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432438

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	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	Refrigerators: Safety
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the safety of chemicals in domestic refrigerators, in the light of recent reports by <i>Which?</i>.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL3952
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>Officials are in regular contact with industry and a range of other stakeholders about the safety of electrical products, including refrigerators. Officials are also regularly in contact with their opposite numbers in other Member States to discuss safety issues. However, no recent specific assessment has been made of the safety of chemicals used in these products.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 10/12/2015 12:29:11 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

432439

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	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	Tumble Dryers: Safety
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with industry about the safety of tumble driers, in the light of recent reports by <i>Which?</i>.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL3953
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>I am aware of the recent safety alert in relation to certain brands and models of tumble drier and understand that the manufacturer concerned is working with Trading Standards to take appropriate corrective action.</p><br /><p>My officials are in regular contact with industry about the safety of electrical products, including tumble driers. Officials are also regularly in contact with their opposite numbers in other Member States to discuss safety issues and with those involved in standardisation, for example the British Standards Institution, where standards are updated to reflect advances in technology and problems identified with products in service.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 08/12/2015 17:07:10 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

432405

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	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	Apprentices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the age profile of the total number of apprentices in 2013–14 and 2014–15.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL3919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>In the 2013/14 academic year there were 851,500 government funded apprentices. Of these, 185,800 were aged under 19, 308,900 were aged 19-24 and 356,900 were aged over 25.</p><br /><p>Over the 2014/15 academic year there were 871,800 government funded apprentices. Of these, 194,100 were aged under 19, 315,000 were aged 19-24 and 362,600 were aged over 25.</p><br /><p>Information on Apprenticeship participation by age in 2013/14 and 2014/15 is published as part of a Statistical First Release:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 10/12/2015 12:14:18 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name SFR_commentary_November_2015__1_.pdf title Statistical First release commentary
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

432172

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	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	Partnerships
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what mechanisms are in place to ensure transparency of the ownership of limited partnerships; what plans he has to (a) improve such transparency and (b) ensure that such partnerships are not set up for money laundering purposes; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	17732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p>To improve transparency, the Department has established a publicly accessible central register of people with significant control (PSC register) through the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015.</p><p>The PSC register will be an easily accessible single source of information about the ultimate owners and controllers of UK companies, Limited Liability Partnerships and Societas Europeae. From June 2016, these corporate entities will be required to make their beneficial ownership information publically available through the UK register of companies.</p><p>It is already a legal requirement that the name of each of the partners of limited partnerships be submitted to Companies House on registration. This information is available to the public free of charge through the new Companies House beta service. Companies House also works collaboratively with other government departments and agencies to tackle crime and fraud, including money laundering.</p><p>We are currently considering the scope of the UK register to ensure we comply with the European Union’s Fourth Money Laundering Directive, which requires corporate and other legal entities to obtain and hold beneficial ownership information.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 04/12/2015 11:38:20 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

432173

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	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	Investment: Treaties
	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 the European Commission's request of 18 June 2015 to five EU member states to terminate intra-EU bilateral investment treaties.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	17742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p>The UK is participating in discussions with the Commission and other Member States on possible options and approaches towards handling the Commission’s request, regarding the termination of these treaties. These discussions are at an early stage and no consensus has been reached among Member States.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 04/12/2015 14:26:30 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

432168

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	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	Transport: 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 recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the contribution of further investment in road and rail infrastructure to economic growth and resilience in the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership area.
	tabling member constituency	Taunton Deane
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Pow
	uin	17570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport and I agree about the vital contribution of road and rail infrastructure to national and local economic growth and resilience. In the Spending Review, the government committed to £7.2 billion of transport investment in the South West, including projects with benefits for the Heart of the South West area such as the £2 billion investment to dual the A303. The government also confirmed that:</p><ul><li>Projects such as the North Devon Link Road will be able to bid for the new £475 million Local Majors Fund.</li><li>It is investing £20 million in the New Stations Fund, which will look at bids including the proposal for a stop between Castle Cary to Taunton.</li><li>The new South Western rail franchise will incentivise bidders to increase capacity and improve passenger satisfaction.</li><li>Existing £195.5m Growth Deal commitments, including transport infrastructure, have been confirmed.</li></ul> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 03/12/2015 14:24:51 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow

432171

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	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	Further 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 the Answer of 24 November 2015 to Question 16786, what estimate he has made of the (a) total, (b) staffing and (c) resources cost of conducting area-based reviews of post-16 education and training institutions.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	17719
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>The Departments and their agencies will undertake this work with no additional staffing. Additional costs will be minimal. The Departments and agencies have re-prioritised from within existing resources to accommodate the additional work, including providing access to additional advice and support from further education and six form colleges Advisers.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/12/2015 10:37:31 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

432170

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	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: Finance
	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 Spending Review 2015, what savings and efficiencies he will make from the adult skills budget by 2019-20; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	17689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><br /><p>My Rt hon Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer published the results of the Spending Review on 25th November. This is a good settlement for FE. Between 2010-11 and 2019-20 government will have doubled spending on apprenticeships in cash terms to £2.5 billion, including income from the new apprenticeship levy and protecting funding for the core adult skills participation budgets in cash terms, at £1.5 billion</p><br /><p>The Government will make £362 million of savings and efficiencies from adult skills funding by 2019-20. We are prioritising funding for participation, with savings being made from supporting budgets. We are also restructuring the sector through locally-led Area Reviews to provide sustainable and high quality provision in the future.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 04/12/2015 14:58:55 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle