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347235

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Channel Four Television
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to bring forward legislation to remove the public-service conditions imposed on Channel 4 or to privatise it; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL99
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>There are no plans currently to remove the public-service conditions imposed on Channel 4 or to privatise it. The Government is awaiting the outcome of Ofcom’s third review of Public Service Broadcasting before considering whether any changes are needed to the public service broadcasting system as a whole.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 05/06/2015 09:11:21 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

346787

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Training
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 much training away from the workplace has been provided by employers over the last 20 years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL25
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The government does not undertake formal assessments of training in the workplace. The Office of National Statistics publishes the quarterly Labour Force Survey and the UK Commission for Employment and Skills also publishes relevant information on this area.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 04/06/2015 15:55:59 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

346789

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Mature Students: Loans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what resource accounting and budgeting charge they are currently using to estimate the long-term cost of the 24+ Advanced Learning Loans programme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL27
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department models the proportion of loans which we expect not to be repaid - the resource accounting and budgeting charge (RAB charge). The RAB charge is estimated to be 50% of the total loan amount. BIS is collecting data on learners as it emerges. On the basis of this data we regularly review and update the RAB charge estimates.</p><p> </p><p>We publish the RAB charge once a year in the Department’s accounts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 04/06/2015 16:04:15 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

228705

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they will take against extractives industry companies which seek to subvert the intention behind the Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Worcester
uin	HL5887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government expects companies to comply with the requirements of the Reports on Payments to Government Regulations 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The Regulations, which came into effect on 1 December 2014, set out the enforcement and penalty regime for any company that fails to comply in part or in full. It is a matter for the company to ensure that it is fully complying with the requirements. On a criminal conviction for not doing so the penalty may be a fine or a term of imprisonment for the directors of the company.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Reports made annually by companies under these Regulations will be published on Companies House website where both government and other interested parties will be able to consider the reports and their accuracy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/03/2015 13:24:18 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4257 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Worcester

228706

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they will take to ensure that United Kingdom extractives industry companies do not interpret the requirements of the Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014 in a way that will enable corrupt payments in resource-rich countries to stay hidden.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Worcester
uin	HL5888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government expects companies to comply with the requirements of the Reports on Payments to Government Regulations 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The Regulations, which came into effect on 1 December 2014, set out the enforcement and penalty regime for any company that fails to comply in part or in full. It is a matter for the company to ensure that it is fully complying with the requirements. On a criminal conviction for not doing so the penalty may be a fine or a term of imprisonment for the directors of the company.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Reports made annually by companies under these Regulations will be published on Companies House website where both government and other interested parties will be able to consider the reports and their accuracy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/03/2015 13:22:07 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4257 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Worcester

228707

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will endorse the United Kingdom extractives industry’s guidance on the Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014 if that guidance could in any way enable corrupt payments in resource-rich countries to stay hidden.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Worcester
uin	HL5889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Any guidance that is produced by industry is for the use of the companies within that sector.</p><p> </p><p>Any company completing a report on payments made to government must be confident that they have met the requirements of the regulations and where appropriate taken independent legal advice.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/03/2015 13:26:56 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4257 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Worcester

228708

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to listen to the views of civil society before endorsing any guidance from United Kingdom extractives industry companies on the Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Worcester
uin	HL5890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>We listen to the views of all stakeholders. As well as replying to correspondence from civil society on this matter, the Minister listened to views during a conference call with representatives from the Publish What You Pay coalition this week.</p><p> </p><p>Officials met civil society representatives on four occasions to hear views on industry guidance and considered a number of written representations, including a copy of the Publish What You Pay response to the public consultation exercise undertaken by industry associations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 26/03/2015 14:57:03 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4257 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Worcester

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