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101020

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Research Councils: Grants
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 effect on gender diversity in research of the process by which the Research Councils award grants.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	212005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>Research Councils routinely collect data on board and committee membership, application and success rates by gender and age and this is routinely reviewed. This shows that female membership of Councils, Boards and Committees increased between 2010/11 and 2012/13 with some variation between councils.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The dataset is available at <a href="http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/RCUK-prod/assets/documents/skills/GenderapplicantsAwardsNumber.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/RCUK-prod/assets/documents/skills/GenderapplicantsAwardsNumber.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 04/11/2014 16:43:50 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 25401 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

100847

registered interest
date	24/10/2014
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	Technology: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress his Department has made with the Smart Cities programme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	211921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government encourages UK cities to take up innovative initiatives and adopt modern technology to respond to developing urban needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has set up the Smart Cities Forum to bring together cities, industry and experts to identify and explore emerging policy issues. In order to benefit from the experiences of other Governments and European cities, the Government is a partner in a commitment within the European Innovation Partnership to share best practice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Future Cities Catapult has been established as a Centre of Excellence and works to develop and support urban innovation. Projects in Glasgow, London, Bristol and Peterborough have been funded by Innovate UK to demonstrate and display smart applications to improve city services and quality of life.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To ensure readiness to future developments, the Government Office for Science is undertaking the Foresight Future of Cities project, which explores opportunities and challenges facing UK cities over the next 50 years.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 04/11/2014 16:38:44 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 25067 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

100780

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
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	Disabled Students' Allowances: East Midlands
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 each parliamentary constituency in the East Midlands received disabled students' allowance in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	211838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>Information on students awarded and paid Disabled Students’ Allowance is published annually by Student Loans Company (SLC) ’. The latest statistics are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/media/694170/slcsfr052013.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/media/694170/slcsfr052013.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of students who received disabled students’ allowance in each parliamentary constituency in the East Midlands in each of the last three years is provided in the table. Comparable data for earlier years is not readily available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 04/11/2014 16:46:20 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark attachment 1 file name Table for 211838.xlsx title Students in receipt of Disabled Students Allowance previous answer version 24850 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

92991

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	Overseas Students
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 overseas students were studying at each UK university in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	210184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes data on student enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions. Statistics on enrolments by country of domicile, mode of study, level of study and institution can be accessed via the following link for the latest available academic years, which are 2011/12 and 2012/13.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/content/view/1973/239/" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/content/view/1973/239/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions in the academic year 2013/14 will become available from Higher Education Statistics Agency in January 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 27/10/2014 14:41:24 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 22387 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

91230

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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	Higher Education: Admissions
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 pupils from each ethnic group were admitted to (a) the University of Oxford, (b) the University of Cambridge and (c) other Russell Group universities in the last six years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	208742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Recent data for years since the tuition fee reforms and access agreements is not yet available, but the latest data from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) shows that entry rates to higher education for all ethnic groups in 2013 had increased and overall, there was a much higher representation of black and minority ethnic groups in university than in the overall population of England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the figures before these changes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Estimated percentage of maintained school pupils aged 15 in each ethnic group who progressed to Oxford, Cambridge or Russell Group institutions by age 19</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Progression by age 19 in</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Asian/Asian British</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russell Group</p></td><td><p>11.4%</p></td><td><p>11.5%</p></td><td><p>10.6%</p></td><td><p>10.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Black/Black British</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russell Group</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td><td><p>4.2%</p></td><td><p>4.4%</p></td><td><p>4.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russell Group</p></td><td><p>8.5%</p></td><td><p>8.4%</p></td><td><p>7.8%</p></td><td><p>7.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>White</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russell Group</p></td><td><p>7.2%</p></td><td><p>7.1%</p></td><td><p>6.9%</p></td><td><p>7.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other Ethnic Group</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russell Group</p></td><td><p>10.8%</p></td><td><p>10.1%</p></td><td><p>9.6%</p></td><td><p>7.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Ethnic Groups</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russell Group</p></td><td><p>7.4%</p></td><td><p>7.3%</p></td><td><p>7.1%</p></td><td><p>7.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Matched data from the DfE National Pupil Database, the HESA Student Record and the SFA ILR</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures are not available for earlier age cohorts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 21/10/2014 13:46:24 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 19765 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

91232

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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	Graduates: Employment
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 students from each ethnic group were (a) working, (b) studying and (c) unemployed six months after leaving higher education.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	208743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes data on leavers from UK Higher Education Institutions. Statistics on the proportion of full-time first degree leavers from each ethnic group who were working, studying and unemployed six months after graduation can be found in the table. Employment has risen and unemployment has fallen for graduates of all ethnic groups in 2011/12 and 2012/13.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on leavers at UK Higher Education Institutions in the academic year 2013/14 will become available from Higher Education Statistics Agency in June 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However the most recent Labour Force Survey from August 2014 confirms that employment for recent graduates has continued to rise sharply and unemployment continued to fall over the last year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Destination of UK domiciled <sup>(1)</sup> full-time first degree leavers six months after graduation</strong></p><p> </p><p>UK Higher Education Institutions</p><p> </p><p>Academic Year 2010/11<sup>(2)</sup> to 2012/13</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Work</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>Other (including mixed)</p></td><td><p>Not Known</p></td><td><p>Total Known</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/11</p></td><td><p>65%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>56%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>56%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>59%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>57%</p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>64%</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td><td><p>60%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>60%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>62%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>61%</p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>67%</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td><td><p><strong>70%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Work and further study</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>Other (including mixed)</p></td><td><p>Not Known</p></td><td><p>Total Known</p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>10/11</p></td><td><p>8%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>7%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>9%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>7%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>8%</p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>8%</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>6%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>5%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>6%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>5%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>5%</p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>6%</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p><strong>5%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Further study</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>Other (including mixed)</p></td><td><p>Not Known</p></td><td><p>Total Known</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/11</p></td><td><p>14%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>15%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>17%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>17%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>18%</p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>14%</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>13%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>13%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>16%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>16%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>16%</p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>14%</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p><strong>13%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Unemployed</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>Other (including mixed)</p></td><td><p>Not Known</p></td><td><p>Total Known</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/11</p></td><td><p>11%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>20%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>16%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>16%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>15%</p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>13%</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>8%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>17%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>14%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>12%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>13%</p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>9%</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p><strong>8%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Other (e.g. taking time out to travel)</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>Other (including mixed)</p></td><td><p>Not Known</p></td><td><p>Total Known</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/11</p></td><td><p>1%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>1%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>1%</p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>1%</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>5%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>5%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>4%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>5%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>5%</p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>5%</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p><strong>4%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Destination of Leavers in Higher Education in the UK</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. Domicile refers to the student’s postcode or permanent address prior to entering their course.</p><p> </p><p>2. The way employment activity was recorded changed in 2011/12 therefore figures for 2010/11 are not on the same basis as 2011/12 and 2012/13</p><p> </p><p>3. Percentages have been rounded, therefore the sum of components may not add up to the total.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 20/10/2014 14:52:08 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 19767 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

90272

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
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	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made in carrying out an equality analysis on proposals to change the disabled students' allowance.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
uin	207902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Equality Analysis is currently being updated in light of information and evidence provided by stakeholders and will be published alongside the regulations when they are laid.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 08/09/2014 13:55:51 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 18516 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

89421

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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	Textiles: Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which projects have received how much funding under the Textile Growth Programme to date.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
uin	207546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills does not hold the data in the format requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 09/09/2014 14:39:47 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 17972 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

89422

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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	Textiles: Industry
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 key objectives are of the Textile Growth Programme.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
uin	207547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The key objectives of the Textile Growth Programme are to:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· Stimulate private sector enterprise by investing in workforce skills, design and innovation capacity and modern plant and machinery in small and medium sized enterprises.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· Strengthen local supply chains, support reshoring of textile manufacturing and promote sustainable growth.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· Create or safeguard over 1,000 private sector jobs at all skill levels in Greater Manchester, Lancashire and West Yorkshire.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 09/09/2014 14:52:41 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 17973 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

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registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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	Local Enterprise Partnerships: East of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons the new Anglia LEP has received an extension on its loan facility but the Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough LEP was refused a similar request.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	207492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Growth Deals were bespoke to each LEP area and negotiated with Government based on each LEP’s multi-year Strategic Economic Plan, taking into account their priorities for which interventions would drive economic growth in their area. Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough LEP submitted two proposals to support existing business support initiatives. GCGP LEP prioritised one of the proposals, the Agri-tech fund, during negotiations, which received £1.55m in 2015/16 in their Growth Deal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 09/09/2014 14:43:59 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 17976 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay