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78330

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will estimate the annual cost to the Law Officers' Departments of (a) stationery and (b) postage incurred when sending a ministerial reply to hon. Members; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	206141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The stationery and postage costs incurred when sending a ministerial reply to hon. Members are not seperately identifiable from general office stationery and postage costs.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 01/09/2014 13:54:44 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78331

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will take steps to increase the number of replies within the Law Officers' Departments' working day standard; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	206130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Performance in meeting targets is kept under regular review by Ministers and senior management in the Law Officer’s Departments, and every effort is being made to ensure that levels of performance are maintained or improved upon.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 01/09/2014 14:00:19 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78333

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Correspondence
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 estimate the annual cost to his Department of (a) stationery and (b) postage incurred when sending a ministerial reply to hon. Members; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	206140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Every effort is made to ensure that departmental correspondence is dealt with in an efficient and cost-effective manner.</p><p>Letters are sent on stationery printed in-house. If sending a ministerial reply to hon. Members at the House of Commons or House of Lords then no postage is incurred as mail is delivered twice a day from the Department, 1 Victoria Street on our van service.</p><p> </p><p>During recess, letters are sent via first class mail – the cost of stationery and postage during the most recent summer recess period is estimated at around £200. Figures for earlier time periods are not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 01/09/2014 16:01:29 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78335

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Graduates
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 he is taking to increase opportunities for university leavers and to ensure that university leavers in all regions and constituent parts of the UK benefit from his efforts.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	206222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government is rebuilding, rebalancing and growing the economy to ensure that all university leavers in all parts of the country are given the opportunity to achieve their potential.</p><p>The economic plan is working, with over two million more private sector jobs and 400,000 more businesses.</p><p>To enable students to take advantage of these opportunities we are increasing the information available to them through the Key Information Set. This provides comparable information on over 37,000 undergraduate courses at universities and colleges across the country.</p><p>Our Graduate Talent Pool programme has played a valuable role in stimulating the UK graduate internship market, helping graduates to gain relevant work experience and improving their employment prospects.</p><p>Latest data, from the Destinations of Leavers of Higher Education survey, show that these policies are working. 88% of full-time first degree leavers who graduated from UK universities in 2012/13 were in employment or further study 6 months after graduation.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 01/09/2014 16:04:19 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

78336

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Export Controls: Middle East
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 suspend all standard individual export licence and open individual export licences to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories until at least such time as a ceasefire in the present conflict in that region has been established.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Katy Clark
uin	206224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>A ceasefire was announced on 26 August 2014 and remains in force. The Government continues to monitor the situation closely.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 01/09/2014 15:55:51 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

78340

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the number of roles advertised through the National Apprenticeship Service which pay below the apprentice national minimum wage.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	206269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>All vacancies that are advertised on the Apprenticeship vacancy website by training providers and employers are quality checked by the Skills Funding Agency to ensure that employers are paying at least the Apprenticeship National Minimum Wage (NMW) of £2.68 per hour. Any vacancies that are found to be paying below this rate are not advertised until they can meet the NMW requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 01/09/2014 16:27:41 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

78343

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much match funding has been allocated to firms under the Passport to Export Scheme; and what proportion of these funds have been withdrawn.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	206271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Since 2010 for which data is readily available, the level of expenditure on match funding has been as follows:</p><p>2010/11: £1.1 million</p><p>2011/12: £907,000</p><p>2012/13: £774,000</p><p>2013/14: £2.1 million</p><p>2014/15: £1.9 million (April to July)</p><p>No companies with an offer of matched funding have had that offer of funding withdrawn.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 01/09/2014 15:58:22 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

78350

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many firms are participating in the Passport to Export scheme.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	206275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the Hon. Member to Parliamentary question 206276 that I have answered today. This indicates the numbers of companies signed to the Passport to Export scheme in recent years. Companies are signed up to the scheme over the course of each financial year and stay on the programme for a period of up to 12 months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 01/09/2014 16:58:34 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

78351

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many firms (a) applied and (b) were approved to take part in the Passport to Export scheme in each month of its operation.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	206276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Monthly data for companies signing up to the Passport scheme is not available for the full length of time Passport has been running. However, monthly data is available since April 2012, and this is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Passport to Export Scheme Sign-ups</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p>255</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>214</p></td><td><p>248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>208</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>233</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>208</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>269</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td><p>319</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1701</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2686</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>956</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>No data is retained on the numbers of companies which applied but were not approved to take part in the Passport to Export scheme.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 01/09/2014 16:58:04 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

78352

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of apprentices are working less than 16 hours per week as part of their apprenticeship.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	206277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Apprenticeships are a full-time job; therefore it is a condition that apprentices are employed for at least 30 hours per week. In exceptional circumstances, such as where the apprentice has caring responsibilities, a minimum of 16 hours per week may be agreed. Where employment is for less than 30 hours per week, the duration of an Apprenticeship must be extended in proportion so that the minimum requirements on duration are still met.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 01/09/2014 16:25:36 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna