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65633

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
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	British Business Bank
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 small and medium-sized business in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England and Wales have (i) applied for and (ii) been granted loans by the British Business Bank in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	203964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>The British Business Bank does not lend directly to small and medium-sized businesses.</p><p>However, the British Business Bank does administer a number of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills' schemes designed to improve access to finance for small and medium-sized businesses by facilitating lending which would not otherwise take place.</p><p>In all cases the loans are made by third party lenders and neither the Department nor the Business Bank plays any part in the individual lending decisions.</p><p>In some instances the loans are made using capital partially or wholly provided by the Department as either a grant or a loan and in other cases the lenders' own capital is used under the partial protection of a guarantee from the Department.</p><p>The devolved nature of the delivery arrangements mean that the Department does not hold fully comparable information on the number of applications received by each lender in each programme but information on loans drawn down in the Financial Year 2013/14 is available as follows:</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/07/2014 13:39:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name British Business Bank loans.docx title British Business Bank loans to SMEs
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

65635

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
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	Parents: Further Education
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 people in further education or training in the last academic year were (a) parents and (b) single parents.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	204008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information is not collected on the number of people in further education or training who were parents.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/07/2014 13:14:57 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

65636

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
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	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 many (a) men and (b) women have applied for Advanced Learner loans since the start of the scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	204007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on the number of 24+ Advanced Learning Loan applications received between 8th April 2013 and 31st May 2014 by gender is published online:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/24-advanced-learning-loans-application-information-june-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/24-advanced-learning-loans-application-information-june-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/07/2014 13:09:56 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

63021

registered interest
date	20/06/2014
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	National Vocational Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost to the public purse was of NVQ qualifications for learners aged 24 and over of (a) entry level, (b) level 1 (excluding English or mathematics) and (c) level 2 for each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	201593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The funding available for adult skills is outlined in the Skills Funding Statement. The statement sets out the Government's priorities for the budget and it is for providers to decide how they use their adult skills funding to reflect those priorities and meet the needs of learners and employers in their local area.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-statement-2013-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-statement-2013-to-2016</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-statement-2012-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-statement-2012-2015</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-investment-statement-for-2011-to-2014-new-challenges-new-chances" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-investment-statement-for-2011-to-2014-new-challenges-new-chances</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/06/2014 16:55:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

61377

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
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	Sector Skills Councils
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 (a) public and (b) private funding has been provided to each sector skills council (i) on average and (ii) in the East Midlands in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	200188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>a-i) Over the 5 year period 1st April 2009 to 31st March 2014 on average each sector skills council received £11m of public funding from the UK Commission for Employment as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Average funding per SSC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>09/10</p></td><td><p>10-11</p></td><td><p>11-12</p></td><td><p>12-13</p></td><td><p>13-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National</p></td><td><p>2.9m</p></td><td><p>2.3m</p></td><td><p>2.3m</p></td><td><p>2.1m</p></td><td><p>1.8m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>a-ii) Public funding from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is allocated to sector skills councils by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills at a national level for sector skills councils to decide how to best use the resources available to them including any specific support at a local level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>b) The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills does not hold information on the amount of private funding provided to each sector skills council.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/06/2014 16:13:30 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

60739

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	National Vocational Qualifications
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 (a) women and (b) men aged 24 and above applied for financial assistance for NVQ levels 3 and 4 in the first and second academic quarters in each year since 2008.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	199690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information is not readily available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/06/2014 16:10:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

47129

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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
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 (a) committed to and (b) spent in each constituency in the East Midlands through the Regional Growth Fund in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	195637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>We do not hold information in the format requested. However, the following table details the amount of Regional Growth Fund (RGF) allocated to and paid in each constituency in the East Midlands from the first four bidding rounds. In addition, £82.2 million has been allocated to nine programmes in the East Midlands, which support small and medium-sized enterprises across the region. Of this, £19.6 million has been paid to date.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Constituency</p></td><td><p>RGF committed</p></td><td><p>RGF spent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bassetlaw</p></td><td><p>£1,328,460</p></td><td><p>£1,328,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bosworth</p></td><td><p>£19,671,000</p></td><td><p>£16,284,417</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charnwood</p></td><td><p>£4,170,000</p></td><td><p>£4,168,871</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester South</p></td><td><p>£1,072,800</p></td><td><p>£249,301</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>£5,575,000</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham North</p></td><td><p>£1,600,000</p></td><td><p>£1,599,999</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham South</p></td><td><p>£2,871,460</p></td><td><p>£727,471</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sherwood</p></td><td><p>£495,000</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>£6,300,000</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

47130

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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
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 projects in Ashfield constituency have been selected to receive funding from the Regional Growth Fund in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many projects from Ashfield contituency have received final offer letters from the Regional Growth Fund in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	195636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>There was one Round 4 Regional Growth Fund (RGF) project award from the Ashfield constituency. However, the postcode of the project has changed since and the project now falls under a different constituency.</p><p>There are two awards made to RGF programmes to which small and medium-sized enterprises in the Ashfield constituency may bid.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

46442

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) median and (b) mean (i) annual and (ii) hourly salary is for (A) men and (B) women in Government-sponsored apprenticeship schemes; and what those figures were in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	195007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>In 2012, the median gross hourly wage for an Apprentice in England was £6.09. The mean was £6.21. In 2011, the equivalent gross hourly wages were £5.83 and £5.80.</p><p> </p><p>For females, in 2011, the median gross hourly wage was £5.96 and the mean £5.88. In 2012, these were £6.19 and £6.23 respectively.</p><p> </p><p>For males, in 2011, the median gross hourly wage was £5.43 and the mean £5.71. In 2012, these were £5.93 and £6.19 respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that the only available data we have for Apprenticeship Pay is for 2012 and 2011, from the two Apprenticeship Pay Surveys (APS). These surveys do not calculate an annual wage from the survey responses as the hours Apprentices work are variable. There was a pay survey conducted in 2007, but this is not considered to be comparable with the two later years.</p><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-pay-survey-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-pay-survey-2012</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 5033 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

46446

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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
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 and what proportion of (a) people, (b) men and (c) women were in (i) work, (ii) full-time work and (iii) part-time work in each constituency earn the national minimum wage; and what those figures were in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	195026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), carried out in April each year, is the most comprehensive source of earnings information in the United Kingdom. Hourly levels of earnings are estimated from ASHE, and are provided by the Office for National Statistics for employees on adult rates of pay, whose earnings for the survey pay period were not affected by absence.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates for the number and proportion of national minimum wage jobs at sub-Regional geographies such as parliamentary constituency are not available for reasons of quality.</p><p> </p><p>Related information is available in the National Minimum Wage Low Pay Commission Report 2014, which contains some estimates for minimum wage jobs, as defined above, by Regions, gender and full-time/part-time:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/288841/The_National_Minimum_Wage_LPC_Report_2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/288841/The_National_Minimum_Wage_LPC_Report_2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero