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391050

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	House of Lords: Political Parties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House on what basis a political party with 7.9 per cent of the national vote at a general election holds front bench status in the House of Lords.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL1588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The second largest opposition party is neither formally defined nor given specific speaking rights by the Standing Orders of the House or the Companion to the Standing Orders. The Companion to Standing Orders does, however, set out several areas where the “opposition front benches” have the right to speak for longer than backbenchers or have rights to speak at specific points in proceedings.<br><br>Of the political parties represented in the House, only the Official Opposition and the Liberal Democrat group operate frontbenches of a size that permits them to shadow each Government department. It is for that reason that the definition of “opposition frontbenches” that applied in practice before the 2010 Parliament has been reverted to in this Parliament. <br><br>It remains open to any member who wishes to propose a change to current arrangements to make representations to me and/or make a submission to the Procedure Committee.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL1135 HL1136 HL1137 HL1138 HL1139 question first answered 20/07/2015 16:47:20 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

390867

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Attendance Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will extend the special rules for attendance allowance to include those suffering from significant brain injuries.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	7696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Entitlement to Attendance Allowance is not based on the diagnosis of a specific health condition, but is awarded to people based on the care, or supervision, needs arising from their severe disability. Special rules arrangements apply to Attendance Allowance claimants who are not expected to live longer than another six months, and mean that payment is made immediately rather the claimant having to satisfy the usual six month qualifying period. There is no specification of which health conditions should be processed under the special rules arrangements, and those suffering from significant brain injuries and not expected to live longer than another six months would be included under them. Claims for Attendance Allowance under the special rules arrangements should be supported by a relevant healthcare professional, usually on form DS1500.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 20/07/2015 17:15:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

390151

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Business: Advisory Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2015 to Question 2127, how many Growth Vouchers were not redeemed by the deadline of 30 June; and what the total value was of those unredeemed vouchers.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	7500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>13,199 vouchers have not been redeemed, which have a total maximum value of £26,398,000.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 20/07/2015 15:16:33 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

390152

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Students: Loans
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 an updated assessment of the RAB charge taking into account announcements in the Summer Budget 2015; and what estimate he has made since that Budget on the level of RAB charge in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	7501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The RAB charge is an estimate and will always fluctuate. Switching grants to loans increases the aggregated RAB charge. We are consulting on freezing the repayment threshold, which may mean that overall the RAB charge would reduce.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My Department publishes an updated estimate of the RAB charge each year, close to the time of the publication of BIS accounts. The most recent estimate of the 15/16 RAB charge was published on 14 July 2015. The estimate, together with an updated simplified version of the model for calculating the RAB charge can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/stepmodel" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/stepmodel</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An updated assessment of the RAB charge will be published next summer alongside BIS accounts for 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/07/2015 15:20:40 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

390153

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Universities: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) examined on the potential effects of announcements in the Summer Budget 2015 on the number of students (i) applying to and (ii) taking up places at universities.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	7502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The growth in student numbers since 2012, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds, suggests that students are not deterred from entering Higher Education when asked to bear more of the cost of their study.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/07/2015 16:26:56 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

390154

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Universities: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what forecast his Department or its agencies has made of the number of (a) applications to and (b) numbers taking up places at universities in each of the next five years; and whether those forecasts have been changed as a result of announcements in the Summer Budget 2015.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	7503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not forecast the number of applications to universities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For the purposes of planning Government expenditure and financial transactions, and prior to the summer budget, the Department agreed with the Office for Budget Responsibility the full-time Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)-fundable undergraduate entrant scenario shown in the table below. This scenario takes into account the projected decline in the young population. The actual number of new entrants will depend on the decisions of applicants and institutions. The Government does not expect the student finance announcements made at the Budget to affect the general trend we have seen of rising student numbers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table</strong>: HEFCE-fundable full-time undergraduate entrant forecasts</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Entrants</p></td><td><p>370,000</p></td><td><p>380,000</p></td><td><p>386,000</p></td><td><p>389,000</p></td><td><p>390,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/07/2015 16:25:56 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

390155

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Local Enterprise Partnerships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) formal and (b) informal support is being provided by the Government to the local enterprise partnership network.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	7504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Government has provided funding of £78k to the Local Enterprise Partnership Network to cover some of their operational costs in 2015-16. Together with a contribution of £5k from each of the 39 Local Enterprise Partnerships, this funding helps to facilitate best-practice sharing and communications between Local Enterprise Partnerships. There is a strong relationship and regular dialogue between the Local Enterprise Partnership Network and Government.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 20/07/2015 15:15:23 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

390156

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Staff
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 and what proportion of staff of his Department were based in each region of the UK in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	7522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The number and proportion of Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) staff based in each region of the UK (as shown on the BIS staff database) as at 31 March 2015 was as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Location</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>2065</p></td><td><p>81.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>5.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>9.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2542</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100.0%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Due to a change in the database used to capture staff information it is not possible to provide data for previous years within the timescale.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 20/07/2015 16:46:54 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk

390157

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Innovation and Science
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) provision he has made and (b) guidance he plans to issue on the development of Science and Innovation Audits in areas which are part of more than one local enterprise partnership.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	7430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 15 July 2015 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-07-09/6482/" target="_blank">6482</a>.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/07/2015 16:00:19 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

390161

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Overseas Students
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 net economic contribution of non-EU university students to the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	7467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In the Government’s International Education Strategy, published in July 2013, the value of international higher education students to the UK was valued at £9.7bn, of which £7.0bn was associated with students from non-EU countries. The international education strategy can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-education-strategy-global-growth-and-prosperity" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-education-strategy-global-growth-and-prosperity</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/07/2015 16:24:00 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney