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101765

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/11/2014
	date	30/10/2014
	date tabled	30/10/2014
	ddp created	30/10/2014 22:00:43
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 05:19:26
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Timber: Imports
	house id	1
	identifier	212602
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/11/2014 15:20:39
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what tonnage of imports of wood pellets there has been into the UK in the last three years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Blackley and Broughton
	tabling member printed	Graham Stringer
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 212602
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	212602
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data on the net mass of imports of wood pellets are published by HMRC in Overseas Trade Statistics. Data for the years 2011 to 2013 are shown in the following tables. Due to routine updating of the commodity codes by Eurostat, wood pellets were coded as ‘44013020 - Sawdust and wood waste and scrap, agglomerated in pellets’ in 2011 but then classified to the new code ‘44013100 – wood pellets’ in 2012 and 2013. For this analysis we have combined these two headings to provide a consistent series. The values below are provided in metric tonnes, each equivalent to 1,000 kg.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Net mass of wood pellet imports to the UK (metric tonnes)</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,015,102</p></td><td><p>1,486,899</p></td><td><p>3,432,187</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source: HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Note: wood pellets were classified as 'HS 44013020 - Sawdust and wood waste and scrap, agglomerated in pellets' in 2011 and as 'HS 44013100 - Wood pellets' in 2012 and 2013</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 11/11/2014 15:20:39 answering member 4070
	creator	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer

101766

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/11/2014
	date	30/10/2014
	date tabled	30/10/2014
	ddp created	30/10/2014 22:00:43
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 05:19:32
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	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
	identifier	212604
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	05/11/2014 15:55:17
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland were paid the apprentice rate of the national minimum wage in the last year for which figures are available.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Hereford and South Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Jesse Norman
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 212604
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	212604
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Information on apprenticeship pay in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is published in research findings from the Apprenticeship Pay Survey. The most recent survey covers apprentices working in 2012:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-pay-survey-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-pay-survey-2012</a></p><p> </p><p>In England, 71 per cent of apprentices received on or above the minimum amount they should get based on their year and/or age. In Wales the figure was 82 per cent</p><p> </p><p>The 2014 Apprenticeship Pay Survey will be published in December 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The report does not show how many apprentices under 19 earned less than £90 per week, as it does not link hours worked to pay rates. However, the mean average hourly rate for apprentices under 19 was £3.77 in England and Wales and £3.34 in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> question first answered 05/11/2014 15:55:17 answering member 3995
	creator	3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman

101767

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/11/2014
	date	30/10/2014
	date tabled	30/10/2014
	ddp created	30/10/2014 22:00:44
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 05:19:38
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	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
	identifier	212605
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	05/11/2014 15:55:17
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to publish the 2014 Apprenticeship Pay Survey.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Hereford and South Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Jesse Norman
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 212605
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	212605
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Information on apprenticeship pay in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is published in research findings from the Apprenticeship Pay Survey. The most recent survey covers apprentices working in 2012:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-pay-survey-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-pay-survey-2012</a></p><p> </p><p>In England, 71 per cent of apprentices received on or above the minimum amount they should get based on their year and/or age. In Wales the figure was 82 per cent</p><p> </p><p>The 2014 Apprenticeship Pay Survey will be published in December 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The report does not show how many apprentices under 19 earned less than £90 per week, as it does not link hours worked to pay rates. However, the mean average hourly rate for apprentices under 19 was £3.77 in England and Wales and £3.34 in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> question first answered 05/11/2014 15:55:17 answering member 3995
	creator	3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman