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100093

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
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	STEM Subjects: Females
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 the Government is taking to increase the participation of women in STEM fields.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	211363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government is backing the three-year Your Life campaign, which aims to increase the number of people participating in a wide range of careers that need skills in science, technology, engineering and maths, particularly women. To date more than 200 organisations have pledged action to the campaign to boost the role of women in STEM fields. A publicity drive to encourage young people, especially girls, aged 14 to 16 to take STEM subjects, will launch in November 2014.</p><p>We fund the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering to run a joint STEM Diversity Programme to understand and address issues of diversity, including gender, in the STEM workforce. Actions include a 10 point plan to ensure that women in science, technology, engineering and manufacturing have the same opportunities to progress in their career as their male counterparts</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 27/10/2014 15:01:24 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

100100

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
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	Innovation
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 of the EU Precautionary Principle on the scale of scientific innovation in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	211393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department has made no systematic assessment of the effect of the precautionary principle on scientific innovation in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 30/10/2014 16:14:04 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

93167

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Erasmus+ Programme
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 ensure that graduates work in the UK following participation in the Erasmus overseas study programme.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	210438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Given that a large proportion of the Erasmus students outgoing from the UK are studying languages, it is unsurprising that they are more likely than non-mobile students to be employed overseas after graduation often in international comparison. Nonetheless most UK Erasmus graduates are employed in the UK.<br> <br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 30/10/2014 16:32:42 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

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

92443

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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	Entry Clearances: 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, what assessment he has made of the effects of the reduction in international student visas issued to students from Pakistan and India from 2013 to 2014 on the higher education sector and the wider economy.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	210014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>Government departments, the British Council and the higher education sector are working together to ensure prospective overseas students understand all the benefits which the present visa rules offer them, including the current visa opportunities for working in the UK after they graduate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>India in particular remains a priority country for greater engagement as evidenced by my Rt. Hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister’s recent visit; my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills’ recent visit; and my planned visit in November.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 20/10/2014 13:15:28 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

92445

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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	Timber
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 prosecutions the National Measurement Office have brought for offences relating to illegally felled timber in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Maria Miller
uin	210035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>This is a matter for the National Measurement Office.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 27/10/2014 12:08:36 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark attachment 1 file name Response to Maria Miller PQ 2014 22680.pdf title National Measurement Office response.
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

91889

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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 assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the proposed changes to the disabled students' allowance on the participation in higher education of students with high needs.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne McGuire
uin	209505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The Equality Analysis is currently being updated in light of information and evidence provided by stakeholders. It will be published in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 209677 209678 question first answered 14/10/2014 12:57:20 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	636 label Biography information for Dame Anne McGuire

91892

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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	Regional Growth Fund: Barnsley
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 projects in Barnsley East constituency have (a) applied for funding, (b) been selected to receive funding and (c) received final offer letters from the Regional Growth Fund in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
uin	209384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>In Rounds 1-5 of the Regional Growth Fund (RGF) three projects in the Barnsley East constituency applied for RGF funding. As of September 2014 one project has been selected to receive RGF funding and it has received a final offer letter.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 14/10/2014 12:52:24 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

92106

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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 assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Government's proposed changes to the disabled students' allowances on the drop-out rate of students who will no longer be eligible for funding.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne McGuire
uin	209677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The Equality Analysis is currently being updated in light of information and evidence provided by stakeholders. It will be published in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 209505 209678 question first answered 14/10/2014 12:57:20 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	636 label Biography information for Dame Anne McGuire

92107

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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 assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Government's proposed changes to the disabled students' allowances on the employment prospects of students who will no longer be eligible for funding.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne McGuire
uin	209678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The Equality Analysis is currently being updated in light of information and evidence provided by stakeholders. It will be published in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 209505 209677 question first answered 14/10/2014 12:57:20 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	636 label Biography information for Dame Anne McGuire