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348272

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
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	Employment
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 promote the completion of full and detailed references by employers for their former employees.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>There is no statutory obligation on an employer to provide a reference; although an employee may have a contractual entitlement to one if their contract of employment contained an express term to this effect. The Government does not think it would be right to intervene to require them to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Employers who do provide references are under a duty both to the employee and to prospective employers to take reasonable care in doing so. If evidence did come to light about misleading or inaccurate information - not merely unfavourable or critical of someone’s performance in a previous job - the prospective employee would have the option of taking legal action in the civil courts against the source of that information.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/06/2015 09:51:25 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

348322

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
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	Adult 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 on changes in availability of adult further education courses in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department of Business Innovation and Skills receives a wide variety of correspondence on adult further education and Minister engage with a great many stakeholders in the further education sector. Colleges have the freedom and flexibilities to decide what provision to offer from their budget allocations according to local demand from employers and learners. We want to increase the amount of provision driven by demand and have made additional funding of £498 million available in 2015-16 for 24+ Advanced Learning Loans.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/06/2015 10:12:52 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

348323

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
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	ACAS
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 his Department has made of the effectiveness of the ACAS early conciliation process.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Early Conciliation was launched in April 2014 and places a requirement on anyone involved in a workplace dispute who is considering an Employment Tribunal claim to contact Acas first. This gives Acas the chance to encourage the parties to resolve their differences through conciliation without the need for an Employment Tribunal claim to be made.</p><p> </p><p>April 2014 – December 2014</p><ul><li>Acas received just under 61,000 notifications and in around 80% of these both parties have participated in conciliation.</li><li>16% of cases agreed a formal settlement (COT3) using Acas. About 61% of claims did not result in a tribunal claim being made. Around 23% progressed to a tribunal claim.<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></li></ul><p> </p><p>These figures are in line with expectations set out when the service was introduced.</p><p> </p><p>Acas has recently undertaken a survey exploring the effectiveness and impact of Early Conciliation, drawing on the experiences of individuals and employers who were contacted by Acas and offered Early Conciliation. The results of this independent evaluation survey are expected to be published in the summer.</p><br /><p>[1] Acas Quarterly Reports: Early Conciliation Update 3: April – December 2014</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/06/2015 09:18:32 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

348424

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
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	Universities
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Higher Education Academy recommending that United Kingdom universities should adopt the grade point average system.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Higher Education Academy (HEA) report ‘<em>Grade Point Average: Report of the GPA pilot project 2013-14’, </em>published on 28 May 2015, was a result of a review undertaken by HEA’s national Grade Point Average Advisory Group. The Department has noted the report. However, higher education institutions with degree awarding powers are responsible for their own academic awards. It is a matter for institutions to consider the recommendation as independent and autonomous bodies.</p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 09/06/2015 11:13:08 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

347944

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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	Apprentices: Coventry
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 his Department has made of the number of apprenticeship starts in Coventry for people aged (a) 16 to 24 and (b) aged 25 and older in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of apprenticeship starts by geography and age is published in the FE Data Library (first link) as a supplementary table (second link) to a Statistical First Release (SFR):</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/422358/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-level-and-age.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/422358/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-level-and-age.xls</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/06/2015 09:51:27 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

347945

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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	Apprentices: Coventry
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 his Department has made of the proportion of total apprenticeship starts in Coventry begun by women in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>Table 1 shows apprenticeship starts in Coventry Local Education Authority by gender and academic year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Apprenticeship starts in Coventry Local Education Authority by Gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>% Female</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>% Male</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>1,010</p></td><td><p><em>56%</em></p></td><td><p>810</p></td><td><p><em>44%</em></p></td><td><p><strong>1,820</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1,690</p></td><td><p><em>56%</em></p></td><td><p>1,460</p></td><td><p><em>46%</em></p></td><td><p><strong>3,150</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1,940</p></td><td><p><em>56%</em></p></td><td><p>1,860</p></td><td><p><em>49%</em></p></td><td><p><strong>3,800</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2,020</p></td><td><p><em>56%</em></p></td><td><p>1,640</p></td><td><p><em>45%</em></p></td><td><p><strong>3,650</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1,560</p></td><td><p><em>56%</em></p></td><td><p>1,390</p></td><td><p><em>47%</em></p></td><td><p><strong>2,940</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1) Volumes are rounded to the nearest ten.</p><p> </p><p>2) Local Education Authority is based upon the home postcode of the learner.</p><p> </p><p>3) These figures are based on the geographic boundaries of regions as of May 2010.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/06/2015 09:53:47 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

347978

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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	Scottish Power
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 begin an investigation into the liability of ScottishPower and the alleged mis-selling of cashback warranties.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>Information was received in July 2014 from the liquidators of two companies involved in administering the cashback warranty scheme formerly sold by Scottish Power. This information has been reviewed by the Insolvency Service to determine whether or not any further investigation is warranted using powers available in the Companies Act.</p><p> </p><p>The liquidation of the companies involved in the scheme is still under way, and the creditors of those companies will receive reports from the liquidators if they are to be paid further dividends.</p><p> </p><p>Investigations conducted under section 447 Companies Act 1985 are confidential; therefore it is not our practice to announce whether or not such an investigation is taking place, or to report on the investigation outside of strict statutory gateways.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 09/06/2015 13:15:22 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

348018

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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	Mature Students: Loans
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 was borrowed by adults in (a) Sheffield, Heeley constituency and (b) England in 24+ advanced learning loans in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Student Loans Company is carrying out an analysis to identify loan payments made in relation to adults in the Sheffield, Heeley constituency. The information will be placed in the Libraries of the House as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to part (b) the most recent Student Loans Company report (published on 25<sup>th</sup> March 2015) on payments made to FE providers on behalf of loans-funded learners shows that during the 2013/14 academic year a total of £115.8m was paid out, and in the first six months of the 2014/15 academic year £65m has been paid.</p><p> </p><p>The full report is available through the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-further-education.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-further-education.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/06/2015 09:37:24 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

348019

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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	Mature Students: Loans
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 money borrowed under 24+ advanced learning loans that will be repaid to the Exchequer.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) models the proportion of loans which we expect will not be repaid - the resource accounting and budgeting charge (RAB charge). The RAB charge is estimated to be 50% of the total loan amount. BIS is collecting data on learners as it emerges and based on this data we regularly review and update the RAB charge estimates.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We publish the RAB charge once a year in the Department’s accounts.</p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/06/2015 09:28:50 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

348020

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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	Mature Students: Loans
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 the effect of 24+ advanced learning loans on participation levels in further education.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government has commissioned a programme of loans evaluation which will be published in due course, once completed.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/06/2015 10:11:59 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh