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518707

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	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	M3
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in developing the IT system to support the delivery of the Digital Apprenticeship Voucher, and what plans they have for testing and piloting that scheme.
	tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
	uin	HL1
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>The digital apprenticeship service is being built by the Skills Funding Agency in accordance with Cabinet Office best practice.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure that the service is focused on employer and training provider needs we are performing extensive user research. The service will build on insights gathered from over 2000 employers and around 400 training providers. To make sure that the service is ready for the levy in April 2017, we plan to launch a substantial pilot with employers and providers later this year.</p><p> </p><p>Further details on the apprenticeship levy and the digital apprenticeship service are available in the guide for employers which was published in April: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-levy-how-it-will-work" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-levy-how-it-will-work</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/05/2016 13:09:33 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name Apprenticeship levy.docx title Apprenticeship levy - how it will work
	tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare

347236

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Channel Four Television
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the impact that the sale of Channel 4 might have on the reduction of the United Kingdom deficit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>There are currently no estimates of what impact the sale of Channel 4 might have on the deficit, or any plans for a sale. Any decision about a sale of Channel 4 would need to balance the broadcaster’s public service obligations against its potential commercial value.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/06/2015 09:11:42 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

347237

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	BBC: Royal Charters
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the review of the BBC Royal Charter will consider (1) the number of radio stations, (2) the number of television channels, (3) restrictions on BBC online and digital local services, (4) the scope of the BBC's public service obligation, (5) replacing the licence fee with a subscription or other system, (6) decriminalising failure to pay licence fees, (7) the role of the National Audit Office and the Public Accounts Committee in scrutinising the BBC, and (8) freedom of information obligations.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport is currently considering a range of options for reviewing the BBC's Royal Charter and will make an announcement in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/06/2015 09:12:19 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

386904

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2015
	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	Business: Regulation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what data they used to estimate the announced savings of £10 billion for businesses over the last four years as a result of cutting red tape.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL1013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The Ninth Statement of New Regulation, published December 2014, lists all regulation and deregulation in scope of One-in, One-out and One-in, Two-out. These are the measures used in the analysis of net savings for business. They add up to £2.2bn annual ongoing savings, or £10bn when measured cumulatively over the Parliament.</p><p><br>The calculations for the value of each individual measure is set out in the published Impact Assessment associated with that measure, and validated by the independent Regulatory Policy Committee.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/07/2015 16:58:07 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

386905

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2015
	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	Regulation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what savings have been made by efforts to reduce the cost of regulation over the last Parliament, broken down by each specific regulation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL1014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The Ninth Statement of New Regulation, published December 2014, lists all regulation and deregulation in scope of One-in, One-out and One-in, Two-out. These are the measures used in the analysis of net savings for business. They add up to £2.2bn annual ongoing savings, or £10bn when measured cumulatively over the Parliament.</p><p><br>.</p><p> </p><p>The calculations for the value of each individual measure is set out in the published Impact Assessment associated with that measure, and validated by the independent Regulatory Policy Committee.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/07/2015 16:58:20 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

386906

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2015
	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	Small Businesses: Audit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what data they used to estimate the savings made from enabling small businesses to decide whether their accounts need to be audited.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL1015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Data on company size and audit fees was sourced from the “FAME” database, Bureau van Dijk. The data was used for both of the final impact assessments approved by the Regulatory Policy Committee in the last Parliament on changes to the law to enable more companies to decide whether or not their accounts need to be audited.</p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment on the audit changes (including for small businesses) in the Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts and Audit Exemptions and Change of Accounting Framework) Regulations 2012 is available at: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2301/impacts/2014/286" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2301/impacts/2014/286</a></p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment on all the changes in the Companies, Partnerships and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2015 is available at: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/980/impacts/2014/424" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/980/impacts/2014/424</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name ukia_20140286_en.pdf title Audit Changes 2 file name ukia_20140424_en.pdf title Changes in the Companies. Partnerships and groups question first answered 14/07/2015 11:25:06 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

386907

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2015
	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	Regulation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which regulations they included in their analysis of reducing the costs of regulation over the last Parliament.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL1016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The Ninth Statement of New Regulation, published December 2014, lists all regulation and deregulation in scope of One-in, One-out and One-in, Two-out. These are the measures used in the analysis of net savings for business. They add up to £2.2bn annual ongoing savings, or £10bn when measured cumulatively over the Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The calculations for the value of each individual measure is set out in the published Impact Assessment associated with that measure, and validated by the independent Regulatory Policy Committee.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/07/2015 16:58:13 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

386908

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2015
	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	Regulation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the internal process for calculating regulatory savings; and which individuals, by job title, are involved.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL1017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>For each new regulation or deregulation, the costs and savings to business are calculated and presented in the form of an Impact Assessment. These are completed by policy officials within each Department, working with government economists.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Each Impact Assessment is scrutinised by the independent Regulatory Policy Committee, who are responsible for validating the assessment of the costs and savings to business. Further information on the Committee can be found on the gov.uk website.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/07/2015 15:43:41 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

386929

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2015
	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	Higher Education: Regulation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to review the higher education regulatory framework.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Nye
	uin	HL1038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government keeps the higher education regulatory framework under review to ensure it continues to support a high quality higher education sector.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 13/07/2015 11:05:09 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4180 label Biography information for Baroness Nye

387204

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2015
	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	Regulation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which third parties are contracted to verify regulatory savings, and in each case, which savings they verified.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL1040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>Under the provisions of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (the Act), the Government must appoint an independent body to verify assessments economic impact on business activities within 12 months of the start of the Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The independent verification body has not yet been formally appointed, but its appointment will be announced shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 16/07/2015 15:28:02 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn