Business, Innovation and Skills

written question – answered on 16 July 2013.

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  • Burma

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what guidance his Department gives to companies on investment in Burma on projects which cause displacement; (2) what...

  • Business: Government Assistance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the Government's policy is on promoting small and medium-sized enterprises and other UK businesses in Government speeches,...

  • Credit: Interest Rates

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to tackle payday lending.

  • Credit: Interest Rates

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have owed more than £500...

  • Credit: Interest Rates

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have received a payday loan in...

  • Credit: Interest Rates

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have owed more than £1,000...

  • Equality

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much has been spent by his Department (a) in total and (b) on staff costs on promoting equality and diversity in each of the...

  • Graduates: Debts

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effect of raising the level of tuition fees and falling levels of entrepreneurialism and...

  • Office of Fair Trading: Competition Commission

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many and what proportion of staff of Civil Service equivalent Grade 7 and above have left the Office of Fair Trading and the...

  • Office of Fair Trading: Competition Commission

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what procedures are in place for retaining experienced staff at the Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Commission at...

  • Official Cars

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many officials in his Department used Government cars for a business reason in each year since 2009.

  • Official Cars

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which officials in his Department were entitled to use the Government car pool in each year since 2009.

  • Pay

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of businesses paying salaries between the value of the minimum wage and the living wage...

  • Postgraduate Education

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his Department's policy is on the creation of a tuition fee loan system for postgraduate university study.

  • Royal Mail

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he has received any (a) oral and (b) written representations from the Scottish Government on his plans to sell shares in...

  • UK Trade and Investment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what guidance or support UK Trade and Investment offers to foreign businesses who express an interest in buying from UK...

  • Unmanned Air Vehicles

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assistance his Department has provided to MBDA Systems in the development of a prototype Brimstone missile suitable for use...

  • Written Questions

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many answers by his Department to Parliamentary Questions involving tables of statistics fewer than four pages in length were...