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425595

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	National Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2015 to Question 10237, when he expects to publish proposals for the future of the National Debt Fund.
tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Hurd
uin	14565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>I refer my Hon. Friend to my Answer of 17 September 2015. Work is on-going on the possible application to the court for directions on the future of the National Fund, consistent with its object of extinguishing or reducing the national debt. I am also continuing to consider other options. I will update my Hon. Friend as soon as I can.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 10/11/2015 12:18:01 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd

425596

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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, if he will assess the performance of the Official Receiver during the liquidation of SSI UK.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	14661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>It is not part of the Secretary of State’s functions to assess the performance of the Official Receiver when acting as liquidator. The Secretary of State cannot interfere in the administration of the liquidation.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 06/11/2015 14:17:40 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

425597

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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 estimate he has made of the number of people who have accessed the Government support package for people affected by the closure of the SSI steelworks in Redcar.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	14662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>There are a number of different elements of support for people affected by the closure of the SSI steelworks in Redcar. These include:</p><br /><ul><li>Redundancy-related payments paid by the Redundancy Payments Service. 1988 payments are currently being or have been processed and the majority of payments made to individuals.</li></ul><br /><ul><li>A Jobs Fair, which was attended by over 1800 people</li></ul><br /><ul><li>A Jobcentre Plus helpline, which has dealt with around 4000 calls</li></ul><br /><ul><li>A support Hub, which has provided a wide range of advice and guidance to over 2000 individuals</li></ul><p>The Government will not impose solutions from Whitehall and will continue to work closely with the local taskforce to deliver the proposals it has identified as having a real and lasting impact. This includes:</p><br /><p>- a £1.7m support fund to enable SSI’s 50 apprentices complete their training</p><br /><p>- 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</p><br /><p>- £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</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 13/11/2015 14:14:48 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

425598

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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 discussions he has had with the Prime Minister about the value of the Government support package for people affected by the closure of the SSI Steelworks in Redcar.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	14663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>The package, worth up to £80 million, announced to support former SSI workers and the Tees Valley economy more broadly was agreed across Government.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 06/11/2015 14:20:25 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

425599

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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 criteria were used to cap the value of the Government support package to £80 million for people affected by the closure of SSI Redcar.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	14664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>The package, worth up to £80 million, announced to support former SSI workers and the Tees Valley economy more broadly was based on an initial assessment of what could make an immediate and lasting difference to the people affected and the local economy.</p><br /><p>We are looking closely Task Force to deliver proposals which they have identified will help recover from this closure, including funding to support apprentices complete their training, support for workers to retrain, and help for local businesses to grow. As the Prime Minister and Secretary of State have said, should more funding be needed, we will consider that.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 22/12/2015 15:12:53 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

425600

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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	Rio Tinto Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support UKTI has provided to Rio Tinto in locations where Rio Tinto invests or plans to invest.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	14508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>UK Trade and Investment’s (UKTI) mining sector team has regular and ongoing engagement with Rio Tinto both in market and in the UK as we seek to realise economic benefit for the UK through the involvement of the UK’s mining supply chain in Rio Tinto’s projects.</p><p>Rio Tinto closed its Lynemouth Aluminium facility in 2013. That same year UKTI was part of a Rapid Response taskforce (which included local Economic Development organisations and Rio Tinto), to explore redeployment and site re-marketing options.</p><p>UKTI support included:</p><p>- an audit of the unique characteristics and selling points of the site to determine the sectoral focus of Rio Tinto’s site marketing activity to potential investors.</p><p>- research to assess from where the strongest investor interest was likely to come from.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 14507 question first answered 02/12/2015 09:50:31 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

425601

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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	Higher Education: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department is providing to higher education institutions to increase the number of post-doctoral positions offered; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	14549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of sustaining a strong research community across the UK. In allocating Science and Research funding, the Government asks the Research Councils, Higher Education Funding Council for England, British Academy, Royal Academy of Engineering and Royal Society to ensure that they are “maintaining a substantial flow of new researchers and high level skills”. Research Councils support 14,000 research staff and fellows, including 10,000 university researchers, many of whom are in early research careers. The National Academies provide over 690 early career research fellowships.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/11/2015 17:10:22 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

425602

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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	Retail Trade: Sustainable Development
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 encourage retailers to source their products from ethical and sustainable sources; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	14532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The Department encourages more responsible supply chain management by businesses, including retailers, by requiring companies to be more transparent about their business operations. UK listed companies are required to report on social and environmental matters where necessary for an understanding of their business.</p><p>More widely, the Government supports the Ethical Trading Initiative which helps member companies realise their commitment to continuous improvement in ethical sourcing.</p><p>We are also providing £18 million over six years to help Fairtrade International have a greater impact in their work and strengthen the global Fairtrade system.</p><p>The Government also supports work by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) on voluntary agreements such as the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan which encourages sustainability of clothing across the product life cycle including, for example, use of lower impact fibres. In addition, Government co-ordinates work on the UK statement on the sustainable production of palm oil, working with retailers and others towards achieving 100% sourcing of credibly certified sustainable palm oil in the UK.</p><p>In October the transparency in supply chains provision (section 54) of the Modern Slavery Act came into force.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 09/11/2015 15:01:40 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

425603

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	House of Lords Composition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is the Government's policy to increase the membership of the House of Lords by over 100 members during the course of this Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	14479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not have a policy of the kind described in this question. Our policy on the House of Lords is described in the Conservative Party election manifesto 2015.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 09/11/2015 16:46:19 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose previous answer version 28335 answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

425604

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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	Cabinet Office: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the funding was for the Digital Inclusion team in his Department in each year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	14620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>As announced by the Prime Minister in Written StatementHCWS278 on 29 October 2015, policy responsibility for digital inclusion transferred from the Cabinet Office to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on 1 November 2015.</p><p>Government is already investing in world class infrastructure (e.g. in the form of superfast broadband coverage) but access alone isn’t enough - people need the skills to benefit from online. The most recent funding figures available are £0.12m in 2013/14 and £0.30m in 2014/15. Our Digital Inclusion Strategy, published in April 2014, sets out how we plan to increase the level of digital engagement across the UK. Significantprogress in this area is already being made by public, private and voluntary sector organisations - dozens of which have signed up to the Digital Inclusion Charter.You can find more information on the Charter here:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-digital-inclusion-strategy/uk-digital-inclusion-charter" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-digital-inclusion-strategy/uk-digital-inclusion-charter</a></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 10/11/2015 16:23:37 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah