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173524

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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	Barclays
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions ministers and officials at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills have had with Barclays Bank about the planned closure of rural branches, in particular at St Agnes, Cornwall, which is the only bank located in that community.
tabling member printed	Lord Teverson
uin	HL4106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>Officials at the Department have discussed with Barclays Bank the rationale for the planned closure of the branch in St Agnes, Cornwall, and the steps that are being taken to ensure that local resident’s banking needs can continue to be met.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills has also held a recent roundtable with the banks, the Post Office, regulators, consumer groups and organisations representing vulnerable groups to identify ways of maintaining access to banking services for all communities in the context of branch closures and technological change. A further roundtable has been organised to review progress.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 27/01/2015 12:55:17 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3789 label Biography information for Lord Teverson

173525

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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	Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many sectors of the United Kingdom economy are covered by regulatory agencies; how many agencies there are per sector; and how the pattern for 2013–14 compares with that of a decade ago.
tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Clifton
uin	HL4107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>A large number of organisations play a part in securing compliance with the law. They include national regulators, local authorities, and bodies independent of Government, some of which have statutory regulatory functions. [Data on coverage of sectors by regulatory agencies are not available].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Government has for the first time published details of the main national regulators, their remits and regulatory budgets and staff resource as well as the regulatory functions undertaken by local authorities on the BIS website: <a href="http://discuss.bis.gov.uk/focusonenforcement" target="_blank">http://discuss.bis.gov.uk/focusonenforcement</a> , a copy of which is attached for information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This exercise mainly focuses on regulatory functions carried out in England. In the case of Scotland, it only applies to regulatory functions exercised in reserved matters. In Northern Ireland, it only applies to regulatory functions which have not been transferred. It does not apply to regulatory functions which are only exercisable in or as regards Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data about regulators was not collected or collated in this manner by Her Majesty’s Government. A decade ago, however, Sir Philip Hampton did publish details of a range of relevant bodies and a copy of this material is also attached for information.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name List of regulators' data 2012-13 - HL4107.pdf title List of Regulators 2 file name Hampton - Reducing Administrative Burdens.pdf title Reducing Regulatory Burdens question first answered 26/01/2015 13:40:00 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3144 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Clifton

172993

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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	Mesothelioma
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the breakdown of the mesothelioma research funding applications made to the Medical Research Council in the last five financial years between the separate categories of Centre Grants; New Investigator Research Grants; Research Grants; Programme Grants; and Trial Grants.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>In Earl Howe’s written answer of 06 January 2015 (HL Deb, c173W) it was specified that the 10 applications were for grants and fellowships. Although fellowships are not mentioned in this question, we are including them in the response so that the numbers align.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 10 applications for grants and fellowships relating to mesothelioma that were received by the MRC between 2009/10 and 2013/14:</p><p> </p><p>- Five were fellowships of which were three were funded. All of the fellowship applications were for Clinical Research Training Fellowships;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Five were grants, of which:</p><p> </p><p>One was a Centre Grant (funded)</p><p> </p><p>Two were New Investigator Research Grants (unfunded)</p><p> </p><p>Two were Research Grants (unfunded)</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 23/01/2015 13:11:53 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

172994

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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	Mesothelioma
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any of the successful mesothelioma research grant applications made to either the National Institute for Health Research or the Medical Research Council between financial years 2010–11 and 2013–14 have been funded by the £3 million contribution received in 2010 from the insurance industry towards mesothelioma research.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>Successful mesothelioma research grant applications submitted to the National Institute for Health Research and the Medical Research Council have been supported by these organisations’ own funding. Two of the three Medical Research Council fellowships were co-funded with the British Lung Foundation and Mick Knighton Mesothelioma Fund which together provided £150k of the total £483k awarded to these fellowships. Both awards were made following the £3m fund from the insurance industry was established and donated to the British Lung Foundation for mesothelioma research. However we do not have information on how the British Lung Foundation attributed the £3m so cannot say whether any of this money was used to support the British Lung Foundation contribution to these fellowships.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 26/01/2015 12:25:14 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

173021

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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	Redundancy Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will list all the payments made by the Redundancy Payments Office, their value, and the companies in respect of which each was made, in each year from 2003 to 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL4093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service’s Redundancy Payments Service (RPS) receives on average 75,000 individual claims a year.</p><p>In the last four financial years, the RPS has paid out the following in statutory payments:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Cases received</p></td><td><p>Amount paid by RPS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>12,356</p></td><td><p>£576,526,767</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>10,883</p></td><td><p>£414,210,703</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>13,355</p></td><td><p>£440,256,838</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>9652</p></td><td><p>£334,377,039</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Annual data prior to 2010 and a breakdown of the individual case names and payments are not readily available, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 20/01/2015 14:21:10 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

172688

registered interest
date	08/01/2015
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	City Link
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will examine the financial support undertakings given to City Link by its owner; and whether they have estimated the cost to the taxpayer of the withdrawal of the committed support.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL4008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Insolvency Service will consider the conduct of the directors of City Link in connection with the management of the company. This would include any issues associated with financial support offered by its owner or by third parties.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not uncommon that an insolvent company has insufficient money to pay their creditors in full - including employees - and that is why there are special arrangements for employees who are made redundant on the insolvency of their employer. These provisions ensure employees receive a basic minimum of the debts owed by the employer from the National Insurance Fund.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is too early to provide an estimate of the cost of the payments to former employees of City Link. However, I can confirm that there are statutory limits on these payments, such as the £464 cap on a week’s pay.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 20/01/2015 12:51:55 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

172701

registered interest
date	08/01/2015
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	Poland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 16 December 2014 (HL3123), what action they are taking to correct the trade deficit with Poland.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL4021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government is actively engaged in encouraging more exports to Poland. UKTI Poland is part of a nine country regional network, focussed on helping British firms secure business wins and benefit from high value opportunities in key sectors (energy, infrastructure, defence &amp; security, healthcare and life sciences, services and advanced engineering), together with FCO colleagues. The aim is to match Polish opportunities with UK capabilities, facilitate access to key Polish official stakeholders and, through, HMG’s accredited partner, the British Polish Chamber of Commerce Trade Team to provide tailored support to small and medium sized companies looking to export to Poland.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Livingston of Parkhead question first answered 14/01/2015 16:48:56 answering member 4278 label Biography information for Lord Livingston of Parkhead
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

172320

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Employment: Obesity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the financial implications for employers of the ruling by the European Court of Justice that under certain circumstances obesity should be considered a disability.
tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
uin	HL3903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>A formal assessment of the impact of a court judgment on business is only carried out where a change in our domestic law is thought necessary in the light of that judgment. No such change is expected to arise from the relevant European Court judgment (Fag og Arbejde v Kommunernes Landsforening – aka the “Kaltoft” case</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/01/2015 14:03:53 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

172328

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Employment: Obesity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact on small and medium-sized enterprises of the recent decision of the European Court of Justice in Fag og Arbejde (FOA) v Kommunernes Landsforening (KL).
tabling member printed	Lord Willoughby de Broke
uin	HL3911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>A formal assessment of the impact of a court judgment on business is only carried out where a change in our domestic law is thought necessary in the light of that judgment. No such change is expected to arise from Fag og Arbejde v Kommunernes Landsforening (aka the “Kaltoft” case).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/01/2015 14:01:35 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1775 label Biography information for Lord Willoughby de Broke

171032

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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	Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to publish final recommendations following his Department's consultation, the Electricity Intensive Industries - Relief from the Indirect Costs of Renewables.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne McGuire
uin	219138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to providing relief from the indirect costs of renewables to the most electricity intensive industries that operate in global markets. We are bound by the European Commission’s state aid rules in this regard and cannot, therefore, simply use climate change agreements as the basis for eligibility for these schemes. We have issued a consultation on a proposed methodology and are currently analysing the results. We expect to publish a Government response to the consultation early in the New Year and final conclusions on which sectors will be eligible once we have state aid approval which we expect to receive by summer 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The saw-milling sector was not included in the proposed eligibility list because, based on the data available, it does not pass the proposed UK sector-level test of requiring an electricity-intensity of at least 7%. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills officials are content to discuss this with the association further in the New Year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is worth noting that the Government has already increased the discount on the Climate Change Levy on electricity to 90% for those sectors, like sawmilling, that are in receipt of a climate change agreement and that we are also capping the cost of the Carbon Price Floor at £18 per ton of CO2 – 60% of the original 2020 target price – to reduce the indirect cost to industry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 219145 219147 question first answered 07/01/2015 14:39:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	636 label Biography information for Dame Anne McGuire