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454038

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the apprenticeship levy on the training requirements of small and medium-sized firms unable to access the levy.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	28100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>When the apprenticeships levy is introduced in April 2017, small and medium sized employers will continue to have access to government funding to support apprenticeships. We will provide further details on the support available later this year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 07/03/2016 14:26:45 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1478

454039

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the apprenticeship levy on training and skills funding for people aged over 21.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	28101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The combination of the apprenticeship levy, the protection of the Adult Education Budget and the extension of loans mean that by 2019-20 the total spending power of the FE sector to support participation will be £3.41bn, an increase in cash terms of 40% compared with 2015-16.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 02/03/2016 17:57:55 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1478

454040

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department intends to cease any existing or planned business support mechanisms in order to implement the apprenticeship levy.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	28102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>We are not cutting business support mechanisms to implement the levy. We are improving our business services by developing the Digital Apprenticeship Service.</p><p> </p><p>Through this online mechanism employers will have access to a number of services to help them choose and pay for apprenticeship training in a simple way.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 02/03/2016 17:11:29 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1478

454041

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	Institute for Apprenticeships: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the estimated (a) cost of establishing and (b) annual running cost of the Institute of Apprenticeships is; whether his Department has made an assessment of the effects of funding that institute on his Department's annual programme budget; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	28157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The final size and structure of the Institute for Apprenticeships will be determined by the shadow chair and CEO later in the spring and this will then determine its final running cost. The body will be funded by Government using public funds, as the rest of the governance system is, and it is expected that some funding will be freed up from savings across the Department.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 02/03/2016 17:22:11 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1478

454042

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish his Department's impact assessment of the apprenticeship levy.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	28103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>HM Treasury published a Tax Information and Impact Note on 4 February 2016 at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-levy/apprenticeship-levy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-levy/apprenticeship-levy</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 02/03/2016 17:19:13 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1478

417987

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
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	Industrial Training Boards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to publish the Government response to the Industry Training Boards review, announced on 23 September 2013; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	9740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The Triennial Review of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) and Film Industry Training Board (FITB) took place under the Coalition Government. However it was not possible to publish the report before the May 2015 general election.</p><p> </p><p>In the Budget on 8 July 2015, the new Government announced that it will introduce a levy on large UK employers to fund post-16 apprenticeships. The Government is now consulting on how the levy should be implemented, including its interaction with the existing sector levies.</p><p> </p><p>“Given these skills funding policy changes, there have been delays in publication as we consider how the sector levies interact with the apprenticeship levy.”</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 17/09/2015 14:29:14 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1478

348709

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
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	Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) nature and (b) proportion of changes to (i) further and (ii) higher education spending will be as a result of reductions of £450 million in his Department's budget.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	1326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The majority of BIS’ £450m savings will be delivered through known underspends and releasing unallocated funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Officials in my department are working with the appropriate funding bodies to determine how other savings can best be achieved in line with ministers’ priorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Funding for apprenticeships and student maintenance will not be affected.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The underlying principles ensuring that students and young people continue to benefit from one of the best education systems in the world will continue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/06/2015 14:55:49 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1478

172130

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Construction: Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish any recent assessment he has made of compliance with the Construction Supply Chain Payment Charter.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	219831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Construction Supply Chain Payment Charter was published in April and publicly supported by members of the Construction Leadership Council.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Signing up to the Payment Charter is a voluntary commitment. We are currently consulting on a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) which construction businesses signing the Charter will report on, via the Institute of Credit Management. The KPIs are being developed in order to have a framework in place to monitor the effect of the Charter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 13/01/2015 11:29:27 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1478

172134

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Construction: Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) co-ordination, (b) efficiency and (c) improvements to productivity within the construction industry.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	219845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy for Construction, <em>Construction 2025,</em> was published in July 2013; it sets out a vision of where the industry will be in 2025 and the steps that are needed to get there. This is being taken forward in partnership with the industry through the Construction Leadership Council.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Achieving the four key ambitions of the strategy - reducing initial cost of construction and the whole-life cost of assets; reducing overall time from inception to completion; reducing greenhouse gas emissions; and reducing the trade gap between total exports and total imports - will improve the efficiency and the productivity of the industry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 13/01/2015 11:37:56 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1478

91345

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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	Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's planned timeline is for the implementation of section 74 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	209011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government currently proposes that section 74 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (“ERRA”) is implemented on 6 April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is consulting on this proposed timing. This consultation closes on 27 October 2014 and full details of the consultation are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/transitional-provisions-for-the-repeal-of-section-52-of-the-cdpa" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/transitional-provisions-for-the-repeal-of-section-52-of-the-cdpa</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Accordingly, the Secretary of State currently has no plans to make a statement.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 06/10/2014 09:58:47 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1478