Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

227079

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many further education colleges there were in each of the past five years; and what estimate he has made of how many further education colleges there will be in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	227447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The number of further education colleges (institutions that are incorporated or designated and in receipt of Skills Funding Agency Funding) for the past 5 years are set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Colleges</p></td><td><p>259</p></td><td><p>259</p></td><td><p>247</p></td><td><p>246</p></td><td><p>243</p></td><td><p>243</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>The reductions since 2010 are due to institutional mergers.</p><p> </p><p>Further mergers planned by colleges for 2015 will reduce the number of colleges to 241.</p><p> </p><p>We make no estimates of numbers of colleges for future years.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/03/2015 15:52:50 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

227080

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many students were enrolled in further education colleges in each of the past five years; and what estimate he has made of the number of students enrolled in further education colleges in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	227448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on participation at Further Education providers over the last five academic years is published in provider reports (first link below) in the FE Data Library (second link below).</p><p>The Department do not produce forecasts for Further Education &amp; Skills learner numbers.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378355/feandskills-learners-by-provider-local-authority-learner-characteristics-1314.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378355/feandskills-learners-by-provider-local-authority-learner-characteristics-1314.xls</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-local-authority-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-local-authority-tables</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/03/2015 15:51:14 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

227081

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many teachers and lecturers worked in the further education sector in each of the past five years; and what estimate he has made of the number of teachers and lecturers working in that sector in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	227449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Government does not collect information about the number of teachers and lecturers in further education and we have not made any estimates about future numbers. Colleges and other further education providers are independent institutions, responsible for their own staffing matters. The Education and Training Foundation is the independent sector led organisation responsible for standards in further education. Established in 2013, the Foundation is working with the sector to develop a comprehensive annual staff survey. Currently this is on a voluntary basis, but based on information from the 2012/13 academic year, it is estimated that were approximately 110,000 teachers in post in July 2013.</p><p>Government has funded a range of incentives and programmes to help recruit more graduates to teach in further education and raise the skills of the existing workforce, with a priority on maths, English and supporting learners with special education needs and disabilities. Full details of these initiatives are available from the Education and Training Foundation at <a href="http://www.et-foundation.co.uk/supporting/support-teacher-recruitment/" target="_blank">http://www.et-foundation.co.uk/supporting/support-teacher-recruitment/</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/03/2015 15:54:22 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

227082

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much and what proportion of his Department's (a) expenditure and (b) budget was allocated to the further education sector in each of the past five years; and what estimate he has made of that amount and proportion that will be allocated to that sector in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	227450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The table below details the expenditure and plans allocated to the further education sector since 2010-11.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£000's</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>out-turn</p></td><td><p>out-turn</p></td><td><p>out-turn</p></td><td><p>out-turn</p></td><td><p>plans</p></td><td><p>plans</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Resource DEL FE</p></td><td><p>4,034,468</p></td><td><p>3,541,073</p></td><td><p>3,495,296</p></td><td><p>3,415,607</p></td><td><p>3,151,647</p></td><td><p>2,833,472</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Resource Capital FE</p></td><td><p>660,551</p></td><td><p>393,400</p></td><td><p>285,876</p></td><td><p>396,832</p></td><td><p>414,857</p></td><td><p>410,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FE Loans</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>72,961</p></td><td><p>398,000</p></td><td><p>498,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total FE</p></td><td><p>4,695,019</p></td><td><p>3,934,473</p></td><td><p>3,781,172</p></td><td><p>3,885,400</p></td><td><p>3,964,504</p></td><td><p>3,741,472</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BIS Resource</p></td><td><p>23,374,101</p></td><td><p>21,145,806</p></td><td><p>20,435,856</p></td><td><p>22,987,121</p></td><td><p>20,272,524</p></td><td><p>21,916,932</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FE %</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source - BIS Accounts out-turn 2010-11 to 2013-14. Skills Funding statement published February 2014 for 2014-15 plans and Skills Funding Letter published February 2015 for 2015-16 plans</em></p><p>We do not have any budgets beyond 2015-16 as these will be agreed in the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/03/2015 15:57:00 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

227083

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from (a) schools, (b) colleges, (c) trade associations, (d) charities, (e) education experts, (f) teachers, (g) lecturers, (h) students and (i) parents on the future funding of further education colleges.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	227451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>We have recently received a number of letters from hon. Members, colleges and individuals about the adult skills budget allocation for 2015-16.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/03/2015 15:56:08 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

227084

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average number of subjects or courses offered by further education colleges was in each of the past five years; and what estimate he has made of the average number of subjects or courses that will be offered by further education colleges in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	227452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information on the number of course undertaken by government-funded learners at Further Education providers in each academic year is published in the FE and Skills National Aims Report (link below).</p><p> </p><p>The Department do not produce forecasts for the number of courses expected to be undertaken in a given year.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378266/feandskills-national-aims-report-1314.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378266/feandskills-national-aims-report-1314.xls</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/03/2015 09:54:07 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

227086

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the mean class size was in further education colleges in each of the last five years; and what forecast his Department has made of the likely mean class size in such colleges in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	227455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Government does not collect information about class sizes in further education and does not make estimates about class sizes in future years. As independent organisations, colleges and other further education providers are responsible for deciding how they deliver their curriculum, taking account of local learner, employer and community needs. This will include how courses are organised and the location and methods of delivery. Most institutions publish details of their educational programmes in their prospectus, which will be available locally.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/03/2015 15:58:05 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

227104

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of (a) the value of and (b) the number of jobs provided by the cyber-security industry in the UK in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Official statistics for the cyber security sector have been available since 2013. They indicate that in 2013 (the latest figures currently available) the UK cyber security sector was worth over £6 billion and employed around 40,000 people.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to the continued development of the cyber security sector, which is why we established the Cyber Growth Partnership as the primary vehicle for joint industry–Government initiatives to grow a vibrant sector, both domestically and in overseas markets.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/03/2015 16:08:43 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

226555

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Intellectual Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on giving intellectual property rights holders an opportunity to discuss with search engine providers how to maximise the prioritisation of sites with legitimate content.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	227249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>Since October 2014, my noble Friend the Minister for Intellectual Property Baroness Neville-Rolfe has chaired 4 roundtable meetings between representatives of the creative industries and leading UK search engines.</p><p> </p><p>The meetings have been focused on discussing steps that can be taken to reduce the number of consumers led to copyright infringing websites through search results.</p><p> </p><p>Work continues, but during this period the group has seen a substantial improvement in the way some of the most infringing sites are dealt with in search rankings.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/03/2015 15:57:19 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

226556

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Intellectual Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to increase co-ordination and accountability for intellectual property policy by establishing a cross-industry partnership between the Intellectual Property Office and the Creative Industries Council.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	227252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Creative Industry Council is co-chaired by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Nicola Mendelsohn (Vice President Europe, Middle East and Africa, Facebook). As an agency of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Intellectual Property Office develops intellectual property policy to support innovation and growth, and is already fully engaged in the work of the Creative Industries Council, including the intellectual property workstream.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/03/2015 16:01:43 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley