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156912

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
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: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what occasions have (a) EU companies seeking to trade in the US and (b) US companies seeking to trade in the EU claimed to have been discriminated against by the courts of the host nation in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	215459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>Claims made by EU investors in third countries or vice versa may be made in a wide range of situations in which the UK government is not involved and about which it does not have access to relevant information.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 05/12/2014 14:57:50 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

156913

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
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, what assessment he has made of the effect on financial redress for creditors from April 2015 of changes to funding of insolvency litigation in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	215424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>Insolvency trade body, R3, commissioned research to try to measure the impact of the civil justice reforms on insolvency litigation. This research estimates that contingency fee arrangement backed insolvency litigation realises £150m-160m per annum.</p><p>When the exemption for insolvency proceedings was introduced in 2013 the impact assessment made the assumption that by April 2015 alternative funding arrangements would have been developed for insolvency cases. On that basis it was assumed there would be no major impact on the volume of insolvency cases which were pursued, or on the value of assets recovered in the long-run, although the risk of recoveries falling was acknowledged.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 27/11/2014 15:41:30 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

156917

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
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	Post Office Card Account
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 future of the Post Office card account after March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	215421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The Post Office card account is a matter for the Department for Work and Pensions. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills does not have a role in commercial negotiations between other Departments and Post Office Ltd.</p><p> </p><p>Post Office Ltd and the Department for Work and Pensions are currently discussing the future of the Post Office card account and an announcement will be made when these discussions are concluded.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 26/11/2014 15:21:53 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

156941

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
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	Floods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much of the £10 million support for small and medium-sized enterprises for clean-up in flooded areas has been (a) allocated and (b) received by small and medium-sized enterprises.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	215502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2014 answer text <p>The full £10 million of funding was paid to eligible local authorities in two payments, on the 20 February and 14 March 2014. Details of total payments to local authorities are at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/update-on-funding-for-flood-affected-businesses" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/update-on-funding-for-flood-affected-businesses</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since then local authorities have allocated nearly £7 million of this funding to support business recovery.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/11/2014 07:46:09 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

157049

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
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	Part-time Employment: 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 steps he is taking to provide (a) assistance and (b) guidance for employers to help them provide flexible and high quality part-time work for women with young children; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	215367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>Flexible working is central to how the Coalition Government sees employment in the future. From 30 June this year, following a full consultation with businesses on how best to do so, we extended the right to request flexible working to all employees.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also made it easier for employers to consider requests for flexible working by replacing the previous statutory process for considering requests with a duty on employers to consider requests in a ‘reasonable manner’. To support this Acas has published a statutory Code to help businesses understand how to handle requests. Further information is available from: <a href="http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1616" target="_blank">http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1616</a>.</p><p> </p><p>To support the creation of more high quality part-time jobs, we are working to encourage cultural change in flexible working, especially to encourage employers to think about flexible working when they recruit new employees. For example, the Government convened an employer-led group to make practical recommendations on how flexible working can be beneficial and how it can be built into employer’s recruitment. Following the recommendations of this group we are encouraging the use of the strapline “Happy to Talk Flexible Working” by employers when they advert jobs.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, on 10 June, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Minister of State for Pensions and my Hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff Central (Jenny Willott) led a conference on flexible working for employers. The conference explained the benefits of flexible working and providing practical tips on getting it working within individual workplaces, including a practical session on successfully designing part-time jobs.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, to promote part-time work more generally, BIS, in partnership with the <strong>Business is Great</strong> campaign,<strong> the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) </strong>and<strong> PwC</strong>, sponsored a new initiative launched by Timewise in search of the UK’s most flexible small businesses that offer flexible work options to employees. The competition ran from 16 October to 24 November. The winner will be announced publicly by Friday 20 March 2015. The Government is also promoting flexible working and part-time working as part of the GREAT campaign to target business press. More detail on the GREAT campaign here: <a href="http://www.greatbusiness.gov.uk/flexibleworking/" target="_blank">http://www.greatbusiness.gov.uk/flexibleworking/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, Acas have produced guidance booklets for employers and employees on how to manage flexible working and a work-life balance. Further information is available from: <a href="http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1283" target="_blank">http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1283</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 28/11/2014 14:17:16 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

156634

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
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: Qatar
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 list all open individual export licences with Qatar in force in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	215272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Information on arms exports is published in the Annual and Quarterly Reports on Strategic Export Controls. These reports contain detailed information on export licences issued, refused or revoked, by destination, including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. They are available to view at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.exportcontroldb.bis.gov.uk/sdb/fox/sdb/SDBHOME" target="_blank">https://www.exportcontroldb.bis.gov.uk/sdb/fox/sdb/SDBHOME</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Bespoke reports can also be produced on specific countries and goods types, but you will need to register to download the data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Currently the database includes information up to 30 June 2014. Information covering</p><p> </p><p>1 July to 30 September 2014 will be published in January 2015 and information covering</p><p> </p><p>1 October to 312014 will be December will be published in April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 215273 215274 215275 question first answered 24/11/2014 15:39:32 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

156635

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
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: Kuwait
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 list all open individual export licences with Kuwait in force in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	215273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Information on arms exports is published in the Annual and Quarterly Reports on Strategic Export Controls. These reports contain detailed information on export licences issued, refused or revoked, by destination, including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. They are available to view at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.exportcontroldb.bis.gov.uk/sdb/fox/sdb/SDBHOME" target="_blank">https://www.exportcontroldb.bis.gov.uk/sdb/fox/sdb/SDBHOME</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Bespoke reports can also be produced on specific countries and goods types, but you will need to register to download the data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Currently the database includes information up to 30 June 2014. Information covering</p><p> </p><p>1 July to 30 September 2014 will be published in January 2015 and information covering</p><p> </p><p>1 October to 312014 will be December will be published in April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 215272 215274 215275 question first answered 24/11/2014 15:39:33 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

156636

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
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	Standard Individual Export Licences: Qatar
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 list all standard individual export licences with Qatar in force in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	215274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Information on arms exports is published in the Annual and Quarterly Reports on Strategic Export Controls. These reports contain detailed information on export licences issued, refused or revoked, by destination, including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. They are available to view at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.exportcontroldb.bis.gov.uk/sdb/fox/sdb/SDBHOME" target="_blank">https://www.exportcontroldb.bis.gov.uk/sdb/fox/sdb/SDBHOME</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Bespoke reports can also be produced on specific countries and goods types, but you will need to register to download the data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Currently the database includes information up to 30 June 2014. Information covering</p><p> </p><p>1 July to 30 September 2014 will be published in January 2015 and information covering</p><p> </p><p>1 October to 312014 will be December will be published in April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 215272 215273 215275 question first answered 24/11/2014 15:39:33 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

156637

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
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	Standard Individual Export Licences: Kuwait
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 list all standard individual export licences with Kuwait in force in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	215275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Information on arms exports is published in the Annual and Quarterly Reports on Strategic Export Controls. These reports contain detailed information on export licences issued, refused or revoked, by destination, including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. They are available to view at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.exportcontroldb.bis.gov.uk/sdb/fox/sdb/SDBHOME" target="_blank">https://www.exportcontroldb.bis.gov.uk/sdb/fox/sdb/SDBHOME</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Bespoke reports can also be produced on specific countries and goods types, but you will need to register to download the data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Currently the database includes information up to 30 June 2014. Information covering</p><p> </p><p>1 July to 30 September 2014 will be published in January 2015 and information covering</p><p> </p><p>1 October to 312014 will be December will be published in April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 215272 215273 215274 question first answered 24/11/2014 15:39:33 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

156666

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
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	Basic Skills: Young People
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 help young people develop pre-employment and basic skills to help them into work; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	215215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government supports a range of opportunities for young people of different abilities to help them develop pre-employment and basic skills to help them in to work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills provides full funding for young people aged 19 to 23 to take their first full Level 2 and 3 qualifications and to progress towards those levels, giving them the opportunity to gain the skills required to obtain and progress in work. For young people who already have a full Level 2 or Level 3 qualification, the Department provides a subsidy towards further training at that level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We also provide full funding, irrespective of prior qualification level, for training up to Level 4 for unemployed young people aged 19 to 23 in receipt of Jobseeker’s Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance in the Work Related Activity Group or Universal Credit, who have had a skills need identified and where training will help them get into work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of the Youth Contract, unemployed 18-24 year olds can access a careers advice session within the first 3 months of becoming unemployed. Between its launch in April 2012 and end September 2014 the National Careers Service has delivered careers advice to almost 450,000 unemployed 18-24 year olds.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Being competent in English and maths can make a real difference to a young person’s employment outcomes and their general well-being. That is why English and maths are at the heart of all our major programmes, and full funding of tuition costs is available for provision up to GCSE level in English and maths for those who do not yet have those qualifications.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In August 2013, we launched traineeships, which are available for 16-24 year olds. Traineeships is an education and training programme with work experience, focused on giving young people the skills and experience they need to be able to compete for apprenticeships or other jobs. From 2014/15 young people undertaking a traineeship, as well as all intermediate apprentices, will be required to work towards achieving a Level 2 in English and maths unless they already have Level 2 qualifications in these subjects. Provisional data for 2013/14 shows that traineeships are off to a good start with 10,500 taking up traineeship opportunities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 24/11/2014 16:56:41 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald