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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

229052

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to provide a substantive answer to Questions 225677, 225678, 225008 and 225009.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	228760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>I have replied to the hon Member.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/03/2015 10:29:14 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

229063

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	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	Higher Education: Israel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of higher education institutes that participated in Israel Apartheid Week.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	228792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. Higher education institutions are independent and autonomous bodies and as part of their legal duties are responsible for ensuring that students do not face racism or harassment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/03/2015 10:26:47 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

229095

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	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: England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress he has made on further devolution in England.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	228765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the member of Romford to the response I gave the member for Crawley during oral questions on Tuesday 24 March, <em>column 1273.</em></p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/03/2015 12:20:14 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

229540

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	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	Regional Planning and Development
	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 promote regional growth.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	908356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Since this Government was elected 1.9 million more people are in employment, with jobs created in every region of the country – 60% outside London and the South East.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 28 City Deals, and 39 Local Growth Deals are helping drive local growth by transferring powers and resources from Whitehall to local economies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/03/2015 14:22:13 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

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