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383753

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which buildings occupied by his Department are owned or part-owned privately; what the total value is of the rent paid to private landlords for the use of such buildings for official duties; and to whom such rent is paid.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	3094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The buildings occupied by the core Department for Business, Innovation and Skills are set out in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Buildings occupied by BIS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>To whom rent is paid</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rent paid per annum (£) inc. VAT</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET</p></td><td><p>Mitsubishi Estate London Ltd</p></td><td><p>11,004,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apex Court, City Link, Nottingham, NG2 4LA</p></td><td><p>PS Landa, MS Landa, SS Landa &amp; PS Landa T/A Sherwood Properties</p></td><td><p>685,471</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queensway House, West Precinct, Billingham, TS23 2NF</p></td><td><p>Stockton Borough Council</p></td><td><p>48,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Victoria Square House, Birmingham, B2 4AJ</p></td><td><p>GVA Grimley Ltd</p></td><td><p>531,312</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, WA4 4AD</p></td><td><p>Science and Technology Facilities Council</p></td><td><p>47,344</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 Piccadilly Gate, Store Street, Manchester, M1 2WD</p></td><td><p>GVA Grimley Ltd</p></td><td><p>366,491</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/06/2015 13:57:57 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

383754

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	City Region Deals: Aberdeen
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 make an assessment of the potential economic benefit of a city region deal to Aberdeen.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	3127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government committed to initiate discussions with Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire in the Budget in March 2015 and discussions are ongoing. The Government also recognises the significant contribution to the UK economy that Aberdeen makes and believe there are real opportunities to build on that strength to ensure that the economy continues to deliver locally and the economy as a whole.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/06/2015 15:28:39 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

383762

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	Adult Education: Student Numbers
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 learners used 19 plus adult learning services in each of the last five academic years.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	3182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text <p>The total number of adults aged 19 plus participating in Government funded Further Education and skills learning in each of the last 5 years are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,540,500</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,163,200</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,149,700</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,280,600</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,929,600</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p>More detailed information on participation is available from the following website:</p><p><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></p><p>Details of funding allocations made available to further education providers in the 2014/15 financial year are available on the Skills Funding Agency website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2014-to-2015</a></p><p>Allocations for 2015/16 will be published in due course.</p><p>At the end of February 2015, 4 local authority providers of adult further education and training were judged as outstanding, 122 were judged as good, 11 were judged as requires improvement and four were judged as inadequate at their most recent Ofsted inspection.</p><p>Information on the numbers of people employed by local authorities across specific services is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 3180 3181 3183 question first answered 26/06/2015 11:39:47 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

383763

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	Adult Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, by what average proportion adult learning services budgets have varied in (a) this and (b) the next financial year.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	3183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text <p>The total number of adults aged 19 plus participating in Government funded Further Education and skills learning in each of the last 5 years are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,540,500</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,163,200</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,149,700</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,280,600</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,929,600</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p>More detailed information on participation is available from the following website:</p><p><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></p><p>Details of funding allocations made available to further education providers in the 2014/15 financial year are available on the Skills Funding Agency website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2014-to-2015</a></p><p>Allocations for 2015/16 will be published in due course.</p><p>At the end of February 2015, 4 local authority providers of adult further education and training were judged as outstanding, 122 were judged as good, 11 were judged as requires improvement and four were judged as inadequate at their most recent Ofsted inspection.</p><p>Information on the numbers of people employed by local authorities across specific services is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 3180 3181 3182 question first answered 26/06/2015 11:39:47 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

383765

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	Further Education: Finance
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 meet the Skills Funding Agency to discuss the number of course places his Department will fund in the coming year.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	3233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text <p>I regularly meet officials of the Skills Funding Agency to discuss a range of matters relating to adult skills funding and also meet representatives from colleges when my diary permits. Funding for 16 – 19 year olds is a matter for the Department for Education.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 3231 3234 question first answered 26/06/2015 11:57:52 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

383766

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	Education: Finance
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 meet the Edcuation Funding Agency to discuss the number of course places his Department will fund in the coming year.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	3234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text <p>I regularly meet officials of the Skills Funding Agency to discuss a range of matters relating to adult skills funding and also meet representatives from colleges when my diary permits. Funding for 16 – 19 year olds is a matter for the Department for Education.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 3231 3233 question first answered 26/06/2015 11:57:52 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

383768

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	Adult Education: Standards
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 adult learning service departments in England are judged by Ofsted to be (a) outstanding, (b) good and (c) needs improvement.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	3180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text <p>The total number of adults aged 19 plus participating in Government funded Further Education and skills learning in each of the last 5 years are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,540,500</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,163,200</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,149,700</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,280,600</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,929,600</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p>More detailed information on participation is available from the following website:</p><p><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></p><p>Details of funding allocations made available to further education providers in the 2014/15 financial year are available on the Skills Funding Agency website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2014-to-2015</a></p><p>Allocations for 2015/16 will be published in due course.</p><p>At the end of February 2015, 4 local authority providers of adult further education and training were judged as outstanding, 122 were judged as good, 11 were judged as requires improvement and four were judged as inadequate at their most recent Ofsted inspection.</p><p>Information on the numbers of people employed by local authorities across specific services is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 3181 3182 3183 question first answered 26/06/2015 11:39:47 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

383769

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	Adult Education: Staff
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 are employed by local authorities in adult learning services in England.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	3181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The total number of adults aged 19 plus participating in Government funded Further Education and skills learning in each of the last 5 years are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,540,500</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,163,200</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,149,700</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,280,600</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,929,600</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p>More detailed information on participation is available from the following website:</p><p><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></p><p>Details of funding allocations made available to further education providers in the 2014/15 financial year are available on the Skills Funding Agency website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2014-to-2015</a></p><p>Allocations for 2015/16 will be published in due course.</p><p>At the end of February 2015, 4 local authority providers of adult further education and training were judged as outstanding, 122 were judged as good, 11 were judged as requires improvement and four were judged as inadequate at their most recent Ofsted inspection.</p><p>Information on the numbers of people employed by local authorities across specific services is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 3180 3182 3183 question first answered 26/06/2015 11:39:46 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

383772

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	Education: Finance
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 meet representatives of Dudley College to discuss upcoming funding allocations for (a) adult skills, (b) the Skills Funding Agency and (c) the Education Funding Agency.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	3231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I regularly meet officials of the Skills Funding Agency to discuss a range of matters relating to adult skills funding and also meet representatives from colleges when my diary permits. Funding for 16 – 19 year olds is a matter for the Department for Education.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 3233 3234 question first answered 26/06/2015 11:57:52 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

381781

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
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	Basic Skills: 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, what financial resources the Government plans to allocate for the provision of basic English and mathematics in further education.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	2973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Improving English and maths is a top priority for Government.</p><p>40% of pupils do not get GCSE grades A* to C in English and maths by age 16. Worse still, 90% of those who don’t reach this basic standard by 16, don’t achieve it by age 19.</p><p>The Government is determined to ensure that all students who do not attain A*-C in English and maths GCSEs in KS4 are supported to continue to work towards these vital qualifications.</p><p>From August 2014 students who did not achieve A*-C in English and/or maths GCSE by age 16 must continue to work towards achieving these qualifications or an approved interim qualification as a ‘stepping stone’ towards GCSE as a condition of student places being funded.</p><p>With effect from August 2015, we will amend the funding condition, so full-time 16 to 19 students with prior attainment of grade D in English and/or maths will take GCSE, rather than any other qualification in these subjects.</p><p>For adults without a A*-C GCSE or a level 2 qualification in English and/or maths, the Government will fully fund English and maths provision up to and including level 2. English and maths are also embedded in our training programmes, such as apprenticeships and traineeships, for those who do not have a GCSE A*-C (Level 2 qualification). The skills funding letter for 2015-2016 emphasised the priority we attach to English and maths and spend has been protected through our allocations methodology.</p><p>To address the increase in post-16 students continuing their English and maths study, the Government is investing over £30m over two years (financial years 13/14 and 14/15) in a range of measures to improve the quantity of teachers and quality of teaching and learning practice. To date this investment has supported the recruitment of 680 new graduate teachers and the training of 3,250 existing maths and English teachers.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 25/06/2015 15:03:40 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson