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The key objectives of the Textile Growth Programme are to:<\/p>

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· Stimulate private sector enterprise by investing in workforce skills, design and innovation capacity and modern plant and machinery in small and medium sized enterprises.<\/p>

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· Strengthen local supply chains, support reshoring of textile manufacturing and promote sustainable growth.<\/p>

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· Create or safeguard over 1,000 private sector jobs at all skill levels in Greater Manchester, Lancashire and West Yorkshire.<\/p>

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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Robert Goodwill) announced at the Farnborough International Air show in July 2014 the Government's commitment to establish a spaceport in the UK by 2018. The Government is working to ensure that sub-orbital space participant and science flights are operated from this space port.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1578", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Greg Clark"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Tunbridge Wells"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Greg Clark"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-09-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-09-08T14:00:42.4286856Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "26"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-08-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Spaceflight"} , "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 recent steps he has taken to encourage the growth of a space tourism industry in the the UK.", "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" : "207535"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/89425", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/89425/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

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Companies in the textiles manufacturing sector can access help and advice to grow their business through \u2018GREAT\u201d www.greatbusiness.gov.uk<\/a> or www.gov.uk<\/a> : eligible businesses can gain support in areas such as starting, running, funding, staffing and expanding a business.<\/p>

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BIS has provided targeted support to the textiles sector in a number of ways. Firstly, £12.8 million has been made available from the Regional Growth Fund to support the Textiles Growth Programme, which is focused on creating and safeguarding 1,020 jobs in textiles by supporting capital projects, skills training and research and development in the North of England.<\/p>

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Growth Deals will allow Local Enterprise Partnerships with a textiles manufacturing presence in their regions to prioritise the financial support available (£2bn a year for 6 years from 2015/16 to 2020/2) for proposals that target this sector.<\/p>

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The Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI) provides grants and loans to successful projects demonstrating real ambition to create globally competitive supply chains. £3.9m of AMSCI funding has been awarded to C & J Antich Ltd to pioneer a technique for weaving Aluminium Dioxide thread into 3D shapes to form the basis for the production of \u2018reinforced aluminium\u2019.<\/p>

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Additional funding of £100 million for AMSCI 2014 was announced in April. The new round is open to applications from all organisations operating as part of a manufacturing supply chain including textile manufacturers.<\/p>

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The Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) offers expert advice and grant support to eligible manufacturing companies throughout England. MAS delivers a range of support to manufacturing companies; including those in the textiles sector; ranging from company specific diagnostics, workforce up skilling and grant funding for specific projects to achieve the company\u2019s growth ambitions. Since January 2012 MAS have supported 334 companies in the textiles and leather sector to deliver 417 company specific projects, a further 109 projects are due for completion this financial year. 1521 business diagnostics have been undertaken with companies in the textiles and leather sector.<\/p>

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As part of the Sector Mentoring Fund, Manchester Economic Solutions Ltd was awarded £77,500 in January to deliver Mentor Tex, which is a textile sector mentoring programme concentrated in key textiles regions such as Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Yorkshire. The scheme has attracted interest from a wide range of textiles businesses, with 32 mentees and 13 mentors already signed up and other in the pipeline. To date 12 mentoring relationships are already in place and we expect to meet project targets by the end of the summer.<\/p>

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UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) can also help the domestic supply chain for textiles exploit opportunities for exporting into new markets overseas. We are also helping raise skills levels through an unprecedented focus on vocational training, including Higher Level Apprenticeships which will provide for higher level skills and beyond into postgraduate level and professional qualifications.<\/p>

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Finally, the textiles sector, particularly technical textiles, continues to have access to opportunities for technology transfer and the exchange of knowledge provided by the Knowledge Transfer Network.<\/p>

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All of the Department\u2019s 0845, 0844 and 0843 numbers have now been replaced with 03 numbers and the 08 numbers will cease to be operational by the end of 2014. Telephone lines with dual numbering will also revert to the 03 number at the same time.<\/p>

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Growth Deals were bespoke to each LEP area and negotiated with Government based on each LEP\u2019s multi-year Strategic Economic Plan, taking into account their priorities for which interventions would drive economic growth in their area. Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough LEP submitted two proposals to support existing business support initiatives. GCGP LEP prioritised one of the proposals, the Agri-tech fund, during negotiations, which received £1.55m in 2015/16 in their Growth Deal.<\/p>

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We have identified one licence for components for unmanned air vehicles for the Israeli Defence Forces, dating back to 1999.<\/p>

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When asked to support an export transaction, UK Export Finance conducts due diligence on the companies involved in that transaction. It does not research other unrelated companies, for example using the same registered address of convenience, which have no connection with the transaction in question.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4070", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Matt Hancock"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "West Suffolk"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Matthew Hancock"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-09-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-09-08T13:57:37.7236236Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "26"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-08-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Jackson Square Aviation"} , "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, when conducting due diligence on Jackson Square Aviation and JSA International Holdings LP, whether UK Export Finance was aware that their base at Walker House is also the base of Iranian banks on the UK's blacklists.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1387", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Mann"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bassetlaw"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "John Mann"} ], "uin" : "207296"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/89432", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/89432/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

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The UK\u2019s priority in arms export licensing is to ensure that all applications are rigorously assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria prior to granting a licence. This includes assessing the risk of diversion to undesirable end use or undesirable end users.<\/p>

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After the export has been granted, the Export Control Organisation also has the power to suspend and revoke licences if necessary, if the situation in the end-use destination changes.<\/p>

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In terms of end use monitoring, Foreign Office posts overseas have a standing requirement to monitor developments in human rights and conflicts in their respective countries or regions and to report back if there are any developments that might affect licensing policy. In addition the Government uses open source material such as NGO reports to make it assessments.<\/p>

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