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606203

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Northern Rail Franchise
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 19 October (HL2257), how much has been spent by departments other than the Department for Transport.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL2443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2016 answer text <p>There has been no further expenditure made by any other ministerial department into the Competition and Markets Authority inquiry regarding the overlap between Arriva buses and Arriva Trains.</p><p> </p><p>As an independent non-ministerial department, the CMA is responsible for merger inquiries. In this role, it has spent approximately £480k (including staff time, legal fees and consulting fees) investigating the acquisition of the Northern rail franchise by Arriva Rail North Ltd. It is not possible to establish what proportion of this figure was spent on the assessment of the overlap between Arriva Buses and Arriva Trains.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 28/10/2016 12:33:59 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

605505

registered interest
date	18/10/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Bus Services: Competition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much has been spent by the Competition and Markets Authority conducting investigations into the bus industry, including fees paid to consultants and legal fees, over the last 10 years.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL2425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) was formed in 2014 after the Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Commission were merged. It has the function to carry out investigations into sectors where there is risk of anti-competitive behaviour.</p><p>Since its inception in 2014, the CMA has carried out five Phase 1 merger investigations into the bus industry. The estimated cost for these investigations was £308,229.55. The Government does not hold information on the cost of individual investigations undertaken by the Office of Fair Trading or the Competition Commission.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/10/2016 16:45:42 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

605506

registered interest
date	18/10/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Bus Services: Competition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many investigations have been conducted by the Competition and Markets Authority into the bus industry over the last 10 years and how the total number compares to other sectors in the transport industry.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL2426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>In the last ten years there were 43 investigations involving bus companies, 15 for rail, 11 for airports, 2 for trams, 1 for cars and 1 other.</p><p>These figures include investigations carried out by the Competition and Markets Authority’s predecessors (the Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Commission).</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/10/2016 16:45:59 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

389999

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
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	Engineering
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 6 July (HL793), what assessment they have made of the compatibility of the measures with the figures set out by the Confederation of British Industry in their publication <i>Gateway to Growth</i> on education and skills.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL1434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>The CBI Gateway to Growth report contains a wide range of figures which underline the need for more higher-level technical skills, more STEM skills, more employers involved in apprenticeships and ensuring people are equipped with the skills that employers need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The measures set out in my reply of 6 July are fully compatible with these needs. Our goal through apprenticeships and national colleges is to equip people with the skills, in many cases higher level technical skills, that employers need. We are committed to 3 million apprenticeship starts this parliament and are developing a comprehensive plan for growth, including more work with large employers and more support for small businesses. Our reforms are aimed at simplifying apprenticeships, increasing quality and putting employers at the heart of delivery and design so that they get people with the skills that they need. Our work on such things as ‘Your-Life’ campaign, Tomorrow’s Engineers Week, STEM ambassadors in schools, improved careers advice and investment in HE teaching and facilities is designed to stimulate interest in STEM subjects and the careers that they lead to and ensure high quality learning for those that pursue them.</p><p><br></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 23/07/2015 10:47:46 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

388457

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
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	Sunday Trading
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in formulating their plans to amend the law relating to Sunday trading, what consideration they gave to the prospective impact on employees and shoppers who do not have access to a car; and what assessment they made of (1) the case for improving public transport on Sundays to assist those without access to a car, and (2) the cost of doing so.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL1232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>As announced in the Budget, the Government is consulting on proposals to devolve powers on Sunday trading in England and Wales. As part of that consultation, the Government will be publishing its initial analysis. Employees and consumers are two of the key groups potentially affected by this policy and the Government will carefully consider the responses and any further evidence it receives to the consultation. This information will help shape the final proposals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 22/07/2015 15:21:54 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

388044

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Higher Education: Part-time Education
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 6 July (HL793), what assessment they have made of the decline in the number of undergraduates in the part-time sector between the academic years 2009–10 and 2013–14; and what specific proposals they have for encouraging part-time study as one means to address skills shortages in engineering.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL1170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>An assessment of trends in entry to part-time undergraduate courses was included in the Higher Education Funding Council for England’s report <em>“Pressure from all sides: Economic and policy influences on part-time higher education” </em></p><p><a href="http://www.hefce.ac.uk/media/hefce/content/pubs/2014/201408d/HEFE2014_08d.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hefce.ac.uk/media/hefce/content/pubs/2014/201408d/HEFE2014_08d.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the importance of part-time undergraduate higher education and from 2015/16 has introduced a relaxation of the Equivalent and Lower Qualifications policy, to give financial support to those who are committed to retraining in engineering, technology and computer science. We have also committed to rolling out many more Degree Apprenticeships, allowing young people to combine a world-class degree with a world-class apprenticeship.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/07/2015 14:55:50 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name Economic and Policy influences.pdf title HEFCE Report
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

388045

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Skilled Workers: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the number of working adults aged 25 to 64 considering higher education in the next five years, what specific steps they propose to take to fill any skills gaps left by current workers engaging in higher education.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL1171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>We want to equip people of all ages with the skills that employers need in order to be competitive and grow. In addition to initiatives such as the establishment of employer-led National Colleges we are expanding the number of apprenticeships providing opportunities for individuals to learn whilst also being in employment; helping to raise productivity and reduce skills gaps.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to 3m apprenticeship starts over the next 5 years and to delivering employer-led apprenticeship reforms, which are improving the quality of apprenticeships to provide the skills that employers need.</p><p> </p><p>We will roll out many more degree apprenticeships, which combine a world-class degree with an apprenticeship. Higher and Degree Apprenticeships are widening access to the professions and providing the higher level technical skills employers need to improve productivity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have established National Colleges to help the UK develop the world-class technical skills needed to compete globally and to address high level skills gaps in key sectors of the economy. They will focus on Level 4 &amp; 5 qualifications and deliver both Advanced and Higher Apprenticeships training, with progression for students up to postgraduate level. Expected to function on a par with Universities, they will be major centres of excellence with international reputations, attracting students from across the country.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/07/2015 13:07:39 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

385310

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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	Engineering
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to increase the numbers of people being trained in engineering at (1) apprentice level, (2) high technical level, and (3) graduate level.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is making a series of interventions to increase the number of engineers. We are inspiring young people to consider engineering careers through the your-life campaign, tomorrow’s engineer’s week, STEM ambassadors in schools and improved careers advice.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to 3m apprenticeships starts this parliament and many of the new employer-led trailblazer apprenticeships standards are in the engineering and manufacturing sector.</p><p> </p><p>Final data for the 13/14 academic year show that there were 64,800 apprenticeship starts in the engineering and manufacturing technologies sector subject area, an increase of 52% on 2009/10.</p><p> </p><p>We have made additional funding available for HE within Higher Apprenticeships and for 20,000 more higher apprenticeship to provide apprentices with high level technical skills that employers need.</p><p> </p><p>We have also established national colleges to address skills gaps in sectors key to the economy to provide high level technical skills –colleges announced so far include advanced manufacturing, high speed rail, nuclear, oil, gas and wind.</p><p> </p><p>We have also made available £30m funding to employers to address skills shortages in engineering.</p><p> </p><p>In HE we have provided £200 million capital investment for teaching facilities and £185 million for teaching of high cost subjects such as engineering. We have also provided £6m for the development of an engineering conversion pilot to enable qualified non-engineering graduates to pursue a career in engineering.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 06/07/2015 12:09:00 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

79599

registered interest
date	24/07/2014
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	Supermarkets: Conditions of Employment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of employment practices in the United Kingdom supermarket sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL1495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have not made any specific assessment of employment practices in this sector.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 11/08/2014 12:50:29 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

78959

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
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	Postal Services: Competition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect Ofcom to undertake a review of the impact of end-to-end competitors on the universal postal service.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL1276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Ofcom is committed to carrying out a full review on end-to-end competition next year. It has also made clear that it would carry out an earlier review if market developments dictated the need to do so.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ofcom has set out its approach towards carrying out a full assessment of end-to-end competition in its Guidance published in March 2013 (“Final Guidance on Ofcom’s approach to assessing the impact on the universal service”).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ofcom has in place a continuous monitoring regime and access to key confidential data from Royal Mail and other postal operators which would enable it to anticipate any potential threat to the universal service. They are keeping market developments under close monthly review and if this monitoring identified cause for concern Ofcom has said that they would be able to carry out a review very quickly.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 01/09/2014 09:19:24 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw