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427422

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
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	Agriculture: Research
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to promote the role of women researchers in the global agriculture sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>Government is committed to developing a strong, diverse research community. The Research Councils and National Academies share this commitment.</p><br /><p>Government is working with its partner organisations to promote equality across all research disciplines and has established a Diversity Steering Group to guide this work.</p><br /><p>To improve the diversity of research fellowship awards, the National Academies are working to encourage more applications from under-represented groups and to guard against discrimination in the selection process. Government has also commissioned the Research Councils to develop an action plan to improve the diversity of grant applications and peer-review rates.</p><br /><p>As an international example, Government and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council have jointly funded four research programmes involving collaborative projects between UK researchers and partners in sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia.</p><p>All programmes have included research capacity building in developing countries and have had an increasing focus on integrating gender into agricultural research.</p><br /><p>The most recent programme, Zoonoses and Emerging Livestock Systems (ZELS) includes a studentship programme and of the twelve PhD students who have been appointed, eight are women.</p><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/11/2015 11:55:41 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

427441

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
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	Local Enterprise Partnerships
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what arrangements are in place to ensure that establishments and organisations that are sited close to the boundaries of two Local Enterprise Partnership areas do not lose out on funding because their clientele and services users come from two different Partnership areas.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
uin	HL3485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>Government has given Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) the flexibility they need to meet the needs of local businesses and maximise growth. LEPs can and do work together across boundaries when needed</p><p><br> Ultimately, LEPs are accountable to their local communities and businesses should consult their LEP if they feel their interests are not being met</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/11/2015 11:54:29 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4285 label Biography information for Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

427444

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
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	Mileometers: Fraud
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they are taking to reduce the rate of odometer mileage fraud and increase conviction rates of those who fraudulently adjust mileage and sell on adjusted vehicles.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL3488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2015 answer text <p>Advice on second hand car purchases features regularly in consumer awareness campaigns led by Trading Standards and the Citizen’s Advice Service. Consumers should call the Citizen’s Advice consumer helpline, which receives its funding from Government, for advice on fraud and to report alleged offences of misleading advertising or mis-selling.</p><br /><p>The Citizen's Advice Service will refer clear breaches of consumer law to Trading Standards and advise on reporting suspected fraud to ‘Action Fraud’, the national fraud database led by The City of London Police. ‘Action Fraud’ has received 67 complaints of mileage fraud since 2010 and actively campaigns for more fraud cases to be reported, with viable lines of enquiry, to equip the police to convict the culprits.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/11/2015 13:56:22 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

427501

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
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	Airbus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what their policy is for ensuring that the UK continues to participate strongly in the design, research, manufacture and financing of Airbus products.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL3524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>We work closely with the aerospace industry, through the Aerospace Growth Partnership (AGP), to help raise the productivity and competitiveness of UK supply chain companies at all levels, includingAirbus at Filton and Broughton and their UK suppliers. This work includes supporting industry’s research, design, development, manufacturing and financing of products. A key aim is to help ensure that UK remains Europe’s leading aerospace nation by securing future work with the world’s large aircraft manufacturers including Airbus.</p><br /> <br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/11/2015 11:56:12 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

427504

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
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	Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that apprenticeships deliver the skills that are needed in the current world of work.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>We are committed to delivering employer-led apprenticeship reforms, which continue to improve the ability of apprenticeships to provide the skills that employers need.</p><p>Employers are designing high quality apprenticeships - including Degree Apprenticeships -that are more responsive to the needs of business. They are deciding the skills, knowledge and behaviour required in each apprenticeship and how those skills should be assessed at the end of the programme. Through this process employers can be confident that completing an apprenticeship signals a genuine ability to do the job.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 18/11/2015 16:22:10 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

427506

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
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	Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many students completed apprenticeships in each year from 2010 to the last year for which records are available.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>The table shows the number of learners that achieved apprenticeships from 2010:</p><p>All Age Apprenticeship Framework Achievements (2009/10 to 2014/15)</p><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td><p><strong>2009/10 </strong> <strong>Full Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11 </strong> <strong>Full Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12 </strong> <strong>Full Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong> <strong>Full Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14 </strong> <strong>Full Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15 </strong> <strong>Full Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>171,500</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>200,300</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>258,400</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>252,900</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>255,800</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>260,900</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>This data is published as part of a Statistical First Release: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/11/2015 11:53:32 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name SFR_commentary_November_2015__1_.pdf title Statistical First release
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

427508

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
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	Aviation: Government Assistance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support they are giving to the aviation industry in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>As announced in the Autumn Statement 2015, the Government is providing £7 million through the Regional Air Connectivity Fund to support new air routes promoting domestic and international connectivity and stimulating jobs and growth. We are also already providing over £5 million in support for two air routes to London via Public Service Obligations.</p><br /><p>In addition we are working with partners in aviation and aerospace sectors to develop both the skills and the modern infrastructure they need,</p><br /><p>Aviation employers, including British Airways, all the UK’s major airports and the Royal Air Force have formed a Trailblazer group to develop new apprenticeship standards for the sector. Standards currently under development are aviation operations manager level 4, aviation ground specialist level 3, airside operator level 2 and aviation ground operative level 2. These apprenticeships will provide new training routes for the sector, which will attract government funding.</p><br /><p>New Anglia LEP is also supporting the development of an Aviation Skills Academy at Norwich Airport through a £3m growth deal.</p><br /><p>The Regional Growth Fund has supported the project to divert the A45 in Solihull which has facilitated the extension of the runway at Birmingham Airport to enable direct flights to the west coast of the USA and China. The fund has also provided two awards to GE Aviation to research novel and new technologies to increase aircraft operation and emissions efficiencies, and the development of new manufacturing processes for the aviation industry.</p><br /><p>Finally, Gloucestershire LEP is putting in place key infrastructure at Staverton Airport to enable the private sector to develop more aircraft hangars in order to secure the long-term viability of the airport and maximise its contribution to the local economy. The project is seeking to attract aviation-related businesses including aircraft maintenance, flight training and corporate jet management companies.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 30/11/2015 12:25:22 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

427511

registered interest
date	10/11/2015
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	Migrant Workers: Conditions of Employment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that migrant workers are not exploited or paid less than the minimum wage.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>The appointment of the Director of Labour Market Enforcement, due shortly, will strengthen our ability to find and stop exploitative employers. We are currently consulting on proposals to create a new offence of an aggravated breach of labour market legislation and to widen the remit and strengthen the powers of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority to enable it to tackle serious exploitation.</p><br /><p>Migrant workers who are entitled to other employment rights in UK law are also entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) rate relevant to their age. Anyone concerned about underpayment of the NMW should call Acas’s confidential helpline on 0300 123 1100 or visit <a href="http://www.acas.org.uk/nmw" target="_blank">http://www.acas.org.uk/nmw</a>. HMRC will investigate every complaint it receives.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 18/11/2015 13:16:03 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley