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418844

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	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, pursuant to the Answer to Question 8779 of 10 September 2015, how many employers have participated in HM Revenue and Custom's new national minimum wage campaign to date.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	10284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The National Minimum Wage campaign launched on 29 July 2015. Information on the number of employers, workers covered and total arrears identified through the campaign will be made available when details for each voluntary disclosure have been finalised.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/09/2015 10:11:52 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

418845

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	Postal Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of post boxes from which collections are made (a) only before 10am and (b) throughout the day (i) on the Isle of Wight and (ii) nationally; and what the equivalent figures were in 2012.
tabling member constituency	Isle of Wight
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Turner
uin	10286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not hold any such data. Providing Royal Mail as the designated Universal Service Provider for the UK maintains its network of post-boxes in accordance with the framework set by Ofcom, the postal services regulator, decisions relating to local post boxes are made on operational grounds by Royal Mail’s management.</p><p>In 2014, Royal Mail announced plans to increase the number of post-boxes around the country to account for any local impact of new collection times. The company’s initiative involved moving low volume post-boxes to “collection on delivery” with postal workers emptying the box on their delivery round rather than providing an additional dedicated collection by van. In such cases, Royal Mail have said that they will ensure that there is a late-posting box within half a mile of each post-box that is restricted to earlier collections and that there will be clear sign-posting for customers on relevant post-boxes notifying them of their nearest late-posting box.</p><p>The majority of the 115,000 post-boxes around the country do however retain a 4pm or later final collection.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 22/09/2015 09:17:58 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1426 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Turner

418847

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with international partners on the inclusion of Investor State Dispute Settlement in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	10313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government has ongoing discussions on the inclusion of investor-state dispute settlement provisions in the Free Trade Agreement currently being negotiated between the EU and US, also known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. These discussions have included other EU member states, the European Commission, civil society groups, and other stakeholders. We want investment protection provisions that guarantee the right of governments to legislate in the public interest while ensuring access to justice for investors who are discriminated against or treated unfairly.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has Bilateral Investment Treaties in force with 94 countries and has never faced a serious investor state dispute claim.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 10314 question first answered 23/09/2015 09:15:01 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

418848

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received from campaign groups on the inclusion of Investor State Dispute Settlement in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	10314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government has ongoing discussions on the inclusion of investor-state dispute settlement provisions in the Free Trade Agreement currently being negotiated between the EU and US, also known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. These discussions have included other EU member states, the European Commission, civil society groups, and other stakeholders. We want investment protection provisions that guarantee the right of governments to legislate in the public interest while ensuring access to justice for investors who are discriminated against or treated unfairly.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has Bilateral Investment Treaties in force with 94 countries and has never faced a serious investor state dispute claim.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 10313 question first answered 23/09/2015 09:15:01 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

418849

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received from private companies on the exemption of health services from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	10316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>I am not aware of this department having received any representations of this nature.</p><p>The UK has protected the NHS and public services in all trade agreements and will continue to do so in this deal. This is non-negotiable.</p><p>As Commissioner Malmström and US Trade Representative Froman have said “No EU or US trade agreement requires governments to privatise any service, or prevents governments from expanding the range of services they supply to the public. Moreover, these agreements do not prevent governments from providing public services previously supplied by private service suppliers; contracting a public service to private providers does not mean that it becomes irreversibly part of the commercial sector.”</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/09/2015 09:12:49 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

418850

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with international partners on the exemption of health services from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	10315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK has protected the NHS and public services in all trade agreements and will continue to do so in this deal. We have made clear to our international partners that this is non-negotiable and sought assurances from them.</p><p>In response, in January, the European Commissioner for Trade, Cecilia Malmström, wrote an open letter to the then Minister of State for Trade and Investment, clarifying that EU countries will be free to decide how they run their public services and stating explicitly that the NHS is not at risk from this free trade agreement.</p><p>In March, she and the US Trade Representative, Mike Froman issued a joint public statement reiterating this.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/09/2015 09:13:50 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

418623

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
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	Students: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the level of maintenance support for undergraduate students; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	10182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2015 answer text <p>The Student Income and Expenditure Survey which took place earlier this year will report on the finances of HE students in England and Wales. The report is expected to be published in early 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Maintenance support is a contribution to student living costs. However we are increasing the overall cash-in-hand we provide to students to support their cost of living.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 24/09/2015 12:31:05 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

418624

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
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	Postage Stamps
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with Royal Mail on the continued issuing of Country definitive postage stamps.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	10191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>We have had no such discussions. Operational matters, which include decisions relating to Royal Mail’s postage stamps, are the direct responsibility of the company’s management (subject to an agreed convention and criteria governing the designs of postage stamps carrying an image of The Queen’s head, which are overseen by this Department).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The company maintains Country Definitives on an ongoing basis and has no current plans to change existing designs or its policy on such stamps. Country Definitives are available on an ongoing basis from post offices in the respective countries, and available direct from Royal Mail.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 17/09/2015 09:39:20 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

418625

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
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	New Businesses: Government Assistance
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 are being taken to support entrepreneurs in (a) Suffolk, (b) the East of England and (c) England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
tabling member printed	Jo Churchill
uin	10187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We are supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses in many ways and are committed to making sure the UK is the best place in Europe to start and grow a business.</p><p>For example <em>Start-up Loans</em> provide new entrepreneurs with start-up finance and advice. And the <em>Enterprise Finance Guarantee</em> scheme encourages lenders, such as banks, to lend to smaller businesses that would not ordinarily get a loan. The table below shows how much both schemes have lent to small businesses in Suffolk, East of England and England and Wales.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Start-Up Loans</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Enterprise Finance Guarantee</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Suffolk</strong></p></td><td><p>222 Start Up Loans issued totalling £1.04m</p></td><td><p>296 EFG loans issued totalling £27.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East of England</strong></p></td><td><p>2,096 issued totalling £9.9m</p></td><td><p>2,131 issued totalling £219.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England and Wales</strong></p></td><td><p>29,736 issued totalling £159.6m.</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>22,755 issued totalling £2,317.7m</p><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government is also supporting small firms through grant funding provided by Innovate UK to support science and technology innovations that will grow the economy. In 2014/15 around 60% of Innovate UK’s funding went to small &amp; medium sized enterprises. In the same period expenditure to micro and small enterprises in the East of England was £18.8m.</p><p>Growth hubs across England make sure that small businesses can access this support and other local and private sector support available to start and grow a business. There are currently 29 growth hubs delivering business support to around 79% of the registered business population. The remaining hubs are due to roll out across England by March 2016. The New Anglia Growth Hub provides support to businesses in the Suffolk area and has helped over 3,000 businesses and created 450 jobs. Four hubs currently provide support to businesses in the East of England area.</p><p>And the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership has secured over £220m as part of their Growth Deal to help transform the economy of Norfolk and Suffolk. This money will fund a range of initiatives including road improvements, building new innovation centres and providing grants to help businesses grow.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 10150 question first answered 22/09/2015 13:34:04 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill

418626

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
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	Small Businesses: Government Assistance
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 his Department is taking to support small businesses in (a) Suffolk, (b) the East of England and (c) England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
tabling member printed	Jo Churchill
uin	10150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>We are supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses in many ways and are committed to making sure the UK is the best place in Europe to start and grow a business.</p><p>For example <em>Start-up Loans</em> provide new entrepreneurs with start-up finance and advice. And the <em>Enterprise Finance Guarantee</em> scheme encourages lenders, such as banks, to lend to smaller businesses that would not ordinarily get a loan. The table below shows how much both schemes have lent to small businesses in Suffolk, East of England and England and Wales.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Start-Up Loans</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Enterprise Finance Guarantee</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Suffolk</strong></p></td><td><p>222 Start Up Loans issued totalling £1.04m</p></td><td><p>296 EFG loans issued totalling £27.1m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East of England</strong></p></td><td><p>2,096 issued totalling £9.9m</p></td><td><p>2,131 issued totalling £219.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England and Wales</strong></p></td><td><p>29,736 issued totalling £159.6m.</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>22,755 issued totalling £2,317.7m</p><p> </p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government is also supporting small firms through grant funding provided by Innovate UK to support science and technology innovations that will grow the economy. In 2014/15 around 60% of Innovate UK’s funding went to small &amp; medium sized enterprises. In the same period expenditure to micro and small enterprises in the East of England was £18.8m.</p><p>Growth hubs across England make sure that small businesses can access this support and other local and private sector support available to start and grow a business. There are currently 29 growth hubs delivering business support to around 79% of the registered business population. The remaining hubs are due to roll out across England by March 2016. The New Anglia Growth Hub provides support to businesses in the Suffolk area and has helped over 3,000 businesses and created 450 jobs. Four hubs currently provide support to businesses in the East of England area.</p><p>And the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership has secured over £220m as part of their Growth Deal to help transform the economy of Norfolk and Suffolk. This money will fund a range of initiatives including road improvements, building new innovation centres and providing grants to help businesses grow.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 10187 question first answered 22/09/2015 13:34:04 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill