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46837

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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
	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 in Regional Growth Fund money is currently held by intermediaries; and how much such money has been allocated (a) in each bidding round, (b) to each intermediary and (c) in each region.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	195284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>From the four Regional Growth Fund (RGF) bidding rounds, £1.5 billion has been allocated to RGF programmes from which grants are made to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs.)</p><p> </p><p>Of this, £452 million was allocated to 13 endowment programmes in Rounds 1 and 2 that received the full payment of their RGF grant upfront. These programmes have since invested £144 million to date in individual projects, and of the remaining £308 million held by such endowment programmes, a further £154 million is already committed to specific SME projects.</p><p> </p><p>Non–endowment programmes are funded a quarter in advance on evidence of credible pipeline projects. These programmes have spent £172 million with a further £151 million of RGF paid to them in the last financial quarter under the expectation it would be spent this quarter. The money held by these programmes is not causing any delay to individual projects as businesses claim the money according to their business needs. A table of RGF funding allocated to intermediaries by each bidding round and region will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon attachment 1 file name table for PQ 195284.doc title Regional Growth Funding
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

48137

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans his Department has to ensure that the Latin American community is better recognised in official statistics.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	196455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 196454 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name 196454 and 196455 ONS 189.pdf title ONS Letter - Latin American Ethnicity
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

48136

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people of Latin American ethnicity in (a) the UK, (b) England and Wales, (c) London, (d) each London borough and (e) Streatham constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	196454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 196455 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name 196454 and 196455 ONS 189.pdf title ONS Letter - Latin American Ethnicity
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

46841

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of individuals employed on zero-hours contracts by (a) region and (b) gender; and what research his Department has commissioned on that matter.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	195252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name 195252 ONS171.pdf title Zero Hour Contracts - ONS Letter
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

46829

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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
	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 apprentices aged (a) 16 to 18, (b) 19 to 24 and (c) 25 years or over are employed at each of his Department's executive agencies, non-departmental public bodies and associated bodies and agencies.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	195212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p>I have asked chief executives of the Executive agencies to respond directly to the Hon Member.</p><p> </p><p>Until 2013, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills did not keep a record of the age of internal apprentices. The table shows the age of both externally recruited apprentices since 2010 and ages of those apprentices embarking on the Departments' internal apprenticeship programme in 2013. The 2013 figure refers to the ages of those on the Departments' internal programme. There are no externally recruited apprentices in the 25 years or over category.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16 to 18</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19 to 24</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25 years or over</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Department for Business Innovation and Skills currently has 53 apprentices. We have had 4 successful completions this year.</p><p> </p><p>16 of these 53 apprentices are under the age of 21 with a further 6 apprentices under 21 expected to join the Department later in the year.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name 195212 - Executive Agencies.pdf title Letters from BIS' Executive Agencies (9)
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

78993

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	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	Royal Mail
	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 Major Projects Portfolio September 2013, published on 23 May 2014, if he will place in the Library the lessons learned document in respect of the Royal Mail sale of shares.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	206815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The lessons learned document was prepared for internal use by the Department.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not intend to give this document wider circulation as producing such documents is important part of the decision making process and to release it would have an inhibiting effect on future Government decision making processes (including the identification of ways to improve those processes).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 01/09/2014 13:30:54 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

78992

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	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	Royal Mail
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assurances the Government sought from (a) its financial adviser and (b) the syndicate of banks in advance of the privatisation of Royal Mail.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	206785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government’s financial adviser and the syndicate of banks providing professional services to support the preparation and delivery of the Royal Mail share sale were procured through competitive tendering processes. Advisers procured in this way provide assurance that they will deliver the services commissioned through the terms and conditions of their contractual engagement.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/09/2014 15:05:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

79127

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Conditions of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 722W, what information his Department (a) holds and (b) has commissioned on the number of jobseekers moving into zero-hours contract jobs.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	206778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Information on jobseekers moving into zero-hours contract jobs is not held nor has it been commissioned. Information published by the Office for National Statistics suggests zero-hours contracts make up a relatively small part of the overall labour market, accounting for about 2% of all people in work.</p><p> </p><p>Jobseekers claiming Jobseekers Allowance are not required to apply for zero-hours contract vacancies, they will not be sanctioned as a result of not applying. UC claimants who refuse to accept a zero hours contract job offer, without good reason, can be subject to a sanction. However a UC claimant will not be sanctioned for refusing to take a zero hours contract with an exclusivity clause.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit automatically adjusts benefit payments depending on the number of hours a person works – whatever the type of contract. Where Universal Credit claimants refuse to apply for role, including a Zero Hours Contract role when mandated to do so or refuse to accept a job offer, they can be sanctioned. People on Universal Credit will not be required to sign up to zero hours contracts which require exclusivity, so they will always have the opportunity to gain more hours elsewhere.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/09/2014 16:26:41 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

78991

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	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	Regional Growth Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value is of funds not yet drawn down by winning bidders in each round of the Regional Growth Fund including the Exceptional Regional Growth Fund in each region.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	206775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The tables below provide a breakdown of the value of Regional Growth Fund (RGF) by region and round for RGF applications; the committed allocation of RGF to projects and programmes following due diligence. This data excludes those projects and programmes that have withdrawn. The third table sets out the amount drawn down by operational RGF awards to date and the financial years in which the remaining RGF and eRGF is committed through to 31<sup>st</sup> March 2017. The data is correct as at 2<sup>nd</sup> October 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Projects and programmes in Rounds 1 to 4 have until 31 March 2015 to draw down their funding and projects and programmes in Round 5 will be able to draw down funding until 31 March 2017. The Department agrees a draw down profile with each organisation when they sign their grant offer letter that matches the beneficiary’s own investment schedules and job commitments. The subsequent rate of draw down is then subject to the beneficiaries meeting the conditions.</p><p> </p><p><strong>RGF Applications (£ million)</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Round 1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Round 2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Round 3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Round 4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Round 5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Exceptional</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>231</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>529</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>124</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>163</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>56</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>1,103</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East of England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>115</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>131</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>61</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>43</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>400</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>74</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>117</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>253</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>343</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>335</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>353</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>215</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>98</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>34</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,378</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>519</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>535</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>414</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>322</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>81</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,880</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South East</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>185</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>154</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>145</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>191</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>721</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>144</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>232</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>322</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>219</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>57</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>989</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>569</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>282</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>419</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>176</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>70</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,532</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Yorkshire and The Humber</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>327</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>434</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>345</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>240</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>1,372</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nationwide</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>215</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>315</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>565</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>282</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>241</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>1,618</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,722</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,064</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,774</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,890</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>700</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>96</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,246</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>RGF Committed</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Round 1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Round 2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Round 3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Round 4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Round 5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Exceptional</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>148</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East of England</strong></p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>95</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nationwide</strong></p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>176</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>602</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East</strong></p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p><strong>313</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p><strong>418</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South East</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p><strong>155</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South West</strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p><strong>197</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p><strong>437</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Yorkshire and The Humber</strong></p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>285</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>385</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>742</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>834</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>349</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>291</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>58</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2651</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>RGF Drawn Down by year (£ million)</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></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</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Actual paid – year to date</strong></p></td><td><p>465</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>551</p></td><td><p>252*</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1,428</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Planned for whole financial year</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1165</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>2,642</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The difference between the totals in tables 2 and 3 arises because RGF applicants have not always claimed the full grant available to them.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>*This is the actual amount paid to beneficiaries as of 2<sup>nd</sup> October 2014.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 206062 question first answered 13/10/2014 15:13:14 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

78641

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	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	Sunday Trading
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the most recent impact assessment his Department has carried out on the issue of Sunday trading.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	206509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) undertook an assessment in relation to Sunday Trading legislation which was published in May 2012 alongside the Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill, though this was not a formal impact assessment. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) looked at retail trade evidence during the Olympics suspension.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Prior to this BIS carried out a thorough review of the 1994 legislation (including a consultation and an independent economic cost benefit analysis) in 2006.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 22/07/2014 13:29:51 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna