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Departments: Manpower
Andrew Selous: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many and what percentage of employees in (a) his Department and (b) each (i) executive agency and (ii) non-departmental public body funded by his Department are above state retirement age. [158945]
Mr. Thomas: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member for Prorogation.
Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many people are employed by his Department; and how many are (a) permanent employees and (b) temporary staff. [161864]
Mr. Timms: As of the 1 October 2007, BERR employs 2,529 people, of whom 48 are temporary staff.
Departments: Ministerial Policy Advisers
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the name is of each special adviser in his Department. [153134]
Mr. Thomas: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member before Prorogation.
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether any of his Department’s special advisers have declared a conflict of interest. [160776]
Mr. Thomas: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member before Prorogation.
Departments: Pay
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for and Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at the Department and its agencies in each year between 1997 and 2006 ; and what the total cost was of those bonuses. [146492]
Mr. Timms: Annual performance bonuses are paid to staff in the SCS for high performance sustained throughout the whole year. The percentage of the SCS pay bill to be spent on SCS performance bonuses is determined each year by the senior salaries review body.
As the SCS bonus scheme was only introduced in 2002, information is provided from this point forward.
| Number of staff awarded bonuses | Total amount of bonuses paid (£) | |
The data relate to bonuses awarded to those in core-DTI and its Executive Agencies in accordance with Cabinet Office Senior Civil Service pay arrangements.
Departments: Public Expenditure
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on what dates his Department has breached its (a) resource, (b) near-cash, (c) administration and (d) capital budgets since 2001; what the value of the breach was; and what the reason was for each breach. [160321]
Mr. Thomas: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member before Prorogation.
Departments: Public Participation
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many citizens' juries have been arranged by his Department since June 2007; which organisations were commissioned to conduct each citizens' jury; and what the estimated cost is of each exercise. [159503]
Mr. Hutton: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Member before Prorogation.
Departments: Publications
Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment his Department has made of the impact of its publication Overseas Trade on the market for other international trade magazines. [149919]
Mr. Hutton [holding answer 16 July 2007]: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member before Prorogation.
Departments: Renewable Energy
Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what percentage of the electricity used by his Department was generated from (a) renewable sources and (b) on-site microgeneration facilities in the last period for which figures are available. [161861]
Mr. Hutton: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member before Prorogation.
Departments: Retirement
Andrew Selous: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many employees in (a) his Department and (b) each (i) executive agency and (ii) non-departmental public body funded by his Department applied to continue to work beyond state retirement age in the latest year or part thereof for which figures are available; and how many of those applications were successful. [161291]
Mr. Thomas: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member before Prorogation.
Departments: Stationery
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much the Department for Trade and Industry spent on departmental branded stationery between 1 January and 27 June. [159789]
Mr. Thomas: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member before Prorogation.
Departments: Tribunals
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much was spent by his Department on industrial tribunals in the last 12 months. [153126]
Mr. Thomas: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member before Prorogation.
Departments: Visits Abroad
Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many overseas visits were made by (a) officials and (b) Ministers within his responsibility, and at what cost, in each year since 1997. [151645]
Mr. Thomas: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Member before Prorogation.
Insurance: Liability
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether he plans to examine the experience of Australian reforms to the liability insurance market in the construction industry in order to inform his policy towards the UK construction industry; and if he will make a statement. [161415]
Mr. Timms: The Department has no such plans.
The Department has regular contacts with the construction industry about issues of concern.
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether he plans to review the operation of liability insurance in the construction industry; and if he will make a statement. [161662]
Mr. Timms: The Department has no plans to review the operation of liability insurance in the construction industry.
Iran: Export Credit Guarantees
Mr. Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to the answer of 3 May 2007, Official Report, column 1816W, on Iran: export credit guarantees, what conclusions have been reached about the applicability of UN Security Council Resolution 1747 to the provision of export credits to Iran; and if he will make a statement. [157523]
Mr. Hutton: It has not proved possible to respond to the right hon. Member before Prorogation.
Members: Correspondence
Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform when he expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Forest of Dean dated 16 July to the Prime Minister, the right hon. Member for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (Mr. Brown) regarding review of nuclear energy use. [158038]
Mr. Thomas [holding answer 15 October 2007]: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member before Prorogation.
Mobile Telephones: Radio Frequencies
Peter Luff: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform which spectrum bands will be affected by pan-European proposals on spectrum use by mobile telephone contractors; what assessment he has made of the impact of these proposals on (a) those already occupying these channels and (b) Ofcom's consultation process on spectrum allocation; and if he will make a statement. [153533]
Mr. Timms: The matter raised is the responsibility of the independent regulator, the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which is accountable to Parliament rather than Ministers. Accordingly, I have asked the chief executive of Ofcom to reply directly to the hon. Member. Copies of the chief executive’s letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
Non-Domestic Rates: Small Businesses
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authorities achieve high levels of uptake of the Small Business Rate Relief scheme amongst small businesses; [161647]
(2) what the average value of unmade claims for the Small Business Rate Relief scheme was in (a) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, (b) Teesside and (c) in the North East in the last period for which figures are available; [161648]
(3) what the take-up of the Small Business Rate Relief scheme was in (a) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, (b) Teesside and (c) in the North East in the most recent period for which figures are available. [161671]
John Healey: I have been asked to reply.
It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.
Nuclear Power Stations
Alan Duncan:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether he expects the (a) Health and Safety Executive and (b) Nuclear Installations Inspectorate to hire external
consultants to carry out the process of generic design assessment for new nuclear power stations. [145874]
Mr. Hutton [holding answer 26 June 2007]: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member before Prorogation.
Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what progress has been made by the Environment Agency on the process of pre-authorisation for new nuclear power stations; and if he will make a statement. [145875]
Mr. Hutton [holding answer 26 June 2007]: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member before Prorogation.
Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what progress has been made on the process of generic design assessment for new nuclear power stations; and if he will make a statement. [145876]
Malcolm Wicks [holding answer 26 June 2007]: Following a request from the Government, the regulators, published their guidance on the Generic Design Assessment process in January 2007.
The consultation document “The Future of Nuclear Power” invited vendors of reactor designs who were interested in having their designs assessed to send applications to the regulators. The deadline for applications was 22 June 2007.
The next step is an assessment of which of the applications received meet the criteria set down in the consultation document. Following this step, this Department, along with the other regulators, will be able to begin work on the generic design assessment process.
Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment he has made of the capability of the Environment Agency to undertake the process of pre-authorisation for new nuclear power stations. [145877]
Mr. Hutton [holding answer 26 June 2007]: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member before Prorogation.
Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment he has made of the capability of the (a) Health and Safety Executive and (b) Nuclear Installations Inspectorate to undertake the process of Generic Design Assessment for new nuclear power stations. [145878]
Mr. Hutton [holding answer 26 June 2007]: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member before Prorogation.
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