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227687

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	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	Energy Systems Catapult: South West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the merits of siting the new Energy Systems Catapult project in Devon, Cornwall or Somerset.
	tabling member constituency	Exeter
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
	uin	227988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer // 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 question first answered // answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

227699

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	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	Science: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether (a) the Centre for Life in Newcastle and (b) other service centres are eligible for funding from his Department's Inspiring Science Capital Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	227755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Inspiring Science Capital fund is currently in an early stage of development. The eligibility for funding will be confirmed in due course.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 23/03/2015 16:00:31 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

228119

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
	hansard heading	ICT: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what remit Tech North will have to work with existing business infrastructure in the North.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	228287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>TechNorth works closely with a range of partners representative of the local digital business infrastructure, including entrepreneurs and investors from digital clusters in Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, Hull and the North East cluster (Newcastle, Sunderland and Tees Valley).</p><p> </p><p>The TechNorth team will coordinate the existing support and expertise across the region as part of Tech City UK's nationwide objectives, to:</p><p>- drive the success of digital entrepreneurs by improving the supply of (and removing barriers to) skills, talent, investment and infrastructure and</p><p>- drive the success of the digital ecosystem and increased connectivity across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Tech City UK is concluding the process of recruitment for the new Head of TechNorth and other senior roles. Once the senior team is in place it will develop a detailed business plan by June 2015, working with the northern tech community.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 228278 question first answered 23/03/2015 13:46:30 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

228120

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
	hansard heading	ICT: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he plans to publish the business plan for Tech North.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	228278
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>TechNorth works closely with a range of partners representative of the local digital business infrastructure, including entrepreneurs and investors from digital clusters in Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, Hull and the North East cluster (Newcastle, Sunderland and Tees Valley).</p><p> </p><p>The TechNorth team will coordinate the existing support and expertise across the region as part of Tech City UK's nationwide objectives, to:</p><p>- drive the success of digital entrepreneurs by improving the supply of (and removing barriers to) skills, talent, investment and infrastructure and</p><p>- drive the success of the digital ecosystem and increased connectivity across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Tech City UK is concluding the process of recruitment for the new Head of TechNorth and other senior roles. Once the senior team is in place it will develop a detailed business plan by June 2015, working with the northern tech community.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 228287 question first answered 23/03/2015 13:46:30 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

229315

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Devolution: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to devolve further powers to rural areas.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
	uin	908259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Devolution to local areas is important to this Government and we have a proud record - the Localism Act, the creation of Local Enterprise Partnerships, the Local Government Finance Act, and the devolution of at least £12bn through Growth Deals which provide all areas the country to build on their economic potential.</p><p>The Chancellor also announced further devolution to the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, which will benefit both rural and urban areas in West Yorkshire including Colne Valley.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 24/03/2015 15:32:26 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

229317

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development: Shropshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of Shropshire's Growth Deal.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	908262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>So far, £7bn has been awarded to Local Enterprise Partnerships through Growth Deals. £83m has been awarded to the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership which includes £11.6m for projects in Shropshire, including £5m for super-fast broadband, £4.2m for the construction of the Oxon Link Road near Shrewsbury, and £2.4m for the Shrewsbury Integrated Transport Package which will upgrade six major junctions to ease congestion in and around the town.</p><p>In the recent Marches Growth Deal Expansion the Government also committed to support the development of a new university college at Shrewsbury, an initiative being supported by a £17m loan from the Public Works Loan Board.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 24/03/2015 15:32:48 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

229319

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress he has made on implementing local growth deals.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
	uin	908258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Local Enterprise Partnerships have made good progress in implementing their Growth Deals, supported by Government.</p><p>The Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership has a large portfolio of projects ready to start in 2015.</p><p>Government has allocated £627million to the Leeds City Region Growth Deal, this will leverage £640m of other funding. Over the lifetime of the Deal the Local Enterprise Partnership estimates that up to 10,000 jobs could be created and 2,000 new homes built.</p><p>Government has also agreed longer term funding for the West Yorkshire plus Transport Fund. This could deliver 30 transport schemes worth over £1billion.</p><p>The Chancellor announced the Devolution Deal with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority in last week’s Budget. This will give West Yorkshire new powers over skills, business support and transport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 24/03/2015 15:31:58 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

227773

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	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	Adult Education
	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 adults were enrolled on (a) Level 4, (b) Level 5 and (c) Level 6 courses in England in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	227916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Providers.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1b of the Statistical First Release ‘Higher Education Enrolments and Qualifications Obtained in the UK 2013/14’ provides the number of enrolments at both Higher Education Institutions and Further Education Colleges by qualification aim.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/sfr210" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/sfr210</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on how higher education qualification aims are ascribed to the National Vocational Qualification Levels is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_studrec&amp;task=show_file&amp;mnl=13051&amp;href=a%5e_%5eCOURSEAIM.html" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_studrec&amp;task=show_file&amp;mnl=13051&amp;href=a^_^COURSEAIM.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 25/03/2015 15:04:20 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 52018 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

228471

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2015
	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	Postgraduate Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to paragraph 1.179 of Budget 2015, what estimate he has made of how many PhD and post-graduate students in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland will receive the proposed financial support in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	228325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>We are consulting on how best to implement the policy as part of a wider review into how to broaden and strengthen support for postgraduate researchers. We will be working with employers, universities and students to make sure the scheme meets the most pressing needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes data on student entrants, enrolments and qualifiers at UK Higher Education Institutions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/03/2015 14:38:15 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

228501

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2015
	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	Infrastructure
	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 paragraph 1.185 of Budget 2015, which bodies he expects to provide co-funding for the Collaboratorium for Research in Infrastructure and Cities; and what steps he is taking to encourage such co-funding.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	228495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Collaboratorium for Research in Infrastructure and Cities consortium is identifying potential industrial and institutional co-investors as part of the business case development for this initiative. Government is ready to support leveraged funding where appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/03/2015 14:35:53 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah