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522430

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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	Unemployment: Young People
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 Department's budget allocation was for reducing the number of young people who were classified as not in employment, education or training in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	39006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Young and unemployed people are prioritised in the skills funding system through entitlements to free training, as well as specific programmes and initiatives, such as Traineeships and the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers. The Adult Education Budget is not ring-fenced for any provision and providers have the freedom and flexibility to put on provision to meet the needs of learners and local labour markets.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 14/06/2016 15:02:12 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

522431

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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	Unemployment: Young People
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 he is taking to support third-sector training providers and local authorities in reducing the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	39008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>Third sector providers and local authority adult education services access the Adult Education Budget as prime and sub-contractors, using the funding for training which helps young people who are not in education, employment or training prepare for work, amongst other objectives. They also compete to run local European Social Fund programmes; many of these programmes focus on helping young people improve their skills levels and employment opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>Where combined authorities agree devolution deals which include devolution of the Adult Education Budget, they will assume full responsibility for decisions about what provision to commission from that budget. Nine areas have agreed such deals to date, with devolution of that budget due to take effect from 2018/19, subject to readiness conditions being met. BIS is working with those areas in advance of full devolution to help increase local influence over nationally-funded adult education provision in their locality in the interim.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 13/06/2016 09:52:28 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

522432

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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	Unemployment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding is available for third-sector training providers to support young people who are not in education, employment or training and not ready for classroom-based learning since the end of the Youth Contract.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	39081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>Third sector providers and local authority adult education services access the Adult Education Budget as prime and sub-contractors, using the funding for training which helps young people who are not in education, employment or training prepare for work, amongst other objectives. They also compete to run local European Social Fund programmes; many of these programmes focus on helping young people improve their skills levels and employment opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>Where combined authorities agree devolution deals which include devolution of the Adult Education Budget, they will assume full responsibility for decisions about what provision to commission from that budget. Nine areas have agreed such deals to date, with devolution of that budget due to take effect from 2018/19, subject to readiness conditions being met. BIS is working with those areas in advance of full devolution to help increase local influence over nationally-funded adult education provision in their locality in the interim.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/06/2016 12:53:42 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

522437

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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	Unemployment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what data his Department collects on a local authority basis on the number of young people classified as (a) not in employment, education or training and (b) unable to be located or unknown.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	39141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Estimates of the number of young people aged 16-18 who are NEET or whose activity is not known, at the local authority level are published annually by DfE: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neet-data-by-local-authority-2012-16-to-18-year-olds-not-in-education-employment-or-training" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neet-data-by-local-authority-2012-16-to-18-year-olds-not-in-education-employment-or-training</a>. These are based on administrative data provided by Local Authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Department for Education (DfE) release a joint quarterly publication that contains estimates of the number of young people aged 16-24 in England who are not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET): <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/neet-statistics-quarterly-brief-january-to-march-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/neet-statistics-quarterly-brief-january-to-march-2016</a>. These estimates are based on the Labour Force Survey and contain regional breakdowns in the supplementary tables, however these are not at the local authority level due to low sample sizes.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/06/2016 12:59:21 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

521051

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Video Games: Internet
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 he is taking to protect children from in-game selling and promotions when playing games online.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	38300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that consumers are properly protected and that children’s vulnerability and inexperience is not exploited by aggressive commercial practices<strong>. </strong>We welcomed the Office of Fair Trading’s (OFT) investigation into whether children have been unfairly encouraged to spend money in online games and apps, in breach of consumer laws. The OFT’s subsequent <em>Principles for Online and App-based Games</em> were published in January 2014, to help ensure that online and app games publishers better understand their responsibilities and do not subject children to unfair or aggressive selling practices. The Competition and Markets Authority subsequently referred 3 games to the Advertising Standards Authority for further enforcement action.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 03/06/2016 09:58:02 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

521052

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Video Games: Internet
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 legislation for protecting children from in-game selling and promotions when playing games online.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	38301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that consumers are properly protected and that children’s vulnerability and inexperience is not exploited by aggressive commercial practices<strong>. </strong>We welcomed the Office of Fair Trading’s (OFT) investigation into whether children have been unfairly encouraged to spend money in online games and apps, in breach of consumer laws. The OFT’s subsequent <em>Principles for Online and App-based Games,</em> which are based on the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (2008), were published in January 2014. The Competition and Markets Authority subsequently referred 3 games to the Advertising Standards Authority for further enforcement action. The Government continues to take a close interest in this issue.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 03/06/2016 09:58:11 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

515709

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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	Carbon Monoxide: Alarms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has plans to regulate the sale of black spot carbon monoxide detectors.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	35533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>We have no plans to further regulate the sale of black spot carbon monoxide detectors.</p><p>Carbon monoxide detectors fall under the General Product Safety Regulations (GPSR) 2005 which states any product placed on the market must be safe. Trading Standards will remove products that do not meet the requirements of the GPSR.</p><p>These types of carbon monoxide detectors are obsolete and no longer generally available.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 03/05/2016 15:13:04 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

515710

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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	Carbon Monoxide: Alarms
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 bring forward regulations on the sale of black spot carbon monoxide detectors.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	35534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>We have no plans to bring forward regulations on the sale of black spot carbon monoxide detectors.</p><p>Carbon monoxide detectors fall under the General Product Safety Regulations (GPSR) 2005 which states any product placed on the market must be safe. Trading Standards will remove products that do not meet the requirements of the GPSR.</p><p>These types of carbon monoxide detectors are obsolete and no longer generally available.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 03/05/2016 15:13:42 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

513944

registered interest
date	19/04/2016
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	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria his Department uses to judge the quality of apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	34675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>All apprenticeships must be paid jobs; have a minimum duration of 12 months; and offer sustained and substantial training to ensure apprentices gain significant new skills and competence in their occupation.</p><p>Employers are designing new apprenticeship standards and assessment approaches that must meet a number of set criteria to ensure quality and consistency across all apprenticeships. These are set out in the “Future of apprenticeships in England: guidance for trailblazers - from standards to starts” <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-of-apprenticeships-in-england-guidance-for-trailblazers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-of-apprenticeships-in-england-guidance-for-trailblazers</a></p><p>In England from April 2017, the independent Institute for Apprenticeships will support the quality of apprenticeship standards in England. Ofsted and Ofqual will also continue to inspect, report on and regulate apprenticeships up to and including Level 3.</p><p>We are also introducing legislation to protect the term `apprenticeship` from misuse by education and training providers. The aim is to assure employers, apprentices and training providers that action can be taken if poor quality training is mis-sold as an apprenticeship, and that they are investing in high quality apprenticeships.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 28/04/2016 10:38:52 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

513283

registered interest
date	15/04/2016
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	Home Care Services: Pay
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 has a policy on the payment of homecare workers for travel time.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	34209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government is clear that anyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) should receive the NMW/NLW. The same rules apply on the payment of travel time for homecare workers as all other sectors in the economy.</p><p>Time spent travelling directly between assignments generally counts as time worked for NMW/NLW purposes. Whether a worker is entitled to the NMW/NLW for other periods - such as the time spent travelling between home and their first assignment and between their last assignment and home - depends on the terms of their contract and whether they are working during that time. Where the travelling time is time for which the NMW/NLW should be paid, any associated expenditure incurred by a worker in respect of that travel must be reimbursed.</p><p>In September 2015 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in the case <em>Federación</em> <em>de Servicios</em> that journeys made by workers without a fixed or habitual place of work between their homes and the first and last customer of the day constitute working time. However, this ruling does not require the travel time to be paid, and it is for Member States to determine whether this time should be paid. The National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015 state that travel time to and from the home to a place of work or a place where an assignment is carried out is not treated as time or salaried hours work.</p><p>The rules on travel time are set out in full on page 31 of the ‘Calculating the minimum wage’ document:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/514897/BIS-16-144-nmw-calculating-the-national-minimum-wage.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/514897/BIS-16-144-nmw-calculating-the-national-minimum-wage.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 25/04/2016 13:06:56 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman