Business, Innovation and Skills

written question – answered on 22 November 2011.

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  • Apprentices: Bedfordshire

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many apprenticeships were delivered in South West Bedfordshire constituency in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2009-10 academic years.

  • Bell Pottinger Group

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether (a) Ministers, (b) officials and (c) political advisers in his Department have met representatives of (i) Bell Pottinger...

  • Business

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what programmes his Department has that support entrepreneurship; what the objectives are of each programme; and what the planned...

  • Business: Loans

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much small and medium-sized enterprises in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) England received under...

  • Business: Northern Ireland

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many businesses in Northern Ireland are classified as (a) large, (b) medium-sized and (c) small.

  • Business: Regulation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many (a) full-time and (b) temporary staff in his Department are working on the Red Tape Challenge; and what estimate he has...

  • Debts: Advisory Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how many on-site compliance visits have been carried out by the Office of Fair Trading in relation to compliance with its...

  • Consultants

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which external consultants are advising his Department on the Red Tape Challenge; and what the (a) length of each such...

  • Recruitment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills for how many posts his Department has used (a) Gatenby Sanderson or (b) Odgers for recruitment purposes in the last three years;...

  • EU Grants and Loans

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will make representations to the European Commission to prevent (a) constraints on beneficial investments, including...

  • Export Credit Guarantees: Arms Trade

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will make a statement on the availability of export credit guarantees for the defence manufacturing industry; and how many...

  • Government Departments: Public Consultation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will review the guidance for Government consultations.

  • Green Construction Board

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on what dates the Green Construction Board has met; who attended each meeting; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the...

  • Higher Education: Foreign Students

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of higher education places which are filled by foreign students.

  • Nuclear Power: Job Creation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions he has had on the potential for creating manufacturing jobs through the building of new nuclear power stations...

  • Nuclear Power: Job Creation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what consideration he has given to the nuclear power industry and associated manufacturing and construction as part of the Growth...

  • Overseas Trade: Environment Protection

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what measures his Department is taking to ensure that UK Trade and Investment and the Export Credits Guarantee Department support...

  • Overseas Trade: Russia

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effect on the ability of UK businesses to trade with Russia of levels of corruption in that...

  • Post Offices: ICT

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will take steps to ensure that local post offices are enabled to install scanning equipment so that printed ID photographs...

  • Post Offices: Photography

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will assess the effect on the revenue levels of private sector high street photographers of establishing digital...

  • Sir Andrew Cahn

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on how many occasions Sir Andrew Cahn met (a) Huawei and (b) other Chinese companies when he was Chief Executive of UK Trade and...

  • Sir Andrew Cahn

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on what (a) dates and (b) occasions (i) he, (ii) Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint and (iii) other Ministers in his Department in...

  • Sky Lanterns

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent representations he has received on the risks posed by sky lanterns; and whether he has any plans to regulate their use.

  • Supermarkets: Ombudsman

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to establish a groceries code adjudicator.

  • Trade Unions: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will consider introducing (a) legislation and (b) guidance to require trade unions to include on trade union membership...

  • Training: Internet

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when he expects to achieve his target for the number of mentors available to businesses using the Mentorsme programme.

  • Training: Internet

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many mentors were signed up to the Mentorsme programme on the latest date for which figures are available.

  • Unfair Dismissal: Employment Tribunals Service

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the likely effect on the number of employment tribunal applications of the change of the length of...