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78337

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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
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 firms have taken part in the Passport to Export scheme in each year of its operation.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	206267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/08/2014 answer text <p>Passport to Export has been running for over 10 years and in most years around 1,200 companies have been signed to the scheme. That number was increased in 2013/14. Since 2010 for which data is readily available, the number of companies signed to the scheme is as follows:</p><p>2010/11: 1114</p><p>2011/12: 1215</p><p>2012/13: 1336</p><p>2013/14: 2686</p><p>2014/15: 956 (April to July)</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 28/08/2014 15:51:11 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

78343

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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
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 match funding has been allocated to firms under the Passport to Export Scheme; and what proportion of these funds have been withdrawn.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	206271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Since 2010 for which data is readily available, the level of expenditure on match funding has been as follows:</p><p>2010/11: £1.1 million</p><p>2011/12: £907,000</p><p>2012/13: £774,000</p><p>2013/14: £2.1 million</p><p>2014/15: £1.9 million (April to July)</p><p>No companies with an offer of matched funding have had that offer of funding withdrawn.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 01/09/2014 15:58:22 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

78345

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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
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 firms have been allocated funds which have subsequently been withdrawn with the removal of match funding under the Passport to Export scheme.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	206272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/08/2014 answer text <p>No companies offered matched funding under UK Trade &amp; Investment’s Passport to Export Scheme have had that offer of funding removed.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 28/08/2014 15:48:20 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

78350

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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
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 firms are participating in the Passport to Export scheme.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	206275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the Hon. Member to Parliamentary question 206276 that I have answered today. This indicates the numbers of companies signed to the Passport to Export scheme in recent years. Companies are signed up to the scheme over the course of each financial year and stay on the programme for a period of up to 12 months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 01/09/2014 16:58:34 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

78351

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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
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 firms (a) applied and (b) were approved to take part in the Passport to Export scheme in each month of its operation.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	206276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Monthly data for companies signing up to the Passport scheme is not available for the full length of time Passport has been running. However, monthly data is available since April 2012, and this is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Passport to Export Scheme Sign-ups</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p>255</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>214</p></td><td><p>248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>208</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>233</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>208</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>269</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td><p>319</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1701</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2686</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>956</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>No data is retained on the numbers of companies which applied but were not approved to take part in the Passport to Export scheme.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 01/09/2014 16:58:04 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

65638

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assistance his Department provides to help small rural businesses to export; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	203921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>UK Trade &amp; Investment (UKTI) provides a wide range of export services to small businesses, including small businesses located in rural areas. Those services include access to UKTI's network of trade advisers who help companies develop their export potential, as well as support for companies to attend overseas missions and exhibitions. When overseas, small companies can access support from UKTI teams in more than 100 international markets.</p><p>In the past 12 months, UKTI has supported 29 companies in Thirsk Malton and Filey.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 10/07/2014 13:44:26 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

64629

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they are expecting to announce the interim measures to improve the retail export scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Lee of Trafford
uin	HL712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government launched the Retail Industry International Action Plan in March 2013. The plan has two main elements which aims to deliver £500 million of value to the UK economy and assist 1,000 UK companies:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. We are assisting UK retailers to grow internationally through global campaigns in high growth markets such as China, India, the ASEAN markets and Emerging Europe. The work has included taking 250 companies to new markets through high level trade missions and we anticipate taking another 150 during this financial year. We are supporting UK retailers to participate in activities overseas, such as the World Retail Congress series of events, and targeting UK consumer goods exporters/retailers at trade shows in the UK to offer export assistance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. HMG are committed to deliver support to UK consumer goods exporters/retailers seeking to grow globally through online channels. As part of this programme UKTI signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TMall (part of the Alibaba Group) to help UK companies sell via China's largest internet retailer. We are now in the process of negotiating MoUs with a number of leading platforms across the globe. We will be officially launching the e-Exporting programme in Autumn 2014. We are recruiting Digital Specialists who will work with UKTI's International Trade Advisors to bring the skills UK companies require to succeed in this fast growing area of commerce.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Livingston of Parkhead question first answered 14/07/2014 10:44:26 answering member 4278 label Biography information for Lord Livingston of Parkhead
tabling member	1132 label Biography information for Lord Lee of Trafford

63174

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contribution intangible exports made to UK GDP in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	201813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 30/06/2014 16:35:38 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ 201813.pdf title ONS Letter to Member
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie