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172473

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	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: Admissions
	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 number of additional students that will enter higher education in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18 as a result of the removal of the cap on student numbers.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
	uin	220140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

172474

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	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: Admissions
	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 additional costs of (a) the face value of student loans, (b) the resource costs of student loans, (c) teaching grant through the Higher Education Funding Council for England, (d) maintenance grant that will arise from the removal of the cap on student numbers.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
	uin	220141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

172509

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Shaker Aamer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his counterpart in the US for Shaker Aamer to be among the prisoners expected to be released from Guantánamo Bay within the next two weeks.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	220001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text Shaker Aamer’s case remains a high priority for the UK Government, and Ministers and officials continue to make clear to the US that we want him released and returned to the UK as a matter of urgency. answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/01/2015 16:41:43 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

172619

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent staff worked on his Department's ministerial correspondence in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	220136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Many staff across the Department spend a proportion of their time working on ministerial correspondence.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/01/2015 12:18:25 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

172621

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Kilmarnock
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for personal independence payments by residents of Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency have not been resolved within a six month period.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	220004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information on personal independence payment cases registered and cleared below national level has been published and is available in the data tables which accompany the most recent release of statistics on 17 December 2014: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department intends to release PIP clearance times and waiting/outstanding times statistics for the first time in March 2015, with the release pre-announced in line with UK Statistics Authority release protocols.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 12/01/2015 12:28:07 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

172622

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's guidance is on recommended response times to correspondence to Ministers from hon. Members.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	220010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department for Work and Pensions aims to reply to 90 per cent of correspondence to Ministers from hon. Members within 20 working days.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/01/2015 12:02:38 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

172623

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average response time has been for each Minister in his Department to correspondence from hon. Members in each month of the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	220011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Cabinet Office publishes information on the performance of Departments and agencies on handling correspondence from hon. Members and peers annually by way of a written statement.</p><p> </p><p>The information for the last two years that is available, 2012 and 2013, is in the Official Report 13 May 2013: Column 23WS and 13 May 2014: Column 17WS</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 220014 question first answered 12/01/2015 12:23:12 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

172624

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the Minister for Disabled People's replies to correspondence from hon. Members have taken longer than (a) five, (b) 10, (c) 15 and (d) 20 working days in each month of the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	220014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office publishes information on the performance of Departments and agencies on handling correspondence from hon. Members and peers annually by way of a written statement.</p><p> </p><p>The information for the last two years that is available, 2012 and 2013, is in the Official Report 13 May 2013: Column 23WS and 13 May 2014: Column 17WS</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 220011 question first answered 12/01/2015 12:23:13 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

172471

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	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	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 the average full course cost to the public purse was of apprenticeships at each level in the most recent academic year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Dover
	tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
	uin	220063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The average estimated apprenticeship programme costs to government of learners who completed (or left) in the 2013/14 academic year is shown in Table 1. Please note that this is the Government contribution only and does not include any employer contributions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1. Average estimated apprenticeship programme costs to government (2013/14)</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Age group</p></td><td><p>Level</p></td><td><p>Average cost to government</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>16-18</p></td><td><p>Intermediate Level (L2)</p></td><td><p>£4,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Advanced Level (L3)</p></td><td><p>£7,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Levels (L4+)</p></td><td><p>£5,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Levels</p></td><td><p>£5,300</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>19+</p></td><td><p>Intermediate Level (L2)</p></td><td><p>£1,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Advanced Level (L3)</p></td><td><p>£2,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Levels (L4+)</p></td><td><p>£2,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Levels</p></td><td><p>£2,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1) The average apprenticeship programme costs to government have been calculated by the Skills Funding Agency from the final Individualised Learner Record data return (R14) for the 2013/14 academic year. It is based on all government-funded apprenticeship programmes that ended in the 2013/14 academic year (including both completers and early leavers)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2) The age group refers to the age of learners at start of the programme</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>3) The average costs to government are rounded to the nearest £100.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>4) The costs of different apprenticeship frameworks are highly variable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>5) The funding of apprenticeships is currently under review and costs could change considerably in the near future.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 12/01/2015 16:11:42 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

172431

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	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	New Businesses: Kent
	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 start-up loans have been granted to businesses in the Shepway local authority area since that initiative began.
	tabling member constituency	Folkestone and Hythe
	tabling member printed	Damian Collins
	uin	219992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since the Start-Up Loans scheme launched in June 2012, a total of 33 loans have been issued in the Shepway local authority area, with a drawn down value of £123,350.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 12/01/2015 17:47:43 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins