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57663

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Bankruptcy
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 bankruptcies were registered in (a) York, (b) Yorkshire and (c) England in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>Figures for the number of bankruptcy orders in York, Yorkshire &amp; Humber, and England in each year since 2005 can be found in the following table. Bankruptcy applies to individuals only; regional breakdowns for the number of company insolvencies are not currently available.</p><p /> <p>The Insolvency Service compiles its regional bankruptcy order statistics on a calendar year basis, therefore financial year totals are not available. Figures for 2013 will be available on the Insolvency Service website from 10 July 2014, alongside figures for other individual insolvency procedures (individual voluntary arrangements, and debt relief orders).</p><p /> <p>Table 1: Number of Bankruptcy Orders in each Region of England, 2005-2012<sup>1</sup></p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><sup>Year</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><sup>York</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><sup>Yorkshire &amp; Humber</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><sup>England</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2005</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>134</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>4272</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>43,103</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2006</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>214</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>5812</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>57,576</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2007</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>185</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>5957</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>59,245</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2008</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>198</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>6660</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>62,001</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2009</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>236</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>7231</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>68,498</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2010</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>170</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>5929</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>53,064</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2011</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>130</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>4317</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>38,341</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><sup>2012</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><sup>84</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>3295</sup></p></td><td><p><sup>29,393</sup></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /> <p>1 Where individual has provided postcode</p><p /> <p>It should be noted that these figures do not account for any changes in the base population over time. Using the rate of bankruptcies per 10,000 adults allows for a like-for-like comparison across years.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Headline figures for insolvencies in England and Wales can be found in the quarterly <em>Insolvency Statistics</em> release, a National Statistics publication. Figures for January-March 2014 were published on 29 April 2014, and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-january-to-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-january-to-march-2014</a></p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Annual numbers and rates of bankruptcies by region for 2000-2012 are available in the <em>Individual Insolvencies by Region</em> publication, which can be found at the following link:</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-individual-insolvencies-by-region" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/insolvency-statistics-individual-insolvencies-by-region</a></p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 11/06/2014 12:52:26 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57664

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Foreign Investment in UK: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 foreign investment in Yorkshire and the Humber there has been in each year since 2008; and what estimate he has made of the number of (a) new and (b) safeguarded jobs generated by such investments.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>UK Trade &amp; Investment reports that in 2008/9, 1,869 new jobs were created in Yorkshire and Humberside as a result of foreign investment and 4,719 jobs were safeguarded. In 2009/10, 2,016 new jobs were created and 3,895 were safeguarded. In 2010/11, 868 jobs were created and a total of 670 jobs safeguarded. In 2011/12, 1,362 new jobs were created and 2,338 jobs safeguarded.</p><p>Finally, in 2012/13, the last published figures show that 1,288 new jobs were created in Yorkshire and Humber and total of 6,618 jobs were safeguarded, a total of 7,906 jobs.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/06/2014 16:02:48 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57666

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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 young people (a) started and (b) completed apprenticeships in (i) York Central constituency, (ii) York local education authority, (iii) Yorkshire and the Humber and (iv) England in each year since 1995-96.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>Data are not available prior to 2000. Estimates for the proportion of young people in training, employment and education separately are not available.</p><p>Information on the number of Apprenticeship starts and achievements by geography and age is published in supplementary tables to a Statistical First Release:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/308808/apprenticeship-starts-by-geography-level-and-age.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/308808/apprenticeship-starts-by-geography-level-and-age.xls</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/296382/apprenticeship-achievements-by-geography-level-and-age.xlsm" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/296382/apprenticeship-achievements-by-geography-level-and-age.xlsm</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 198511 question first answered 12/06/2014 16:52:48 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57667

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Regional Growth Fund: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber received how much funding from the Regional Growth Fund in each year since 2011-12.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>We do not hold the data in the format requested. The Regional Growth Fund is supporting 51 projects and programmes in Yorkshire and Humber across five funding Rounds. Below is a breakdown of the allocated funding from 2011-2017 by Round:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Round</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Projects</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Programmes</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Allocated funding (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>47.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>78.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>92.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>41.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 11 regional programmes are providing support to small and medium-size businesses in the area. Support from RGF is expected to leverage £1.7bn of private investment.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/06/2014 14:19:46 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57668

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Regional Development Agencies: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber received how much funding from the Yorkshire Regional Development Agency in each year that body was in existence.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>Yorkshire Forward's annual accounts (<a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>) report on this activity, showing the number of businesses assisted overall and the annual expenditure on the programmes they delivered as a whole. Providing any further information, at the level of detail requested, would require extensive research into Yorkshire Forward's records which are now held in BIS archive. This would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/06/2014 16:55:57 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57669

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Local Enterprise Partnerships: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber received how much funding from Local Enterprise Partnerships in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The Regional Growth Fund has supported eight Local Enterprise Partnership-led (LEP) programmes in Yorkshire and Humber, 4 each in Rounds 3 and 5, with allocations totalling £95 million. So far £23.8 million has been paid to small and medium-sized enterprises which has achieved 987 jobs and £66.9 million in private sector leverage.</p><p> </p><p>The Yorkshire and Humber LEPs have also received a total of £72.9 million from the Growing Places Fund to support infrastructure projects resulting in the creation of jobs, housing, commercial floorspace and businesses. Thus far, the LEPs have allocated this to 34 projects which will lead to the creation of 25,500 jobs, 4,900 housing units, 1.5 million sqm commercial floorspace, and 320 businesses.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/06/2014 16:05:37 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57670

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Higher Education: York
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 UK-domiciled (a) undergraduate and (b) postgraduate students enrolled at the (i) University of York and (ii) University of York St John in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	198525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on student enrolments at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of UK domiciled undergraduate and postgraduate enrolments at University of York and York St John University in the academic years 2009/10 to 2012/13 has been provided in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of enrolments at UK HEIs for the academic year 2013/14 will become available from HESA in January 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>UK domiciled <sup>(1) </sup>enrolments <sup>(2) </sup>by level and institution of study</strong></p><p> </p><p>Academic years 2009/10 to 2012/13</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Institution</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Level of study</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of York</p></td><td><p>Postgraduate</p></td><td><p>2,405</p></td><td><p>2,610</p></td><td><p>2,680</p></td><td><p>2,135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Undergraduate</p></td><td><p>9,645</p></td><td><p>10,190</p></td><td><p>10,475</p></td><td><p>10,395</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 12,050 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 12,800 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 13,155 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 12,525 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York St John University</p></td><td><p>Postgraduate</p></td><td><p>815</p></td><td><p>780</p></td><td><p>735</p></td><td><p>715</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Undergraduate</p></td><td><p>4,835</p></td><td><p>4,855</p></td><td><p>4,920</p></td><td><p>4,960</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 5,650 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 5,640 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 5,660 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 5,680 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: HESA Student Record</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>(1) Domicile refers to a students' home or permanent address prior to starting their course</p><p> </p><p>(2) Enrolments refers to students in all years of study</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This information can also be found on the HESA website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.hesa.ac.uk/free-statistics</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 11/06/2014 17:00:13 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

57675

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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: Electronic Equipment
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 the manufacture of electronic components in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	198575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government recognises that electronic components and systems are key enabling technologies which underpin many key industrial sectors both in the UK and worldwide. In line with the Industrial Strategy, the Government is working with the industry-led Electronics Systems Community (ESCO) Council to support its aims of achieving sustainable growth within the sector. This Council is co-chaired by myself and Warren East, formerly Chief Executive of ARM, and is made up of senior business leaders from within the electronics systems sector.</p><p>The ESCO Council is working within the UK electronics community, with government, with academia and is building close ties with leadership groups from other industries in taking forward the industry's blueprint for transforming the electronic systems sector in the UK. The Council's aims and priorities are set out in the 'Electronic Systems: Challenges and Opportunities' report, which the industry published in summer 2013. The ESCO Council has set itself the goals for 2020 of increasing employment in the electronics systems sector from 850,000 to 1,000,000, and the contribution that electronics makes to the economy from around £80bn to £120bn per year.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/06/2014 12:57:15 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

57687

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Temporary Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to improve job security for people employed indefinitely on temporary or fixed-term contracts.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	198616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to achieving a labour market that is both fair and flexible, which gives employers the confidence to create jobs, and individuals the choice to find work that suits them and their circumstances.</p><p>Temporary, agency and fixed term contracts are an important, but relatively small part of our labour market, as they give companies flexibility in how staff are hired and workers flexibility in how they work. In February to April 2014 there were 1.673 million temporary employees – 6.5% of all employees. Of these, ONS estimate that 35.9% were working temporarily because they could not find a permanent job – down from 39.7% a year ago.</p><p>Under this Government employment growth continues to be exceptionally strong, with levels up by 345,000 in the past quarter, and 780,000 in the past year – a record. Overall, in the 12 months to April 2014:</p><p> </p><p>· Employment increased by 780,000.</p><p> </p><p>· The number of employees working full time increased by 441,000 and the number of people working part time increased by 17,000.</p><p> </p><p>· The amount of people in self-employment rose by 337,000</p><p> </p><p>· The amount of temporary employees was 1.67 million in the three months to April 2014, up 79,000 on the same period last year. The amount of employees working temporary jobs because they could not find permanent jobs fell by 33,000 over the past year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 11/06/2014 16:11:21 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

57700

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Overseas Trade: Western Sahara
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 instruct UK Trade and Investment to issue a statement cautioning UK businesses against trade and investment in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	198629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>We do not advise against trading with or investing in Western Sahara. Companies seeking UK Trade &amp; Investment's advice on business prospects in Western Sahara will be made aware of the travel advice, information on Overseas Business Risk, and other market conditions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/06/2014 16:40:34 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery