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170290

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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: Minimum Wage
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 11 December 2014 to Question 217744, when his Department plans to write to level 2 and 3 apprenticeships in England informing them of their National Minimum Wage entitlement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	218767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>A letter is issued to all new level 2 and 3 apprentices in England on Government-funded apprenticeships, setting out what they can expect from their apprenticeship. This includes information on their national minimum wage entitlement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 05/01/2015 16:41:25 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 35662 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

167851

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Castes: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2014 to Question 209041, when the final consultation on caste discrimination will be published.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	217135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>We are currently considering the form and timing of the public consultation in the light of ongoing caste discrimination litigation in the Employment Appeal Tribunal. We will await the outcome of the judgment before deciding in what form to issue the public consultation</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/12/2014 19:55:07 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 32604 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

166229

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
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	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 have discussions with representatives of the construction industry on their use of umbrella companies; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	216035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>While I have not been approached by representatives from the construction industry on this matter, I am open to representations on the use of umbrella companies in the construction sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 03/12/2014 11:43:41 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 31000 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

114575

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	Apprentices
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 apprentices have been employed through the employer ownership pilot for apprenticeships; and how much of the £340 million allocated to this pilot has been spent.
tabling member constituency	Hackney South and Shoreditch
tabling member printed	Meg Hillier
uin	213579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Provisional data* from the October 2014 Statistical First Release, shows that for the programme to date (August 2012 to July 2014) there were 4,300 apprenticeship starts associated with the Employer Ownership Pilot (EOP). There were also 32,700 non apprenticeship starts associated with the EOP.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To date, £52.9m of EOP funding has been drawn down by beneficiaries. The balance of funding is expected to be drawn down over the period to financial year 16/17.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>* Provisional data are subject to change. Final data for the 2013/14 academic year will be published on 26 November 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 11/11/2014 15:09:23 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 27398 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1524 label Biography information for Dame Meg Hillier

93790

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students that completed further education in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England went on to (i) university, (ii) a full-time job and (iii) an apprenticeship in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	210953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>Destination measures were produced for students who entered an A level or other Level 3 qualification in June 2014 for the 2010/11 cohort, showing their destinations in 2011/12. This was the first time that the data had been compiled separately for Further Education (FE) students – those in FE colleges, sixth form colleges and FE providers – and those in school sixth forms</p><p>The table below shows data for England and Nottinghamshire local authority (LA) for FE students. Separate figures for full-time employment are not available. No figures are available for Ashfield constituency as it has no relevant FE or sixth form colleges.</p><p>The tables, which include comparable data for school sixth forms, are published online:</p><p><a href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/210953-%20Gloria%20De%20Piero/Draft/www.gov.uk/government/statistics/destinations-of-key-stage-4-and-key-stage-5-pupils-2011-to-2012" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/destinations-of-key-stage-4-and-key-stage-5-pupils-2011-to-2012</a></p><p>The figures for 2011/12 are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Destination Measures for key stage 5: 2010/11 cohort<sup>1</sup> from further education going into a 2011/12 destination.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="3"><p>% going into a sustained<sup>2 </sup>destination</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Area</p></td><td><p>Number<sup>3</sup> of further education<sup>4</sup> students</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Employment and/or training<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>Higher<sup>6</sup> education</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Apprenticeships</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>170,910</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>920</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: National Pupil Database</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Footnotes</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>All students who entered an A Level or other Level 3 qualification. This includes all level 3 qualifications i.e. general or applied A levels, AS examinations or other level 3 qualifications. These students are mostly academic age 17. There is also a number of students of academic age 16 and 18 in the cohort.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Sustained participation for the first two terms, October to March.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Number of students rounded to the nearest 10.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Further education includes students from further education colleges, sixth form colleges and other further education providers; it excludes school sixth forms</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>This includes all young people who were recorded as having been in employment and/or training for at least 5 months for the sustained period, October to March</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>Higher Education includes students at higher education institutions or undertaking higher education provision at a further education college</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 22/10/2014 16:16:23 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 23527 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

93791

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	IGCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether students who have A* to C grades in unregulated English and mathematics IGCSEs will be required to study for GCSEs in those subjects as a condition of receiving funding for a post-16 course.
tabling member constituency	Beverley and Holderness
tabling member printed	Mr Graham Stuart
uin	210942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>Students on post-16 courses who hold an unregulated IGCSE qualification at Grade C or above will not be required to study maths and English GCSE in 2014/15 or 2015/16. No decision has been made in relation to students who sit the first new GCSEs in summer 2017 and enter post-16 education that September. An announcement will be made before September 2015 when the new GCSEs in maths and English are first taught.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 24/10/2014 12:30:27 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 23525 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart

92196

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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	Vocational Training
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 budget of the employer ownership fund has been in each year since 2011; what proportion of that budget has been spent in each such year; and how many apprenticeship starts have been created in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	209719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p><strong>Final Approved answer to 21955</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 2011 the budget and spend for the employer ownership fund has been:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>12-13 13-14 14-15</p><p> </p><p>Budget £2.2m £16.7m £27.7m</p><p> </p><p>Spend £1.5m £11.4m £22.3m (forecast)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 2011 Employer Ownership Pilot Apprenticeship starts have been:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>12-13 13-14</p><p> </p><p>1200 1,500 (**provisional)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>** Full figures for 2013/14 academic year not published until November 2014 – this figure covers the first 9 months of the year academic (August – April).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 16/10/2014 12:18:47 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 22168 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

91233

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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	Construction: Subsistence Allowances
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 construction workers claimed subsistence allowances in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	208733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Business Innovation and Skills does not hold this kind of information; subsistence allowances are a matter for the companies concerned.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/10/2014 12:45:13 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 19766 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

90238

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
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	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, what effect the introduction of 24 Plus Advanced Learning Loans has had on student participation levels.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
uin	207828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>When Advanced Learning Loans were introduced, the Department carried out a thorough Regulatory Impact Assessment, and used survey data to understand the likely change in participation as a result of loans. This is published at the link below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/32315/12-873-further-education-advanced-learning-loans-regulatory-impact.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/32315/12-873-further-education-advanced-learning-loans-regulatory-impact.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information available for 2013/14 is provisional and as such does not allow us to show changes to the level of participation in further education with certainty. But the introduction of 24+ Loans appears to have been successful for those studying at Level 3 and 4. Latest data available showed that the total number of applications received, from 8 April 2013 to 31 July 2014, to fund provision in the 2013/14 academic year was 70,940.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 08/09/2014 10:40:54 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 18503 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

90267

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
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	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 discussions he has had with small and medium-sized enterprises on the planned changes to the funding of the apprenticeship scheme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	207865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has had regular discussions with employers of all sizes and with the Federation of Small Businesses about the apprenticeship reform programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 08/09/2014 10:46:21 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 18508 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson