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63144

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Trade Union Recognition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of companies registered in (a) Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency, (b) Renfrewshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK that do not recognise trades unions.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Jim Sheridan
uin	201716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>This Department does not hold information on to whether or not individual employers recognise a trade union or not.</p><p>You may be interested in the following figures, from the 2011 Workplace Employment Relations Study (WERS), showing percentage of workplaces with recognised unions where the workplace is located in Scotland, the other Government Office Regions and Great Britain as a whole. This does not include information on Northern Ireland workplaces where employment law is devolved.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Government Office Region</p></td><td><p>Percentage of workplaces with recognised unions</p><p>(%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humberside</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Britain</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>More information on the WERS data is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/workplace-employment-relations-study-wers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/workplace-employment-relations-study-wers</a></p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 30/06/2014 15:47:50 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	1464 label Biography information for Jim Sheridan

63146

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Bankruptcy: Harlow
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 businesses in Harlow constituency have been declared bankrupt in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	201692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>Figures are not available at the level of detail requested.</p><p>Official statistics covering corporate insolvencies for England and Wales are not available at sub-national level, as the data supplied to the Insolvency Service does not include location information. The latest national level figures are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-january-to-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-january-to-march-2014</a></p><p>Official statistics covering individual insolvencies are available at the level of parliamentary constituencies, but do not separately identify bankruptcies where the individual was self-employed. The latest figures, covering the period 2000 to 2012, are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-individual-insolvencies-by-region" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-individual-insolvencies-by-region</a>. An update to this publication, covering the calendar year 2013, will be published as a statistical release on Thursday 10 July 2014.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 26/06/2014 14:43:32 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

63147

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Foreign Investment in UK: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what work the Regeneration Investment Organisation is undertaking to promote Northern Ireland as a location for investment in regeneration projects.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	201729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The Regeneration Investment Organisation (RIO) is actively working on several investment opportunities in Northern Ireland with a gross development value of around £3 billion. The team has held commercial dialogue with overseas investors for some of these schemes.</p><p>The RIO team has a dedicated Regional Project Manager who engages with development opportunities in Northern Ireland, works closely with Invest Northern Ireland and helps projects advance to a stage where they would be able to attract overseas investment.</p><p>There is also official representation from Northern Ireland on the Regeneration Investment Advisory Board (RIAB), a group consisting of Industry and Government specialists set up to provide strategic advice and oversight of RIO activity.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 30/06/2014 17:21:54 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

63150

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Trade Promotion: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps UK Trade & Investment took to promote Northern Ireland businesses at the International Festival for Business in Liverpool.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	201733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) has encouraged participation by UK businesses from throughout the UK at the International Festival for Business (IFB).</p><p>UKTI officials briefed representatives from the three devolved administrations, including Invest Northern Ireland, on plans and preparations for the IFB in September 2013. UKTI subsequently facilitated meetings in London and Belfast, between senior IFB managers and Invest Northern Ireland, to discuss the detail of Invest NI's engagement with the Festival.</p><p>All events at IFB have been, and are continuing to be, advertised and promoted to companies in Northern Ireland through the IFB and GOV.UK/UKTI websites.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 26/06/2014 14:53:35 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

63151

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Enterprise Zones: Coleraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans UK Trade & Investment has to promote the new Enterprise Zone in Coleraine as a location for potential international investors.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	201734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) follows the ‘UK First' principle when promoting inward investment. This means that we seek to promote the UK as the country of choice and propose the most suitable locations based on the inward investor's particular needs which are matched to the strengths of individual areas.</p><p>Invest Northern Ireland promotes Northern Ireland and UKTI works together with them on potential opportunities and to highlight benefits of areas such as Enterprise Zones.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 02/07/2014 15:13:28 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

63153

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Apprentices: Greater London
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 apprenticeships have been started in (a) London, (b) the London Borough of Hounslow and (c) Brentford and Isleworth constituency since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Mary Macleod
uin	201804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of apprenticeship starts by geography is published by academic year in a Supplementary Table, entitled <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/298401/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls" target="_blank"><em>Breakdown by geography, equality &amp; diversity and sector subject area: starts 2002/03 to 2012/13</em></a><em>, </em>to a Statistical First Release (SFR):</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/298401/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/298401/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/06/2014 14:33:50 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3927 label Biography information for Mary Macleod

63158

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academic Year
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the economic effects of deregulating school holidays on (a) tourism jobs in seaside areas and (b) seaside economies.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	201861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government is giving more schools greater flexibility to adapt the shape of the school year in the interests of their pupils' education.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst this will extend an existing flexibility to a greater number of schools, our advice will continue to include a clear expectation of schools working with each other and the local authority to coordinate dates to avoid unnecessary disruption to parents and their employers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has consulted with representatives of the tourist industry. Where schools choose to change their holiday dates, following discussion locally with parents and local businesses, there may well be a positive impact on seaside economies. In areas of high-seasonal employment, for example, small variations to term dates agreed locally may help parents to holiday outside of peak periods.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 27/06/2014 15:33:50 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

63159

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	McDonalds Restaurants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has had discussions with McDonald's Corporation on its relationship with trades unions in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Jim Sheridan
uin	201854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, has not had such a discussion with McDonald's Corporation.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 30/06/2014 15:39:24 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	1464 label Biography information for Jim Sheridan

63160

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will carry out an assessment of the positive and negative effects of setting the minimum wage at £10 per hour.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	201866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>It is the role of the independent Low Pay Commission to make National Minimum Wage rate recommendations that maximises earnings, without damaging employment prospects.</p><p>The National Minimum Wage for those aged 21 and over is currently £6.31, rising to £6.50 from 1 October 2014. Given the remit of the Low Pay Commission, we can conclude that they would consider that a higher rate would have a negative impact on employment.</p><p>In its 2015 recommendations, the Government has asked the Low Pay Commission to consider whether we are entering a new phase where real term increases in the National Minimum Wage can be afforded without damaging employment rates.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 26/06/2014 14:51:16 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

63161

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Adult Education: Harrogate
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 people in Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency were enrolled in adult skills training in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	201901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of adults (19+) participating in government-funded further education and skills by parliamentary constituency is published in a Supplementary Table, entitled <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284023/January2013_OverallFEandSkillsAchievement.xls" target="_blank"><em>FE and skills: overall achievement by geography and equality and diversity - 2002/03 to 2011/12</em></a>, to a Statistical First Release (SFR). Data by parliamentary constituency are available from 2005/06 onwards.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-further-education-and-skills" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-further-education-and-skills</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284026/January2013_OverallFEandSkillsParticipation.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284026/January2013_OverallFEandSkillsParticipation.xls</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/06/2014 14:36:36 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones