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60533

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many apprenticeship starts there were in public sector employers in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 respectively in total and for each apprenticeship framework; for each year, how many were in (1) central government, and (2) local government, in total; and for each year and type of public sector employer, how many of those apprentices were aged (a) 16–18, (b) 19–24, or (c) over 25, when starting their apprenticeship.
tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
uin	HL122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We do not separately measure the number of apprenticeship starts in the public and private sector.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of Apprenticeship starts by Sector Subject Area is published in a supplementary table to a quarterly Statistical First Release (SFR). The latest SFR was published on 27<sup>th</sup> March 2014 and is available at: <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><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/06/2014 16:51:03 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

60565

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Higher Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the reported increase in complaints from university students about the educational services provided by universities.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As independent and autonomous institutions, higher education institutions are responsible for handling student complaints and appeals. Information on the numbers of complaints handled by each institution is not currently collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>We do anticipate that as a result of our higher education reforms students will have higher expectations of their universities and they are right to do so. Evidence from a recent survey of 99 institutions (and 36 students' union representatives) shows that universities are prioritising improvements in the student learning experience, and is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-the-student-learning-experience" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-the-student-learning-experience</a></p><p> </p><p>The Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (OIA), which provides a service to higher education students who are not satisfied with an institution's final decision on their complaint, recently published its 2013 Annual Report. This includes data on unresolved student complaints in England and Wales and shows a slight fall in the number of these complaints. The OIA considered 1972 unresolved students complaints in 2013 in comparison with 2012 in the previous year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/06/2014 16:48:04 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

60602

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Small Businesses: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which schemes have provided support for small and medium-sized from central government funds in each of the last 10 years; what the total amount of funding so provided was in each such year; and how much such funding was spent in each local authority are in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	199712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Support for small and medium-sized businesses is an important objective for a number of Government Departments and schemes can take various forms which can include direct and indirect support, advice and information. Over the last 10 years the range of support measures has been very wide and a full answer to this question cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate costs. Additionally, the Department does not record how much spending or funding is given by local authority area so would not be able to provide this information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, since May 2010 the Department has routinely published details of all expenditure including funding provided through Departmental schemes and programmes. Additionally, the Department's annual report and accounts also provide summary information on a range of programmes that include direct and indirect support to all businesses – including some that directly support SMEs. The most recent annual report can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bis-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bis-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-to-2013</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/06/2014 16:09:51 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

60628

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Research: Gender
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 she has made of the gender balance amongst chairs and presidents of (a) learned societies and (b) research councils.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	199684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The National Academies, the UK's leading learned societies, are independent, self-governing bodies. Ministers have no role in Academy appointments but we encourage them to embed equality and diversity in everything they do. Professor Dame Ann Dowling is expected to be confirmed as the first female President of the Royal Academy of Engineering in September<strong>. </strong> The current Presidents of the Institute of Physics, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Society of Biology are all female.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Ministers in the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) appoint Chairs to the Research Councils and these appointments are regulated by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments. BIS Ministers are committed to the principle of public appointments on merit through an open and transparent process and to providing equal opportunities for all, irrespective of race, age, disability, gender, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, transgender and working patterns. There are seven Research Councils, the Chairs of which are currently male. The Research Councils are committed to improving diversity in their public appointments and held a workshop in March 2014 to agree an action plan to increase the diversity of each Council. The action plan will be published on the RCUK website and disseminated to all Council members.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The BIS Board, which provides collective strategic leadership of the Department, has endorsed a plan of activity and a number of actions to help the Department not only to improve its position on gender-diversity during 2014/15 but to reinforce its continued commitment to attracting a strong and diverse field of candidates to public appointments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 12/06/2014 16:18:01 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

60643

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Public Houses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which organisations (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department met to discuss regulation of pub companies in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014; and on what dates those meetings took place.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	199739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has taken an even handed approach to speaking with stakeholders from all sides of the debate in developing our proposals for statutory intervention in the pubs sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2013, BIS Ministers met the following organisations:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>Minister</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 January</p></td><td><p>Ministerial Roundtable with licensee groups including:</p><p> </p><p>British Institute of Innkeeping; GMB Union; Federation of Licensed Victuallers Associations; Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers; Brighton &amp; Hove Licensees Association; Campaign for Real Ale; Fair Pint Campaign; Independent Pub Confederation; Federation of Small Businesses; Guild of Master Victuallers.</p></td><td><p>Jo Swinson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28 January</p></td><td><p>Ministerial Roundtable including:</p><p> </p><p>British Beer and Pub Association; Punch Taverns; Star Pubs and Bars.</p></td><td><p>Jo Swinson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 February</p></td><td><p>Ministerial Roundtable including:</p><p> </p><p>Greene King; Shepherd Neame; Everards Brewery; Admiral Taverns; Hook Norton Brewery; Independent Family Brewers of Britain.</p></td><td><p>Jo Swinson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21 February</p></td><td><p>Meeting with the Scottish Licensed Trade Association.</p></td><td><p>Jo Swinson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27 February</p></td><td><p>Meeting with Enterprise Inns</p></td><td><p>Michael Fallon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 June</p></td><td><p>Ministerial Roundtable including:</p><p> </p><p>Everards Brewery; Fuller Smith &amp; Turner; Admiral Taverns; Hook Norton; McMullen &amp; Sons; Shepherd Neame; Wadworth &amp; Co; Trust Inns; Greene King; Titanic Brewery; Westerham Ales; Society of Independent Brewers.</p></td><td><p>Jo Swinson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 June</p></td><td><p>Ministerial Roundtable including:</p><p> </p><p>British Beer and Pub Association; Enterprise Inns; Marston's; Mitchells &amp; Butlers; Punch Taverns; Spirit Pub Company; Star Pubs and Bars; Wellington Pub Company.</p></td><td><p>Jo Swinson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18 July</p></td><td><p>Meeting with Greg Mulholland MP and the Independent Pub Confederation.</p></td><td><p>Jo Swinson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30 September</p></td><td><p>Meeting with the British Beer and Pub Association.</p></td><td><p>Vince Cable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>29 October</p></td><td><p>Meeting with the Federation of Small Businesses (pubs were discussed as part of a wider meeting).</p></td><td><p>Vince Cable</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2014, BIS Ministers met the following organisations:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>Minister</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30 January</p></td><td><p>Meeting with the Federation of Small Businesses.</p></td><td><p>Vince Cable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 February</p></td><td><p>Meeting with Sir Peter Luff MP and Admiral Taverns; Hook Norton Brewery.</p></td><td><p>Jenny Willott</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17 March</p></td><td><p>Meeting with Greene King.</p></td><td><p>Jenny Willott</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24 March</p></td><td><p>Meeting with representatives of the British Beer and Pub Association; Punch Taverns; Shepherd Neame.</p></td><td><p>Jenny Willott</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March</p></td><td><p>Meeting with the Campaign for Real Ale.</p></td><td><p>Jenny Willott</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25 April</p></td><td><p>Meeting with S A Brains.</p></td><td><p>Jenny Willott</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to meetings with organisations, Ministers met with a number of tied tenants. Officials also met with stakeholders before, during and after the consultation process to discuss our proposals to establish a Statutory Code and an independent Adjudicator.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 16/06/2014 15:56:29 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

60644

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	New Businesses: 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 many approved partners of the Start Up Loans programme there are in each region.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	199728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of approved partners of the Start Up Loans programme by region are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>England (National): 15</p><p> </p><p>Greater London: 11</p><p> </p><p>North West: 8</p><p> </p><p>North East: 4</p><p> </p><p>East Of England: 2</p><p> </p><p>Yorkshire And Humberside: 6</p><p> </p><p>West Midlands: 5</p><p> </p><p>East Midlands: 4</p><p> </p><p>South East: 4</p><p> </p><p>South West: 2</p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland: 5</p><p> </p><p>Wales: 6</p><p> </p><p>Scotland: 5</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/06/2014 16:00:44 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

60645

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	New Businesses: 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 many Start Up Loans applications have been supported by each approved provider of Start Up Loans mentoring services in each region in which the new company was based or planned to be based.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	199740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>All loan recipients in all regions receiving a start-up loan are offered mentoring, although take up of support services is not a mandatory condition of making the facility available. The number of loans made in each region will be placed in the Libraries of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/06/2014 16:49:08 question first ministerially corrected 17/06/2014 14:06:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name aTTACHMENT TO 199740.docx title Start up Loan applications previous answer version 1697 answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon attachment 1 file name aTTACHMENT TO 199740.docx title Start up Loan applications
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

60649

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	UK Coal
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 report, Merits of UK Coal State Aid Application submitted to his Department on 9 May 2014 by Orion Innovations.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	199792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>I asked officials to review the report and discuss it with the author. This included a discussion on the background to the report and an explanation from Orion of the methodology and conclusions made in the report. Furthermore, they questioned the detail of the analysis, the robustness of the assumptions and areas for further development. Their conclusions are that the report is a high level analysis of the key issues and that it would require significant further work, diligence and validation of assumptions and contingency. It also requires enhancements to methodology, for example, to model the phasing of cash flows and include time value of money considerations and appropriate returns to capital. Orion has noted that the work was completed on a short timeframe and that they would be open to carrying out further work if a mandate could be agreed. On this basis, it is not possible to draw conclusions sufficient to inform any investment decision.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 199685 question first answered 12/06/2014 16:15:54 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

60650

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	UK Coal
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 conclusions of the Orion Innovations report entitled Merits of UK Coal State Aid Application, submitted to his Department on 9 May 2014.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	199685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>I asked officials to review the report and discuss it with the author. This included a discussion on the background to the report and an explanation from Orion of the methodology and conclusions made in the report. Furthermore, they questioned the detail of the analysis, the robustness of the assumptions and areas for further development. Their conclusions are that the report is a high level analysis of the key issues and that it would require significant further work, diligence and validation of assumptions and contingency. It also requires enhancements to methodology, for example, to model the phasing of cash flows and include time value of money considerations and appropriate returns to capital. Orion has noted that the work was completed on a short timeframe and that they would be open to carrying out further work if a mandate could be agreed. On this basis, it is not possible to draw conclusions sufficient to inform any investment decision.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 199792 question first answered 12/06/2014 16:15:54 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

60653

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	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 recent assessment he has made of the current eligibility criteria for higher education maintenance loans.
tabling member constituency	Cannock Chase
tabling member printed	Mr Aidan Burley
uin	199673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills will continue to require students seeking maintenance loans to meet criteria includeing residency, type of course and place of study.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 16/06/2014 16:05:45 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	3937 label Biography information for Mr Aidan Burley