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426448

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which regulations his Department introduced as a result of EU legislation in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015 to date; which regulations his Department expects to implement as a result of EU legislation in (i) 2016 and (ii) 2017; and what estimate he has made of the cost of each such regulation to the (A) public purse and (B) private sector.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	15037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>All regulations implementing EU legislation that have been introduced since 2013 and their associated impacts can be found on <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.legislation.gov.uk</a>. The impact of future regulations that implement EU legislation will also be available on this site in due course.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/11/2015 14:51:57 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

426450

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
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	Sahaviriya Steel Industries UK: Redcar
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 the closure of Redcar coke ovens and blast furnace on the local economy.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	14994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>The closure of SSI in Redcar will undoubtedly have a significant impact on individuals, the supply chain and local economy more broadly. That is why we have announced a support package, worth up to £80 million, to support the future of the Tees Valley economy and we are working closely with a local Task Force, chaired by Amanda Skelton, to deliver this support.</p><br /><p>In total we have agreed over £40 million of support aimed at skills and jobs creation:</p><br /><ul><li>£3m has been made available to four Further Education colleges in the region to support re-training activity, as well as a further £2.65m skills funding to plug any gaps in skills provision not available via the Further Education Offer;</li><li>£1.7m to ensure that the fifty apprentices who were with SSI can continue their apprenticeships with alternative employers;</li></ul><ul><li>A £16.5m Jobs and Skills Fund to help local firms employ former SSI workers or their spouses in full-time or part-time jobs for a minimum of three years;</li><li>£16m support for firms in the SSI supply chain and wider Tees Valley impacted by the Redcar steelworks closure, to safeguard jobs, provide the stimulus to create new posts and provide expert assistance to help them expand their business</li><li>£750,000 to fund advice and grants to start up a new business.</li></ul><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/11/2015 14:47:35 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

426460

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
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	Manufacturing Industries: Skilled Workers
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 prevent the loss of skilled manufacturing jobs to other countries in the EU.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	15171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>The best way the Government can help retain skilled manufacturing jobs in the UK is by continuing to ensure a strong economy. We are cutting red tape by a further £10billion, creating three million apprenticeships and lowering corporation tax. This will create the right economic conditions to encourage the investment crucial to UK manufacturing productivity growth and jobs. The UK is the number one destination in Europe for foreign direct investment and around a third of the 2,000 new inward Foreign Direct Investment projects in 2014/15 were in the areas of advanced manufacturing and life sciences. Since the Government’s Reshore UK initiative was launched in January 2014, it has advised more than 140 companies, helping to create or safeguard 4,789 jobs so far, with over 4,000 more in the pipeline.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/11/2015 14:48:54 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

426462

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
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	Degrees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Government's report, Fixing the Foundations; creating a more prosperous nation, Cm 9098, published in July 2015, what assessment he has made of the effect on productivity of allowing education providers to offer degrees independently of universities.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	15184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>Opening up the higher education sector to new high quality providers will encourage diversity and competition to help drive up the quality of teaching and, in turn, the contribution of graduates to the economy. Further details on these proposals are set out in my Department’s Green Paper “<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/474266/BIS-15-623-fulfilling-our-potential-teaching-excellence-social-mobility-and-student-choice-accessible.pdf" target="_blank">Fulfilling our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice</a>” published on 6 November.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 10/11/2015 15:30:48 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

426111

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
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	Degrees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how the introduction of a faster route to degree-awarding powers set out in the HM Treasury report, Fixing the foundations: Creating a more prosperous nation, published in July 2015, will improve UK productivity.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	14829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>Opening up the higher education sector to new high quality providers will encourage diversity and competition to help drive up the quality of teaching and, in turn, the contribution of graduates to the economy. Further details on these proposals are set out in my Department’s Green Paper “<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/474266/BIS-15-623-fulfilling-our-potential-teaching-excellence-social-mobility-and-student-choice-accessible.pdf" target="_blank">Fulfilling our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice</a>” published on 6 November.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 09/11/2015 15:50:36 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

426112

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
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	Adult Education: 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 plans the Government has to move away from the funding per qualification model for adult learners as set out in the HM Treasury report, Fixing the foundations: Creating a more prosperous nation, published in July 2015; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	14826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>Over time the further education funding system has become complicated, with a lengthy set of rules about who and what can be funded. We plan to significantly simplify this funding system and at the same time increase local influence over the skills system so funding can be used to best meet local economic need. A key part of this simplification is to decouple funding and qualifications, freeing up providers and in time local commissioners to deliver the learning required to meet the skill needs of local economies and to maximise the benefit to local communities. We will include more detail on this in the Skills Funding Letter for 2016-17.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/11/2015 14:45:40 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

426233

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
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	Energy
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 the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on developing energy policy.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	14721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State has had a number of recent discussions with my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on energy policy.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/11/2015 16:49:10 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

426278

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
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	Sahaviriya Steel Industries UK: Redcar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what due diligence was undertaken by his Department prior to the purchase of the Redcar coke ovens and blast furnace.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	14918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The purchase of the Redcar coke ovens and blast furnace was a commercial transaction between SSI and Tata Steel, both privately owned companies.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 09/11/2015 14:47:09 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

427331

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
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	Research: Employment
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 ensure that funding is available to maintain work opportunities for researchers in the early stages of their careers.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart McDonald
uin	902104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of sustaining a vibrant research community across the UK. A key criterion for allocating the £4.6billion per year of research funding is “maintaining a substantial flow of new researchers and high level skills”. Research Councils support 10,000 researchers many of whom are in early research careers, as well as Doctoral Training Centres. National Academies also support early-career researchers with the potential to become leaders in their chosen fields.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 10/11/2015 15:38:26 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

427332

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
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: Billing
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 encourage prompt payment to small businesses.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	902101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>We will establish a Small Business Commissioner to help small businesses deal with late payment disputes. We are also introducing new payment reporting requirements for large companies that will allow public scrutiny of payment performance</p><br /><p>I was pleased to see Tesco has cut its payment terms to 14 days for suppliers with total sales to Tesco worth less than £100,000 a year.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/11/2015 15:33:38 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows