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117W
Written Answers
26 OCTOBER 2009
Written Answers
118W
Employment: EC Law
Paul Farrelly: To ask the Minister of State, Department
for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions
(a) the Secretary of State and (b) the Minister for
Employment Relations have had with the Prime Minister
on the date for implementation of the EU Agency
Workers Directive. [294851]
Mr. McFadden: My Noble Friend the Secretary of
State and I discuss a range of employment issues with
the Prime Minister from time to time. The Prime Minister
has made clear his commitment to legislate on the
implementation of the Agency Workers Directive in the
current Parliament.
Paul Farrelly: To ask the Minister of State,
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills when
he plans to publish a response to his Department’s
consultation paper of May 2009 on the implementation
of the EU Agency Workers Directive. [294853]
Mr. McFadden: The Government’s response, which
included a consultation on draft Regulations, was published
on 15 October; copies have been placed in the Libraries
of the House.
Energy: Electronic Equipment
Mr. Gerrard: To ask the Minister of State, Department
for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his
Department is taking to (a) discourage manufacturers
of electrical and electronic equipment from making
devices which can only function if left switched on
permanently and (b) require such manufacturers to
provide information to prospective purchasers on the
energy consumption of their products. [295059]
Dan Norris: I have been asked to reply.
The G8 summit in Gleneagles in June 2005 undertook
to promote the International Energy Agency’s ″One
Watt″ initiative as part of a package of measures designed
to reduce carbon emissions in the home. The UK remains
fully committed to this and played a major role in
bringing into force the EU Ecodesign requirements for
standby and off power mode for electrical and electronic
household and office equipment. This Regulation comes
into force on 7 January 2010.
The Government work through the EU to agree
energy labels for individual products under the Energy
Labelling Framework Directive. The Directive is currently
being amended to increase the scope in line with the
recently revised Ecodesign Directive to include
energy related products, and non-domestic as well as
domestic products. The Energy Labelling Directive requires
manufacturers to provide labels, and for retailers to
display them to enable consumers to make informed
choices about the relative energy efficiency of products
covered by implementing measures. Further, in the UK
the Energy Saving Trust endorses the best products in
class through its Energy Saving Recommended logo.
European Fighter Aircraft
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Minister of State, Department
for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate has
been made of the number of jobs which will be (a)
maintained and (b) created as a consequence of
Tranche 3 Typhoon project. [293220]
Ian Lucas: The Department’s analysis is that a minimum
of 8,600 jobs should be directly sustained in the UK by
the commitment to Tranche 3 of the Eurofighter Typhoon
procurement.
Export Credit Guarantees: Leeds
John Battle: To ask the Minister of State, Department
for Business, Innovation and Skills how many companies
in Leeds West constituency have taken up support from
the Export Credits Guarantee Scheme in each year
since 2001; and if he will make a statement. [294019]
Ian Lucas: There have been no companies who have
taken up support directly from ECGD since 2001 from
the Leeds West Constituency. ECGD may have supported
some companies that were subcontractors but this
information is unknown to us.
Export Credits Guarantee Department
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Minister of State, Department
for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to
note 37 to the Export Credits Guarantee Department
resource accounts for 2008-09, the annual accounts for
First Securitisation Company Limited, published in
June 2009, and the most recent annual returns of
Guaranteed Export Finance Corporation plc and First
Securitisation Company Limited, what the ownership
structure is of Guaranteed Export Finance Corporation
plc. [292972]
Ian Lucas: The Guaranteed Export Finance Corporation
plc is owned by two charitable trust companies, First
Securitisation Company Limited (“FSCL”) and Capita
IRG Trustees Limited. The Guaranteed Export Finance
Corporation plc has issued 50,000 £1 shares and, of
these, FSCL holds 49,999 and Capita IRG Trustees
Limited holds one.
Guaranteed Export Finance Corporation
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Minister of State, Department
for Business, Innovation and Skills for what reasons the
accounts of Guaranteed Export Finance Corporation
plc do not meet the individual criteria for consolidation
in the Government Financial Reporting Manual, as
referred to in note 37 of the resource accounts of the
Export Credits Guarantee Department for 2008-09.
[292970]
Ian Lucas: With regard to ECGD’s 2008-09 Resource
Accounts, Guaranteed Export Finance Corporation plc
fell outside the departmental accounting boundary as
defined in section 2.4 of the Financial Reporting Manual
(“FReM”) with which ECGD is required to comply in
its preparing Resource Accounts. On this basis, ECGD
was not required to consolidate Guaranteed Export
Finance Corporation plc into its Resource Accounts.
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Minister of State, Department
for Business, Innovation and Skills what the implications
are for the Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD)
of the ownership of Guaranteed Export Finance
Corporation plc by two charitable trust companies, as
referred to in note 37 to the resource accounts of the
ECGD for 2008-09. [292971]