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439334

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
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	Foreign Investment in UK: Scotland
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 estimate how many foreign direct investment projects were developed in Scotland originating from other EU countries in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15; and how many jobs were (i) created by each of those projects and (ii) safeguarded by those projects.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	20550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Below is a breakdown of successful foreign direct investment projects into Scotland from EU countries in 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 together with the estimated number of jobs created and safeguarded, as recorded by UK Trade &amp; Investment.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><strong>Projects</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>New Jobs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Safeguarded jobs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,110</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>491</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>33</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,960</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>968</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>34</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>883</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>648</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: UKTI FDI projects database.</em></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/01/2016 16:08:21 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

439335

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
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	Business: Advisory Services
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 he has received from business groups on the closure of the Business Growth Service.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	20587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2016 answer text <p>To date I have received no official representations from business groups on the closure of the Business Growth Service.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 06/01/2016 17:21:18 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

439336

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
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	Business: Advisory Services
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 small businesses and entrepreneurs of the closure of the Business Growth Service.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	20588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2016 answer text <p>We do not expect closure of the Business Growth Service to have an impact on small businesses and entrepreneurs.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 06/01/2016 17:18:25 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

439337

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
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	Business: Advisory Services
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 his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Business Growth Service.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	20589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><br /><p>An interim impact evaluation of the Growth Accelerator programme was published in November 2014. This was followed by a formative evaluation in January 2015, which looked at the delivery of the programme and informed the design of the Business Growth Service. A policy response to the formative evaluation was published in March 2015, in line with a commitment to the National Audit Office</p><p> </p><p>A review of the Manufacturing Advisory Service was completed in December 2010 and published the following year. An Impact Analysis Methodology study of the Manufacturing Advisory Service is being published in early 2016.</p><br /><p>A full economic evaluation of the Business Growth Service will continue beyond the closure of the service in March. All documents will continue to be available on www.gov.uk.</p><br /> <br /> <br /> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 20591 question first answered 11/01/2016 17:16:52 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

439338

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
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 Advisory Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department had with manufacturers prior to its decision to close the Manufacturing Advisory Service.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	20590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills did not consult specifically on the decision to close the Manufacturing Advisory Service as this was a commercially sensitive decision. However, through our ongoing discussions with manufacturers and their representatives, there has been wide recognition that the best way for Government to support manufacturers is by getting the fundamentals of the economy right. We are creating a highly competitive business environment to make the UK an attractive location for manufacturing investment, supporting export success, boosting skills and protecting spending on innovation and the cutting edge smart digital manufacturing technologies which will drive the strong UK productivity growth in the future.</p><br /> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 20592 question first answered 11/01/2016 17:13:28 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

439339

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
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 Advisory Service
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 effectiveness of the Manufacturing Advisory Service.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	20591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><br /><p>An interim impact evaluation of the Growth Accelerator programme was published in November 2014. This was followed by a formative evaluation in January 2015, which looked at the delivery of the programme and informed the design of the Business Growth Service. A policy response to the formative evaluation was published in March 2015, in line with a commitment to the National Audit Office</p><p> </p><p>A review of the Manufacturing Advisory Service was completed in December 2010 and published the following year. An Impact Analysis Methodology study of the Manufacturing Advisory Service is being published in early 2016.</p><br /><p>A full economic evaluation of the Business Growth Service will continue beyond the closure of the service in March. All documents will continue to be available on www.gov.uk.</p><br /> <br /> <br /> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 20589 question first answered 11/01/2016 17:16:52 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

439340

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
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 Advisory Service
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 plans to take to support manufacturers who previously used the Manufacturing Advisory Service once that service is ended.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	20592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills did not consult specifically on the decision to close the Manufacturing Advisory Service as this was a commercially sensitive decision. However, through our ongoing discussions with manufacturers and their representatives, there has been wide recognition that the best way for Government to support manufacturers is by getting the fundamentals of the economy right. We are creating a highly competitive business environment to make the UK an attractive location for manufacturing investment, supporting export success, boosting skills and protecting spending on innovation and the cutting edge smart digital manufacturing technologies which will drive the strong UK productivity growth in the future.</p><br /> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 20590 question first answered 11/01/2016 17:13:28 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

439341

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
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: Information Officers
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 press and public relations staff are employed by (a) his Department, (b) the Competition and Markets Authority, (c) Land Registry, (d) the Ordnance Survey, (e) UK Trade and Investment, (f) Companies House, (g) the Met Office, (h) the UK Space Agency, (i) the Insolvency Service, (j) the National Measurement and Regulation Office, (k) the Intellectual Property Office, (l) the Skills Funding Agency, (m) the Arts and Humanities Research Council, (n) the Biotechnology and Biological Research Council, (o) the British Hallmarking Council, (p) the Competition Service, (q) the Economic and Social Research Council, (r) Innovate UK, (s) the Medical Research Council, (t) the Office for Fair Access, (u) the Student Loans Company, (v) the UK Atomic Energy Authority, (w) the UK Commission for Employment and Skills and (x) the Low Pay Commission; how many of these employees earn more than (i) £50,000 and (ii) £100,000; and what the total expenditure was on press and public relations by each of those organisations in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	20603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The information requested will take time to collate. I will write to the Hon. Member as soon as it is available, and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.</p><br /> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/01/2016 16:57:44 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

439342

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
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: Finance
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 estimate the effect on the public purse of replacing maintenance loans with maintenance grants.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	John Pugh
uin	20652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>Replacing maintenance grants with loans will reduce grant expenditure by around £2.5bn per year by 2020-21 and therefore make a substantial contribution to reducing the deficit. From that new baseline position, entirely replacing the new, larger maintenance loans with grants would increase grant expenditure – and the deficit – by around £8bn per year.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/01/2016 16:14:28 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

439343

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
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 plans the Government has to change the rate of interest on student loans (a) retrospectively for recent graduates and current students and (b) for future students during the current Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	John Pugh
uin	20653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>There are no plans to change the rate of interest on student loans retrospectively for recent graduates and current students.</p><p>The interest rates are reviewed annually and the rates set from 1<sup>st</sup> September for the following 12 months. This is set out in the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations. It is too early yet to say what the rate will be from September 2016.</p><p>For the pre-2012 scheme, the rate used is the March Retail Prices Index (RPI) figure which applies during the 12 month period commencing 1<sup>st</sup> September. If, however, the base rate plus 1% across a specified group of banks is lower than RPI, then this lower rate will be applied instead.</p><p>For the post-2012 scheme, the rate is also set by reference to the March RPI figure (2.5%):</p><ul><li>RPI plus 3% is applied whilst the borrower is studying and up until the April after leaving their course;</li><li>After April 2016, variable rates of interest dependent on the borrower’s income will apply for those in repayment. These range from RPI for those earning £21,000 or less to RPI plus 3% for those earning £41,000 or more; and</li><li>Borrowers who lose touch with the SLC after they leave their course will be subject to an interest rate of RPI + 3%.</li></ul> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/01/2016 16:04:56 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh