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58547

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport (a) applications and (b) renewal applications were received by the Passport Office in each (i) month and (ii) year of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	199406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following table provides the requested information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 30/06/2014 16:15:43 question first ministerially corrected 02/09/2014 15:04:09 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ-199406 Katy Clark table[1].doc title Applications for passports and renewals V2 previous answer version 6842 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ-199406 Katy Clark table.doc title Applications for passports and renewals
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

42696

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which statistics identified as high impact outputs with less widespread support by the Office for National Statistics in consultation on statistical products 2013 have had funding secured for their compilation in 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	191785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ191785.pdf title Statistics - ONS Letter
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

42699

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure that all statistics identified as high impact outputs with less widespread support by the Office for National Statistics in its consultation on statistical products 2013 will continue to be funded for 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	191818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2014 answer text <p> I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 17 March 2014 (Official Report) Column Ref: 470W.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ191818 - Referral Answer.docx title Referral answer for Member
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

46441

	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, when the standard individual export licence granted in May 2011 to permit tear gas ammunition to be exported to Turkey expired.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	195000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>The licence expired on 4<sup>th</sup> May 2012. Temporary export licences are issued for a period of 12 months, with a condition that the goods are returned to the UK within the validity of the licence. The goods were returned to the UK on 23 May 2011.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

46443

	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, if he will investigate whether any tear gas exported to Turkey under the standard individual export licence granted in May 2011 was used on demonstrators in Turkey in 2013.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	195001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>The licence granted in May 2011 was for temporary export of &quot;inert tear gas/irritant ammunition&quot; for exhibition purposes. It was a condition of the licence that the goods were returned to the UK within 12 months and they were returned on 13 May 2013 .The licence did not authorise the export of any tear gas or &quot;live&quot; tear gas ammunition.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

47122

	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, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of reform of apprenticeships resulting from the Richard Review on the cost of training new (a) ratings and (b) officer cadets in the maritime industry; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	195525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p>Different apprenticeship programmes operate in England and Scotland. Doug Richard's Review focused on English apprenticeships and he made a number of recommendations to make the programme more rigorous and responsive to employers' needs. The Government accepted the Richard Review principles and set out its apprenticeship reform programme in the October 2013 Implementation Plan.</p><p> </p><p>The reforms include employers developing new apprenticeship standards, requiring employers to co-invest, putting the Government funding for the external training and assessment of apprentices in the hands of their employers and setting maximum Government contribution levels. With direct access to funding, employers will be able to negotiate a price for the training with their provider, and this means it is not possible in advance of the reforms to say what the costs of training apprentices in specific occupations will be.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Maritime sector has a long tradition of apprenticeships which we wish to continue. English apprenticeships are currently available for Maritime occupations and employers in the sector are currently designing a new apprenticeship standard for ratings as part of our Phase 2 Trailblazer programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has recognised through Alternative Completion Conditions Regulations that, in some maritime occupations, apprentices may be trainees rather than employees. The apprenticeships funding reform technical consultation is open until 1 May 2014 and this includes a question about how, or to what extent, the new funding principles and mechanism can be applied to non-employed apprentices.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

48407

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	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 recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on increasing the range of services provided by the Post Office network.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	196569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Post Office Ltd, with its network of over 11,500 branches, is well placed to become a provider of front office services for Government, helping citizens interact with Government either face-to-face or online.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>While public services must be competitively tendered, Post Office Ltd has shown that it can very effectively bid for and win new work. It has won every Government contract it has bid for the past three years in highly competitive tendering processes.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>In particular, in 2012 it successfully bid for the competitively-tendered DVLA framework contract for Front Office Counter Services (FOCS). This contract runs to 2020 and is available to other Government departments. For example HM Passport Office recently moved its services with Post Office Ltd onto FOCS and this Department and the Cabinet Office are in close contact about a range of other opportunities.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Furthermore, Post Office Ltd was recently one of the successful bidders for the Cabinet Office's online identity assurance contract, ensuring that Post Office Ltd can play a role in the delivery of modern, online Government services.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Whilst I continue to highlight to my colleagues the opportunities available to Government from using the Post Office network and contracts such as these, individual contracts are a matter for the services in question and their respective public bodies and departments. I have not had recent discussions specifically with the Welsh Government.</p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

48408

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	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 recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on increasing the range of services provided by the Post Office network.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	196570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>Post Office Ltd, with its network of over 11,500 branches, is well placed to become a provider of front office services for Government, helping citizens interact with Government either face-to-face or online.</p><p> </p><p>While public services must be competitively tendered, Post Office Ltd has shown that it can very effectively bid for and win new work. It has won every Government contract it has bid for the past three years in highly competitive tendering processes.</p><p> </p><p>In particular, in 2012 it successfully bid for the competitively-tendered DVLA framework contract for Front Office Counter Services (FOCS). This contract runs to 2020 and is available to other Government departments. For example HM Passport Office recently moved its services with Post Office Ltd onto FOCS and this Department and the Cabinet Office are in close contact about a range of other opportunities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, Post Office Ltd was recently one of the successful bidders for the Cabinet Office's online identity assurance contract, ensuring that Post Office Ltd can play a role in the delivery of modern, online Government services.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst I continue to highlight to my colleagues the opportunities available to Government from using the Post Office network and contracts such as these, individual contracts are a matter for the services in question and their respective public bodies and departments. I have not had recent discussions specifically with the Northern Ireland Executive.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

48412

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	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, if he will undertake a comparative assessment of Government spending on apprenticeships in the UK and Germany.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	196549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>A wide variety of public sources frequently make comparative assessment of international Apprenticeships systems.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

48414

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	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 amount the Government spent on full-time students in technical colleges in 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	196539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The funding available for adult further education and skills in 2013-14 financial year was £4.1bn of which £3.6bn was routed through the Skills Funding Agency to support the capacity for 3 million learners. More detailed data on spend in that financial year are not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>The funding available for apprenticeships in 2013-14 financial year was £1,566m of which £802m was provided by the Department for Education for those aged 16-18 and £764m was provided by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills for those aged 19 and over. More detailed data on spend in that financial year are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 196540 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning