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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

171033

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	Recreation Spaces: Maps
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 of 16 December 2014 to Question 217965 and with reference to paragraph 2.219 of the Autumn Statement 2014, what funding he has allocated to the free online map of green space in each financial year to 2019-20; and when that map will be publicly available.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	219118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>Ordnance Survey is still in discussions with Government on the deliverables, timescales and costs related to the green space online map.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 07/01/2015 14:27:32 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

171034

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	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will publish the apprentice pay survey for 2014 showing what apprentices are paid by age, gender, ethnicity, industry sector and apprenticeship level.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	219128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The 2014 Apprentice Pay Survey was published on .Gov.uk on 18 December 2014. The report shows levels of pay by age, gender, ethnicity, industry sector and apprenticeship level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 05/01/2015 16:38:51 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

171036

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	Small Businesses
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 small companies were formed in (a) Hertfordshire, (b) England and (c) the UK in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Hertford and Stortford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Prisk
uin	219088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>Companies House cannot provide the exact information as it does not register companies by size. The future size of companies will depend on their post incorporation trading activities.</p><p> </p><p>However, Companies House has provided figures for the total number of companies formed in Hertfordshire, England and Wales (it is not possible to easily separate out the figures for England alone) and the UK in each of the last ten years up until November 2014, the latest date for which figures are available, and these are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>England and Wales</p></td><td><p>United Kingdom (GB before 2009)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>8,972</p></td><td><p>340,302</p></td><td><p>361,124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>9,257</p></td><td><p>373,627</p></td><td><p>396,791</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>11,726</p></td><td><p>422,478</p></td><td><p>448,024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>8,687</p></td><td><p>319,497</p></td><td><p>339,808</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>8,991</p></td><td><p>332,038</p></td><td><p>352,753</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>9,817</p></td><td><p>365,461</p></td><td><p>389,636</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>10,643</p></td><td><p>412,856</p></td><td><p>440,624</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>11,437</p></td><td><p>448,329</p></td><td><p>479,539</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>11,858</p></td><td><p>484,143</p></td><td><p>517,186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 (to November)</p></td><td><p>12,093</p></td><td><p>502,014</p></td><td><p>533,782</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 07/01/2015 14:37:46 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1424 label Biography information for Mr Mark Prisk

171037

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	Staff
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 of 15 December 2014 to Question 217431, if he will make it his policy to record the ethnicity of staff working for companies contracted by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	219119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) seeks to ensure its procurement policy is aligned with wider Government policy as led by the Crown Commercial Service, part of the Cabinet Office. It is not currently BIS policy to request diversity data of the staff working for companies contracted by the Department, but we will keep this option under review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 08/01/2015 16:16:13 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

171041

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	Small Businesses: Procurement
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 he has made of research by the Federation of Small Business which found that 17 per cent of small businesses claim mistreatment by larger firms that they supply; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Jonathan Evans
uin	219321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government is taking forward a suite of measures to help redress the imbalance between small businesses and the large firms that they supply. We are working closely with our stakeholders, including the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), to develop the evidence base on poor payment practices.</p><p> </p><p>Our on-going consultation on introducing a new reporting requirement for large companies on their payment practices, the “Duty to Report” consultation, will strengthen the evidence on how widespread some of the payment practices identified by the FSB are, and on what further action the Government should take. The FSB’s research will contribute to our wider assessment on these issues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 07/01/2015 14:38:35 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1166 label Biography information for Jonathan Evans

171042

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	Defence Equipment: Bahrain
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 take steps to institute additional scrutiny of sales of defence and security equipment to Bahrain; and if he will take additional measures to further prevent the sale to Bahrain of defence equipment which would be used against civilians.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	219327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK operates one of the most rigorous export control systems in the world. All export licence applications are carefully assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, taking into account all prevailing circumstances at the time of application. Exports to Bahrain continue to be subject to close scrutiny, in particular under Criterion Two which concerns the ‘respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in the country of final destination as well as respect by that country for international humanitarian law’.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 07/01/2015 14:35:09 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

171044

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	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 of 15 December 2014 to Question 218516, if he will list the 55 employers his Department has named and shamed for the non-payment of the national minimum wage.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	219353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Details of the employers that have already been named under the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme can be found on the original press notices. Please see below for the dates when we have named the employers and the links to the press releases.</p><p> </p><p>28 February 2014</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-gets-tough-with-employers-failing-to-pay-minimum-wage" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-gets-tough-with-employers-failing-to-pay-minimum-wage</a></p><p> </p><p>8 June 2014</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-names-employers-who-fail-to-pay-minimum-wage" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-names-employers-who-fail-to-pay-minimum-wage</a></p><p> </p><p>27 November 2014</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-names-employers-who-fail-to-pay-the-national-minimum-wage" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-names-employers-who-fail-to-pay-the-national-minimum-wage</a></p><p> </p><p>Any worker who believes that they are being paid below the minimum wage should call the Pay &amp; Work Rights Helpline on 0800 917 2368. HM Revenue &amp; Customs investigate all complaints.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 05/01/2015 14:07:18 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

171045

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	Insolvency: Regulation
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 bring forward legislative proposals to create an independent regulator to regulate insolvencies.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	219332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Small Business Enterprise and Employment Bill (currently before the Other House) contains a reserve power which will allow the Secretary of State to designate a body to be the sole regulator for insolvency practitioners. We have made clear that we would only exercise this power if the other measures contained within this Bill do not succeed in improving confidence in this regulatory regime; and only with proper consultation and assessment of the costs and benefits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 05/01/2015 16:52:49 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

171046

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	EU External Trade: South Korea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether goods produced in the Kaesong Industrial Complex by North Korean labourers are included in the European Union-South Korean Free Trade Agreement; and if he will make an assessment of the implications for that agreement of the findings of the report by the US-Korea Institute at SAIS of March 2014 on the wages of North Korean workers at that complex.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	219329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>The goods produced in the Kaesong Industrial complex are not included in the EU-Republic of Korea FTA and therefore there are no implications for that agreement of the findings of the March 2014 report by the US-Korea Institute at SAIS on the wages of North Korean workers at that complex.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 07/01/2015 14:36:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce