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114581

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
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	Manufacturing Industries: Bristol
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 discussions he has had with (a) Rolls Royce and (b) other aerospace and engineering employers in the Bristol region.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	213601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills has regular discussions with aerospace and engineering companies who employ people in Bristol, such as Airbus and GKN. Most recently, he spoke with John Rishton, Chief Executive of Rolls-Royce on 3rd November. I also speak to aerospace employers regularly, including through the Aerospace Growth Partnership.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Over the past year, my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills has visited Bristol on three separate occasions on 3 April, 7 July and 30 October. On 3 April he visited Redcliffe Precision, a small aerospace company, and he also met with West of England Local Enterprise Partnership which includes Bristol Airport and Airbus. On 7 July he visited Bristol Robotics Laboratory. On 30 October he spoke and participated at an event at the National Composites Centre involving around 350 representatives from a wide range of aerospace and engineering employers, including from Bristol.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/11/2014 15:44:51 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

106193

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
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 steps his Department is taking to encourage offers of apprenticeships to adults without GCSEs.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	213292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Apprenticeships are jobs and as such individual employers set their own entry requirements.</p><p>We have introduced Traineeships, working with employers, to offer people aged 16 – 24, often without GCSEs, an opportunity to develop the skills and experience needed to compete successfully for an apprenticeship or other job.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/11/2014 12:22:38 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

105813

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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: Northern Ireland
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 discussions he has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on encouraging businesses to offer apprenticeships to young people.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	212916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the then Minister for Skills and Enterprise (Matthew Hancock) met with the four nation Ministers including Dr Stephen Farry, MLA, Minister for Employment and Learning, on 19 June 2014.</p><p>He updated Ministers on the review of apprenticeships and trailblazer reforms in England.</p><p>Dr Stephen Farry informed Ministers that Northern Ireland would be producing a new strategy on apprenticeships and this was formally announced on 24 June 2014.</p><p>Ministers agreed that an official-level group would be beneficial and my Rt. Hon. Friend. the now Minister for Business and Energy Matthew Hancock suggested extending the remit of the UK strategic policy forum to include apprenticeships. The UK Strategic Forum meets approximately one month prior to the four nation Ministerial meetings and the first meeting took place on 4 June 2014.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/11/2014 12:43:40 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

105818

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Freedom of Information
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 his Department has spent on legal fees over prevention of release of information requested by Freedom of Information requests since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 14 July 2014, Official Report Col 537W.</p><p> </p><p>Although the Hon. Member has requested information in respect of a slightly shorter period (i.e. since 2010 and not each of the past 5 years) and has asked about fees over the prevention of release of information requested by Freedom of Information requests rather than in relation to freedom of information cases generally, the answer remains the same as that previously given.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 10/11/2014 16:42:01 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105819

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions his Department has made appointments by exception since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department has made 269 appointments by exception since April 2011. Centrally held records are not available prior to April 2011.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not release the name of individuals appointed to posts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 10/11/2014 15:58:05 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105820

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Pay
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 Instant Rewards of what value were given to his Department's officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>An element of the Department’s overall pay bill for staff below the Senior Civil Service (SCS) is allocated to payments related directly to performance. There are two types of award:</p><p> </p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Annual performance awards, that reward staff based on their annual performance rating.</li><li>In-year awards that recognise strong performance in particularly demanding tasks or situations. These can be in the form of cash payments or vouchers.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These non-consolidated, non-pensionable one-off payments are used to drive high performance in the department and do not add to future pay bills.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the number and cost of in-year awards in 2013, and until the end of September in 2014 are contained in table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Cash Awards</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value of Cash Awards</strong></p><p><strong>(£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Vouchers</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value of Vouchers</strong></p><p><strong>(£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,489</p></td><td><p>434,743</p></td><td><p>803</p></td><td><p>32,110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014*</p></td><td><p>1,145</p></td><td><p>353,200</p></td><td><p>788</p></td><td><p>41,525</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Jan – Sept 2014</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 10/11/2014 15:48:11 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105821

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions his Department has had requests for appointments by exception to the Senior Civil Service turned down by the Civil Service Commission since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Civil Service Commission publish details of appointments made by exception and approved by them in their annual reports and on their website. These reports are available in the Library of the House. It would not be appropriate to publish details of the requests turned down by the Commission as the numbers involved are so small.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 10/11/2014 15:49:40 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105822

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Freedom of Information
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 Freedom of Information requests his Department has declined to answer in full since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Statistics on the Freedom of Information performance of Government Departments since January 2010 are published by the Ministry of Justice. They are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics#2010-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics#2010-2012</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The published statistics include the numbers of requests received by each Department, the numbers answered in full and where information was partly or fully withheld.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 10/11/2014 14:37:50 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105824

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Mobile Phones
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 his Department spent on iPhones in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>In 2012, the Department (including our UKTI organisation), purchased 13 iPhones at £360 each, through our framework contract with Vodafone. The call costs for each of those phones would have been absorbed into the standard mobile telephony running cost budget and so aren't identified individually.</p><p>Our corporate Smart Phone service is not predicated on iPhone technology and so no further purchases have been made to date.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 10/11/2014 16:03:50 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105848

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Technology: Employment
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 number of jobs which will be displaced by technological change in the next (a) five and (b) 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	213000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The changing technological landscape is not expected to have a negative net impact on employment growth in the wider economy over the next five to 10 years. It is difficult to reliably estimate the number of jobs which could be displaced by technological change. New technology opens up new job opportunities, the Warwick University Working Futures projections, based on past trends, indicate 1.9 million additional jobs growth for the whole economy and a greater than 20% increase in jobs in Information Technology sectors between 2012 and 2022<sup> [1]</sup>. Through initiatives like the Your Life campaign, we are ensuring the supply of future talent.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/298510/working-futures-2012-2022-main-report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/298510/working-futures-2012-2022-main-report.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/11/2014 14:06:56 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey