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65970

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
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	Apprentices
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 apprenticeships commenced in the last 12 months were with (a) small and medium-sized enterprises, (b) larger firms, (c) public sector employers and (d) voluntary sector employers.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	204315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on the size of organisations offering Apprenticeships is presented in the <em>Apprenticeship Evaluation: Employer</em> research publication:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeships-evaluation-employer" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeships-evaluation-employer</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not separately measure the number of apprenticeship starts in the public, private and voluntary sectors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/07/2014 14:46:03 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

65850

registered interest
date	04/07/2014
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	Apprentices
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 apprenticeships have been taken up by (a) men and (b) women (i) aged up to 21 years, (ii) aged 22 to 24 years and (iii) aged 25 years and above in the last year.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	204107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on Apprenticeship starts by gender and age is published in a supplementary table, entitled <em>Breakdown by age, gender and level: starts 2002/03 to 2012/13</em>, to a Statistical First Release (SFR). The age breakdowns provided are under 19, 19-24 and 25+.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/317564/apprenticeship-starts-by-age-gender-level.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/317564/apprenticeship-starts-by-age-gender-level.xls</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/07/2014 15:20:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

65633

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	British Business Bank
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 small and medium-sized business in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England and Wales have (i) applied for and (ii) been granted loans by the British Business Bank in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	203964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>The British Business Bank does not lend directly to small and medium-sized businesses.</p><p>However, the British Business Bank does administer a number of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills' schemes designed to improve access to finance for small and medium-sized businesses by facilitating lending which would not otherwise take place.</p><p>In all cases the loans are made by third party lenders and neither the Department nor the Business Bank plays any part in the individual lending decisions.</p><p>In some instances the loans are made using capital partially or wholly provided by the Department as either a grant or a loan and in other cases the lenders' own capital is used under the partial protection of a guarantee from the Department.</p><p>The devolved nature of the delivery arrangements mean that the Department does not hold fully comparable information on the number of applications received by each lender in each programme but information on loans drawn down in the Financial Year 2013/14 is available as follows:</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/07/2014 13:39:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name British Business Bank loans.docx title British Business Bank loans to SMEs
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

65635

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	Parents: 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, how many people in further education or training in the last academic year were (a) parents and (b) single parents.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	204008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information is not collected on the number of people in further education or training who were parents.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/07/2014 13:14:57 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

65636

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	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, how many (a) men and (b) women have applied for Advanced Learner loans since the start of the scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	204007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on the number of 24+ Advanced Learning Loan applications received between 8th April 2013 and 31st May 2014 by gender is published online:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/24-advanced-learning-loans-application-information-june-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/24-advanced-learning-loans-application-information-june-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/07/2014 13:09:56 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

65637

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	Discretionary Learner Support Fund
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 (a) men and (b) women in further education received funding for childcare through the Discretionary Learner Support scheme in the last academic year; and what the total amount spent on such support was.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	204009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills undertook its latest analysis of Discretionary Learner Support for the full academic year 2011/12, which detailed specific breakdowns of expenditure and learner characteristics.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Agency allocated £58.5m to providers to support childcare arrangements for their adult learners aged 20 and over. Providers assessed learner need and awarded a total of £42m for childcare to nearly 10,500 learners. Around 300 (3%) of these awards were given to males with around 10,200 being females.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/07/2014 13:11:54 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

65641

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	New Businesses: East Sussex
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 has taken to increase business formation in (a) Brighton, Kemptown and (b) Lewes District; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	203874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>Small businesses are vital to the economy and this Government is supporting them in many ways.</p><p>Economic stability, lower taxes, deregulation, and a culture of enterprise are vital to business growth. But it is equally important that businesses are able to access the information they need to start-up and grow.</p><p>The British Business Bank recently published “<em>The Business Finance Guide: A Journey from Start-Up to Growth</em>” which is available on the British Business Bank Website. It is a unique guide that sets out the main things to consider and outlines sources of finance available to businesses – ranging from start-ups to small and medium-sized enterprises and growing mid-sized companies. The website <a href="http://www.greatbusiness.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.greatbusiness.gov.uk</a> also provides support and advice for businesses trying to grow as well as for entrepreneurs starting out.</p><p>In addition to on-line support, the Business Support Helpline is available to provide a quick response on queries about starting a business, or a personalised and in-depth advice service for more complex needs.</p><p>For those looking for start-up finance and advice there are Start-Up Loans: 105 loans worth £527,740 have been drawn down in Brighton, Kemptown and Lewes since the scheme began in 2012.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/07/2014 13:26:29 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

65643

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	Apprentices
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 apprenticeship starts by size of workplace in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	203888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of workplaces that have employed Apprentices are published at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/309551/apprenticeship-workplaces-by-region-and-constituency.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/309551/apprenticeship-workplaces-by-region-and-constituency.xls</a></p><p>Reliable information is not collected on the size of employer.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/07/2014 16:11:44 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

65644

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	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what he estimates the lifetime earning premium of those with (a) L3 apprenticeships and (b) L4+ apprenticeships will be compared to level 2 apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	203892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>The latest analysis published by the Department shows that those who achieve an Intermediate (L2) Apprenticeship earn on average between £48,000 and £74,000 more over their lifetime, in today's valuation, compared to similar individuals with Level 1 or other Level 2 qualifications. Those who achieve an Advanced Apprenticeship (L3) earn on average between £77,000 and £117,000 more over their lifetime, compared to similar individuals with Level 2 qualifications.</p><p>The full report – ‘Returns to Intermediate and Low Level Vocational Qualifications' – is published at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/32354/11-1282-returns-intermediate-and-low-level-vocational-qualifications.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/32354/11-1282-returns-intermediate-and-low-level-vocational-qualifications.pdf</a></p><p>Other research – based on a different methodology – suggests that those who achieve a Higher Apprenticeship could earn £150,000 more on average over their lifetime, compared to individuals with Level 3 vocational qualifications. This is taken from a report published at:</p><p><a href="https://www.aat.org.uk/sites/default/files/assets/University_Report_AAT_and_CEBR_February_2013.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.aat.org.uk/sites/default/files/assets/University_Report_AAT_and_CEBR_February_2013.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/07/2014 13:23:17 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

64873

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	Apprentices
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 his Department has taken to create synergies with the European Alliance for Apprenticeships in improving work opportunities for young people.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	203397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The UK recognises the value of learning from others by keeping abreast of developments in Europe and internationally. However, we believe that this can be achieved through less bureaucratic routes than a European Alliance for Apprenticeships. In England, we do not propose to participate but the devolved administrations are free to do so if they believe that the Alliance is the appropriate framework for sharing best practice.</p><p>We are already taking strong action to improve opportunities for young people by funding record numbers of apprenticeships, new traineeships and improved maths and English training. These actions, along with the record number of jobs, have contributed to the 32.8% fall in youth unemployment over the past year.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/07/2014 15:51:35 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn