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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

177658

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	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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department or other Ministers in her Department on the establishment of a national financial protection scheme for international students.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	223287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>Policy for further and higher education is a devolved matter and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is responsible for England. Institutions of Further and Higher Education are autonomous independent organisations and as such, they are themselves responsible for their policies and procedures and the management of their operations. The Government encourages the sector to take student welfare seriously, including the welfare of international students.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Officials in BIS regularly meet with Home Office officials and education sector representatives to discuss a range of issues affecting international students. Both my R thon Friend the Secretary of State for BIS and I also regularly meet with bodies who represent or are otherwise concerned with international students.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 223288 223367 question first answered 12/02/2015 08:16:41 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 43624 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

177660

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	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, when he last met international students' representatives to discuss issues affecting international students in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	223288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>Policy for further and higher education is a devolved matter and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is responsible for England. Institutions of Further and Higher Education are autonomous independent organisations and as such, they are themselves responsible for their policies and procedures and the management of their operations. The Government encourages the sector to take student welfare seriously, including the welfare of international students.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Officials in BIS regularly meet with Home Office officials and education sector representatives to discuss a range of issues affecting international students. Both my R thon Friend the Secretary of State for BIS and I also regularly meet with bodies who represent or are otherwise concerned with international students.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 223287 223367 question first answered 12/02/2015 08:16:41 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 43625 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

177662

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	Higher Education: Australia
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 Australian counterpart on the Tuition Protection Scheme for international students in Australia.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	223279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) received a letter from the National Union of Students dated 15 July 2014 which asked BIS to lead in ensuring the creation of a scheme to protect legitimate international students.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of his visit to Australia in February 2014, my predecessor the Rt. hon Friend the Member for Havant (David Willetts) was keen to learn more about their Tuition Protection Scheme and officials also liaised with Tuition Protection Scheme officials in Australia to understand the design and management of this scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 223346 question first answered 13/02/2015 16:26:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

177664

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	Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Competition and Markets Authority is conducting an investigation into allegations of cartel behaviour by banks in (a) foreign exchange markets and (b) other capital markets.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	223331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>I am unable to comment publicly on any activity the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) may or may not be conducting into allegations of cartel behaviour in this area, including any intelligence it may have received or reviewed in relation to any particular allegations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CMA has been setup up by the Government as the UK’s independent competition authority and has extensive powers to pursue cartel and criminal behaviour. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will also obtain concurrent competition powers in financial services on 1 April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As examples of the extensive powers available to the CMA and the FCA, the FCA has publicly stated that it is currently conducting an investigation relating to trading on the foreign exchange market and in November last year issued record levels of fines on banks in relation to their activities in the foreign exchange market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 09/02/2015 12:00:21 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

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

177759

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	Shell: North Sea
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 he has made of the effect on the domestic offshore skills base of Shell UK Ltd's decision to award Allseas Group SA the contract for decommissioning three of its Brent Field platforms on the UK Continental Shelf.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
uin	223359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The contract award will see around 1,000 skilled people involved in the Brent decommissioning Project offshore, including many engineers. Brent decommissioning is a huge undertaking which has already generated investment allowing construction of a new quay and upgrading of Able UK Ltd’s onshore facilities. The construction and dismantlement activity will also create 200 new jobs. It paves the way for a new generation of North Sea related work in the decades ahead. This contract and its associated experience in dealing with large scale decommissioning projects could also help establish a UK decommissioning supply chain capable of taking forward the increasing numbers of projects we see coming forward in the next few years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/02/2015 17:07:21 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

177760

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	Overseas Students: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the establishment of a national financial protection scheme for international students studying in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	223367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>Policy for further and higher education is a devolved matter and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is responsible for England. Institutions of Further and Higher Education are autonomous independent organisations and as such, they are themselves responsible for their policies and procedures and the management of their operations. The Government encourages the sector to take student welfare seriously, including the welfare of international students.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Officials in BIS regularly meet with Home Office officials and education sector representatives to discuss a range of issues affecting international students. Both my R thon Friend the Secretary of State for BIS and I also regularly meet with bodies who represent or are otherwise concerned with international students.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 223287 223288 question first answered 12/02/2015 08:16:41 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 43623 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

177761

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	Overseas Students: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received on the establishment of a national financial protection scheme for international students.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	223346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) received a letter from the National Union of Students dated 15 July 2014 which asked BIS to lead in ensuring the creation of a scheme to protect legitimate international students.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of his visit to Australia in February 2014, my predecessor the Rt. hon Friend the Member for Havant (David Willetts) was keen to learn more about their Tuition Protection Scheme and officials also liaised with Tuition Protection Scheme officials in Australia to understand the design and management of this scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 223279 question first answered 13/02/2015 16:26:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

177762

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	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, how many international students applied to study in UK universities in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	223394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>Final figures for the years up to 2014 are shown in the table.</p><p> </p><p>The latest information for the 2015 application cycle shows that, as at January 15<sup>th</sup>, applicants via UCAS from EU and non-EU countries were up by 7% and 3% respectively, compared to the same point last year. The UCAS deadline for the receipt of applications from non-EU applicants is the end of June; normally, only around two thirds of non-EU applicants apply by mid-January.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures only cover applicants to full-time undergraduate courses. Information on applicants to part-time undergraduate courses, and all postgraduate courses, is not held centrally. Only just over half of all non-EU overseas entrants to full-time courses apply via UCAS, the rest apply directly to institutions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Applicants via UCAS from EU and non-EU countries to full-time undergraduate courses at UK institutions</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Final end of cycle figures</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Year of entry</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Domicile:</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU (excluding UK)</p></td><td><p>47,320</p></td><td><p>49,275</p></td><td><p>43,150</p></td><td><p>44,835</p></td><td><p>46,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-EU</p></td><td><p>64,730</p></td><td><p>63,020</p></td><td><p>67,150</p></td><td><p>70,555</p></td><td><p>74,560</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><br> <br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 11/02/2015 15:35:41 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 43626 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas