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459308

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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	Written Questions: Government Responses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to answer Question 28906, tabled on 3 March 2016 by the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, on the living wage.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	30776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>£42,000 has been allocated to advertisements on the London Underground.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s new National Living Wage is a step up for working people, so it is important workers know their rights and that employers pay the new £7.20 from April 1<sup>st</sup>. The campaign will tell people about their entitlements and is targeted at employers, and workers currently earning the National Minimum Wage.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 28906 question first answered 22/03/2016 15:48:32 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 52033 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

456000

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
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	Living Wage: Advertising
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 23 February 2016 to Question 24849, how much of the budget allocated for the National Living Wage advertising campaign has been allocated to advertisements on the London Underground.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	28906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>£42,000 has been allocated to advertisements on the London Underground.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s new National Living Wage is a step up for working people, so it is important workers know their rights and that employers pay the new £7.20 from April 1<sup>st</sup>. The campaign will tell people about their entitlements and is targeted at employers, and workers currently earning the National Minimum Wage.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 30776 question first answered 22/03/2016 15:48:32 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 49026 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

448574

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
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	Living Wage: Publicity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what costs have been incurred by his Department for the current advertising campaign on the national living wage.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	24849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>The total budget allocated for the National Living Wage advertising campaign is £4.95 million. The campaign will run until the end of April and we expect to come in under budget.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s new National Living Wage is a step up for working people, so it is important workers know their rights and that employers pay the new £7.20 from April 1 this year. Britain deserves a pay rise and as a One Nation Government we are making sure it gets one. The campaign will tell people about their entitlements and is targeted at employers, and workers currently earning the National Minimum Wage.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 23/02/2016 15:50:00 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

435789

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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	Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, (a) what representations he has received on and (b) whether his Department plans to incentivise employers to offer the National Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	18852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <br /> <br /><p>From 1 April 2016 every employer is required by law to pay the new statutory National Living Wage (NLW) for workers aged 25 and above.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 16/12/2015 16:41:25 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

433136

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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	Student Opportunity Fund
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 guidance for higher education institutions on how Student Opportunity Fund monies are allocated.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	18155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) is responsible for decisions on how the student opportunity fund is allocated to higher education institutions, and for publishing associated guidance.</p><p>The Government issues a grant letter to HEFCE outlining Government’s priorities for expenditure through the teaching grant, including on widening access. This will take account of the announcements made in the Spending Review.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 03/12/2015 11:34:55 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

432894

registered interest
date	27/11/2015
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	Higher Education: Admissions
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 29 October 2015 to Question 12715, what steps his Department plans to take to increase the number of (a) pupils from state-funded schools and (b) pupils from state-funded schools who receive free school meals who enter higher education.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	18056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p>We have already taken significant steps to widen participation in higher education. In particular, from 2015/16, we have removed the cap on student numbers, enabling more people than ever before to benefit from higher education. We have also established a stronger framework with increased responsibility placed on providers to widen access. The Director of Fair Access has agreed 183 Access Agreements for 2016/17 containing an estimated £745m to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds – up from £404m in 2009/10.</p><br /><p>The Green Paper <em>Fulfilling our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice, CM 9141 </em>sets out additional steps the Government plans to take to increase the proportion of students from disadvantaged background entering higher education including through the new guidance that we plan to issue to the Director of Fair Access, and through the social mobility taskforce being set up by Universities UK.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 04/12/2015 09:38:15 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

428631

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
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, whether his Department plans to measure the (a) educational, (b) labour market and (c) societal outcomes of student opportunity allocation funding using individual-based data on a national level.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	16612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) recently published its policy framework for the student opportunity allocation: 'Delivering opportunities for students and maximising their success' which can be found at the following link: <a href="http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/year/2015/201514/" target="_blank">http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/year/2015/201514/</a>. This set out its expectation that new initiatives will only be funded where they have robust evaluation plans in place, including the application of suitable research methods and the appropriate use of individual and national level data. HEFCE also plans to develop a framework setting out the outcomes against which the HE sector will be expected to demonstrate the impact and effectiveness of its work. It is envisaged this will include a range of educational, labour market and, where possible, wider societal outcomes.</p><br /> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 23/11/2015 14:25:22 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

428515

registered interest
date	16/11/2015
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 steps his Department is taking to improve the retention of students who have the potential to succeed in higher education but face financial difficulties.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	16490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>Continuation rates for students in publicly-funded institutions are at a record high, with 94.3% of young full-time first degree entrants to higher education in English HEIs in 2012/13 continuing after their first year and, 90.0% of full-time first degree starters of all ages in English HEIs in 2012/13 were expected to receive an award or transfer. Improvements in these areas have come at a time of considerable expansion in student numbers and increasing diversity in the backgrounds of students.</p><p>Institutions wishing to charge higher fees must agree access agreements with the independent Director of Fair Access. In these, institutions set out what more they will do to attract students from disadvantaged backgrounds and help them to complete their studies and progress to post-graduate study or employment. In 2016/17, institutions expect to spend £425m on financial support through their access agreements.</p><br /><p>The Higher Education Green Paper set out further steps to encourage universities to improve retention rates, including for students from disadvantaged and under-represented groups, through a Teaching Excellence Framework.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 23/11/2015 14:26:47 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

422517

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
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: North East
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 university entry rates by (a) gender and (b) social background for students from (i) the North East, (ii) Houghton and Sunderland South constituency and (iii) Sunderland local authority area in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	12715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>The table shows information held by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on university entry rates, using Free School Meals as an indicator of socio-economic background. Information is not available for 2014-15 or at parliamentary constituency level from this source.</p><br /><p><strong>Estimated percentage of pupils from state-funded schools aged 15 in 2008/09 by Free School Meal status and gender who entered Higher Education by age 19 in 2012/13 [1]</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Female</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Male</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>FSM</p></td><td><p>Non-FSM</p></td><td><p>FSM</p></td><td><p>Non-FSM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Matched data from the DfE National Pupil Database, HESA Student Record and SFA ILR</p><br /><p>[1] Covers those who entered Higher Education in Higher Education Institutions in the UK and Further Education Colleges in England. Sunderland refers to the Sunderland local authority area.</p><br /><p>The UCAS End of Cycle report has information on 18 year old entry rates by parliamentary constituency and gender, but not by social background below national level.</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases/ucas-undergraduate-analysis-reports/ucas" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-undergraduate-releases/ucas-undergraduate-analysis-reports/ucas</a></p><br /><p>HEFCE has published information at constituency level, though not broken down by gender and social background, for 2011/12, available at the following link.</p><p><a href="http://www.hefce.ac.uk/analysis/yp/trendsyp/pment/" target="_blank">http://www.hefce.ac.uk/analysis/yp/trendsyp/pment/</a></p><br /> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 29/10/2015 14:46:38 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

419795

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
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: North East
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 apprenticeships are available in the North East; and how many applicants for such apprenticeships from disadvantaged backgrounds (a) secured and (b) completed apprenticeships in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	10851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of apprenticeship starts (first link) and achievements (second link) in the North East is published online at the FE Data Library:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/438150/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/438150/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378238/apprenticeships-achievements-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378238/apprenticeships-achievements-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls</a></p><p>We do not centrally collect information on the number of apprenticeship applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds who secure and complete an apprenticeship.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/10/2015 15:44:49 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson