Business, Innovation and Skills

written question – answered on 6 March 2012.

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  • Business: Loans

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps the Government has taken to encourage banks to lend to small businesses since the end of the Project Merlin scheme.

  • Business: Loans

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effect of Project Merlin on lending to small businesses.

  • Business: Recruitment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he has taken to encourage small businesses to take on extra workers.

  • Credit

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the level of change in the number of payday loans taken out in England and Wales between (a) 2008...

  • Debts: Democratic Republic of Congo

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills why the Democratic Republic of Congo is still in debt to UK Export Finance despite having completed the Heavily Indebted Poor...

  • Electronic Commerce: Trading Standards

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will introduce a national strategy for enforcement by trading standards officers of consumer law for goods and services...

  • Higher Education: Student Numbers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the percentage change in number of students taking (a) computer science degrees and (b) any kind of technical study at...

  • Non-governmental Organisations: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what funding of £100,000 or more his Department's (a) Market Frameworks, (b) Business and Skills and (c) UK Trade and...

  • Overseas Trade: Libya

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what assistance UK Trade and Investment is giving to British companies with fewer than 50 employees to export to Libya; (2)...

  • Overseas Trade: Sudan

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the monetary value was of Anglo-Sudan trade in (a) 2005, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010.

  • Overseas Trade: Sudan

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assistance UK Trade and Investment is providing to UK firms to export to Sudan.

  • Public Houses

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when he plans to implement the provisions of the Resolution of the House of 12 January 2012, on pub companies.

  • Royal Mail

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on what specific dates in (a) 2011 and (b) 2012 Ministers have met with either the Chief Executive or the Chairman of Royal Mail...

  • Trading Standards

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he plans to grant civil sanction powers under Part 3 of the Regulatory, Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 to (a) the...

  • UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what trade missions the UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation plans to undertake up to 31 December...