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89423

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	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	Spaceflight
	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 steps he has taken to encourage the growth of a space tourism industry in the the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	207535
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Robert Goodwill) announced at the Farnborough International Air show in July 2014 the Government's commitment to establish a spaceport in the UK by 2018. The Government is working to ensure that sub-orbital space participant and science flights are operated from this space port.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 08/09/2014 14:00:42 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

78356

	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	Students: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on privatising part or all of the Student Loan book before May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Ann McKechin
	uin	206295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This Government has sold £160 million of mortgage-style student loans on the condition that no terms of the loans can be changed. This follows the previous government’s record of selling £2 billion of mortgage-style student loans. At Autumn Statement 2013 the government committed to selling the pre-Browne Income Contingent Student Loan Book in a number of tranches, with a first sale intended to occur by the end of financial year 2015/16. There are no plans to conduct a sale during this parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 22/07/2014 13:20:28 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 11768 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	1419 label Biography information for Ann McKechin

78338

	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	Regional Growth Fund
	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 winning bidders under the Regional Growth Fund in each (a) bidding round and (b) region have withdrawn to date.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	206268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>A full breakdown of the number of withdrawn awards by Round and Region is included in the table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Round 1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Round 2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Round 3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Round 4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Round 5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East of England</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nationwide</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East</strong></p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>34</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West</strong></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South East</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South West</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Yorkshire and The Humber</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>38</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>116</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 02/09/2014 13:42:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

90272

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2014
	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	Disabled Students' Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made in carrying out an equality analysis on proposals to change the disabled students' allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
	tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
	uin	207902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Equality Analysis is currently being updated in light of information and evidence provided by stakeholders and will be published alongside the regulations when they are laid.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 08/09/2014 13:55:51 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 18516 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

76997

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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	Higher Education: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of those who accepted a university place to study (a) engineering, (b) technology, (c) mathematics and computer science, (d) architecture and (e) physical science were female in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	205154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The information is shown in the table.</p><p><strong>Percentage of accepted applicants to full-time undergraduate courses in the UK who were female, for selected subjects, 2009 to 2013</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Year of entry</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Engineering</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Technologies</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mathematics and computer science</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Architecture, building and planning</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Physical sciences</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source: UCAS annual pivot tables.</strong></p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 22/07/2014 14:40:56 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

79283

	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	Students: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 11 December 2013, Official Report, column 247W, on students: loans, how many complaints (a) he and (b) the Office of Fair Trading has received about changes to the conditions of student loans sold to Erudio Student Loans Limited for loan holders (i) nationally and (ii) in Greater Manchester; what steps he has taken to remind Erudio of its responsibility to uphold the original conditions of the loan; what guidance he has issued to purchasers of the student loan book on how student loans impact credit ratings; and if he will place in the Library a copy of that guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
	tabling member printed	Jim Dobbin
	uin	206948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills had received complaints about Erudio Student Loans Limited from 38 loan holders (or their elected representatives) as at 31<sup>st</sup> July 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Twelve of these did not specify their location.</li><li>Of the remaining 26, 15 were from (or about) loan holders in England, of which one was in Greater Manchester.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Office of Fair Trading was closed on 1<sup>st</sup> April 2014 and its responsibilities in relation to consumer credit passed to the Financial Conduct Authority. The Financial Conduct Authority does not investigate individual complaints. The Financial Ombudsman Service is a free, independent service for settling disputes between financial services firms and their customers, which can deal with complaints about a wide range of financial matters.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Erudio has been notified of five complaints received by the Financial Ombudsman Service as at 31<sup>st</sup> July 2014. None of these was from loan holders in Greater Manchester.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Mortgage style student loans are regulated loans under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (as amended). Terms and conditions are specified in the Education (Student Loans) Regulations 1998 and in borrowers’ loan credit agreements. Erudio Student Loans Limited is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority for accounts formed under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (as amended) and must act in compliance with the terms and conditions of the loans, relevant regulatory requirements, industry guidance and all applicable laws.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has not issued guidance to Erudio Student Loans Limited in relation to how mortgage style student loans impact on borrowers’ credit scores, as the Department has no involvement in the credit scoring process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The leaflet ‘Credit explained’ published by the Information Commissioner’s Office explains this in more detail and is available at</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://ico.org.uk/for_the_public/topic_specific_guides/~/media/documents/library/Data_Protection/Practical_application/credit-explained-dp-guidance.pdf" target="_blank">http://ico.org.uk/for_the_public/topic_specific_guides/~/media/documents/library/Data_Protection/Practical_application/credit-explained-dp-guidance.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 01/09/2014 13:43:24 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	446 label Biography information for Jim Dobbin

78124

	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	Technology Strategy Board
	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 expenditure was of the Technology Strategy Board in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Wales in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	205775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Technology Strategy Board expenditure, including its support for Catapult centres, in each of the last three years in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales was as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Fiscal Year</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>England</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Scotland</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>NI</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Wales</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY 11/12</p></td><td><p>£210.38m</p></td><td><p>£8.64m</p></td><td><p>£2.32m</p></td><td><p>£3.49m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY12/13</p></td><td><p>£321.89m</p></td><td><p>£17.49m</p></td><td><p>£3.16m</p></td><td><p>£4.18m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FY13/14</p></td><td><p>£378.46m</p></td><td><p>£44.35m</p></td><td><p>£7.05m</p></td><td><p>£6.45m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Total </em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>£910.73m</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>£70.48m</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>£12.53m</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>£14.12m</em></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 22/07/2014 13:43:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

77847

	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	Students: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consideration he has given to lowering the tuition fee cap for students studying STEM subjects.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	205814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government has not considered lowering tuition fee caps for students studying STEM subjects. Higher education institutions already have the flexibility to vary their fees for STEM or other courses, provided that the fees charged do not exceed the cap.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 21/07/2014 14:05:50 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

78122

	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	Students: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when his Department plans next to update the RAB charge on student loans.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
	tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
	uin	205774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The next update of the RAB charge will happen when the Student Loans Company provides the Department with updated loans data. This typically takes place in early autumn each year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 29/08/2014 08:32:46 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

78335

	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	Graduates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to increase opportunities for university leavers and to ensure that university leavers in all regions and constituent parts of the UK benefit from his efforts.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
	uin	206222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government is rebuilding, rebalancing and growing the economy to ensure that all university leavers in all parts of the country are given the opportunity to achieve their potential.</p><p>The economic plan is working, with over two million more private sector jobs and 400,000 more businesses.</p><p>To enable students to take advantage of these opportunities we are increasing the information available to them through the Key Information Set. This provides comparable information on over 37,000 undergraduate courses at universities and colleges across the country.</p><p>Our Graduate Talent Pool programme has played a valuable role in stimulating the UK graduate internship market, helping graduates to gain relevant work experience and improving their employment prospects.</p><p>Latest data, from the Destinations of Leavers of Higher Education survey, show that these policies are working. 88% of full-time first degree leavers who graduated from UK universities in 2012/13 were in employment or further study 6 months after graduation.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 01/09/2014 16:04:19 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn