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172431

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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	New Businesses: Kent
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 start-up loans have been granted to businesses in the Shepway local authority area since that initiative began.
tabling member constituency	Folkestone and Hythe
tabling member printed	Damian Collins
uin	219992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since the Start-Up Loans scheme launched in June 2012, a total of 33 loans have been issued in the Shepway local authority area, with a drawn down value of £123,350.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 12/01/2015 17:47:43 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins

172470

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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: Folkestone and Hythe
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 people were registered on an apprenticeship training scheme in Folkestone and Hythe constituency in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Folkestone and Hythe
tabling member printed	Damian Collins
uin	220030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of learners participating on an apprenticeship between 2009/10 and 2013/14 across constituencies is published in a supplementary table to a Statistical First Release (SFR):</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378732/apprenticeships-participation-by-constituency-and-local-authority.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378732/apprenticeships-participation-by-constituency-and-local-authority.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 12/01/2015 16:12:34 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins

172471

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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 the average full course cost to the public purse was of apprenticeships at each level in the most recent academic year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	220063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The average estimated apprenticeship programme costs to government of learners who completed (or left) in the 2013/14 academic year is shown in Table 1. Please note that this is the Government contribution only and does not include any employer contributions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1. Average estimated apprenticeship programme costs to government (2013/14)</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Age group</p></td><td><p>Level</p></td><td><p>Average cost to government</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>16-18</p></td><td><p>Intermediate Level (L2)</p></td><td><p>£4,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Advanced Level (L3)</p></td><td><p>£7,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Levels (L4+)</p></td><td><p>£5,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Levels</p></td><td><p>£5,300</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>19+</p></td><td><p>Intermediate Level (L2)</p></td><td><p>£1,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Advanced Level (L3)</p></td><td><p>£2,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Levels (L4+)</p></td><td><p>£2,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Levels</p></td><td><p>£2,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1) The average apprenticeship programme costs to government have been calculated by the Skills Funding Agency from the final Individualised Learner Record data return (R14) for the 2013/14 academic year. It is based on all government-funded apprenticeship programmes that ended in the 2013/14 academic year (including both completers and early leavers)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2) The age group refers to the age of learners at start of the programme</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>3) The average costs to government are rounded to the nearest £100.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>4) The costs of different apprenticeship frameworks are highly variable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>5) The funding of apprenticeships is currently under review and costs could change considerably in the near future.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 12/01/2015 16:11:42 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

172472

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time (i) UK and (ii) other EU students started undergraduate higher education courses in England in (A) 2013-14 and (B) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	220139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on the number of students starting higher education courses in academic year 2013/14 are published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency. The data can be secured at the following link. <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency will publish data on Higher Education entrants and enrolments for 2014/15 in January 2016.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 220142 question first answered 13/01/2015 14:12:04 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

172473

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the number of additional students that will enter higher education in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18 as a result of the removal of the cap on student numbers.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	220140
answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

172474

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the additional costs of (a) the face value of student loans, (b) the resource costs of student loans, (c) teaching grant through the Higher Education Funding Council for England, (d) maintenance grant that will arise from the removal of the cap on student numbers.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	220141
answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

172475

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many additional students entered higher education in 2014-15 as a result of the increase in the cap on student numbers announced in the 2014 Autumn Statement.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	220142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on the number of students starting higher education courses in academic year 2013/14 are published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency. The data can be secured at the following link. <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency will publish data on Higher Education entrants and enrolments for 2014/15 in January 2016.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 220139 question first answered 13/01/2015 14:12:04 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

172476

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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	Fossil Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what loans were made by UK Export Finance for fossil fuel energy exploration or fossil fuel power generation projects in 2014; what assessment was made of the carbon footprint of each such project prior to the loan being agreed; and whether sustainability or environmental impact assessments were made of those projects before the loans were granted.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	220122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>In 2014 UK Export Finance (UKEF) has provided two guarantees for export credit loans made by banks for the supply of remote operated vehicles (ROVs) (£14.1m) and a pipe-laying vessel (£61m) to Nigeria and Brazil respectively for general use and not related to a specific project but which may be used in connection with oil exploration and production.</p><p> </p><p>When UKEF is asked to support a project, it applies the OECD Recommendation on Common Approaches for Officially Supported Export Credits and Environmental and Social Due Diligence (the OECD Common Approaches) where this is required. It informs the way in which member Export Credit Agencies should address the environmental social and human rights (ESHR) impacts of projects at a defined location which they are asked to support. However, in the case of the ROVs and pipe-laying vessel, there is no specific project or fixed location in which they would be operated to make it possible to assess environmental impacts. Therefore, in line with the OECD Common Approaches, an impact assessment was not carried out.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/01/2015 11:52:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

172115

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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, how many students started a higher level apprenticeship at levels 4, 5 and 6 in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2011-12 in each further education and higher education institution in England.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	219937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>As the requested table is large, information on the number of Higher Apprenticeship starts by each further education provider in England has been placed in the libraries of the house. The information is not available for Higher Education Institutions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1 shows the number of Higher Apprenticeship starts by provider type.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of Higher Apprenticeship starts by geography is published in a supplementary table to a Statistical First Release:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/382956/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-level-and-age.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/382956/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-level-and-age.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Higher Apprenticeship Starts by Provider Type, 2011/12 to 2013/14</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Provider Type</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General FE and Tertiary College</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td><td><p>4,000</p></td><td><p>3,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Public Funded</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private Sector Public Funded</p></td><td><p>2,300</p></td><td><p>5,500</p></td><td><p>5,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sixth Form College</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Specialist College</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Higher Apprenticeship Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 3,700 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 9,800 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 9,200 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p>1) The source is the Individualised Learner Record (ILR).</p><p> </p><p>2) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10 except for Totals, which are rounded to the nearest 100 ; “-“ represents a base value of less than 5.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 219938 219939 question first answered 09/01/2015 14:27:55 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

172116

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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, how many students started a higher level apprenticeship at levels 4, 5 and 6 in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2011-12 by each type of provider.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	219938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>As the requested table is large, information on the number of Higher Apprenticeship starts by each further education provider in England has been placed in the libraries of the house. The information is not available for Higher Education Institutions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1 shows the number of Higher Apprenticeship starts by provider type.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of Higher Apprenticeship starts by geography is published in a supplementary table to a Statistical First Release:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/382956/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-level-and-age.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/382956/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-level-and-age.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Higher Apprenticeship Starts by Provider Type, 2011/12 to 2013/14</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Provider Type</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General FE and Tertiary College</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td><td><p>4,000</p></td><td><p>3,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Public Funded</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private Sector Public Funded</p></td><td><p>2,300</p></td><td><p>5,500</p></td><td><p>5,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sixth Form College</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Specialist College</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Higher Apprenticeship Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 3,700 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 9,800 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 9,200 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p>1) The source is the Individualised Learner Record (ILR).</p><p> </p><p>2) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10 except for Totals, which are rounded to the nearest 100 ; “-“ represents a base value of less than 5.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 219937 219939 question first answered 09/01/2015 14:27:55 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham