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61475

	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	Housing: Construction
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of their stated intention of building more houses, what is their assessment of the availability of skilled personnel to carry out the building work necessary; and what measures they are taking to train sufficient numbers to ensure the success of the house building programme.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There has been no specific assessment of the availability of skilled personnel for the home building sector. The Construction Industry Training Board's (CITB) latest Construction Skills Network Report forecasts an annual recruitment requirement for the construction sector, including home building, of 36,400 a year for the 2013 – 2018 period.</p><p> </p><p>Under the auspices of the Construction Leadership Council, the house building industry is developing an action plan to address two immediate priorities: improving the image of house building and attracting back experienced workers who left during the recession, and other workers with relevant skills. More widely, the Government is making a number of reforms to the skills system to improve skills supply, putting employers in the driving seat and making providers more responsive to their needs.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also currently undertaking a triennial review of the way the CITB operates and challenging it on the service it delivers to the sector.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 24/06/2014 16:22:41 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

61476

	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	Housing: Construction
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of their stated intention of building more houses, what is their assessment of the ability of the United Kingdom building supplies industry to provide bricks, timber and other materials; and what measures they are taking to encourage growth in the building supplies industry to provide sufficient materials to ensure the success of the house building programme.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government has noted advice from the Construction Products Association that there is no general lack of capacity in UK products manufacturers. The Association advises that only 19 per cent of companies producing heavy building materials are currently operating at near capacity. As the products sector adjusts to the return to growth it expects that capacity will increase further in response to demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 24/06/2014 16:31:26 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

61514

	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	Students: Loans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why the Student Loans Company does not provide up-to-date online information about the state of an account, detailing all repayments made into the account via the PAYE system since the last statement was issued.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Sharp of Guildford
	uin	HL292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>HMRC collates employer information on student loan deductions at the end of each tax year and provides this information in P14 “end of year summaries” to the SLC. The SLC calculate interest and statements are issued to borrowers, advising them of their deductions, interest and outstanding balance at the end of the tax year. This process is repeated annually until all student loan repayments are collected.</p><p> </p><p>The repayment information held by the SLC will, as a result of this system, be accurate to the April of the previous tax year. The SLC is not in a position to provide an accurate settlement of a borrower's balance more recently than the previous April. However, the borrower can track and monitor their own settlement balance online if they retain a note of all their repayment deductions made over the tax year.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC, BIS and SLC are currently discussing arrangements to share student loan repayment information more quickly, but there is no mechanism to do so in the current tax system and necessary changes will take some time to implement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 24/06/2014 16:20:36 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	2113 label Biography information for Baroness Sharp of Guildford

61360

	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	Disabled Students' Allowances: Birmingham
	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 Birmingham Northfield constituency qualify for the disabled students' allowance (DSA); and how many such people will be negatively affected by proposed changes to DSA.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	200253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on students awarded and paid Disabled Students' Allowance is published annually by Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release ‘<em>Student Support for Higher Education England</em>'. The latest statistics are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/media/694170/slcsfr052013.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/media/694170/slcsfr052013.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A further breakdown for Birmingham Northfield constituency has been provided in the table for the academic year 2012/13. Equivalent figures for the academic year 2013/14 will be available from November 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Current DSA recipients and disabled students applying for DSAs in 2014/15 will not be affected by these changes in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are currently consulting with a wide range of stakeholders and are working through the detail of how the changes will work in practice, including the number of students affected.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Students in receipt of Disabled Students Allowance<sup>[1]</sup> from Birmingham, Northfield constituency</strong></p><p> </p><p>Academic Year 2012/13</p><p> </p><p>Effective date: 13/11/2013</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>Application Type</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Full-Time Application</p></td><td><p>Part-Time Application</p></td><td><p>Post Graduate DSA</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(Area)</p></td><td><p>No of Applicants Paid</p></td><td><p>No of Applicants Paid</p></td><td><p>No of Applicants Paid</p></td><td><p>No of Applicants Paid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham Northfield Constituency<sup>[2]</sup></p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>[1] Disabled Student Allowance may be paid to the Student or to a Supplier on the student's behalf.</p><p> </p><p>[2] Figures are derived from the Post Code of the applicant's home address.</p><p> </p><p>[3] The effective date is that of the November 2013 Awards Statistical First Release. The figures are therefore provisional and do not include students who were awarded DSA after November 2013.</p><p> </p><p>[4] DSA Payments may be made at any point during the Academic Year or after the end of the Academic Year.</p><p> </p><p>[5] Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals do not add to the sum of the components due to rounding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 18/06/2014 15:38:40 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

61386

	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	Disabled Students' Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his Written Statement of 7 April 2014, Official Report, column 1WS on higher education, what public consultation he has undertaken on the proposed changes to disabled students' allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
	tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
	uin	200271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We are currently consulting with a wide range of stakeholders to help inform both the Equality Analysis and Disabled Students' Allowances Guidance for 2015/16.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 18/06/2014 15:41:43 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
	tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

61401

	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	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 estimate he has made of the cash value of the student loan book in each year to 2050 (a) before and (b) after sales of student loans.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
	tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
	uin	200265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>(a) We estimate the cash value of ICR student loans to follow approximately this profile going forwards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Value of loan book in real terms</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>2023-24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£70bn</p></td><td><p>£80bn</p></td><td><p>£90bn</p></td><td><p>£100bn</p></td><td><p>£110bn</p></td><td><p>£120bn</p></td><td><p>£130bn</p></td><td><p>£140bn</p></td><td><p>£150bn</p></td><td><p>£160bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024-25</p></td><td><p>2025-26</p></td><td><p>2026-27</p></td><td><p>2027-28</p></td><td><p>2028-29</p></td><td><p>2029-30</p></td><td><p>2030-31</p></td><td><p>2031-32</p></td><td><p>2032-33</p></td><td><p>2033-34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£170bn</p></td><td><p>£180bn</p></td><td><p>£190bn</p></td><td><p>£200bn</p></td><td><p>£210bn</p></td><td><p>£220bn</p></td><td><p>£230bn</p></td><td><p>£240bn</p></td><td><p>£250bn</p></td><td><p>£260bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2034-35</p></td><td><p>2035-36</p></td><td><p>2036-37</p></td><td><p>2037-38</p></td><td><p>2038-39</p></td><td><p>2039-40</p></td><td><p>2040-41</p></td><td><p>2041-42</p></td><td><p>2042-43</p></td><td><p>2043-44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£260bn</p></td><td><p>£270bn</p></td><td><p>£280bn</p></td><td><p>£280bn</p></td><td><p>£290bn</p></td><td><p>£300bn</p></td><td><p>£300bn</p></td><td><p>£310bn</p></td><td><p>£320bn</p></td><td><p>£320bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2044-45</p></td><td><p>2045-46</p></td><td><p>2046-47</p></td><td><p>2047-48</p></td><td><p>2048-49</p></td><td><p>2049-50</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£330bn</p></td><td><p>£330bn</p></td><td><p>£330bn</p></td><td><p>£330bn</p></td><td><p>£330bn</p></td><td><p>£330bn</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Value of loan book in nominal terms</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>2023-24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£70bn</p></td><td><p>£80bn</p></td><td><p>£100bn</p></td><td><p>£110bn</p></td><td><p>£130bn</p></td><td><p>£150bn</p></td><td><p>£170bn</p></td><td><p>£190bn</p></td><td><p>£210bn</p></td><td><p>£230bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024-25</p></td><td><p>2025-26</p></td><td><p>2026-27</p></td><td><p>2027-28</p></td><td><p>2028-29</p></td><td><p>2029-30</p></td><td><p>2030-31</p></td><td><p>2031-32</p></td><td><p>2032-33</p></td><td><p>2033-34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£250bn</p></td><td><p>£270bn</p></td><td><p>£300bn</p></td><td><p>£320bn</p></td><td><p>£350bn</p></td><td><p>£380bn</p></td><td><p>£410bn</p></td><td><p>£440bn</p></td><td><p>£470bn</p></td><td><p>£500bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2034-35</p></td><td><p>2035-36</p></td><td><p>2036-37</p></td><td><p>2037-38</p></td><td><p>2038-39</p></td><td><p>2039-40</p></td><td><p>2040-41</p></td><td><p>2041-42</p></td><td><p>2042-43</p></td><td><p>2043-44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£530bn</p></td><td><p>£570bn</p></td><td><p>£600bn</p></td><td><p>£640bn</p></td><td><p>£670bn</p></td><td><p>£710bn</p></td><td><p>£750bn</p></td><td><p>£790bn</p></td><td><p>£830bn</p></td><td><p>£870bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2044-45</p></td><td><p>2045-46</p></td><td><p>2046-47</p></td><td><p>2047-48</p></td><td><p>2048-49</p></td><td><p>2049-50</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£920bn</p></td><td><p>£960bn</p></td><td><p>£1,000bn</p></td><td><p>£1,030bn</p></td><td><p>£1,070bn</p></td><td><p>£1,100bn</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These estimates assume that fees will increase in line with inflation from 2016 onwards. These forecasts also take account of the freeing up of student number controls in the Autumn Statement, increases in loan take-up rates, demographic changes over time and updated earnings modelling.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(b) The government has a stated aim to sell the pre-2012 loan book. However, the exact programme of sales has yet to be determined. Consequently, it is not possible to estimate the yearly value of the student loan book after these sales have taken place.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 18/06/2014 15:43:46 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

61403

	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	Disabled Students' Allowances: West Midlands
	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 disabled students allowance recipients there are in (a) Birmingham, Hodge Hill constituency, (b) Birmingham and (c) the West Midlands.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
	tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
	uin	200291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>Information on students awarded and paid Disabled Students' Allowance is published annually by Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release ‘<em>Student Support for Higher Education England</em>'. The latest statistics are available at the following link: <a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/media/694170/slcsfr052013.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/media/694170/slcsfr052013.pdf</a></p><p>A further breakdown for Birmingham, Hodge Hill constituency, Birmingham Local Education Authority and the West Midlands has been provided in the table for the academic year 2012/13. Equivalent figures for the academic year 2013/14 will be available from November 2014.</p><p><strong>Students in receipt of Disabled Students Allowance<sup>[1] </sup>from Birmingham, Hodge Hill constituency, Birmingham and the West Midlands</strong></p><p>Academic Year 2012/13</p><p>Effective date: 13/11/2013</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>Application Type</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Full-Time Application</p></td><td><p>Part-Time Application</p></td><td><p>Post Graduate DSA</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(Area)</p></td><td><p>No of Applicants Paid</p></td><td><p>No of Applicants Paid</p></td><td><p>No of Applicants Paid</p></td><td><p>No of Applicants Paid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands Government Region<sup>[2]</sup></p></td><td><p>5,340</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>6,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham Local Education Authority<sup>[2]</sup></p></td><td><p>950</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham, Hodge Hill Constituency<sup>[2]</sup></p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><p><strong>[1] Disabled Student Allowance may be paid to the Student or to a Supplier on the student's behalf.</strong></p><p><strong>[2] Figures are derived from the Post Code of the applicant's home address.</strong></p><p><strong>[3] The effective date is that of the November 2013 Awards Statistical First Release. The figures are therefore provisional and do not include students who were awarded DSA after November 2013.</strong></p><p><strong>[4] DSA Payments may be made at any point during the Academic Year or after the end of the Academic Year. </strong></p><p><strong>[5] Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals may not add to the sum of the components due to rounding.</strong></p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 18/06/2014 15:30:28 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

61404

	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	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 estimate his Department has made of the RAB charge for student loans issued after 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
	tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
	uin	200292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>We estimate the RAB charge on these loans to be around 45%.</p><p>The actual cost of issuing student loans will be dependent on future macro-economic circumstances, in particular earnings and we will continue to update our forecasts on a regular basis to take account of changes to short term and long term macro-economic assumptions.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 18/06/2014 15:20:49 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

61407

	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	Higher Education
	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 the externally audited copies of the last three years' accounts supplied by alternative learning providers who sought specific course designation under his Department's financial sustainability, management and governance checks.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
	tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
	uin	200269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The audited accounts of alternative providers submitted to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) as part of the specific designation application process are commercially confidential information. They are only shared with parties involved in the assessment of that application. BIS will not be publishing this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 18/06/2014 15:45:48 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

61408

	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	Higher 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, what individual student number controls his Department has set for each provider which has been granted specific course designation under his Department's financial sustainability, management and governance checks.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
	tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
	uin	200270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>Provisional student number allocations have been issued to providers. However, those numbers will only be confirmed and where necessary adjusted when the provider has received designation or re-designation for the 2014/15 academic year. For the majority of providers that process is still on-going. We will publish student number control data when that process has been completed for all providers.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 18/06/2014 15:54:21 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne