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426710

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
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 made prior to the closure of SSI Redcar of the (a) opportunity to produce foundry coke at Redcar coke ovens and (b) potential market for foundry coke.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	15194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>As with any business, prior to the liquidation of SSI UK, these were commercial matters for SSI.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 15/12/2015 16:09:43 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

426711

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
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	Gratuities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings he has had with (a) the Low Pay Commission, (b) Which? and (c) members of the Trade Union Congress to discuss the payment and administration of service charges, tips, gratuities and cover charges on the income of employees.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	15204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><br /><p>The Government’s Call for Evidence into tips, gratuities, cover and service charges closed on 10 November 2015. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has received formal or informal evidence from the named bodies. Where any clarification is required or the Government wishes to seek further information, we will request further discussions with these bodies, where appropriate.</p><br /><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 16/11/2015 11:34:56 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

426712

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
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	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations or advice he has received on the expectation of current students and graduates to repay their student loans under the terms of the current scheme.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	15224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2015 answer text <p>A consultation on freezing the student loan repayment threshold closed on the 14th October. Responses are being analysed and we will publish the Government’s response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 17/11/2015 11:50:58 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

426713

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts: Lancaster and Fleetwood
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are employed on zero-hours contracts in their main employment in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	15251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 12/11/2015 15:31:42 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ Cat Smith - ZHC.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Zero Hour Contracts
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

426714

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
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: Families
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 of his Department's policies have been assessed against the family test; what steps he has taken to publish the outcome of such assessments that have been carried out; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	15327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>The Family Test was announced by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister in August 2014 and introduced in October 2014.</p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills welcomed the introduction of the Family Test and has taken steps to embed it by building it into the Department’s Public Sector Equality Duty commitments. All family test assessments are documented and publication considered where significant impact is identified.</p><p>The Family Test is an integral part of the policy making process and is applied in a proportionate way in the development of all new policy in line with the Family Test guidance, published by the Department for Work and Pensions -</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368894/family-test-guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368894/family-test-guidance.pdf</a></p><p>As stated in the guidance, there is no requirement to publish Family Test assessments.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 15337 question first answered 23/11/2015 10:16:38 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

426715

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
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	Consumer Protection Measures in the Ticket Resale Market Review
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 30 October 2015 to Question 12304, on consumer protection measure, what the names are of the main stakeholders who were alerted to the call for evidence; when those stakeholders were altered; and how those stakeholders were alerted.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	15297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>These stakeholders were notified by email on 13 October 2015:</p><p>Academy Music Group</p><p>Advertising Standards Authority</p><p>All England Lawn Tennis Club</p><p>Association of Leading Visitor Attractions</p><p>AEG Worldwide</p><p>Agents Association</p><p>Andrew Bingham MP</p><p>Arts &amp; Business Scotland</p><p>Arts Council England</p><p>Arts Council of Northern Ireland</p><p>Arts Council of Wales</p><p>Association of Chief Trading Standards Officers</p><p>Association of Festival Organisers</p><p>Association of Independent Festivals</p><p>Association of Independent Music</p><p>Association of Secondary Ticket Agents</p><p>Association of Show and Agricultural Organisations</p><p>Baroness Grey Thompson</p><p>Baroness Hayter</p><p>Baroness Heyhoe Flint</p><p>Birmingham Hippodrome</p><p>British Association of Concert Halls</p><p>Brighton Centre</p><p>British Arts Festival Association</p><p>British Boxing Board of Control</p><p>British Cycling</p><p>British Phonographic Industry</p><p>Business in Sport and Leisure</p><p>Cardiff International Arena (Motorpoint Arena)</p><p>Chartered Trading Standards Institute</p><p>Cinema Exhibitors Association</p><p>Citizens Advice</p><p>City of London Police</p><p>Competition and Markets Authority</p><p>CBI</p><p>Concert Promoters Association</p><p>Creative Scotland</p><p>eBay UK Ltd</p><p>David Morris MP</p><p>Direct Selling Association</p><p>England and Wales Cricket Board</p><p>England Rugby Union</p><p>Equity</p><p>European Arenas Association</p><p>European Commission</p><p>European Secondary Ticketing Association</p><p>Event Industry News</p><p>Fan Freedom</p><p>Federation of Small Businesses</p><p>Festival Republic</p><p>Festivals Edinburgh</p><p>Football Association</p><p>Football Supporters Federation</p><p>Greater London Assembly</p><p>Historic Houses Association</p><p>Historic Royal Palaces</p><p>Incorporated Society of Musicians</p><p>International Live Music Conference</p><p>Lawn Tennis Association</p><p>Live Nation</p><p>Live UK</p><p>Liverpool Echo Arena</p><p>Local Government Association</p><p>Lord Addington</p><p>Lord Borwick</p><p>Lord Clement-Jones</p><p>Lord Moynihan</p><p>Lord Stoneham</p><p>Lord Younger</p><p>Manchester Arena</p><p>Mark Garnier MP</p><p>Mark Pritchard MP</p><p>Mastercard</p><p>Millennium Stadium plc</p><p>Motor Sports Association</p><p>Musicians Union</p><p>National Campaign for the Arts</p><p>National Operatic and Dramatic Association</p><p>National Police Chiefs’ Council</p><p>National Theatre</p><p>National Trading Standards Board</p><p>NEC Group</p><p>Nick Smith MP</p><p>Nigel Adams MP</p><p>NOISE Festival</p><p>Paypal</p><p>Penny Mordaunt MP</p><p>Premier League</p><p>Premiership Rugby</p><p>Racecourse Association</p><p>Ricoh Arena</p><p>Royal Albert Hall</p><p>Royal Horticultural Society</p><p>Royal Opera House</p><p>Royal Parks</p><p>Royal Shakespeare Company</p><p>Rugby Football League</p><p>Rugby Football Union</p><p>Sadler’s Wells</p><p>Sage Gateshead</p><p>Seatwave</p><p>See Tickets</p><p>Sharon Hodgson MP</p><p>Society of London Theatre</p><p>Sound Diplomacy</p><p>Southbank Centre</p><p>Sport and Recreation Alliance</p><p>Sport England</p><p>Sport Northern Ireland</p><p>Sport Scotland</p><p>Sport Wales</p><p>Sports Rights Group</p><p>STAR (Secure Tickets from Authorised Retailers)</p><p>Stephen McPartland MP</p><p>Stubhub</p><p>Supporters Direct</p><p>The Federation of Scottish Theatre</p><p>Ticketmaster UK</p><p>Trading Standards Institute</p><p>Trading Standards Scotland</p><p>UK Cards Association</p><p>UK Music</p><p>UK Sport</p><p>UK Theatre Association</p><p>Viagogo</p><p>Visa</p><p>Visit Britain</p><p>Welsh Government</p><p>Wembley Arena</p><p>Which?</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 16/11/2015 14:54:31 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

426716

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
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	Consumer Protection Measures in the Ticket Resale Market Review
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 30 October 2015 to Question 12304, what the names are of the main stakeholders who the Government consulted on the terms of reference of the Review into Secondary Ticketing Market.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	15298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>The following stakeholders were invited to provide input:</p><p>All England Lawn Tennis Club</p><p>Association of Leading Visitor Attractions</p><p>CBI</p><p>Competition and Markets Authority</p><p>eBay UK Ltd (StubHub)</p><p>England and Wales Cricket Board</p><p>England Rugby Football Union</p><p>European Commission Representation in the UK</p><p>Fan Freedom</p><p>Lawn Tennis Association</p><p>Northern Ireland Executive</p><p>Parliament</p><p>Royal Opera House</p><p>Scottish Government</p><p>Society of London Theatre</p><p>Sport and Recreation Alliance</p><p>STAR (Secure Tickets from Authorised Retailers)</p><p>Ticketmaster</p><p>UK Music</p><p>Viagogo</p><p>Welsh Government</p><p>Which?</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 16/11/2015 14:56:57 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

426717

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
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	Postgraduate Education
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 introducing loans for postgraduate study.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	15302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2015 answer text <p>A consultation on support for postgraduate study was launched in March of this year. The consultation sought views on the Government’s intention to introduce a new loan scheme for taught Master’s study and a review of how to broaden and strengthen support for postgraduate research. Consultation responses have been analysed and the Department is preparing its response.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 13/11/2015 12:31:21 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

426718

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
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: Families
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 implement the family test.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	15337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>The Family Test was announced by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister in August 2014 and introduced in October 2014.</p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills welcomed the introduction of the Family Test and has taken steps to embed it by building it into the Department’s Public Sector Equality Duty commitments. All family test assessments are documented and publication considered where significant impact is identified.</p><p>The Family Test is an integral part of the policy making process and is applied in a proportionate way in the development of all new policy in line with the Family Test guidance, published by the Department for Work and Pensions -</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368894/family-test-guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368894/family-test-guidance.pdf</a></p><p>As stated in the guidance, there is no requirement to publish Family Test assessments.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 15327 question first answered 23/11/2015 10:16:38 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

426719

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Rates and Rating: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on reviewing the Valuation Office Agency process for considering rating assessment appeals.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	15282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering a quicker and more efficient business rates appeals system in England, so that businesses can be confident they are paying the right amount of business rates and any refunds can be paid quickly. Details of our proposals are set out in the consultation paper <em>Check, Challenge, Appeal: Reforming Business Rates Appeals</em>, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reforming-business-rates-appeals-check-challenge-appeal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reforming-business-rates-appeals-check-challenge-appeal</a>. Enabling legislation is being taken forward in the Enterprise Bill.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 15285 question first answered 16/11/2015 13:58:35 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris