Business, Innovation and Skills

written question – answered on 3 July 2012.

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  • Assisted Areas: Northern Ireland

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the written ministerial statement of 28 June 2011, on Government response to consultation on revisions to the...

  • Business

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what progress has been made on his Department's initiative to recruit business mentors.

  • Business: Essex

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many businesses in (a) Witham constituency and (b) Essex have participated in the business mentor scheme.

  • EU Grants and Loans

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much of the funding under heading 1A of the EU Budget, Competitiveness for growth and employment, was spent in the UK in each...

  • Higher Education

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether due diligence checks assess the international business activities of applicants for designated course status.

  • Higher Education

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the answer from the Minister of State for Universities and Science on 23 April 2012, Official Report, column...

  • Higher Education: Admissions

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many English applicants he expects will not secure a place at English universities for courses starting in September 2012.

  • Insolvency: Bexley

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many businesses registered in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency failed in the last year for which figures are available.

  • Mental Health

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to promote good mental health and well-being in his Department.

  • Mobile Phones: Fees and Charges

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what information his Department holds on the average cost for making or receiving an (a) SMS text message and (b) telephone call...

  • Money Lenders

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent estimate his Department has made of the level of unscrupulous money lending in (a) the UK, (b) the east midlands, (c)...

  • New Businesses

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 25 June 2012, Official Report, column 148W, on businesses: offices, if he will list each premises which...

  • New Businesses: Young People

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 25 June 2012, Official Report, column 150W, on new businesses: young people, which organisations...

  • Postage Stamps: World War I

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will ask Royal Mail to produce special (a) postage stamps and (b) franking to commemorate the centenary of the first world...

  • Science: Research

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate his Department has made of how many people are directly employed in scientific research.

  • Students: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much has been spent on maintenance grants for undergraduate students in each year since 2007-08; and how much is expected to...

  • Trade Promotion

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will take steps to implement the recommendations in the report by the British Chambers of Commerce, “Exporting is...

  • Vocational Training

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent steps his Department has taken to re-skill and up-skill the workforce.