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226848

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Further Education: Disability
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 impact of the reduction in public spending on adult further education in 2015–16 announced last month on people with autism and with disabilities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Uddin
uin	HL5640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>We remain committed to ensuring the skills system operates effectively to support the needs of the learners who are most disadvantaged.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department provides Learning Support funding to Colleges and providers to help them meet the additional needs of learners with learning difficulties and disabilities and meet the costs of reasonable adjustments as set out in the Equality Act 2010. Learning Support can cover a range of needs including, for example, an assessment for dyslexia, funding to pay for specialist equipment or helpers and arranging signers or note takers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have maintained the Community Learning budget for 2015-16, at £215.7m, which includes an additional £5m (and £15m 2016-17) for the pilot community learning courses to help adults recover from mild to moderate mental illness, as announced in the Government’s Autumn Statement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The freedoms and flexibilities offered by the adult skills budget gives colleges the ability to offer provision to respond best to the priorities and needs of learners and employers in the local area. The approach to funding takes into account the impact on individual providers from year to year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 23/03/2015 13:01:12 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1827 label Biography information for Baroness Uddin

226867

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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 for the year 2013–14 how many young people aged 18, 19, 20 and 21 started apprenticeships; and for each age cohort how many did so at level 2, level 3, level 4 and above.
tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Clifton
uin	HL5659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the number of apprenticeships starts for those aged 18, 19, 20 and 21 for each Level and in total in 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Apprenticeship Starts by Age and Level, 2013/14</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Age</p></td><td><p>Intermediate Level Apprenticeship (Level 2)</p></td><td><p>Advanced Level Apprenticeship (Level 3)</p></td><td><p>Higher Apprenticeship (Level 4+)</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>34,100</p></td><td><p>20,200</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>55,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>24,400</p></td><td><p>15,300</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>40,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20,000</p></td><td><p>12,600</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>33,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>16,800</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>27,200</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1) The source is the Individualised Learner Record.</p><p> </p><p>2) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 100.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 23/03/2015 13:04:29 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3144 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Clifton

226868

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of how effective their policy to reduce red tape has been; and what evidence they have to support those conclusions.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL5660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>This Government has saved businesses £2.2bn per annum by cutting regulation through One-in, One-out (later One-in, Two-out) and the Red Tape Challenge. These savings are set out in the Ninth Statement of New Regulation, and have been independently validated by the Regulatory Policy Committee. The Statement can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/one-in-two-out-ninth-statement-of-new-regulations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/one-in-two-out-ninth-statement-of-new-regulations</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The ‘One-in, One-out’ rule introduced by this Government was introduce to stem the flow of disproportionate regulation by requiring departments to find £1 of regulatory saving to business for every £1 of new regulatory cost. In 2013, we increased our ambition even further by doubling the rule to ‘One-in, Two-out’. Through the Red Tape Challenge, we have tackled the stock of unnecessary, over-complicated and burdensome regulation. Our starting point has been that regulation should go unless there is good justification for the Government to be involved.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This combined approach to challenging the stock and flow of regulation has made a difference to business experience of red tape in the UK. This is illustrated in the World Economic Forum’s recent ranking of the UK as having the lowest perceived burden of regulation in the G7, a substantial improvement from 2010, when the UK had the third highest perceived burden of regulation in the G7.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 17/03/2015 12:23:18 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

225412

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
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	Football: Living Wage
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 number of football clubs in the Premier League that are not paying the Living Wage.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL5488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>We make no assessment of the number of football clubs, in Premier League or otherwise, that are not paying the Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to improving living standards, particularly for the low paid. We support businesses that voluntarily choose to pay the Living Wage when it is affordable and doesn’t cost jobs. From 1<sup>st</sup> October 2015 the adult National Minimum Wage rate will increase to £6.70. This is an increase of 3%, faster than projections for both inflation and average earnings.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to improving living standards, particularly for the low paid and the only way to achieve a sustainable increase in living standards is to focus on economic growth, employment and cutting taxes for the low paid. This is exactly what we are doing.</p><p> </p><p>We are cutting taxes so that people take home more of what they earn: From April 2015 the average person will pay £825 less in income tax than 2010 and over 3.4 million people will be taken out of income tax altogether.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 18/03/2015 17:18:17 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

225413

registered interest
date	05/03/2015
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	Football: Living Wage
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 number of football clubs in the Football League Championship that are not paying the Living Wage.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL5489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>We make no assessment of the number of football clubs, in Premier League or otherwise, that are not paying the Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to improving living standards, particularly for the low paid. We support businesses that voluntarily choose to pay the Living Wage when it is affordable and doesn’t cost jobs. From 1<sup>st</sup> October 2015 the adult National Minimum Wage rate will increase to £6.70. This is an increase of 3%, faster than projections for both inflation and average earnings.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to improving living standards, particularly for the low paid and the only way to achieve a sustainable increase in living standards is to focus on economic growth, employment and cutting taxes for the low paid. This is exactly what we are doing.</p><p> </p><p>We are cutting taxes so that people take home more of what they earn: From April 2015 the average person will pay £825 less in income tax than 2010 and over 3.4 million people will be taken out of income tax altogether.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 18/03/2015 17:17:31 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

224339

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
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	EU Chief Scientific Adviser
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have had any discussions with Mr Juncker about the arrangements he is putting in place to replace the function of the post of Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission; and what are those arrangements.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Caithness
uin	HL5361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government has discussed this matter with Carlos Moedas, the European Commissioner responsible for Research, Science and Innovation and with Commission officials. The European Commission is still considering a number of options on the future provision of scientific advice to the European Commission and has indicated it will make an announcement before the summer.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 16/03/2015 13:57:27 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3310 label Biography information for The Earl of Caithness

224228

registered interest
date	27/02/2015
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	Consumer Goods
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 26 February (HL4989), what are the terms of reference for the review of unsafe product recall; what is the name of the chair of the review; and what is its timescale.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL5281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Noble Lady to my previous answer on 26 February.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 10/03/2015 15:07:47 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

223861

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
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	EU Grants and Loans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to carry out a review of the European Structural and Investment Funds governance arrangements, including an evaluation of the role of local partners and the level of control they have over the funds for their area.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
uin	HL5242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government has established a governance model for the England 2014-2020 European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme. It gives local partners a key advisory role. The Operational Programmes which set out the spending priorities for these Funds have been drafted to reflect priorities identified by local partners including Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs).</p><p> </p><p>The Government will review the position on the governance model in the next twelve months and will work with LEPs and other local partners during this time to develop proposals for greater local responsibility.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 16/03/2015 13:57:05 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4285 label Biography information for Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

223878

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
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	Regional Planning and Development: North West
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the £330 million investment in the North East Growth Deal, what plans they have to increase the North West Fund; and what plans they have to increase the proportion of capital available to the Merseyside region.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>A total of £1.25bn has been secured by the five LEPs (Local Enterprise Partnerships) in the North West – Liverpool City Region, Cheshire and Warrington, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria – from the Government’s Local Growth Fund. As part of this, Liverpool City Region secured £232.2 million in July 2014 and a further £31.6 million through the expansion to Growth Deals in January 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The North West Fund is an ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) Financial Engineering Instrument which can invest £155 million into SMEs across the North West, including Merseyside, until 31<sup>st</sup> December 2015. 50% of the fund is public sector resources coming from the ERDF programme (£77.5 million) and 50% from the private sector (a further £77.5 million). This will provide loan and equity investments to SMEs in the North West.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As of December 2014 the fund had invested £111.18 million in capital funding across the North West, of which £36.8 million had been invested to support SMEs in Merseyside. There is sufficient residual funding within the North West Fund to support the capital investment in Merseyside which has already been identified by local partners for the remainder of 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department is currently working with LEPs to develop the 2014-20 ERDF Programme; we anticipate the Operational Programme will receive approval by the European Commission in June 2015. In anticipation of this approval, we are aware that the Liverpool City Region is proposing from its nominal allocation to invest £12.5 million into an Access to Finance Financial Instrument, and £24 million into an Urban Development &amp; Energy Efficiency (non –domestic) Financial Instrument.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 17/03/2015 16:28:30 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

223883

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
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	Parental Leave
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have received regarding the accuracy or otherwise of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills online tool to calculate qualification for shared parental leave.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL5254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>A firm of solicitors has asked BIS how the on-line calculator calculates the period of continuous employment which an employee must complete to qualify for shared parental leave. The calculator is accessed through GOV.UK and is designed to help parents and prospective parents work out their entitlements. We believe that the calculator delivers the right answer for shared parental leave.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As a result of this query we are now looking at how the calculator calculates the period of continuous employment for entitlement for other forms of statutory leave and also for statutory pay. We are doing this to verify that all these calculations are correct. We will take steps to address any discrepancies we find.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 12/03/2015 17:06:23 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham