Tag: Ian Lavery

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Lavery on 2015-10-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in his Department were involved in preparatory work for London International Shipping Week 2015.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The Departmental team of three who lead on maritime promotion and partnership worked on the preparatory work for London International Shipping Week 2015, among their other duties, and were overseen by a Senior Civil Servant.

Due to the importance, scale and complexity of the week, the core team received ad hoc support and advice from across the Department and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, many of whom were volunteers and assisted alongside their day to day duties.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Lavery on 2015-10-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what criteria he judged the success of London International Shipping Week (LISW) 2013; and what criteria he used to judge the success of LISW 2015.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The success criteria used to judge the success of London International Shipping Week, both in 2013 and 2015, were:

1. To establish LISW as a major global shipping event through which to showcase the UK’s maritime and marine sectors;
2. To attract the attendance of senior international maritime leaders and influential stakeholders to enable the UK maritime sector and HMG to engage effectively and promote the UK’s maritime offering;
3. To deliver a series of high quality events focussing on promoting London’s maritime offering in 2013 and “maritime thought leadership” in 2015;
4. To enable high level interaction between senior HMG and UK industry with international maritime stakeholders reinforcing the fact that the UK remains a major maritime nation; and
5. To raise the profile of the UK maritime sector both internationally and domestically.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Lavery on 2015-02-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether it is his policy that the Ordnance Survey will remain the only official national mapping agency for the UK.

Matthew Hancock

As a Government-owned Company, Ordnance Survey will continue to publish and deliver a public task, and as such will continue to be the national mapping agency of Great Britain.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Lavery on 2015-02-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any former officials his Department have taken employment with Rio Tinto plc in the last five years.

Jo Swinson

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) does not hold details of the future employment arrangements of all employees leaving BIS. The Business Appointment Rules (BAR) apply to civil servants who intend to take up an appointment or employment after leaving the Civil Service. These currently apply to members of the Senior Civil Service for two years after their last day of service, and for more junior employees they apply for one year. We have no record of any applications under the BAR for employment with Rio Tinto plc in the last five years.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Lavery on 2015-02-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any employees of Rio Tinto plc has been seconded to his Department in the last five years.

Jo Swinson

The Department has not seconded any employees from Rio Tinto plc.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Lavery on 2015-02-11.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any employees of Rio Tinto plc were seconded to his Department in the last five years.

Andrea Leadsom

No employees of Rio Tinto plc have been seconded into HM Treasury in the last 5 years.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Lavery on 2015-02-11.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any former officials of his Department have taken employment with Rio Tinto plc in the last five years.

Andrea Leadsom

The Civil Service Business Appointments Rules, which are published on GOV.uk, apply to civil servants who intend to take up an appointment or employment after leaving the Civil Service and the approval process will differ depending upon the applicant’s seniority.

The destination of leavers are not held centrally.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Lavery on 2015-02-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether UK Export Finance has provided (a) loan guarantees and (b) low interest loans to Rio Tinto plc to support any of its investments or operations overseas in the last five years.

Matthew Hancock

UK Export Finance has not provided loan guarantees or low interest loans to Rio Tinto plc in the last five years.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Lavery on 2015-02-11.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department provides tax relief to encourage multinational mining corporations to maintain their headquarters in the UK.

Mr David Gauke

Since 2010 the Government has delivered a range of reforms to encourage investment in the UK, including the establishment of headquarter operations by multinational companies. The Government has cut the main rate of corporation tax from 28% to 21% and it will fall further to 20% this April, the lowest rate in the G20. In addition, the Government has introduced the Patent Box, increased the generosity of Research & Development tax credits and modernised the UK’s Controlled Foreign Company regime.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Lavery on 2015-02-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether any employees of Rio Tinto plc has been seconded to his Department in the last five years.

Amber Rudd

No employees of Rio Tinto plc have been seconded to the Department of Energy & Climate Change in the last five years.