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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

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

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

77840

	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	Research: Middle East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assistance the UK has given to the developments of the SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) project; and what collaborative scientific research projects the UK supports between Israel, Iran and the Palestinian Authority.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	205936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The UK became an observer member of the SESAME Interim Council in 2001. Professor Samar Hasnain of Liverpool University has represented the UK Government at the SESAME Council, following his appointment in 2004. The Government has provided funding since 2008/9 to Professor Samar Hasnain to support his role as the UK’s representative on the SESAME council as follows:</p><p>- 2008/9 – 2013/14: £15k per annum</p><p>- Additional funding of £22k per annum was recently approved following a review of the project for the financial years 2014/15 – 2015/16</p><p>Professor Samar Hasnain in his role as an observer undertakes various activities on behalf of the Government for the progress of SESAME including:</p><p>- Representing the Government at the Interim Council meetings</p><p>- Producing an annual report on SESAME and its benefits to the UK; and</p><p>- Spreading awareness of the existence and desirability of SESAME to existing and potential SESAME member countries.</p><p>He is also an active member of the Science Advisory Committee which meets twice a year.</p><p>This Department does not currently fund any other collaborative scientific research projects between Israel, Iran and the Palestinian Authority.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 22/07/2014 14:44:15 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn