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77775

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2014
	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	Postal Services: Competition
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how long it would take Ofcom to undertake a review of the impact of the increase in end-to-end competition on the universal postal service.
	tabling member printed	Lord Whitty
	uin	HL1072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Ofcom has set out its approach towards carrying out a full assessment of end-to-end competition in its Guidance published in March 2013 (“Final Guidance on Ofcom’s approach to assessing the impact on the universal service”). Although it has not set out a specific timescale for a full review, Ofcom has in place a continuous monitoring regime and access to key confidential data from Royal Mail and other postal operators which would enable it to anticipate any potential threat to the universal service.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ofcom has said that they are keeping market developments under close monthly review and if this monitoring identified cause for concern they would be able to carry out a review very quickly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More information about Ofcom’s regulatory framework can be found on Ofcom’s website (<a href="http://www.ofcom.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.ofcom.org.uk</a>).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 28/07/2014 14:42:36 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	2444 label Biography information for Lord Whitty

100604

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	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	Apprentices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) 16 year-olds, (2) 17 year-olds, and (3) 18 year-olds started apprenticeships in the academic years 2012–13 and 2013–14 in England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Clifton
	uin	HL2335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the number of apprenticeship starts for 16, 17 and 18 year olds in 2012/13 and provisional full year apprenticeship starts for the same ages in 2013/14. Provisional data are subject to change and should not be directly compared with data from earlier academic years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Apprenticeship starts by age (2012/13 and 2013/14 provisional full year)</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Full year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Age</p></td><td><p>Full year</p></td><td><p>(provisional)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>25,080</p></td><td><p>25,170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>35,810</p></td><td><p>38,320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>53,430</p></td><td><p>54,140</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p> </p><p>1) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p> </p><p>2) Age is calculated based on age at start of the programme rather than based on 31 August.</p><p> </p><p>3) Provisional data are subject to change and should not be directly compared with data from earlier academic years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 29/10/2014 17:05:23 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3144 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Clifton

76550

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many United Kingdom jobs were created in 2013–14 as a result of investment in offshore wind projects by the Green Investment Bank.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Green Investment Bank has provided finance to five offshore wind farm projects. Estimated information about the number of jobs supported by these is provided to the Bank by the operators. Complete data is not currently available as one operator has yet to report. The data received in relation to the other four projects is set out below and indicates that these support around 1,330 construction jobs and 250 ongoing operational jobs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Project</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year of GIB investment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Construction jobs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ongoing operational jobs</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walney</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>40</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhyl flats</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>19</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Array</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>100</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwynt y Mor</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1,330</p></td><td><p>90</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westermost Rough</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>Data not yet supplied</p></td><td><p>Data not yet supplied</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 28/07/2014 11:42:28 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

93712

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2014
	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	Apprentices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many new apprenticeships have been created in (1) the United Kingdom, (2) the South West of England, and (3) Bristol, in the last 12 months.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
	uin	HL2141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>Provisional data for the 2013/14 academic year show there were 432,400 apprenticeship starts in England, 45,200 in the South West Region and 2,970 in Bristol Local Authority. It is not possible to directly compare 2013/14 estimates with figures from previous years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not collect Further Education information relating to the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 27/10/2014 16:57:24 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3703 label Biography information for Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

79521

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2014
	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	Statutory Instruments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many statutory instruments from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills have been laid this calendar year; of those, what percentage corrected errors in a previous instrument (including drafts of affirmative instruments that had to be superseded by correcting drafts); and what steps that Department is taking to reduce the need for correcting instruments.
	tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
	uin	HL1420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has laid 71 statutory instruments<strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong>(SI’s) in this year to date. The table below shows those that have been identified as</p><p> </p><p>correcting errors in previous SI’s and the SI’s corrected.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The legal advisers in the Department for Business have this year reviewed and refreshed</p><p> </p><p>both the processes for the checking of SI’s and the training given to lawyers on drafting</p><p> </p><p>SI’s. This should reduce the incidence of drafting errors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Copyright and Duration of Rights in Performances (Amendment) Regulations 2014 [2014/434]</p></td><td><p>Corrects an error in SI 2013/1782</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2014 [2014/578]</p></td><td><p>Corrects an error in SI 2007/3291</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) (No 3) 2014 [2014/787]</p></td><td><p>Corrects an error in SI 2014/271</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2014 [2014/891]</p></td><td><p>Corrects an error in SI 2003/1592</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Copyright (Regulation of Relevant Licensing Bodies) Regulations 2014[2014/898]</p></td><td><p>Supersedes draft Statutory Instrument of the same title laid before Parliament on 5 February and published on 10 February</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2014 [2014/1771]</p></td><td><p>Corrects an error in SI 2013/3113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Convention on Internal Interests in Mobile Equipment and Protocol thereto on matters specific to Aircraft Equipment) Order 2014 [2014/1885]</p></td><td><p>Supersedes draft Statutory Instrument of the same title laid before Parliament on 11 March and published on 13 March</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table does not include drafts of affirmative instruments which were superseded by a further draft in identical form by reason of affirmative resolutions not having been obtained before the end of the 2013-2014 Parliamentary session and the identical draft being laid in the 2014-2015 session.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 11/08/2014 12:46:50 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

65955

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	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	Regional Growth Fund: North East
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much of each of the first four allocations of Regional Growth Fund for the north-east has been spent.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The North East has been allocated £240.8 million across Rounds 1-4 of the Regional Growth Fund. This is expected to create or safeguard 25,700 jobs and leverage £1.1 billion of private sector investment. The table below shows the total allocation by Round, the amount that has been paid out and the amount spent. The North East has been allocated £57 million in Round 5.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Round </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Allocation (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount paid to date (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount spent to date (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£34.3</p></td><td><p>£33.8</p></td><td><p>£33.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£64.3</p></td><td><p>£56.3</p></td><td><p>£54.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£112.5</p></td><td><p>£45.9</p></td><td><p>£29.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£29.7</p></td><td><p>£2.1</p></td><td><p>£1.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The difference in amount paid versus amount spent relates to those regional programmes, which are paid quarterly in advance, ahead of them administering grants to small and medium-size businesses in the region.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/07/2014 14:30:44 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

78241

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	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	Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action, beyond the changes they are to make to apprenticeships, they intend to take in order to<b></b>prepare young people for the world of work and deliver businesses with a supply of<b></b>young people with appropriate skill sets for the business environment.
	tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
	uin	HL1136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government is taking a range of actions to ensure young people have the skills and experience needed in the workplace.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government published a Careers Inspiration Vision in September 2013 calling on schools and colleges to work closely with employers to provide more inspiration and career insights for children and young people for example through workplace visits, inspiring speakers, coaching and mentoring. To help schools achieve this we have published revised Statutory Guidance which underpins their duty to secure independent careers guidance. This makes it clear that schools should inspire their pupils through more real-life contact with the world of work. We have also published new departmental advice, which provides examples of good practice and case studies, demonstrating how schools can build closer links with employers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 30/07/2014 16:48:18 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

79735

	registered interest
	date	29/07/2014
	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	EU Regional Policy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are their priorities regarding the European Union cohesion policy.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
	uin	HL1627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The budget and main regulations governing European Union cohesion policy for the 2014-20 programming period were agreed formally in December 2013. The focus now is on effective implementation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 11/08/2014 10:30:43 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin

79599

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2014
	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	Supermarkets: Conditions of Employment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of employment practices in the United Kingdom supermarket sector.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL1495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have not made any specific assessment of employment practices in this sector.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 11/08/2014 12:50:29 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

78319

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	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	Business: Billing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the current impact of late payments on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); and what steps they are taking to support SMEs to mitigate the impact of late payments.
	tabling member printed	Lord Barnett
	uin	HL1209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government considered the impact of late payment on Small and Medium Enterprises in our discussion paper Building a Responsible Payment Culture. As a result we are working with industry to create greater transparency of payment practices and a more responsible payment culture. This will include a statutory requirement, via the Small Business Enterprise and Employment Bill, for large firms to publish their payment practices. In addition, we are committed to working with the Institute for Credit Management and businesses to strengthen the Prompt Payment Code.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 28/07/2014 16:56:25 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1018 label Biography information for Lord Barnett