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388031

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the level of interdependence between small and large businesses; and how they plan to support businesses of all sizes.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL1157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>We recognise that many small businesses engage with larger businesses, forming a valuable part of their supply chains. Strong and robust supply chains are vital to the continued growth of the UK economy and there are a number of activities underway across various sectors that seek to build capability and capacity in the supply chain, thereby supporting businesses and helping them to grow.</p><p> </p><p>We are also clear that large companies should trade fairly with small suppliers and that is why we will shortly be consulting on proposals to establish a small business conciliation service to help small businesses resolve any disputes. For many small businesses, late payment of invoices is a particular concern and we have introduced a number of measures to help encourage larger businesses to pay on time. This includes a new reporting requirement on the UK’s 15,000 largest companies from 2016) to shine a light on poor payment practices, and a strengthened Prompt Payment Code to introduce a maximum 60 day payment term and allow a Code Compliance Board to challenge grossly unfair payment practices. We will also be consulting on giving wider powers to representative bodies to challenge grossly unfair terms.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 22/07/2015 10:13:49 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

388044

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Higher Education: Part-time Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 6 July (HL793), what assessment they have made of the decline in the number of undergraduates in the part-time sector between the academic years 2009–10 and 2013–14; and what specific proposals they have for encouraging part-time study as one means to address skills shortages in engineering.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL1170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>An assessment of trends in entry to part-time undergraduate courses was included in the Higher Education Funding Council for England’s report <em>“Pressure from all sides: Economic and policy influences on part-time higher education” </em></p><p><a href="http://www.hefce.ac.uk/media/hefce/content/pubs/2014/201408d/HEFE2014_08d.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hefce.ac.uk/media/hefce/content/pubs/2014/201408d/HEFE2014_08d.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the importance of part-time undergraduate higher education and from 2015/16 has introduced a relaxation of the Equivalent and Lower Qualifications policy, to give financial support to those who are committed to retraining in engineering, technology and computer science. We have also committed to rolling out many more Degree Apprenticeships, allowing young people to combine a world-class degree with a world-class apprenticeship.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/07/2015 14:55:50 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name Economic and Policy influences.pdf title HEFCE Report
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

388045

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Skilled Workers: Recruitment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the number of working adults aged 25 to 64 considering higher education in the next five years, what specific steps they propose to take to fill any skills gaps left by current workers engaging in higher education.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL1171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>We want to equip people of all ages with the skills that employers need in order to be competitive and grow. In addition to initiatives such as the establishment of employer-led National Colleges we are expanding the number of apprenticeships providing opportunities for individuals to learn whilst also being in employment; helping to raise productivity and reduce skills gaps.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to 3m apprenticeship starts over the next 5 years and to delivering employer-led apprenticeship reforms, which are improving the quality of apprenticeships to provide the skills that employers need.</p><p> </p><p>We will roll out many more degree apprenticeships, which combine a world-class degree with an apprenticeship. Higher and Degree Apprenticeships are widening access to the professions and providing the higher level technical skills employers need to improve productivity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have established National Colleges to help the UK develop the world-class technical skills needed to compete globally and to address high level skills gaps in key sectors of the economy. They will focus on Level 4 &amp; 5 qualifications and deliver both Advanced and Higher Apprenticeships training, with progression for students up to postgraduate level. Expected to function on a par with Universities, they will be major centres of excellence with international reputations, attracting students from across the country.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/07/2015 13:07:39 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

388070

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, for the latest year for which figures are available, how many people in England aged (1) 16, (2) 17, (3) 18, (4) 19–21, (5) 22–24, and (6) 25 and over, started an apprenticeship; and for each age group, how many started engineering apprenticeships.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sharp of Guildford
uin	HL1196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the number of apprenticeship starts in 2013/14 by age for all apprenticeships and for the engineering and manufacturing sector subject area.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table 1: Apprenticeship Starts by age (2013/14)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </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>Age</p></td><td><p>All Apprenticeship Starts</p></td><td><p>Engineering and Manufacturing</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>25,500</p></td><td><p>6,900</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>39,000</p></td><td><p>8,500</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>55,100</p></td><td><p>10,800</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19-21</p></td><td><p>101,000</p></td><td><p>15,500</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22-24</p></td><td><p>58,100</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25+</p></td><td><p>161,600</p></td><td><p>16,100</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 440,400 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 64,800 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td><td><p> </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 colspan="3"><p>(1) The source is the Individualised Learner Record.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(2) Volumes are rounded to the nearest hundred.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>(3) Age is based upon self-declaration by the learner and is defined as age at start of apprenticeship.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/07/2015 13:08:23 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2113 label Biography information for Baroness Sharp of Guildford

388071

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Apprentices: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, for the latest year for which figures are available, what is the total level of funding for apprenticeships in England available for those aged (1) 16–18, and (2) 19 and over; and for each age group, how much was allocated to engineering apprenticeships.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sharp of Guildford
uin	HL1197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Funding responsibility for the Apprenticeship Programme is shared between the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills which funds adult apprenticeships and the Department for Education which funds 16-18 year olds. This is a demand-led budget and not allocated to any particular sector, employers and providers are relied upon to work together to offer sufficient opportunities to meet local demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For the 2015/16 financial year, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills will provide £770million to fund apprenticeships for those aged 19+ and the Department for Education will provide £776.5million to fund apprenticeships for those aged 16-18[1].</p><p> </p><br /><p>[1] These figures do not include funding for the Employer Ownership Programme</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/07/2015 12:12:24 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2113 label Biography information for Baroness Sharp of Guildford

388072

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Apprentices: Engineering
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how decisions about allocating funding to engineering apprenticeships for those aged (1) 16–18, and (2) 19 and over, are made.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sharp of Guildford
uin	HL1198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Apprenticeships are paid jobs with high quality training. The locations and sectors where apprenticeships are available are determined by employers offering opportunities and recruiting apprentices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are committed to 3 million apprenticeship starts during the next 5 years and we will work with employers, including in the engineering sector, to provide more apprenticeship opportunities, particularly for young people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through the Skills Funding Agency, the Government provides funding for training where employers hire an apprentice and currently fully funds apprenticeship training for 16 – 18 year olds and up to 50% of apprenticeship training for over 19s.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/07/2015 13:07:08 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2113 label Biography information for Baroness Sharp of Guildford

388073

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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: Grants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the cost of (1) full, and (2) partial, maintenance grants for full-time undergraduate students in higher education in England studying at (a) universities, and (b) further education colleges.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sharp of Guildford
uin	HL1199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company (SLC) publishes statistics according to the domicile of applicants rather than the country of study. Information on English domiciled applicants awarded Maintenance Grants for study at UK providers is published annually by SLC in the Statistical First Release ‘<em>Student Support for Higher Education England</em>’.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/media/855703/slcsfr052014.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/media/855703/slcsfr052014.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The amount awarded in Maintenance Grants to English domiciled applicants at publicly-funded providers in the UK by type of provider in the academic year 2013/14 has been provided in the table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Maintenance Grants <sup>(1)</sup> awarded <sup>(2)</sup> to English applicants by provider type <sup>(3)</sup></strong></p><p> </p><p>Publicly-funded providers of Higher Education <sup>(4)</sup></p><p> </p><p>Academic year 2013/14</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Amount awarded (£ million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Provider type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Full Maintenance Grant</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Partial Maintenance Grant</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All Maintenance Grants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Education Institutions</p></td><td><p>1,124.8</p></td><td><p>221.0</p></td><td><p>1,345.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Further Education Colleges</p></td><td><p>101.0</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td><td><p>113.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All publicly-funded providers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,225.8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>233.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,458.9</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Student Loans Company</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>(1) Figures include Special Support Grants, which are payable in place of Maintenance Grants to vulnerable students who may otherwise have their DWP benefits reduced.</p><p> </p><p>(2) Awards do not necessarily translate into payments. An awarded applicant will only receive payments once SLC have received confirmation from the student’s provider that the student has been registered on the course.</p><p> </p><p>(3) Provider name is the name of the parent institution to the main institution associated with a course as recorded in the SLC administrative system. A course may be held at a campus of the main institution or at a franchise location.</p><p> </p><p>(4) In addition to the £1,458.9 million awarded in Maintenance Grants to applicants at publicly-funded providers, there was also £133.3 million awarded to applicants at Alternative Providers in 2013/14, however a breakdown of these awards by provider type is not readily available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/07/2015 12:20:36 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name slcsfr052014.pdf title Statistical first release
tabling member	2113 label Biography information for Baroness Sharp of Guildford

388074

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Higher Education: Admissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many students in England are studying (1) full-time undergraduate degrees, (2) foundation degrees, and (3) other undergraduate degrees; and of each group, how many students are studying at (a) universities, and (b) further education colleges.
tabling member printed	Baroness Sharp of Guildford
uin	HL1200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Information derived by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) on the distribution of undergraduate students taught at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and Further Education Colleges (FECs) is provided in the table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures in the table describe the position as at the 8 July 2015 and are subject to change. HEFCE will be publishing their final estimates in the Summer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Full-Person Equivalent of undergraduate students<sup>(1,2)</sup> on full-time courses by type of teaching institution </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Higher Education and Further Education Institutions in England</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Academic year 2013/14</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Position as at 8 July 2015</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Teaching Institution</strong><strong><sup>3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Higher Education Institutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Further Education Colleges</strong><strong><sup>(4,5)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>First degree</p></td><td><p>1,084,170</p></td><td><p>23,775</p></td><td><p>1,107,945</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foundation degree</p></td><td><p>14,205</p></td><td><p>30,895</p></td><td><p>45,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other undergraduate</p></td><td><p>18,925</p></td><td><p>12,600</p></td><td><p>31,525</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Undergraduate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,117,305</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>67,270</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,184,575</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Source: HEFCE analysis of the Higher Education Statistics Agency’s (HESA) Student Record and the Skills Funding Agency’s (SFA) Individualised Learner Record (ILR)</em></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Table notes:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. Figures exclude undergraduate students taught at Alternative providers.</p><p> </p><p>2. Full Person Equivalent (FPEs) counts apportion students if they are studying more than one subject or at more than one teaching institution.</p><p> </p><p>3. Under franchising arrangements the teaching institution may differ from the registering institution.</p><p> </p><p>4. Figures for FECs refer to students participating in prescribed courses of Higher Education.</p><p> </p><p>5. HEFCE apply statistical methods to the registered population at Further Education Colleges in order to make sure that the population used is comparable to that returned by the Higher Education Statistics Agency.</p><p> </p><p>6. Figures are rounded to the nearest 5.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/07/2015 14:41:59 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2113 label Biography information for Baroness Sharp of Guildford

388080

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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, how much and what proportion of the Enterprise Zone Fund each Local Enterprise Partnership has been allocated in each year of the Fund's operation.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	5804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>Enterprise Zones do not receive an annual funding allocation. Firms moving onto Enterprise Zones receive business rates discounts. Increases in business rates payments to local authorities from the zone are retained locally and spent to support local economic growth initiatives.<br> <br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 13/07/2015 12:45:16 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

388081

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Medicine: Research
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 benefits of supporting medical research and development to the (a) UK science sector, (b) NHS and (c) economy.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	5853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In 2014 the HEFCE supported Research Excellence Framework conducted the largest ever assessment of academic research impact. A selection of just 10 of the 1600 impact case studies submitted to the clinical sciences REF panel were found to contribute roughly £2 billion in economic benefit between 2008 and 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Work to systematically collect details of the output from all research council funded work has established a national database of more than 1 million reports of achievements linked to more than £40 billion of public and charity funded research projects, which is proving to be a comprehensive approach to describe the benefits of supporting not only medical research but research across all disciplines. More than 100 research organisations are now subscribing to this approach including the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and Cancer Research UK.</p><p> </p><p>Recent academic studies in to the returns to medical research estimated the returns to the UK economy from cardiovascular research at 39% and returns from cancer research at 40%. There is ongoing further research to refine these estimates.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, the UK is one of world’s strongest performers in Health and Medical Science research and is ranked 1<sup>st</sup> in field weighted citation index for Health &amp; Medical science research of comparator nations. In 2012, the UK accounted for 8.9% of all Health and Medical Science publications (2<sup>nd</sup> out of comparator nations) and for 16% of the top 1% most highly cited research (2<sup>nd</sup> out of comparator nations).</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 15/07/2015 10:56:57 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland