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437867

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
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	Directors: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to introduce measures to set quotas for women on boards.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>Government is committed to seeing more women on the boards of British companies. We believe that a business led, voluntary approach is the best way to get more women on boards, as set out in Lord Davies of Abersoch’s review 2010 into the subject.This approach is working, with 26.2% representation in the FTSE 100, up from 12.5% in 2011. We will build on this with a new programme of work set out by Lord Davies in his recent 5 year report on progress. Government will therefore not be introducing measures to set quotas for women on boards.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 18/12/2015 12:36:51 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

435743

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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	Climate Change: Arctic
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they plan to ensure that UK scientific institutions have the funds to collaborate with those in Arctic countries to monitor and predict the melting of permafrost and the release of methane; and what practical steps are being considered to minimise the environmental impact of the melting of permafrost and the release of methane in the Arctic.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL4318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>The UK is funding and participating in a number of projects that will improve our knowledge of the Arctic, for example the current NERC Arctic Research Programme, the European JPI (Joint Programming Initiative) Climate collaboration between 16 European countries to coordinate jointly their climate research, and NERC’s Discovery Science grant programme. The UK also continues to invest in infrastructure to support polar science such as the new £200m polar research vessel.</p><br /><p>The best practical way to limit the melting of permafrost and the subsequent release of methane is to keep the rise in global temperatures as low as possible. At the recent United Nations conference on climate change in Paris, the world took an important step forward with an unprecedented number of countries agreeing to a deal to limit global temperature rises.</p><br /> <br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/12/2015 12:38:42 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

434087

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
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	Electronic Equipment: Recycling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of (1) batteries, and (2) other waste electrical and electronic equipment, are recycled by (a) domestic households, (b) small and medium-sized commercial enterprises, (c) large commercial enterprises, (d) government departments, (e) local authorities, and (f) other public sector bodies.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL4206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not hold information in the form requested, but the overall collection and recycling rates for 2014 for these products and equipment expressed as a percentage of tonnage placed on the market is: -</p><p>36% of portable batteries;</p><p>37% of waste electrical and electronic equipment.</p><br /><p>Industrialand automotive batteries are subject to a landfill disposal ban. Accordingly, all such batteries have to be recycled.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 17/12/2015 16:57:41 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

434090

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
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	Land: Registration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current backlog of applications for land registration at the Land Registry, and how long is the average delay in registration.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL4209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>There are approximately 234k applications awaiting completion at Land Registry, 93k of which cannot be processed as they are awaiting replies to queries sent to the originating conveyancer or solicitor, or notices sent to the registered proprietor(s) of the land or property. This leaves 141k applications available for Land Registry to process. Registration takes place after the transaction has been completed and the priority of all of these pending applications is protected upon receipt. Last year, Land Registry received 5.9m applications for registration.</p><br /><p>The average number of days taken to complete all applications for registration is 11 days, with applications to update an existing register taking an average of just under 7 days, and applications that result in the creation of new registered titles taking an average of 42 days to complete.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 17/12/2015 16:51:40 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

434136

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
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	Tickets: Touting
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 activities of ticket resale websites.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL4255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>An independent Review has been established to consider consumer protection measures in relation to online ticket resales and will report by 26 May 2016.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/12/2015 12:21:33 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

434140

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
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 how many (1) 16 year olds, (2) 17 year olds, and (3) 18 year olds, started an apprenticeship in (a) England, and (b) each region in England in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sharp of Guildford
uin	HL4259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>Table 1 shows Apprenticeship starts in 2014/15 by learners aged 16-18 by region and age.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="9"><p><strong>Table 1: 16-18 Apprenticeship starts by age and region, 2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><br></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>16</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18</strong></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>North East</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,850</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,910</p></td><td><p>3,820</p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>North West</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4,710</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>6,660</p></td><td><p>8,620</p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3,670</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,500</p></td><td><p>7,200</p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>East Midlands</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,970</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4,410</p></td><td><p>5,450</p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>West Midlands</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,960</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4,960</p></td><td><p>6,490</p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>East of England</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,970</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4,070</p></td><td><p>5,580</p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>London</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,820</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3,350</p></td><td><p>4,810</p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>South East</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3,560</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,360</p></td><td><p>7,270</p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>South West</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3,110</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4,310</p></td><td><p>5,740</p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>England Total</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>27,600</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>41,500</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>55,000</strong></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><br></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><br></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Other</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>400</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>530</p></td><td><p>620</p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><br></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><br></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>28,000</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>42,100</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>55,600</strong></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><br></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>1) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10 except totals which are rounded to the nearest hundred.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>2) Age is calculated based on age at start of the programme.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>3) Age is based upon self-declaration by the learner.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>4) Region is based upon the home postcode of the learner. Where the postcode is outside of England, learners are included in the 'Other' category. Where postcode is not known this is also included in the 'Other' category.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>5) These figures are based on the geographic boundaries of regions as of May 2010.</p></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 22/12/2015 11:36:37 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2113 label Biography information for Baroness Sharp of Guildford

434141

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
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	Skills Funding Agency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the breakdown of the £172 million Learner Support budget of the Skills Funding Agency for 2015–16.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sharp of Guildford
uin	HL4260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Learner Support budget is predominantly demand-led and meets the costs of Discretionary Learner Support for grant-funded learners and the Advanced Learner Loan Bursary Fund for loan-funded learners. It also covers the government’s costs of the Professional and Career Development Loan scheme and Dance and Drama Awards for young adults.</p><br /><p>The forecasted total expenditure for the 2015-16 financial year currently stands at around £132 million. Discretionary Learner Support assists the most learners and may equate to nearly £86 million, while the Bursary Fund may equate to about £35 million of the expenditure. The remainder will be for the costs of Professional and Career Development Loans (c£2.5 million) and Dance and Drama Awards (c£8.5 million).</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 11/12/2015 13:11:06 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2113 label Biography information for Baroness Sharp of Guildford

434143

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the annual £210 million ring-fenced funding for adult community education is to be continued; and if not, what level of funding such community education will receive in future.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sharp of Guildford
uin	HL4262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>We have protected the core adult skills participation budget in cash terms, at £1.5 billion. Further details on what the settlement means for the Further Education sector is set out in the Skills Funding Letter.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 22/12/2015 11:37:27 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2113 label Biography information for Baroness Sharp of Guildford

433673

registered interest
date	02/12/2015
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: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what basis, and by which process, the relevant shares of the proposed Apprenticeship Levy will be distributed to the devolved administrations.
tabling member printed	Lord Rowlands
uin	HL4183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>We are working with the devolved administrations to ensure fair and transparent funding and, as far as possible, to develop a system for administering the levy which complements the skills and apprenticeship policies of each of the devolved administrations. We are committed to doing all we can to make the system work for employers wherever they are in the UK.</p><br /> <br /> <br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/12/2015 12:58:45 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	554 label Biography information for Lord Rowlands

433049

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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	Innovate UK
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when Innovate UK will publish its strategy for 2016–20.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL4009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>Innovate UK intends to publish its Strategy for 2016-20 in the spring. This will be followed by the publication of Innovate UK’s Delivery Plan for 2016-17. This timetable takes account of the timing of the recent Spending Review.</p><br /><p>X</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 07/12/2015 12:24:24 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington