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100477

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Stalking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been charged under the provisions of section 4a of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 since 25 November 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	211469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd on 23<sup>rd</sup> October 2014 (questions, 211141, 211143 and 211144). The previous answer included tables detailing the number of offences charged under Sections 4A(1)(a)(b)(i), Sections 4A(1)(a)(b)(ii) and 2A(1) of the 1997 Act broken down by each police force in England and Wales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 27/10/2014 17:36:47 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

659700

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Gratuities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to announce the outcome of the tips, gratuities, cover and service charges: proposals for further action consultation which ended on 27 June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	57781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s objective is to ensure workers receive all discretionary payments for service, except those deductions required under tax law. Its consultation on tips, gratuities, service and cover charges sought views on a range of actions to address issues associated with tipping practices. The public consultation received 172 responses. These are being considered and a Government response will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/12/2016 16:29:18 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

751488

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Gratuities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 20 December 2016 to Question 57781, when his Department plans to announce the outcome of the tips, gratuities, cover and service charges: proposals for further action consultation which ended on 27 June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	4517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The government is currently considering next steps in light of responses to the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 18/07/2017 13:20:32 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 5065 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

777066

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Gratuities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the timetable is for the publication of his Department's response to the 2016 consultation into tipping, gratuities, cover and service charges.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	109411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering next steps in light of responses to the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 30/10/2017 14:41:55 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

64882

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	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	Bankruptcy
	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 (a) average total debt, secured and unsecured, in debtor petition bankruptcies, (b) average total debt, secured and unsecured, in creditor petition bankruptcies and (c) median unsecured debt in all bankruptcies was of individuals who filed for bankruptcy in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	203245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The data requested are not available in the Insolvency Service's data warehouse in a form that would allow this question to be answered. The data for individual bankrupts are held on the Insolvency Service's case management system, but cannot be extracted and aggregated except at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 08/07/2014 15:43:34 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

64883

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	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	Debts
	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 average total debt was of individuals who filed for a debt relief order in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	203246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The average debt level of an individual that was granted a Debt Relief Order in England and Wales in each of the last five years can be found in table 1 below.</p><p><strong><em>Table 1: Average Liabilities of Individuals granted a Debt Relief Order<sup>1</sup></em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Average Liability (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>8,717</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>8,453</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>8,504</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>8,410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>8,554</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><sup>1</sup></strong><strong>Including those under enquiry or revoked at a later date</strong></p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 08/07/2014 15:41:23 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

65630

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	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	Individual Voluntary Arrangements
	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 value of publishing the average total debt of individuals subject to individual voluntary arrangements.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	204045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>Individual voluntary arrangements (IVAs) are supervised by licensed insolvency practitioners, who are required to notify the Insolvency Service of the registration of new IVAs, the name, date of birth and address of the individual, and the date of completion or termination of the IVA. They are not required to provide information on the amount of debt, so it is not possible to publish such information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 09/07/2014 16:09:41 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

76241

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	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	Adrian Beecroft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what dates (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department had meetings with Adrian Beecroft between May 2012 and June 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	204448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>Details of Ministers' meetings with external organisations are published quarterly on the Gov.uk website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;publication_type=transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;publication_type=transparency-data</a></p><p>Information for January – March 2014 will be published in due course.</p><p>Information on any meetings between officials and Adrian Beecroft is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 15/07/2014 14:24:14 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

79204

	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	Government Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what requirements there are for delivery partners to monitor the gender of (a) applicants for and (b) recipients of government-backed (i) grants and (ii) loan schemes.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	206824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are a number of grant and loan schemes administered by this Department through delivery partners. Many of these loans and grants are made to a company or organisation and not to named individuals. As such, we do not collect data on gender for these loans and grants. The tables below provide details of specific schemes aimed at individual applicants.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Start Up Loans</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Scheme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of female applications</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion who were female</strong></p><p><strong>application</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of female recipients</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion who were female</strong></p><p><strong>recipients</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Start Up Loans (launched September 2012)</p></td><td><p>11,526</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>6914</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Start Up Loans (launched September 2012) are delivered by Start Up Loan Company (SuLCo). There is no specific requirement to monitor gender, but monitoring of gender is one of the data streams SuLCo captures to aid in its reporting to government.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Student Loans<strong>[1]</strong></strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Type of Support</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No of females awarded loans Academic Year 2008/09</strong></p><p><strong>000s</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion who were female</strong></p><p><strong>awarded loans Academic Year 2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No of females awarded loans</strong></p><p><strong>Academic Year 2012/13</strong></p><p><strong>000s</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion who were female</strong></p><p><strong>awarded loans Academic Year 2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maintenance Grant Awarded</p></td><td><p>263.7</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td><td><p>302.4</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HE Grant Awarded</p></td><td><p>15.0</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adult Dependant Grant Awarded</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Childcare Grant Awarded</p></td><td><p>9.4</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td><td><p>12.8</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parental Learning Allowance Awarded</p></td><td><p>27.6</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td><td><p>31.8</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Travel Grant Awarded</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disabled Students Allowance Paid</p></td><td><p>10.9</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td><td><p>31.9</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tuition Fee Loan Paid</p></td><td><p>362.6</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>469.9</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maintenance Loan Paid</p></td><td><p>419.5</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>505.5</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Student Loans are delivered by Student Loans Company (SLC). There is no requirement to monitor gender. Monitoring focuses on the eligibility criteria which are set out in regulations. Gender is not part of the eligibility criteria.</p><p> </p><p>The data only includes two academic years because providing all five academic years would be of disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The data only includes those who were “awarded” Student Loans rather than those who “applied” and “received”. This is because students are awarded Student Loans based on eligibility criteria so only those who applied and were eligible have been recorded.</p><p> </p><p><strong>24+ Advanced Learning Loan (24+ALL)*</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of learners <em>awarded </em>24+ALL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of female</strong></p><p><strong>learners <em>awarded</em> 24+ALL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of female learners <em>awarded </em>a 24+ALL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of <em>applications</em> for a 24+ALL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of female</strong></p><p><strong>applications for a 24+ALL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of female applications for a 24+ALL</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p><p><em>Aug 2013 to Apr 2014</em></p></td><td><p>52,400</p></td><td><p>39,500</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p><p><em>To end June 2014</em></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>69,110</p></td><td><p>52,010</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>4,760</p></td><td><p>3,680</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>* Introduced in the 2013/14 Academic Year</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Vocational Education Teaching and Learning funding is outlined in the Skills Funding Statement which sets out the Government’s priorities for the budget. It is for providers to decide how they use funding to reflect those priorities. The Skills Funding Statements 2012-15 and 2013-16 also show in the Data Annex what learning the available funding has supported over the last three years, including a breakdown by gender:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-statement-2013-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-statement-2013-to-2016</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-statement-2012-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-statement-2012-2015</a></p><br /><p>[1] Excludes Careleavers Grant, Dependants Grant and Lone Parents Grant.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 206822 206825 question first answered 11/09/2014 15:35:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

79205

	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	Government Assistance
	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 and what proportion of applicants for (a) grants or (b) loans underwritten by the Government were female in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	206825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are a number of grant and loan schemes administered by this Department through delivery partners. Many of these loans and grants are made to a company or organisation and not to named individuals. As such, we do not collect data on gender for these loans and grants. The tables below provide details of specific schemes aimed at individual applicants.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Start Up Loans</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Scheme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of female applications</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion who were female</strong></p><p><strong>application</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of female recipients</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion who were female</strong></p><p><strong>recipients</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Start Up Loans (launched September 2012)</p></td><td><p>11,526</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>6914</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Start Up Loans (launched September 2012) are delivered by Start Up Loan Company (SuLCo). There is no specific requirement to monitor gender, but monitoring of gender is one of the data streams SuLCo captures to aid in its reporting to government.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Student Loans<strong>[1]</strong></strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Type of Support</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No of females awarded loans Academic Year 2008/09</strong></p><p><strong>000s</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion who were female</strong></p><p><strong>awarded loans Academic Year 2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No of females awarded loans</strong></p><p><strong>Academic Year 2012/13</strong></p><p><strong>000s</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion who were female</strong></p><p><strong>awarded loans Academic Year 2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maintenance Grant Awarded</p></td><td><p>263.7</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td><td><p>302.4</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HE Grant Awarded</p></td><td><p>15.0</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adult Dependant Grant Awarded</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Childcare Grant Awarded</p></td><td><p>9.4</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td><td><p>12.8</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parental Learning Allowance Awarded</p></td><td><p>27.6</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td><td><p>31.8</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Travel Grant Awarded</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disabled Students Allowance Paid</p></td><td><p>10.9</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td><td><p>31.9</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tuition Fee Loan Paid</p></td><td><p>362.6</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>469.9</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maintenance Loan Paid</p></td><td><p>419.5</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>505.5</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Student Loans are delivered by Student Loans Company (SLC). There is no requirement to monitor gender. Monitoring focuses on the eligibility criteria which are set out in regulations. Gender is not part of the eligibility criteria.</p><p> </p><p>The data only includes two academic years because providing all five academic years would be of disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The data only includes those who were “awarded” Student Loans rather than those who “applied” and “received”. This is because students are awarded Student Loans based on eligibility criteria so only those who applied and were eligible have been recorded.</p><p> </p><p><strong>24+ Advanced Learning Loan (24+ALL)*</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of learners <em>awarded </em>24+ALL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of female</strong></p><p><strong>learners <em>awarded</em> 24+ALL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of female learners <em>awarded </em>a 24+ALL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of <em>applications</em> for a 24+ALL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of female</strong></p><p><strong>applications for a 24+ALL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of female applications for a 24+ALL</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p><p><em>Aug 2013 to Apr 2014</em></p></td><td><p>52,400</p></td><td><p>39,500</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p><p><em>To end June 2014</em></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>69,110</p></td><td><p>52,010</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>4,760</p></td><td><p>3,680</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>* Introduced in the 2013/14 Academic Year</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Vocational Education Teaching and Learning funding is outlined in the Skills Funding Statement which sets out the Government’s priorities for the budget. It is for providers to decide how they use funding to reflect those priorities. The Skills Funding Statements 2012-15 and 2013-16 also show in the Data Annex what learning the available funding has supported over the last three years, including a breakdown by gender:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-statement-2013-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-statement-2013-to-2016</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-statement-2012-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-statement-2012-2015</a></p><br /><p>[1] Excludes Careleavers Grant, Dependants Grant and Lone Parents Grant.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 206822 206824 question first answered 11/09/2014 15:35:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy