The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emma Reynolds on 2015-10-13.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are employed by non-British EU companies in (a) the UK and (b) each region.
Mr Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alan Brown on 2015-10-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of expenditure on UK Trade and Investment on the level of foreign direct investment in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency between 2010 and 2015.
Anna Soubry
During the 2010/11-2014/15 period, UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) recorded 8160 successful Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects won in the UK; of which 284 investments were in Scotland.
UKTI and its regional/local partners were involved in supporting 6415 of the total number of UK investments.
Breaking down the Scottish successes further, 5 landed in Kilmarnock and Loudoun.
UKTI works as one team with Scottish Government and all other regional and local partners, to promote and support inward investment into all parts of the UK.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alan Brown on 2015-10-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the schedule of comparable programme objects in HM Treasury’s publication, Funding the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly: Statement of Funding Policy, published in October 2010, what the total expenditure was on UK Trade and Investment between 2010 and 2015.
Anna Soubry
UK Trade and Investment expenditure is published annually in the UKTI Annual Report and Accounts which are available in the libraries of the House.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alan Brown on 2015-10-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the schedule of comparable programme objects in HM Treasury’s publication, Funding the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly: Statement of Funding Policy, published in October 2010, what the total expenditure was on UKAEA-Decommissioning between 2010 and 2015; and what the forecast expenditure in which locations is on such decommissioning in each of the next five years.
Joseph Johnson
The data in the HM Treasury publication Funding the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales an Northern Ireland Assembly, Statement of Funding Policywas compiled in 2010 using a different financial database system to the one subsequently in use by BIS and its delivery partners. This means that the information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost. However the UK Atomic Energy Authority, which is responsible for the UK fusion programme, has provided the following information.
|
Year |
Legacy costs1 |
JET decommissioning costs1, 5 |
|
2010/11 |
8,279 |
29 |
|
2011/12 |
10,798 |
37 |
|
2012/13 |
7,356 |
43 |
|
2013/14 |
6,814 plus 1,050 capital2 |
62 |
|
2014/15 |
6,024 plus 1,554 capital2 |
42 |
|
2015/16 |
8,315 (est.) plus 6,010 capital2 (est.) |
166 (est.) |
|
2016/17 |
See note 3 |
214 (est.) |
|
2017/18 |
See note 3 |
943 (est.) |
|
2018/19 |
See note 3 |
16,3064 (est.) |
|
2019/20 |
See note 3 |
28,251 (est.) |
Notes
1. Figures in £000s.
2. Capital costs cover new facilities on the Culham site such as the Materials Research Facility and RACE (Remote Applications in Challenging Environments) funded partly through the National Nuclear Users Facility and Oxford City Deal.
3. Subject to next Spending Review.
4. The costs rise substantially in 2018/19 due to the expected closure of JET in 2018 and start of decommissioning. However this date is under review with the European Commission with an extension proposed.
5. These costs are undiscounted and form part of the total undiscounted liability for decommissioning JET of £256,544k as stated in the 2014/15 UKAEA Annual Report and Accounts.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kate Osamor on 2015-10-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of reduction in funding to English for Speakers of Other Languages Mandation Courses on the level of employment among people for whom English is an additional language.
Nick Boles
The decision to withdraw the 2015/16 English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Plus (Mandation) funding was taken in the knowledge that providers could use their adult skills budget to continue to provide ESOL training for jobseekers and therefore mitigate any adverse impact. Our data showed that the numbers of claimants being referred to ESOL Plus (Mandation) provision was significantly lower than originally anticipated.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevin Brennan on 2015-10-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a scheme for naming and shaming employers who fail to pay an employment tribunal award.
Nick Boles
The Government believes that naming schemes can be a useful tool for encouraging compliance with legislation. For example, a naming scheme for non-compliance with the National Minimum Wage has been in place since October 2013 and has named 285 employers to date.
The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 introduced a new financial penalty for non-payment of employment tribunal awards to encourage the full and prompt payment of awards. The Government is considering what other levers could be used to support the effectiveness of this measure, including the potential of a naming scheme.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevin Brennan on 2015-10-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many financial penalties have been imposed on respondent employers under section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 to date; and how many such penalties (a) have been paid and (b) remain unpaid.
Nick Boles
Eight financial penalties have been imposed on employers for aggravated breach of employment law, under section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, since its introduction on 6 April 2014.
To date, two penalties have been paid and six remain unpaid although all penalties were imposed this year and further action is being considered.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevin Brennan on 2015-10-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days were taken to process and grant each application for readmission of employment tribunal fees that have been (a) granted and (b) partially granted since the introduction of those fees.
Mr Shailesh Vara
I have treated your question as asking for the average number of days taken to process remission applications since the introduction of fees. The information on remissions granted both fully and partially is available within the Ministry of Justice Official Tribunal Statistics and can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Owen Smith on 2015-10-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect on productivity of increasing the minimum wage.
Nick Boles
The Government will publish a full Impact Assessment alongside draft regulations to implement the National Living Wage.
As noted in Summer Budget 2015, at a firm level there is some evidence that previous increases in minimum wages in low paying firms may have been associated with increases in productivity.
Additionally, the Office for Budget Responsibility has published an estimate of the aggregate impact on productivity due to compositional change in the economy. They estimate an increase in hourly productivity in 2020 of 0.3 percentage points through this mechanism.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robin Walker on 2015-10-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the Government’s credit union expansion programme; and what assessment he has made of the feasibility of extending that programme.
Justin Tomlinson
DWP’s contract with the Association of British Credit Unions Ltd to deliver the Credit Union Expansion Project began in May 2013. It wasis due to end in April 20156 but we are currently considering a request for an further extension. The Department has plans to review effectiveness at the end of the Project.
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