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89452

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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	EU Law
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 new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	207251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>Details of all EU legislation, including full details of all EU directives that have come into force since May 2010, can be found on the European Commission's website:</p><p><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html" target="_blank">http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html</a></p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 05/09/2014 13:36:22 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

89453

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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	Service Industries: Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons the UK decided to take part in the negotiations relating to the Trade in Services Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	207174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>The UK Government recognises the importance of trade to delivering long term growth and jobs. The Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) is the first negotiation to focus solely on trade in services, an area of key UK competitive advantage. As the second largest exporter of services, with 6.5% of global trade, the UK is a strong supporter of the TiSA. Independent analysis shows that an ambitious agreement could add as much as £2-3 billion annually to the UK economy in the long-term.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/09/2014 16:43:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

89454

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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	Service Industries: Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons the text of the proposed Trade in Services Agreement treaty has not been made public.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	207175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>Information on the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) can be found on the European Commission’s dedicated TISA website - <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/tisa/" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/in-focus/tisa/</a> . In a bid to encourage transparency, the EU has published its initial TiSA offer from November 2013, the EU proposal for core text provisions based on the World Trade Organisation’s General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and the EU proposal on financial services.</p><p>Whilst the Commission are committed to publishing as much information as possible on the TiSA, for trade negotiations to work and succeed, it is necessary that there is a degree of confidentiality surrounding the negotiating texts to ensure that the best deals are obtained.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/09/2014 16:25:48 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

89455

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Big Society Network
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has approached (a) NESTA and (b) Big Lottery to request them to fund the Big Society Network or the Social Network Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	207320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has not had any discussions with NESTA regarding funding for the Big Society Network, and did not approach NESTA or Big Lottery Fund and ask them to fund the Big Society Network.</p><p>No discussions with Big Lottery Fund concerning the Society Network Foundation or Big Society Network were held by either Cabinet Office Ministers or Officials.</p><p>Cabinet Office holds regular sponsorship meetings with Big Lottery Fund, which cover governance, accounting and efficiency issues but not funding applications or decisions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark grouped question UIN 207303 207321 question first answered 05/09/2014 11:16:21 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

89456

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Big Society Network
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions his Department has had with NESTA on funding the Big Society Network.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	207321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has not had any discussions with NESTA regarding funding for the Big Society Network, and did not approach NESTA or Big Lottery Fund and ask them to fund the Big Society Network.</p><p>No discussions with Big Lottery Fund concerning the Society Network Foundation or Big Society Network were held by either Cabinet Office Ministers or Officials.</p><p>Cabinet Office holds regular sponsorship meetings with Big Lottery Fund, which cover governance, accounting and efficiency issues but not funding applications or decisions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark grouped question UIN 207303 207320 question first answered 05/09/2014 11:16:21 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

89457

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Big Society Network
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to recover the money spent on the Get In project.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	207322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>The Get In project experienced difficulties in its first quarter. The Cabinet Office worked with Society Network Foundation to assess whether these difficulties could be overcome. When it was concluded that they could not, the project was stopped and Cabinet Office paid only up to that point. This is standard practice when funding small charities to undertake innovative projects.</p><p>The Civil Society Compact states that funders should attempt to support organisations overcome difficulties and should give at least three months’ notice before ending a financial relationship with a charitable organisation.</p><p>The Social Investment Business is currently following their standard procedure to investigate and take appropriate action where funds received by Social Network Foundation for the Get In project may not have been used for the purposes for which the grant was given.</p><p>Regarding grant funds spent on the Get In project, Cabinet Office would not normally seek to recover funds spent in line with a grant agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark grouped question UIN 207325 question first answered 05/09/2014 11:11:36 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

89458

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Television
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much (a) his Department, (b) the Prime Minister's Office and (c) the Deputy Prime Minister's Office spent on televisions in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	207131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office and the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office are an integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my Rt Hon Friend the member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner to the hon. Member for Barnsley East on 8 October 2013, (Official Report) Column Ref: 170W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 05/09/2014 10:59:10 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

89460

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
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 enrolled in the National Citizen Service.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	207123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>Successive independent evaluations have shown that National Citizen Service has seen significant growth in participation across England and Northern Ireland, with the programme seeing its 100,000th participant this year. The programme is delivered by regional providers who are performance managed by the NCS Trust, an independent not-for-profit organisation. Regional performance is regularly monitored, along with other factors including quality of NCS delivery and the social mix of participants.</p><p>An independent evaluation of NCS will be published by Cabinet Office in 2015, after the conclusion of the 2014 NCS programmes, and will detail the costs and number of young participants during 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark grouped question UIN 207119 207122 question first answered 05/09/2014 11:18:31 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

89461

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Big Society Network
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which officials in his Department made the decision to refer the bids for grants from the Big Lottery Fund to the Big Society Network and the Society Network Foundation back to the Social Investment Business.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	207295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>Decisions taken regarding the Cabinet Office’s Social Action Fund grant to Society Network Foundation, made through the Social Investment Business, were made via the designated decision-making mechanism for this programme – the Minister for Civil Society, supported by the programme’s Advisory Panel.</p><p>The Big Lottery Fund is independent from government in its decision-making on specific funding and grant awards, and no Ministers or Cabinet Office officials had any involvement in any decisions taken by them regarding the grants made to the Society Network Foundation or Big Society Network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark grouped question UIN 207293 207294 207323 207324 question first answered 05/09/2014 11:13:55 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

89462

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Big Society Network
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which grade of officials in his Department made the decision to refer the bids for grants from the Big Lottery Fund and the Cabinet Office to the Big Society Network and the Society Network Foundation back to the Social Investment Business.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	207294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>Decisions taken regarding the Cabinet Office’s Social Action Fund grant to Society Network Foundation, made through the Social Investment Business, were made via the designated decision-making mechanism for this programme – the Minister for Civil Society, supported by the programme’s Advisory Panel.</p><p>The Big Lottery Fund is independent from government in its decision-making on specific funding and grant awards, and no Ministers or Cabinet Office officials had any involvement in any decisions taken by them regarding the grants made to the Society Network Foundation or Big Society Network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark grouped question UIN 207293 207295 207323 207324 question first answered 05/09/2014 11:13:55 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy