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454737

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
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	Sunday Trading: Public Consultation
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 the Government took to ensure that its response to its consultation, Sunday Trading, published in August 2015, took substantive account of the range of responses to that consultation.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
uin	28326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government has conscientiously taken into account all the responses and evidence submitted during the consultation in formulating our proposals.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 29/02/2016 13:54:48 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

454739

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
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	Sunday Trading: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons the Government has not yet published its analysis of responses to its consultation, Sunday Trading, published in August 2015.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
uin	28327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government published its response to the consultation on 9 February, in which it sets out its analysis of responses.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 29/02/2016 13:52:40 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

454748

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
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	Electricity: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reason the report commissioned by his Department from Ecofys on international electricity prices has not yet been published; when the Government plans to publish that report; and whether that report found that electricity price increases for energy intensive industries as a result of climate policies will be larger in the UK than any other country.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	28214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department is currently reviewing the findings of the Ecofys international energy price comparisons report. We are considering publication options but the report found that the increase in electricity prices for energy intensive industries varies considerably by country depending on their climate change policy landscape.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 29/02/2016 13:59:59 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

454749

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
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	Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2014.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	28229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>There are no plans to make any amendments to the Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 29/02/2016 13:57:33 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

454751

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
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	Graduates: Pay
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 distribution of the graduate premium by each decile of graduate lifetime earnings.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	28236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The most recent BIS commissioned research (Walker and Zhu, 2013[1]) shows that, on average, a male graduate will earn £168,000 more, and a female graduate £252,000 more, over their lifetime than someone without a degree but with 2 or more A-levels, net of income tax, VAT, National Insurance and student repayments (2012 prices).</p><p> </p><p>Walker &amp; Zhu (2013) also provide a breakdown of these figures across the graduate earnings distribution, as set out in Table 1.[2]</p><p>Table 1: Graduate premiums from completion of a first degree for individuals by gender across earnings deciles</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Individual Net Present Value</p></td><td colspan="10"><p>Graduate earnings deciles</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Average</p></td><td><p>1st</p></td><td><p>2nd</p></td><td><p>3rd</p></td><td><p>4th</p></td><td><p>5th</p></td><td><p>6th</p></td><td><p>7th</p></td><td><p>8th</p></td><td><p>9th</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>252</p></td><td><p>247</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>252</p></td><td><p>285</p></td><td><p>265</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Measurement unit £1,000</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/229498/bis-13-899-the-impact-of-university-degrees-on-the-lifecycle-of-earnings-further-analysis.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/229498/bis-13-899-the-impact-of-university-degrees-on-the-lifecycle-of-earnings-further-analysis.pdf</a></p><p>[2] As before, these estimates are net of tax and other costs, but also vary due to effect of income tax thresholds and the progressive nature of the student loan repayment model. For example you can see male graduates in the 1st and 2nd earnings deciles have higher graduate premiums than those between the 3rd and 8th earnings deciles as they are less likely to repay all of their student loan and will pay proportionately less income tax, National Insurance and VAT.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 29/02/2016 17:14:41 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

454761

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Staff
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 estimate his Department has made of the average cost of each official of his Department based at (a) St Paul's Place, Sheffield and (b) 1 Victoria Street, London.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	28339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The average salary costs (incl. pension and National Insurance contributions) for an official in Sheffield is £46,698, whilst the average salary costs (incl. pension and National Insurance contributions) for an official in London is £58,910. This can largely be explained by the London-weighted salary differences and the differences in grade mix of staff in Sheffield and London. For example, almost 9% of London-based staff are SCS (costing around £18m in salaries), whilst only 2% of staff in Sheffield are SCS (costing around £0.5m in salaries).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 29/02/2016 17:12:24 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

454007

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	Innovate UK: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the future of the Innovate UK Smart funding programme.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	27864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>Innovate UK is tasked with increasing growth and productivity across the UK through supporting business-led innovation. The number of different programmes it delivers has increased over the years and in some cases have become confusing for businesses, especially for SMEs, to navigate. Consequently, Innovate UK is currently simplifying its support to innovative businesses. Innovate UK intends to publish new Strategy and Delivery plans, which will outline its funding approaches and programmes.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 29/02/2016 14:57:52 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

454009

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	Research Councils: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how his Department decides on allocation of funding to research councils; and what assessment he has made of the grounds for significant changes being made to the relative size of allocations to each research council compared to allocations in previous years.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	27862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The allocations will be published shortly. As in previous years, the allocations will be made by ministers following discussions with BIS delivery partners.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 29/02/2016 15:00:21 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

454014

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	UK Trade and Investment: Meetings
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 held with UK Trade and Investment trade envoys since May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	27901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills hosted a roundtable alongside my noble Friend Lord Maude of Horsham at the House of Lords for all Trade Envoys on 9<sup>th</sup> February 2016. To the best of our knowledge, my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State has not held individual meetings with any of the Trade Envoys.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/02/2016 14:07:46 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

454015

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	UK Trade and Investment: 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 financial and other resources the Government makes available to UK Trade and Investment trade envoys.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	27902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>To fulfil their overseas and UK travel commitments, there is a dedicated budget for the Trade Envoys.</p><p> </p><p>Total cost of the programme to date has been £424,529</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 27904 question first answered 26/02/2016 13:55:18 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth