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457995

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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	Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2015 to Question 5063, whether the text of the EU Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement will be subject to approval by Parliament once it has been laid.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	29902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government currently expects the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) to be a “mixed agreement” i.e. between Canada, the EU and the EU’s Member States. This would mean that the complete draft text of the agreement would be laid before Parliament for at least 21 sitting days and during this time MPs and Lords may debate the treaty and vote on the proposed ratification.</p><p>CETA is an ambitious trade agreement. However, the Government has concluded that “overall a free trade agreement along the lines of EU-Canada would bring less advantageous terms for UK trade than those we currently enjoy, with particular issues for UK services losing access to the Single Market&quot; (Paragraph 3.65, Alternatives to membership: possible models for the United Kingdom outside the European Union; March 2016).</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 19/04/2016 15:25:50 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

457996

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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	Trade Agreements: UK Membership of EU
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 publish any contingency plans his Department has made on trade agreements in the event of a UK exit from the EU.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	29891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>At the February European Council, the Government negotiated a new settlement, giving the United Kingdom a special status in a reformed European Union. The Government's position, as set out by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to the House on 22 February, is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/03/2016 16:32:17 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

457997

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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	Small Businesses: Floods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to support small and medium-sized businesses in areas that have recently been affected by flooding.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	29963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>Following this winter’s severe flooding across northern England, including Calderdale, this Government put in place a comprehensive response and Calderdale has already received over £9.8 million in funding for business and community support.</p><p>Specifically for small and medium sized businesses there are three ways we are helping:</p><p>- giving flooded businesses business rates relief (£1.6 million for Calderdale)</p><p>- providing business recovery grants to help deal with exceptional costs borne by flooded businesses (£1.55 million paid out to businesses to date); and</p><p>- grants to incorporate greater flood resilience into any repairs undertaken by flooded businesses, helping to reduce the future impacts of flooding (£52,000 paid out to date to homes and businesses in Calderdale).</p><p>Other measures such as getting roads, bridges and rail services back working again and repairing and improving flood defences are also clearly a significant help. This includes the £5.5 m to repair Elland Bridge and to provide a temporary footbridge in the interim.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/03/2016 16:48:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

457999

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Employment Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what transitional arrangements her Department has made for learners currently on the Youth Contract which is set to come to an end in March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	30027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>Recruitment of new participants to the Youth Contract programme for 16 and 17 year olds closed on 31 March 2015, with the programme ending on 31 March 2016.</p><p> </p><p>In exceptional circumstances, where young people have not achieved this outcome before the programme closes, Youth Contract providers will direct them to other re-engagement provision or to their home local authority for appropriate support.</p><p> </p><p>Overall responsibility for supporting and encouraging young people, including the most vulnerable, rests with local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/03/2016 17:13:58 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

458000

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Employment Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department offers to third-sector training providers and local authorities in reducing the number of young people not in education, employment or training.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	30028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities have a duty to track, support and encourage young people to participate in education and training, with a particular focus on those who are not in employment, education or training (NEET). The Department for Education supports local authorities in meeting this duty by: providing a secure portal for them to exchange data about young people’s activities; collating and publishing data about young people’s activities; sharing good practice; and publishing a NEET Scorecard to help local authorities manage their performance.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities decide how they will work with and support education and training providers, the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS), and other agencies in meeting these requirements.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities receive funding from central government to enable them to meet their statutory obligations including this duty, but it is up to them to determine exactly how much they spend on these activities, and whether and how much funding should be provided to VCS organisations to help with this. Reflecting its continued commitment to supporting young people NEET, the government has allocated £30 million for the Youth Engagement Fund and Fair Chance Fund Social Impact Bond (SIB) schemes, and the recent Spending Review settlement saw over £100 million for further SIBs, tackling issues such as youth unemployment, homelessness and mental health.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 30029 question first answered 15/03/2016 16:24:59 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

458001

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Employment Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding will be available for third-sector training providers to support young people who are not in education, employment or training once the Youth Contract comes to an end.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	30029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities have a duty to track, support and encourage young people to participate in education and training, with a particular focus on those who are not in employment, education or training (NEET). The Department for Education supports local authorities in meeting this duty by: providing a secure portal for them to exchange data about young people’s activities; collating and publishing data about young people’s activities; sharing good practice; and publishing a NEET Scorecard to help local authorities manage their performance.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities decide how they will work with and support education and training providers, the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS), and other agencies in meeting these requirements.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities receive funding from central government to enable them to meet their statutory obligations including this duty, but it is up to them to determine exactly how much they spend on these activities, and whether and how much funding should be provided to VCS organisations to help with this. Reflecting its continued commitment to supporting young people NEET, the government has allocated £30 million for the Youth Engagement Fund and Fair Chance Fund Social Impact Bond (SIB) schemes, and the recent Spending Review settlement saw over £100 million for further SIBs, tackling issues such as youth unemployment, homelessness and mental health.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 30028 question first answered 15/03/2016 16:24:59 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

458002

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Unemployment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department collects on the location of young people classified as not in education, employment or training.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	30030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills jointly publish a statistical first release (SFR) titled “NEET statistics quarterly brief” which has estimates of young people aged 16-24 not in education, employment or training (NEET) in England.</p><p> </p><p>Published figures are broken down by individual age for 16, 17 and 18 year olds and by the following age groups: 16-17, 16-18, 19-24, 18-24 and 16-24 year olds. The 19-24, 18-24 and 16-24 figures are also published by region. Figures are published each quarter based on data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS).</p><p> </p><p>The department publishes its definitive annual estimates of 16-18 year olds NEET every June in the SFR “Participation in education, training and employment”. These figures are more accurate than the LFS estimates because they are based on a combination of administrative data and survey data from the LFS, but are only compiled annually and are not disaggregated below national level.</p><p> </p><p>These two SFRs can be found on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-neet" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-neet</a></p><p> </p><p>The department also publishes management information showing the number and proportion of 16-18 year olds NEET in each local authority in England based on data collected by local authorities through their Client Caseload Information Systems (CCIS). These are published annually, showing estimates of average NEET over the November to January period each year. The coverage and methodology differs from the official national estimates for England published in the department’s SFRs, so the figures are not directly comparable. On aggregate, the local authority figures tend to be lower than those in the SFRs because they only include young people whose activity is known to their local authority and do not count young people who are taking a gap year or are in custody as NEET, and the accuracy and completeness depends on the quality of each local authority’s data collection system.</p><p>NEET figures by local authority can be found on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neet-data-by-local-authority-2012-16-to-18-year-olds-not-in-education-employment-or-training" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neet-data-by-local-authority-2012-16-to-18-year-olds-not-in-education-employment-or-training</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 30031 question first answered 15/03/2016 17:13:07 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

458003

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Unemployment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department collects on the number of young people classified as not in education, employment or training (a) in total and (b) by local authority.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	30031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills jointly publish a statistical first release (SFR) titled “NEET statistics quarterly brief” which has estimates of young people aged 16-24 not in education, employment or training (NEET) in England.</p><p> </p><p>Published figures are broken down by individual age for 16, 17 and 18 year olds and by the following age groups: 16-17, 16-18, 19-24, 18-24 and 16-24 year olds. The 19-24, 18-24 and 16-24 figures are also published by region. Figures are published each quarter based on data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS).</p><p> </p><p>The department publishes its definitive annual estimates of 16-18 year olds NEET every June in the SFR “Participation in education, training and employment”. These figures are more accurate than the LFS estimates because they are based on a combination of administrative data and survey data from the LFS, but are only compiled annually and are not disaggregated below national level.</p><p> </p><p>These two SFRs can be found on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-neet" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-neet</a></p><p> </p><p>The department also publishes management information showing the number and proportion of 16-18 year olds NEET in each local authority in England based on data collected by local authorities through their Client Caseload Information Systems (CCIS). These are published annually, showing estimates of average NEET over the November to January period each year. The coverage and methodology differs from the official national estimates for England published in the department’s SFRs, so the figures are not directly comparable. On aggregate, the local authority figures tend to be lower than those in the SFRs because they only include young people whose activity is known to their local authority and do not count young people who are taking a gap year or are in custody as NEET, and the accuracy and completeness depends on the quality of each local authority’s data collection system.</p><p>NEET figures by local authority can be found on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neet-data-by-local-authority-2012-16-to-18-year-olds-not-in-education-employment-or-training" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neet-data-by-local-authority-2012-16-to-18-year-olds-not-in-education-employment-or-training</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 30030 question first answered 15/03/2016 17:13:07 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

458004

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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	Unemployment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding his Department allocated in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2015-16 to reduce the number of people who were classified as not in education, employment or training.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	30032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>Further education funding is demand led. We do not allocate funding to specific groups but our entitlements are aimed at supporting disadvantaged groups, including the unemployed.</p><p> </p><p>168,900 benefit claimants aged 19-24 started further education training in 2013/14, compared to 132,000 in 2011/12.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/03/2016 16:58:00 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

458005

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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	Migrant Workers: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of plans under the Immigration Bill to introduce a charge on UK employers for employing skilled foreign workers on the number of people applying to study STEM subjects at university.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
uin	30033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is considering carefully the Migration Advisory Committee’s recommendations on migration including the likely impact on different sectors. It is essential that the UK remains open for business, while migration levels are controlled.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/03/2016 16:00:38 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett