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389031

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
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	Lighting: Safety
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 ensure that all users of electromagnetic radiation emitting devices comply fully with IEC/EN62471 regarding Photobiological Safety of Lamps and Lamp Systems.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	6502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text <p>Electrical equipment, including electromagnetic radiation emitting devices, sold in the UK must be safe to comply with the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994. European harmonised standards, including EN62471:2008, are not mandatory, but offer one route to meeting the requirements of the legislation.</p><p> </p><p>Enforcement of the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations is undertaken by Local Authority Trading Standards for consumer products, and the Health and Safety Executive for commercial and industrial products.</p><p> </p><p>Where use of electro-magnetic radiation within the optical region of the spectrum could present a hazard in the workplace, employers must comply with the Control of Artificial Optical Radiation Regulations, which are enforced by the Health and Safety Executive.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 20/04/2016 08:31:34 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

389032

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
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	Student Finance England: Complaints
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 make it his policy to collect and publish data on whether students who make complaints to Student Finance England are satisfied with the way their complaints are dealt with.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	6517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company publishes performance data on customer satisfaction and timeliness in responding to complaints within its Annual Report and Accounts, which is publicly available on SLC’s website. There are no immediate plans to publish specific data on satisfaction levels of students who complain to Student Finance England.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/07/2015 16:02:02 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

389033

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
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: Bradford
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 support the British Business Bank has provided to small and medium-sized enterprises in Bradford since its creation.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	6519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>Since it became a plc in October 2014, British Business Bank programmes, excluding the Start-Up Loans scheme, have supported £1.2m of finance to small and medium sized enterprises in Bradford. Since the Start-Up Loans scheme began in September 2012 it has delivered over £1m worth of finance in Bradford.</p><p>The top 10 sectors supported by British Business Bank programmes in Bradford, Yorkshire and the Humber are as listed in the tables in the attached document.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 6530 question first answered 20/07/2015 13:44:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name PQ-6519-6530-data-tables.pdf title British Business Bank sector support tables
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

389034

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
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	British Business Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what 10 sectors received most support from the British Business Bank in (a) Bradford, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) the UK since that bank was established.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	6530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>Since it became a plc in October 2014, British Business Bank programmes, excluding the Start-Up Loans scheme, have supported £1.2m of finance to small and medium sized enterprises in Bradford. Since the Start-Up Loans scheme began in September 2012 it has delivered over £1m worth of finance in Bradford.</p><p>The top 10 sectors supported by British Business Bank programmes in Bradford, Yorkshire and the Humber are as listed in the tables in the attached document.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 6519 question first answered 20/07/2015 13:44:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name PQ-6519-6530-data-tables.pdf title British Business Bank sector support tables
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

389035

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
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	Virtual Reality Headsets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will take steps to ensure that children under 13 are aware of producers' of virtual reality headsets recommendations that such children do not use these headsets.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	6531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2015 answer text <p>All consumer products including virtual reality headsets are covered by the General Product Safety Regulations 2005. The regulations impose requirements concerning the safety of products ensuring that only safe products are placed on the market.</p><p> </p><p>With respect to virtual reality headsets we would therefore expect the manual accompanying the product to give clear advice and carry appropriate warnings, including age appropriateness of the user etc. (and we believe this is generally the case).</p><p> </p><p>I therefore do not feel the need to take extra steps to raise awareness but will keep the situation under review.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 6532 6533 question first answered 17/07/2015 10:36:51 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

389036

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
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	Virtual Reality Headsets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will take steps to ensure that users of virtual reality headsets are aware of the producers' recommendations that some users should see a doctor before using such a headset.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	6532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2015 answer text <p>All consumer products including virtual reality headsets are covered by the General Product Safety Regulations 2005. The regulations impose requirements concerning the safety of products ensuring that only safe products are placed on the market.</p><p> </p><p>With respect to virtual reality headsets we would therefore expect the manual accompanying the product to give clear advice and carry appropriate warnings, including age appropriateness of the user etc. (and we believe this is generally the case).</p><p> </p><p>I therefore do not feel the need to take extra steps to raise awareness but will keep the situation under review.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 6531 6533 question first answered 17/07/2015 10:36:51 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

389037

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
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	Virtual Reality Headsets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will take steps to ensure that users of virtual reality headsets are aware of producers' recommendations on the length of use of such headsets and the length of breaks before their re-use.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	6533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2015 answer text <p>All consumer products including virtual reality headsets are covered by the General Product Safety Regulations 2005. The regulations impose requirements concerning the safety of products ensuring that only safe products are placed on the market.</p><p> </p><p>With respect to virtual reality headsets we would therefore expect the manual accompanying the product to give clear advice and carry appropriate warnings, including age appropriateness of the user etc. (and we believe this is generally the case).</p><p> </p><p>I therefore do not feel the need to take extra steps to raise awareness but will keep the situation under review.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 6531 6532 question first answered 17/07/2015 10:36:51 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

389038

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of broadband speed and coverage on local economies.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	6529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Superfast broadband is now available to over 80% of UK homes and businesses, up from 45% in 2010. The UK Broadband Impact Study - Impact Report<em> </em>estimated that the availability and take-up of faster broadband speeds through programmes that had been delivered or were in the delivery phase at that time will add about £17 billion to the UK’s annual Gross Value Added (GVA) by 2024. This level of uplift contributes an average of 0.07 percentage points to real annual GVA growth over this period. It also demonstrated that the benefits will be shared across the UK, helping the rebalancing of our economy.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 21/07/2015 16:47:11 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

389039

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, in what ways his Department is supporting the mediation of a standardised pre-qualification questionnaire to help businesses access public sector contracts.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Poulter
uin	6537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2015 answer text <p>The Public Contracts Regulations, which came into force in February of this year, mandate a standardised approach to Pre-Qualification Questionnaires (PQQs) across the public sector.</p><p>Cabinet Office has issued guidance on qualitative selection for procurement above EU threshold. This guidance, and a standard PQQ template, can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-contracts-regulations-2015-requirements-on-pre-qualification-questionnaires" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-contracts-regulations-2015-requirements-on-pre-qualification-questionnaires</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 17/07/2015 09:14:17 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

389040

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Levy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much he forecasts will be collected from the bank levy in each year of the current Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	6495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>From 1 January 2016 the government is also introducing a new surcharge on banking sector profits, phasing the reduction in the bank levy rate, and changing the scope of the bank levy.<br><br>Together these changes taxes will raise the following from the sector:<br><br>2015/16 : £3.7 billion<br>2016/17 : £4.0 billion<br>2017/18 : £4.3 billion<br><br>The Office for Budget Responsibility has published its forecast of the revenue raised by the bank levy in its Economic and Fiscal forecast. The changes are forecast to increase tax receipts from the banking sector by around £2 billion over the scorecard period.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 20/07/2015 15:29:27 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn