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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/425628/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<ol><li>This government\u2019s Productivity Plan responds to the UK's long-standing productivity gap compared to other some countries. The Institutes of Technology will seek to improve the UK\u2019s performance on intermediate professional and technical skills. It will focus on the higher level skills employers demand, and will provide high-standard provision at levels 3, 4 and 5 \u2013 as part of a transformed skills system which is better able to meet local economic needs.<\/li><\/ol><br />"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects (a) to date and (b) in the future of the institutes of technology on UK productivity.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4253", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Seema Malhotra"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/420564/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Closing the productivity gap represents a real opportunity for the UK to raise its living standards. In July the Chancellor published \u201cFixing the Foundations: Creating a more prosperous nation\u201d. This report outlines a number of policies designed to improve UK productivity over the course of this parliament.<\/p><br /><p>Key new measures in the government\u2019s productivity plan include:<\/p><br /><ul><li>A <strong>reformed planning system<\/strong>, with streamlined \u2018zonal\u2019 system for brownfield sites, and measures to ensure more land is made available for house building;<\/li><\/ul><br /><ul><li><strong>Simplifying and streamlining further education<\/strong> qualifications and inviting local areas to participate in the reshaping and commissioning of local provision;<\/li><\/ul><br /><ul><li>A <strong>network of prestigious Institutes of Technology<\/strong>, focused on delivering the higher level skills employers demand;<\/li><\/ul><br /><ul><li>Measures to <strong>sharpen incentives for providing outstanding teaching<\/strong> <strong>to university students<\/strong> and to <strong>open the higher education market to more new entrants;<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><br /><ul><li>A <strong>Digital Transformation Plan<\/strong> to support the adoption of digital technologies across the economy;<\/li><\/ul><br /><ul><li>A joint FCA/PRA <strong>New Bank Unit<\/strong> to promote competition in banking; and<\/li><\/ul><br /><ul><li>Building <strong>stronger trading links with emerging markets<\/strong>, and mobilising the whole of government behind exporting.<\/li><\/ul><br /> <br /><p>These policies build on the productivity improving measures announced in the Summer Budget, examples of which include:<\/p><br /><ul><li><strong>Cutting the UK\u2019s Corporation Tax<\/strong> rate to 18%, the lowest in the G20;<\/li><\/ul><br /><ul><li>Setting the <strong>Annual Investment Allowance at its highest ever permanent level<\/strong>;<\/li><\/ul><br /><ul><li>Creating a <strong>Roads Fund<\/strong> through reforming Vehicle Excise Duty for new cars;<\/li><\/ul><br /><ul><li><strong>Funding new apprenticeships through a lev<\/strong>y on large employers, which will ensure that those who prioritise training get more out than they put in;<\/li><\/ul><br /><ul><li>Putting higher education funding on a more sustainable footing, with <strong>maintenance loans replacing grants<\/strong>;<\/li><\/ul><br /><ul><li><strong>Building a Northern Powerhouse<\/strong> and ensuring the productive potential of all parts of the UK is realised; and<\/li><\/ul><br /><ul><li><strong>Reforming Network Rail<\/strong> to ensure it can deliver a faster, more reliable and more efficient railway.<\/li><\/ul><br /> <br /><p>\u201cFixing the Foundations: Creating a more prosperous nation\u201d can be found on the GOV.UK website, which is attached.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government, in the light of figures from the Office for National Statistics on the United Kingdom's productivity as compared to other G7 countries, what steps are being taken to increase productivity.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/390167", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/390167/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Zombie companies are companies that are allowed by banks to delay repayment of a loan so that they effectively only pay the interest due rather than the full loan amount. Bank of England analysis of this \u2018loan forbearance\u2019 suggests that only a relatively small proportion of small businesses are in receipt of any form of forbearance (around 6% of SME borrowers in 2013). The Bank concludes that forbearance by banks on loans to small businesses would therefore appear to account for only a small proportion of the weakness in aggregate UK productivity. The Bank\u2019s analysis was published in the Bank\u2019s quarterly bulletin which can be found on the Bank of England\u2019s website.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3938", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Anna Soubry"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of zombie companies on national productivity; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/116", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir Nicholas Soames"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/390168", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/390168/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>We are not aware of any studies into the link between employee ownership and national productivity. Research published in 2014 by the Employee Ownership Association showed that businesses with employee ownership (where employees have both a meaningful financial stake and a say in how the business is run) had a year-on-year increase in productivity of 4.5%.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Government worked closely with experts, including from the Employee Ownership Association, in delivering the 2012 Nuttall Recommendations to reduce barriers to increasing the number of employee ownership businesses. This work was completed in 2014.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of employee ownership on national productivity; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/116", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Mid Sussex"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir Nicholas Soames"}
      ], "uin" : "7262"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/389709", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/389709/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>In 2010 the government established the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to provide independent and authoritative analysis of the UK\u2019s public finances.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The OBR forecast in July 2015 that potential productivity will grow by 1.4 per cent in 2015, 1.8 per cent in 2016, 2.0 per cent in 2017, 2.1 per cent in 2018 and 2.2 per cent thereafter.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4107", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin"}
        }
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the sustainable rate of productive potential in the UK economy.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4390", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ian Blackford"}
      }
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/381137/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1556", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Rob Wilson"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to improve the UK's productivity statistics.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/116", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir Nicholas Soames"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/347908", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/347908/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4535", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what are the latest figures for the employee activity rates in (1) Wales, (2) Scotland, (3) Northern Ireland and (4) each of the regions of England.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/547", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Wigley"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/228952", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/228952/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The government does not forecast either UK GDP or GDP per capita. The independent OBR in the March 2015 Economic and Fiscal Outlook (EFO) used the central ONS migration population projection. The ONS central migration projection is for net migration of 165,000 a year in 2018/19 and 2019/20. In the March 2015 EFO the OBR forecast that UK GDP per capita for those aged 16 and over will increase by 9.2% total between 2014 and 2019.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>In order to inform policy making, the government reviews and notes the wider evidence on the economic and productivity impacts of immigration on an ongoing basis. This evidence base includes the wider academic literature, and a range of reports commissioned or produced by the government looking at specific impacts, for example those produced by the independent Migration Advisory Committee. In addition, policies that influence migration are assessed using the government's impact assessment process which models the economic impact of the policy change using assumptions based on a range of evidence and the academic literature. Home Office Impact Assessments are published on gov.uk.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what is their assessment of the practical impact on United Kingdom productivity of net migration of 165,000 per year over the next five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/224638/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have published experimental estimates of Multi-Factor Productivity (MFP), which is the terminology the ONS uses for total factor productivity. This is shown in Table 1.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Table 2 displays an index of these data, showing cumulative growth in MFP over the last 15 years.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p><strong>Table 1: Annual Growth Rate of Multi-Factor Productivity <\/strong><\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1999<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2000<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2001<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2002<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2003<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2004<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2005<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2006<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2007<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2008<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2009<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td> <\/td><td><p>0.96<\/p><\/td><td><p>2.02<\/p><\/td><td><p>0.87<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.13<\/p><\/td><td><p>2.71<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.21<\/p><\/td><td><p>0.27<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.54<\/p><\/td><td><p>0.58<\/p><\/td><td><p>-0.94<\/p><\/td><td><p>-4.62<\/p><\/td><td><p>0.91<\/p><\/td><td><p>0.39<\/p><\/td><td><p>-1.81<\/p><\/td><td><p>-0.53<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p><strong>Table 2: Multi-Factor Productivity (1998=100)<\/strong><\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1999<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2000<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2001<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2002<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2003<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2004<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2005<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2006<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2007<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2008<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2009<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td> <\/td><td><p>101.0<\/p><\/td><td><p>103.0<\/p><\/td><td><p>103.9<\/p><\/td><td><p>105.0<\/p><\/td><td><p>107.7<\/p><\/td><td><p>108.9<\/p><\/td><td><p>109.2<\/p><\/td><td><p>110.7<\/p><\/td><td><p>111.3<\/p><\/td><td><p>110.4<\/p><\/td><td><p>105.7<\/p><\/td><td><p>106.6<\/p><\/td><td><p>107.0<\/p><\/td><td><p>105.2<\/p><\/td><td><p>104.7<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Source: Multi-factor Productivity (experimental), Estimates to 2013, ONS (Jan 2015) <a href=\"http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-386314\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-386314<\/a><\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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