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61946

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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	Exports: Scotland
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 value of exports from businesses in (a) Glasgow North West constituency, (b) Glasgow and (c) Scotland to other EU member states in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	200757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The value of goods exported by businesses in Scotland to other EU countries in each of the last five years is given in Table 1 below. Figures are not compiled for areas below Government Office Region (NUTS 1) level, such as Glasgow and Glasgow North West.</p><p>These figures relate to exports of <strong>goods</strong> only. Regional data on exports of <strong>services</strong> is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 24/06/2014 15:52:36 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon attachment 1 file name Scottish Exports.docx title Value of Scottish exports of goods to EU countries
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

61947

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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	Australia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what visits Ministers in his Department made to Australia in the last year; what the primary purpose was of those visits; and who accompanied them on those visits.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	200759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>Details of Ministers' overseas visits are published quarterly on the Gov.uk website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;publication_type=transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;publication_type=transparency-data</a></p><p>Information for January to March 2014 will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 23/06/2014 13:56:53 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

61953

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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	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, pursuant to the written statement of 16 June 2014, Official Report, columns 70-1WS, on student support in England, how many of the students who were unable to or chose not to provide adequate evidence of residency were studying at an alternative provider with designated courses; at which provider they were studying; for what qualifications they were registered; and on what basis his Department calculated that £65 million was due to be paid to 1,333 students.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	200842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The number of students who were unable to or chose not to provide adequate evidence of residency who were studying at an alternative provider with designated courses and providers at which they were studying, was included in the data set placed in the libraries of the House to accompany the Written Ministerial Statement on Monday 16 June 2014.</p><p>A breakdown of the courses these students are studying is data that is not held in the form requested. I have asked the Student Loans Company to compile this data and I will place a copy in the libraries of the House as soon as it is available.</p><p>The £65m figure given in the Written Ministerial Statement is the amount of student support that would have been paid in relation to the 5,548 students deemed to be ineligible following the residency checking exercise. It was calculated using actual awards for students who had approved applications and average award amounts for students whose applications had not reached the approval stage at the time payments were suspended.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 23/06/2014 14:19:23 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

61954

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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	Chief Scientific Advisers
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 meetings he has had with his Department's Chief Scientific Adviser in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	200784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>As was the case under previous administrations, details of internal meetings are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts grouped question UIN 200796 question first answered 23/06/2014 14:08:24 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

61956

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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	Chief Scientific Advisers
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 meetings the Minister of State for (a) Business and Enterprise, (b) Universities, Science and Skills and (c) Skills and Enterprise has had with his Department's Chief Scientific Adviser in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	200796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>As was the case under previous administrations, details of internal meetings are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts grouped question UIN 200784 question first answered 23/06/2014 14:08:24 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

61958

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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	Engineering: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress his Department has made on increasing the number of women in engineering roles.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	200799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>BIS funds or supports a range of activities aimed at increasing the number of women in science and engineering roles. 55% of National Science and Engineering Competition prize winners were girls, as was the UK Young Engineer of the Year 2014.</p><p>BIS also funds STEMNET to run the STEM Ambassadors programme: a nationwide network of over 28,000 volunteers who visit schools to inspire young people, act as role models and bring STEM career opportunities to life. 40% of STEM Ambassadors are women. 91% of UK state secondary schools accessed STEM Ambassadors between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2014.</p><p>BIS is also part of the ‘Your Life' campaign that is designed to boost participation in science, technology, engineering and maths at school and beyond. Over 180 leading businesses and institutions have pledged to do more to highlight the career opportunities open to those studying STEM subjects, committing to create over 2000 new entry level positions including apprenticeships, graduate jobs or paid work experience posts.</p><p>As one of our pledges under the Your Life campaign, on 12 June 2014, my Hon. Friend the Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise (Matthew Hancock) announced £30 million funding to increase the supply of engineers, to encourage more women into the sector and to address engineering skills shortages in smaller companies. The fund will enable engineering companies to establish training programmes to develop future engineers and boost the number of women in the profession. £10 million of the fund will be directed to a call to ‘Developing Women Engineers' and £10 million to a call to ‘Improving Engineering Careers'.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 23/06/2014 14:16:43 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

61959

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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	Science: 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 he has made of the effect of levels of public expenditure on science on UK economic productivity figures.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	200800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>A number of academic studies find a positive link between research and development (R&amp;D) investment and economic growth. Much of the relevant evidence was set out in a recent report for BIS &quot;Insights from international benchmarking of the UK science and innovation system[1]&quot; and the 2014 BIS Innovation Report[2].</p><p>A further recent UK report estimated that public investment in science yields a social rate of return of around 20%, through its impact on private sector productivity[3]. This means that for every £1 spent by Government on R&amp;D, private sector output rises by 20 pence per year in perpetuity. This effect could be larger where additional public spending on R&amp;D attracts additional private R&amp;D spending. The same report and other studies have shown that there is a &quot;crowding-in&quot; effect of public investment on R&amp;D. The effect is greater in industries that conduct significant R&amp;D or collaborate with universities.</p><p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/science-and-innovation-system-international-benchmarking" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/science-and-innovation-system-international-benchmarking</a></p><p>[2]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/innovation-report-2014-innovation-research-and-growth" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/innovation-report-2014-innovation-research-and-growth</a></p><p>[3]<a href="http://sciencecampaign.org.uk/UKScienceBase.pdf" target="_blank">http://sciencecampaign.org.uk/UKScienceBase.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 23/06/2014 14:05:24 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

61960

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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	Insolvency
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 complaints the Government has received on the England and Wales personal insolvency regime in relation to (a) bankruptcy, (b) individual voluntary arrangements and (c) debt relief orders in each year since 2010; and what the nature was of such complaints.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	200891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service (Agency) does not hold records that categorise complaints in this way for 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12. The Agency's records are held in relation to complaints received in respect of the official receiver's administration of bankruptcies and debt relief orders (DROs) from 2012/13 onwards.</p><p>Since June 2013, following introduction of the Insolvency Practitioner Complaints Gateway, the Agency has maintained records of complaints made against Insolvency Practitioners (IPs) and their administration of individual voluntary arrangements (IVAs) and Trust Deeds (a Scottish equivalent of IVAs) - no records are held for IVAs alone.</p><p>The following table summarises complaint numbers in respect of the official receiver or IP's administration of bankruptcies, IVA/ Trust Deeds and DROs.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Bankruptcy</p></td><td><p>IVA &amp; Trust Deeds</p></td><td><p>Debt relief orders</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>183</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Records detailing the nature of complaints received in relation to the official receiver's administration of bankruptcy and DRO cases have only been held since 2013/14. The complaints are categorised as follows:</p><p>Delay in taking action;</p><p>Delay in replying to correspondence;</p><p>Delay in returning telephone calls;</p><p>Personal conduct (of a member of staff);</p><p>Misleading/ incorrect information;</p><p>Failure to inform/ reply;</p><p>Failure to act;</p><p>Incorrect action; and</p><p>Quality of service by 3rd party acting for the Agency.</p><p>The nature of complaints received in respect of an IP's administration of IVAs are categorised as follows:</p><p>Complainant not receiving a completion certificate;</p><p>IP's failure to deal with correspondence;</p><p>Complainant disputing payment protection insurance compensation is asset in IVA;</p><p>Complainant believes they were given poor advice; and</p><p>IP failed to deal with an IVA/ Trust Deed in a timely way.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 23/06/2014 16:53:22 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

61961

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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	Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when his Department's review of debt relief orders will be launched.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	200892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>We plan to launch a review of debt relief orders this year.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 19/06/2014 15:00:14 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

61962

registered interest
date	16/06/2014
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
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 review the level of the debt threshold for a creditor bankruptcy petition.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	200896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>We plan to review the debt threshold for a creditor bankruptcy petition this year.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 19/06/2014 15:03:13 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller