Executive of the Education and Standards Funding Agency, and Institute for Apprenticeships, as Interim CEO from Monday 27 November.</p><p> </p><p>SLC’s governance performance and management is kept continually under review to ensure learners and their sponsors receive the high quality service they expect.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 30/11/2017 17:09:00 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

885897

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	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	Carillion: Insolvency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the total amount of payments owed by Carillion to (1) all businesses, and (2) small businesses.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL6992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>In his role as liquidator of Carillion, the Official Receiver is an officer of the court and is independent of government. The liquidation process for such a complex and interconnected group of companies will take some time, as will gathering in full information regarding the creditors of the companies.</p><p> </p><p>We are carefully monitoring the situation and we have established a Taskforce with industry and unions to actively monitor the impact on SMEs and the supply chain, and to assess the action that can be taken to mitigate these effects. The Taskforce has delivered a range of supportive measures. This includes nearly £1bn in support to those affected from UK lenders; the British Business Bank giving available support of up to £100m to small businesses, through their delivery partners, using the Enterprise Finance Guarantee; assistance from HMRC to those experiencing difficulties paying tax and Government funding to ensure continuity of vital services.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 26/04/2018 13:24:58 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

885900

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2018
	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	Artificial Intelligence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what level of investment they will make in the next five years to support their Industrial Strategy Grand Challenge of Growing the AI & Data-Driven Economy; and how much of that investment will be spent on artificial intelligence.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL6995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>More than 50 leading technology companies and organisations have contributed to the development of an AI Sector Deal worth almost £1 billion, including almost £300 million of private sector investment into UK sector.</p><p> </p><p>The deal between government and industry, announced recently by my rt. hon Friends the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, also includes more than £300 million of newly allocated government funding for AI research to make the UK a global leader in this technology.</p><p> </p><p>Building on the commitment made in the Government’s modern Industrial Strategy and its AI Grand Challenge, the deal marks the first phase of a major innovation-focused investment drive in AI which aims to help the UK seize the £232 billion opportunity AI offers the UK economy by 2030 (10% of GDP).</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 30/04/2018 16:39:29 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn