It is not possible at this stage in the negotiation for the Government to assess the precise impact the TiSA will have on employment levels in the UK economy, but we estimate the agreement has the potential to provide a £2-3 billion increase to the UK\u2019s annual GDP with associated employment gains.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3938", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Anna Soubry"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Broxtowe"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Anna Soubry"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-09-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-09-17T15:49:25.273Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "26"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-09-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Service Industries: Trade Agreements"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Trade in Services Agreement on employment levels in the UK (a) economy and (b) transport industry.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4425", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jo Stevens"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Cardiff Central"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jo Stevens"} ], "uin" : "9802"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/386518", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/386518/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
My right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer has committed to completing a major review of business rates by the end of 2015.<\/p>
<\/p>
Autumn Statement 2014 announced a £1bn package of measures to reduce the burden of business rates, focussed on small businesses and retailers, including:<\/p>
· extending the doubling of the Small Business Rate Relief until April 2016;<\/p>
· continuing the 2% cap on the inflation-linked increase in the business rates multiplier until April 2016; and<\/p>
· increasing the retail discount for shops, pubs, cafes and restaurants until April 2016<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3938", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Anna Soubry"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Broxtowe"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Anna Soubry"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-07-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-07-08T13:32:32.457Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "26"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-06-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Small Businesses: Non-domestic Rates"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that levels of business rates do not put the future of small businesses at risk.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4411", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lucy Allan"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Telford"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lucy Allan"} ], "uin" : "4994"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/381271", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/381271/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
No exporters have taken such legal action against the Export Control Organisation in this timeframe.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3938", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Anna Soubry"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Broxtowe"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Anna Soubry"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-06-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-06-22T09:43:02.457Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "26"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-06-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Export Control Organisation: Civil Proceedings"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which exporters have taken legal action as a result of the Export Control Organisation's refusal to grant them an export licence since May 2010; when each licence was refused; what the intended country of destination was of each such licence; what type of licence was applied for; and what the outcome was of each such legal case.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/545", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Paul Flynn"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newport West"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Paul Flynn"} ], "uin" : "2573"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/227104", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/227104/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Official statistics for the cyber security sector have been available since 2013. They indicate that in 2013 (the latest figures currently available) the UK cyber security sector was worth over £6 billion and employed around 40,000 people.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Government is committed to the continued development of the cyber security sector, which is why we established the Cyber Growth Partnership as the primary vehicle for joint industry\u2013Government initiatives to grow a vibrant sector, both domestically and in overseas markets.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1580", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wantage"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Edward Vaizey"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-03-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-03-19T16:08:43.46Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "26"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-03-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Cybersecurity"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of (a) the value of and (b) the number of jobs provided by the cyber-security industry in the UK in the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1586", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Adam Afriyie"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Windsor"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Adam Afriyie"} ], "uin" : "227395"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/384847", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/384847/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, through the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Innovate UK, has not provided any funding over the last five years into research on the causes, effects and treatment of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis.<\/p>
The MRC is one of the main agencies through which the Government supports medical and clinical research. It is an independent research funding body that receives its grant in aid from the Department. The MRC always welcomes high quality applications for support into any aspect of human health and these are judged in open competition with other demands on funding. Awards are made according to their scientific quality and importance to human health.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4039", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Orpington"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Joseph Johnson"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-07-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-07-01T13:56:39.12Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "26"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-06-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Stevens-Johnson Syndrome: Research"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding his Department gives to research on the causes, effects and treatment of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis in the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/140", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Hodge of Barking"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Barking"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Margaret Hodge"} ], "uin" : "3691"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/388850", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/388850/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
There are currently 26 growth hubs across England. 13 new growth hubs will launch by March 2016, when there will be a growth hub available in every 39 LEP area. Details of the country\u2019s growth hubs can be found on the LEP network website.<\/p>
<\/p>
The first growth hub was created in Greater Manchester in November 2011, followed by Cumbria in 2013. 15 Wave 2 City areas received funding to help establish growth hubs during 2014-15 and all areas outside London will receive funding during 2015-16 as part of their Local Growth Deal. Details of growth deal funding can be found on the GOV.UK website.<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>
LEP Area<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Growth Deals 2015-16<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Black Country<\/p><\/td> £400,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Buckinghamshire Thames Valley<\/p><\/td> £350,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cheshire & Warrington<\/p><\/td> £350,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Coast to Capital<\/p><\/td> £450,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cornwall & Isles of Scilly<\/p><\/td> £250,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Coventry and Warwickshire<\/p><\/td> £400,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cumbria<\/p><\/td> £300,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> D2N2<\/p><\/td> £525,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dorset<\/p><\/td> £250,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Enterprise M3<\/p><\/td> £350,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Gloucester & Gloucestershire<\/p><\/td> £250,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Greater Birmingham & Solihull<\/p><\/td> £625,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Greater Cambridge & Peterborough<\/p><\/td> £300,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Greater Lincoln & Lincolnshire<\/p><\/td> £300,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Greater Manchester<\/p><\/td> £625,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Heart of the South West<\/p><\/td> £400,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Leicester & Leicestershire<\/p><\/td> £250,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hertfordshire<\/p><\/td> £350,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Humber<\/p><\/td> £250,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lancashire<\/p><\/td> £400,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Leeds City Region<\/p><\/td> £625,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Liverpool City Region<\/p><\/td> £550,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> London<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> New Anglia<\/p><\/td> £350,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Northamptonshire<\/p><\/td> £250,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North East<\/p><\/td> £500,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Oxford & Oxfordshire<\/p><\/td> £250,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sheffield City Region<\/p><\/td> £500,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Solent<\/p><\/td> £250,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South East<\/p><\/td> £800,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South East Midlands<\/p><\/td> £300,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Stoke-on-Trent & Staffordshire<\/p><\/td> £250,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Swindon & Wiltshire<\/p><\/td> £250,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Tees Valley<\/p><\/td> £300,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Thames Valley Berkshire<\/p><\/td> £250,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> The Marches<\/p><\/td> £250,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West of England<\/p><\/td> £400,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Worcestershire<\/p><\/td> £250,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> York, North Yorkshire & East Riding<\/p><\/td> £300,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 6 March 2015 to Question 225778, how many Growth Hubs are currently in operation; where each such hub is located and whether it has premises; when each such hub began operation; what public monies have been provided for each such hub; and what plans his Department has for further Growth Hubs in other local enterprise partnership areas.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/389433", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/389433/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " There are two pieces of legislation relevant to second hand electrical goods; the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994, and the General Product Safety Regulations 2005, which implement the EU\u2019s General Product Safety Directive. They require that equipment must only be supplied which is safe.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what legislation governs the sale of second-hand electrical goods; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/386513/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " This information is being researched and will be placed in the Libraries of the House as soon as possible.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2015, what (a) value and (b) number of Small Business Research Initiative contracts has been awarded in 2014-15 (i) in total, (ii) by the Ministry of Defence, (iii) by the Department of Health, (iv) by NHS England, (v) by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, (vi) by the Department for Transport, (vii) by the Home Office, (viii) by the Department for the Environment and Rural Affairs, (ix) directly by Innovate UK, (x) by research councils, (xi) by other parts of his Department and (xii) by other Government Departments and agencies to date.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/433720/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " All Government Departments have a role in helping to raise productivity and foster a dynamic economy. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) holds many of the key productivity levers, including skills, innovation, competition and regulation. The bulk of BIS spending therefore supports the Productivity Plan. The table displays total BIS Departmental Expenditure Limits up to 2019/20, as set out in the Spending Review. Specifically with regard to research, the Government has committed to protect the science resource and capital budget in real terms during this Parliament.<\/p> 2015-16<\/p><\/td> 2016-17<\/p><\/td> 2017-18<\/p><\/td> 2018-19<\/p><\/td> 2019-20<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total DEL (£bn)<\/p><\/td> 16.6<\/p><\/td> 16.5<\/p><\/td> 14.5<\/p><\/td> 13.4<\/p><\/td> 13.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> |