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431904

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
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	Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his strategy is for maximising the economic contribution of (a) the steel industry and (b) other industries vital to the UK's economic success.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	17449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>The best way the Government can support our industries is to continue to deliver a strong and growing economy.</p><br /><p>In the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced an exemption for Energy Intensive Industries (EIIs), including the steel industry, from the policy costs of the Renewables Obligation and Feed-in Tariffs, a hugely significant step to provide industry with long-term certainty and helping them remain competitive. This is on top of the millions that has already been paid in compensation to EIIs for energy costs.</p><br /><p>The Government engages with various industrial sectors through our Sector Councils, where we discuss the opportunities and challenges facing certain sectors.</p><br /><p>The Government recognises the current difficulties that are unique to the steel sector. While we cannot fix the price of steel, halt global overproduction or fix currency rates, the Government has taken a number of measures to help our steel industry.</p><br /><p>We have taken action on unfair trade, recently voting in support of anti-dumping measures on wire rod and steel tubing imports, as well as lobbying successfully for an investigation into cheap imports of Reinforcing Steel Bar.</p><br /><p>The steel industry’s request for flexibility over Industrial Emissions Directive exemptions has been secured. This will save the industry millions of pounds of unnecessary expenditure at a time of crisis by offering steel companies more time to comply with this European legislation.</p><br /><p>Finally, we are taking action to drive up the number of public contracts won by UK steel manufacturers and their partners through fair and open competition. The Government published on 30 October new guidelines for departments to apply on major projects when sourcing and buying steel. The new instructions will help steel suppliers compete on a level playing field with international suppliers for major Government projects.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 30/11/2015 10:43:38 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

431905

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
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	Iron and Steel: Imports
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 reliance of the UK economy on imports of steel from countries outside the EU.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	17451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government supports an open market for steel and UK consumers are free to source their requirements from anywhere in the world as long as imported material is traded fairly and meets quality and standards criteria where applicable.</p><br /><p>Data on UK imports of steel as a share of domestic demand are published by the EEF on behalf of UK Steel in their Key Statistics 2015 report, which can be found at the EEF website under the ‘Publications’ page. Please note that these figures exclude imports made by steel producers.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 30/11/2015 09:55:48 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

431910

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
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	Students: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of students supported by universities through the Student Opportunity Allocation fund have disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	17521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) allocates the Student Opportunity Fund to Higher Education providers as part of the teaching grant.. Although the different elements of the fund are calculated on the basis of the number of students within an institution with particular characteristics, institutions have been able to use the funding in whichever way they feel is most appropriate for their students. Therefore, there is no centrally collected data on the numbers of students supported by the fund.</p><br /> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 17520 question first answered 30/11/2015 14:18:47 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

431911

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
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	Students: Finance
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 are supported by universities through the Student Opportunity Allocation fund.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	17520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) allocates the Student Opportunity Fund to Higher Education providers as part of the teaching grant.. Although the different elements of the fund are calculated on the basis of the number of students within an institution with particular characteristics, institutions have been able to use the funding in whichever way they feel is most appropriate for their students. Therefore, there is no centrally collected data on the numbers of students supported by the fund.</p><br /> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 17521 question first answered 30/11/2015 14:18:47 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

431569

registered interest
date	23/11/2015
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	Iron and Steel: China
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 potential threat to national security of the involvement of Chinese government companies in the UK steel industry.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	17229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>We scrutinise closely any deal that may have implications for national security.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 30/11/2015 11:14:40 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

431573

registered interest
date	23/11/2015
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	Research: Finance
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 adequacy of government funding for translational research programmes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	17311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s Productivity Plan in July set out our ambition that UK Universities will continue to increase their collaborations with industry to drive the translation and commercialisation of research and broader knowledge exchange. Universities’ external income from engagement with business and the community reached £3.93 billion in 2013-14, up by 27% from 2009-10. The World Economic Forum ranks the UK among the top four nations in the world for university-industry collaboration in R&amp;D. The recent Research Excellence Framework 2014 has demonstrated the breadth and extent of economic impact arising from university research, with 84% of submissions assessed as outstanding or very considerable by expert and academic peer review.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 30/11/2015 16:52:42 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

431577

registered interest
date	23/11/2015
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: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what safeguards his Department is putting in place to ensure the quality of university specialist mental health mentoring provision when the new single quote system is introduced.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	17399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have clear responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010 to support students, including those with mental health conditions. It is for the HEI to determine what welfare and counselling services they need to provide to their students.</p><br /><p>In addition, Disabled Students Allowances (DSAs) are available to meet the additional costs of study-related support needs, where the needs of the student cannot be met by the institution by way of a reasonable adjustment.</p><br /><p>A new quality assurance framework is being developed for support that is funded by DSAs, so as to provide assurance on both quality and financial matters. The quality assurance framework will be in place in 2016. All support workers will be required to meet quality standards in order to be funded through DSAs. Discussions with stakeholders regarding new mechanisms for the selection of non-medical help support providers are already underway.</p><br /> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 17400 17401 17402 question first answered 30/11/2015 16:55:34 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

431578

registered interest
date	23/11/2015
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: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what analysis his Department has undertaken to assess the effect of the proposed changes on the standard of support from university specialist mental health mentoring provision and the effect this could have on at-risk students.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	17400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have clear responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010 to support students, including those with mental health conditions. It is for the HEI to determine what welfare and counselling services they need to provide to their students.</p><br /><p>In addition, Disabled Students Allowances (DSAs) are available to meet the additional costs of study-related support needs, where the needs of the student cannot be met by the institution by way of a reasonable adjustment.</p><br /><p>A new quality assurance framework is being developed for support that is funded by DSAs, so as to provide assurance on both quality and financial matters. The quality assurance framework will be in place in 2016. All support workers will be required to meet quality standards in order to be funded through DSAs. Discussions with stakeholders regarding new mechanisms for the selection of non-medical help support providers are already underway.</p><br /> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 17399 17401 17402 question first answered 30/11/2015 16:55:34 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

431579

registered interest
date	23/11/2015
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: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what public consultation has taken place with whom in preparation for the introduction of the two-quote system for university specialist mental health mentoring provision.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	17401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have clear responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010 to support students, including those with mental health conditions. It is for the HEI to determine what welfare and counselling services they need to provide to their students.</p><br /><p>In addition, Disabled Students Allowances (DSAs) are available to meet the additional costs of study-related support needs, where the needs of the student cannot be met by the institution by way of a reasonable adjustment.</p><br /><p>A new quality assurance framework is being developed for support that is funded by DSAs, so as to provide assurance on both quality and financial matters. The quality assurance framework will be in place in 2016. All support workers will be required to meet quality standards in order to be funded through DSAs. Discussions with stakeholders regarding new mechanisms for the selection of non-medical help support providers are already underway.</p><br /> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 17399 17400 17402 question first answered 30/11/2015 16:55:34 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

431580

registered interest
date	23/11/2015
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: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to assure the quality of providers of the new two tier university specialist mental health mentoring provision.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	17402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have clear responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010 to support students, including those with mental health conditions. It is for the HEI to determine what welfare and counselling services they need to provide to their students.</p><br /><p>In addition, Disabled Students Allowances (DSAs) are available to meet the additional costs of study-related support needs, where the needs of the student cannot be met by the institution by way of a reasonable adjustment.</p><br /><p>A new quality assurance framework is being developed for support that is funded by DSAs, so as to provide assurance on both quality and financial matters. The quality assurance framework will be in place in 2016. All support workers will be required to meet quality standards in order to be funded through DSAs. Discussions with stakeholders regarding new mechanisms for the selection of non-medical help support providers are already underway.</p><br /> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 17399 17400 17401 question first answered 30/11/2015 16:55:34 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger