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178041

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
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: North West
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 apprenticeships have been created in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in the last five years; and how many of those apprenticeships were in the services industry.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	223517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>Information on apprenticeship starts by geography and sector subject area is published in a supplementary table to a Statistical First Release (SFR):</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/400024/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-and-sector-subject-area.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/400024/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-and-sector-subject-area.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeship data are not available by industrial sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/02/2015 12:46:42 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

178049

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
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	Ordnance Survey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the value of the intellectual copyright held by Ordnance Survey.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	223558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>No estimate has been made of the value of the Crown copyright and data rights in material held by Ordnance Survey. When Ordnance Survey became a Trading Fund in 1999, the opening balance sheet of the Trading Fund did not include an asset value in respect of this Intellectual Property (the geographic data held on the National Geographic Database) as the applicable accounting standards at that time did not enable valuation of the asset. When Ordnance Survey transitions to a government owned company, copyright and data rights will remain the property of the Crown.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/02/2015 15:06:34 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

178051

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
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	Ordnance Survey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with whom he consulted and what representations he received before taking the decision that Ordnance Survey should become a government-owned company.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	223559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The change to a Government–owned Company is operational in nature, designed to improve the performance of the organisation. There are no legislative requirements to the change and no proposed change in ownership. As the project has developed, the Department and the Ordnance Survey management have held discussions with interested parties across the public and business sectors, as well as with Ordnance Survey staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/02/2015 15:04:50 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

178055

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
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	Ordnance Survey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what timetable he has set for Ordnance Survey to become a government-owned company.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	223594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>It is the intention to vest Ordnance Survey into a Government-owned Company by the end of the Financial Year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The change to a Government–owned Company is operational in nature, designed to improve the performance of the organisation. There are no legislative requirements to the change and no proposed change in ownership. As the project has developed, the Department and the Ordnance Survey management have held discussions with interested parties across the public and business sectors, as well as with Ordnance Survey staff.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/02/2015 15:05:47 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

178060

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total advertising budget is for the Get In. GO Far campaign; and how much has been spent on (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other advertising using the phrase Get In. GO Far in the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	223662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The spend on the Get In Go Far campaign was agreed with the Minister for the Cabinet Office through the Efficiency Reform Group in 2014 following a direct commission from the Prime Minister. The campaign is aimed at young people aged 14-24, parents of 14-24s, and teachers to establish apprenticeships as the norm alongside A levels and university. The campaign began on 20 August 2014. The budget is £6,007,000 of which the items specified below are receipted spend by the end of January 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>TV</p></td><td><p>£1,180,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Press</p></td><td><p>£376,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Digital</p></td><td><p>£1,060,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Out of home (posters, bus panels, shopping malls)</p></td><td><p>£1,173,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Media partnership cross format package, including press, radio, TV and online channels.</p></td><td><p>£489,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/02/2015 10:06:32 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

178064

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
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	Health
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 meetings he has had on the Department of Health's Responsibility Deal; and whom he has met on that matter.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	223670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills has not had any such meetings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 10/02/2015 10:02:53 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

178219

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
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	Small Businesses
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 total advertising budget is for the GREAT Business campaign; and how much has been spent on (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other advertising using the phrase GREAT Business in the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	223664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The Business is GREAT is aimed at small businesses to inspire them to grow their business by taking up a growth behaviour such as hiring staff, exporting and so forth. The Business is GREAT Britain campaign began in November 2013. The overall budget for 2013/14 was £5.2m and for 2014/15 it is £7.5m. The spend via the channels requested are listed below. Please note that for 2014 / 2015 the figures are what we have receipted up until February 6 2015:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013 / 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014 / 2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Television</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newspaper</p></td><td><p>£1,126,792.32</p></td><td><p>£956,730.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Online</p></td><td><p>£1,798,539.90</p></td><td><p>£988,165.53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Radio</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£444,142.66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Out of home (posters, bus panels, shopping malls)</p></td><td><p>£760,636.69</p></td><td><p>£699,824.58</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/02/2015 15:03:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

177657

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved institutions on ensuring that policy on, and the operation of, the ICT and digital Degree Apprenticeship qualifications being introduced in England in September 2015 is linked to similar initiatives in other parts of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	223280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The devolved administrations were consulted during the review of apprenticeships, and officials have engaged with them since to consider any implications for their own apprenticeship programmes. There have been no specific discussions on the ICT and digital Degree Apprenticeship qualifications being introduced in England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/02/2015 11:20:57 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

177666

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what responsibilities local authorities will have in relation to further education as part of the (a) Manchester and (b) Sheffield City Deal.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	223320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government has announced separate devolution agreements with the Combined Authorities in Greater Manchester and Sheffield City Region, which puts them in the driving seat in designing a local skills system that is responsive to labour market needs and economic priorities by 2017. The Combined Authorities will enable the constituent local authorities in the areas to take joint decisions on skills and key growth policies.</p><p>The Government will work with the respective Combined Authorities to reshape and restructure their FE systems so they meet their future economic requirements. The Government will devolve the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers (AGE) to the Combined Authorities, and it will work with them on how to improve the ability of the skills system to respond to local labour market needs and economic priorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/02/2015 11:03:59 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

177763

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
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	Tobacco: Packaging
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 the Intellectual Property Office has made of the potential effect of the introduction of standardised tobacco products on intellectual property rights.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	223412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government believes that standardised packaging is a proportionate and justified response to the considerable public health harm from smoking tobacco. We continue to consider carefully all issues relevant to the policy, including the impact on intellectual property rights.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 10/02/2015 14:28:33 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies