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78988

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
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	Buildings
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 review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	206680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>There has been, and continues to be, substantial investment in reviewing BIS Departmental Estates in order to reduce costs. We have made substantial investment which has proven most successful in delivering an Estates Transition Programme.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 01/09/2014 15:48:11 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson attachment 1 file name PQ UIN 206680 - Departmental Estate.docx title Estates Transition Programme - Objectives
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78993

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
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	Royal Mail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his Department's Major Projects Portfolio September 2013, published on 23 May 2014, if he will place in the Library the lessons learned document in respect of the Royal Mail sale of shares.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	206815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The lessons learned document was prepared for internal use by the Department.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not intend to give this document wider circulation as producing such documents is important part of the decision making process and to release it would have an inhibiting effect on future Government decision making processes (including the identification of ways to improve those processes).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 01/09/2014 13:30:54 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

78871

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
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	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) intermediate, (b) advanced and (c) higher level apprenticeships taken up by people aged (i) under 19, (ii) between 19 and 25 and (iii) 25 and over in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	206597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on the number of Apprenticeship starts by Level and age group is published in Table 6.1 of a Statistical First Release (SFR):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 206598 question first answered 01/09/2014 16:29:44 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

78872

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
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	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) intermediate, (b) advanced and (c) higher level apprenticeships starts taken up by people aged 25 and under in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	206598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on the number of Apprenticeship starts by Level and age group is published in Table 6.1 of a Statistical First Release (SFR):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 206597 question first answered 01/09/2014 16:29:44 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

78874

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
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	Royal Mail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what date the decision was taken to set the limit the public offering of Royal Mail shares to those applying for shares of a value of less than £10,000.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Dr Alasdair McDonnell
uin	206646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The decision to limit the allocation of shares under the Royal Mail Retail Offer to those applying for less than £10,000 was taken by Ministers on 9 October 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The banks involved in the sale of Royal Mail shares were informed on the same day as the decision was made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 206647 question first answered 01/09/2014 13:41:34 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1596 label Biography information for Dr Alasdair McDonnell

78875

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
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	Royal Mail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what date banks were informed of the decision to limit Royal Mail shares to people applying for shares of a value less than £10,000.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Dr Alasdair McDonnell
uin	206647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The decision to limit the allocation of shares under the Royal Mail Retail Offer to those applying for less than £10,000 was taken by Ministers on 9 October 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The banks involved in the sale of Royal Mail shares were informed on the same day as the decision was made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 206646 question first answered 01/09/2014 13:41:34 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1596 label Biography information for Dr Alasdair McDonnell

78959

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
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	Postal Services: Competition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect Ofcom to undertake a review of the impact of end-to-end competitors on the universal postal service.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL1276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Ofcom is committed to carrying out a full review on end-to-end competition next year. It has also made clear that it would carry out an earlier review if market developments dictated the need to do so.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ofcom has set out its approach towards carrying out a full assessment of end-to-end competition in its Guidance published in March 2013 (“Final Guidance on Ofcom’s approach to assessing the impact on the universal service”).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ofcom has in place a continuous monitoring regime and access to key confidential data from Royal Mail and other postal operators which would enable it to anticipate any potential threat to the universal service. They are keeping market developments under close monthly review and if this monitoring identified cause for concern Ofcom has said that they would be able to carry out a review very quickly.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 01/09/2014 09:19:24 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

78960

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
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	Postal Services: Competition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Ofcom has conducted any analysis of regulatory options to protect the universal postal service in the case of a material increase in end-to-end competition.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL1277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The regulatory options for protecting the universal service are set out in the Postal Services Act 2011. Parliament has given Ofcom the primary statutory duty to secure the provision of the universal service and the powers and tools it needs to do so.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ofcom has carried out a consultation on end-to-end competition in the postal services sector and published a Guidance paper on the use of its regulatory options and the circumstances under which it would intervene to protect the universal service from any serious threat from competition.</p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More information about this consultation on end-to-end competition and the Guidance (“Final Guidance on Ofcom’s approach to assessing the impact on the universal service”) can be found on Ofcom’s website (<a href="http://www.ofcom.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.ofcom.org.uk</a>).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 01/09/2014 09:16:18 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

78333

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Correspondence
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 estimate the annual cost to his Department of (a) stationery and (b) postage incurred when sending a ministerial reply to hon. Members; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	206140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Every effort is made to ensure that departmental correspondence is dealt with in an efficient and cost-effective manner.</p><p>Letters are sent on stationery printed in-house. If sending a ministerial reply to hon. Members at the House of Commons or House of Lords then no postage is incurred as mail is delivered twice a day from the Department, 1 Victoria Street on our van service.</p><p> </p><p>During recess, letters are sent via first class mail – the cost of stationery and postage during the most recent summer recess period is estimated at around £200. Figures for earlier time periods are not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 01/09/2014 16:01:29 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78335

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Graduates
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 increase opportunities for university leavers and to ensure that university leavers in all regions and constituent parts of the UK benefit from his efforts.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	206222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government is rebuilding, rebalancing and growing the economy to ensure that all university leavers in all parts of the country are given the opportunity to achieve their potential.</p><p>The economic plan is working, with over two million more private sector jobs and 400,000 more businesses.</p><p>To enable students to take advantage of these opportunities we are increasing the information available to them through the Key Information Set. This provides comparable information on over 37,000 undergraduate courses at universities and colleges across the country.</p><p>Our Graduate Talent Pool programme has played a valuable role in stimulating the UK graduate internship market, helping graduates to gain relevant work experience and improving their employment prospects.</p><p>Latest data, from the Destinations of Leavers of Higher Education survey, show that these policies are working. 88% of full-time first degree leavers who graduated from UK universities in 2012/13 were in employment or further study 6 months after graduation.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 01/09/2014 16:04:19 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn