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date	19/11/2014
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	Flexible Working
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 and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in his Department; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	215176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills operates a flexible working policy that enables employees to work flexibly wherever possible and where this meets the needs of the business. We have been offering our employees the opportunity to work flexibly since April 2012.</p><p>Decisions on how this operates for an individual employee, and consideration of statutory applications to request flexible working, are managed by line managers at a local level.</p><p>We do not hold central records on this and there would therefore be a disproportionate cost incurred in collecting this information from our line managers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 24/11/2014 15:09:37 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

156728

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
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	Regional Growth Fund
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 has been (a) committed to and (b) spent in each parliamentary constituency in England through the Regional Growth Fund in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	215216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The data is not held in the format requested. A breakdown of Regional Growth Fund committed and paid in each constituency to date for projects only is provided. The amount paid by programmes which have regional or nationwide coverage is included for completeness. Where there is a difference in the amount committed and the amount paid this reflects the payment schedules agreed with each beneficiary. Figures are rounded to the nearest £10,000 and are correct as at the 1 December.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>Constituency </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RGF Committed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RGF Paid to date*</strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Aldershot</p></td><td><p>5,000,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Altrincham and Sale West</p></td><td><p>1,900,000</p></td><td><p>1,420,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashton-under-Lyne</p></td><td><p>1,150,000</p></td><td><p>1,150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley East</p></td><td><p>130,000</p></td><td><p>130,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bassetlaw</p></td><td><p>1,330,000</p></td><td><p>1,330,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Batley and Spen</p></td><td><p>220,000</p></td><td><p>110,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Beverley and Holderness</p></td><td><p>2,870,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham, Ladywood</p></td><td><p>1,860,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham, Perry Barr</p></td><td><p>2,030,000</p></td><td><p>920,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham, Selly Oak</p></td><td><p>2,100,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham, Yardley</p></td><td><p>1,430,000</p></td><td><p>310,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bishop Auckland</p></td><td><p>130,000</p></td><td><p>130,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn</p></td><td><p>1,460,000</p></td><td><p>1,460,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackley and Broughton</p></td><td><p>1,190,000</p></td><td><p>1,050,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blaydon</p></td><td><p>2,250,000</p></td><td><p>1,030,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blyth Valley</p></td><td><p>1,010,000</p></td><td><p>800,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bootle</p></td><td><p>36,010,000</p></td><td><p>15,540,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bosworth</p></td><td><p>19,670,000</p></td><td><p>18,800,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford East</p></td><td><p>2,040,000</p></td><td><p>1,850,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford South</p></td><td><p>2,330,000</p></td><td><p>1,020,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford West</p></td><td><p>17,600,000</p></td><td><p>4,380,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol West</p></td><td><p>4,850,000</p></td><td><p>4,170,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burnley</p></td><td><p>8,810,000</p></td><td><p>8,800,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burton</p></td><td><p>4,500,000</p></td><td><p>4,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calder Valley</p></td><td><p>800,000</p></td><td><p>720,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carlisle</p></td><td><p>2,000,000</p></td><td><p>2,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charnwood</p></td><td><p>4,170,000</p></td><td><p>4,170,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheadle</p></td><td><p>2,000,000</p></td><td><p>1,410,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>12,910,000</p></td><td><p>10,900,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Chester</p></td><td><p>1,350,000</p></td><td><p>820,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleethorpes</p></td><td><p>1,500,000</p></td><td><p>1,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colne Valley</p></td><td><p>1,910,000</p></td><td><p>960,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Congleton</p></td><td><p>4,100,000</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry North West</p></td><td><p>12,150,000</p></td><td><p>260,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry South</p></td><td><p>137,200,000</p></td><td><p>16,490,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crewe and Nantwich</p></td><td><p>12,360,000</p></td><td><p>10,290,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dagenham and Rainham</p></td><td><p>9,300,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster Central</p></td><td><p>18,000,000</p></td><td><p>13,690,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster North</p></td><td><p>1,280,000</p></td><td><p>1,280,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley North</p></td><td><p>700,000</p></td><td><p>700,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Easington</p></td><td><p>12,420,000</p></td><td><p>6,930,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Devon</p></td><td><p>2,000,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Worthing and Shoreham</p></td><td><p>3,230,000</p></td><td><p>3,220,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastleigh</p></td><td><p>3,130,000</p></td><td><p>980,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ellesmere Port and Neston</p></td><td><p>4,060,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faversham and Mid Kent</p></td><td><p>1,000,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forest of Dean</p></td><td><p>1,120,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Garston and Halewood</p></td><td><p>22,220,000</p></td><td><p>6,910,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>1,300,000</p></td><td><p>1,240,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gosport</p></td><td><p>4,490,000</p></td><td><p>2,840,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halesowen and Rowley Regis</p></td><td><p>970,000</p></td><td><p>760,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halton</p></td><td><p>16,360,000</p></td><td><p>14,180,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td><p>11,130,000</p></td><td><p>1,420,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hemsworth</p></td><td><p>5,960,000</p></td><td><p>2,960,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hexham</p></td><td><p>160,000</p></td><td><p>160,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heywood and Middleton</p></td><td><p>480,000</p></td><td><p>500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Houghton and Sunderland South</p></td><td><p>4,600,000</p></td><td><p>2,030,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Huddersfield</p></td><td><p>5,890,000</p></td><td><p>2,660,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hyndburn</p></td><td><p>1,000,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jarrow</p></td><td><p>3,180,000</p></td><td><p>2,230,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenilworth and Southam</p></td><td><p>9,270,000</p></td><td><p>4,890,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull East</p></td><td><p>6,800,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle</p></td><td><p>8,000,000</p></td><td><p>8,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingswood</p></td><td><p>1,000,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowsley</p></td><td><p>11,190,000</p></td><td><p>5,970,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds Central</p></td><td><p>9,920,000</p></td><td><p>6,070,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester South</p></td><td><p>1,070,000</p></td><td><p>660,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lichfield</p></td><td><p>2,470,000</p></td><td><p>1,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>5,580,000</p></td><td><p>1,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool, Riverside</p></td><td><p>6,730,000</p></td><td><p>2,040,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton South</p></td><td><p>35,180,000</p></td><td><p>25,600,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maidstone and The Weald</p></td><td><p>4,560,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Makerfield</p></td><td><p>6,520,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester Central</p></td><td><p>13,120,000</p></td><td><p>9,970,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester, Withington</p></td><td><p>140,000</p></td><td><p>140,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Meriden</p></td><td><p>15,700,000</p></td><td><p>15,700,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mid Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>1,950,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough</p></td><td><p>8,640,000</p></td><td><p>5,610,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland</p></td><td><p>4,900,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle upon Tyne Central</p></td><td><p>10,950,000</p></td><td><p>10,460,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle upon Tyne East</p></td><td><p>6,600,000</p></td><td><p>6,600,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford</p></td><td><p>13,900,000</p></td><td><p>10,010,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Devon</p></td><td><p>1,480,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Durham</p></td><td><p>870,000</p></td><td><p>870,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td><td><p>8,610,000</p></td><td><p>8,610,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Durham</p></td><td><p>1,440,000</p></td><td><p>1,170,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>10,100,000</p></td><td><p>3,740,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham North</p></td><td><p>1,600,000</p></td><td><p>1,600,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham South</p></td><td><p>8,180,000</p></td><td><p>2,150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham East and Saddleworth</p></td><td><p>1,760,000</p></td><td><p>800,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford East</p></td><td><p>1,560,000</p></td><td><p>1,560,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth, Moor View</p></td><td><p>5,010,000</p></td><td><p>340,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport</p></td><td><p>4,490,000</p></td><td><p>4,490,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth North</p></td><td><p>2,250,000</p></td><td><p>1,910,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth South</p></td><td><p>1,470,000</p></td><td><p>790,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redcar</p></td><td><p>11,790,000</p></td><td><p>8,780,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond (Yorks)</p></td><td><p>140,000</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>1,600,000</p></td><td><p>1,600,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rossendale and Darwen</p></td><td><p>2,150,000</p></td><td><p>1,510,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rother Valley</p></td><td><p>8,240,000</p></td><td><p>6,320,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td><td><p>15,870,000</p></td><td><p>14,850,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford and Eccles</p></td><td><p>4,880,000</p></td><td><p>2,030,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sedgefield</p></td><td><p>9,750,000</p></td><td><p>5,630,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sherwood</p></td><td><p>500,000</p></td><td><p>380,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>18,650,000</p></td><td><p>10,490,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>4,340,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Norfolk</p></td><td><p>10,440,000</p></td><td><p>10,020,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>1,300,000</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Devon</p></td><td><p>3,100,000</p></td><td><p>1,780,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>2,990,000</p></td><td><p>2,990,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton, Itchen</p></td><td><p>10,900,000</p></td><td><p>8,720,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spelthorne</p></td><td><p>1,030,000</p></td><td><p>930,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens North</p></td><td><p>1,100,000</p></td><td><p>1,100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens South and Whiston</p></td><td><p>5,000,000</p></td><td><p>5,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Ives</p></td><td><p>6,500,000</p></td><td><p>4,390,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stafford</p></td><td><p>4,000,000</p></td><td><p>4,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stalybridge and Hyde</p></td><td><p>2,100,000</p></td><td><p>2,100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton North</p></td><td><p>12,410,000</p></td><td><p>6,600,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton South</p></td><td><p>9,380,000</p></td><td><p>6,270,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent Central</p></td><td><p>6,420,000</p></td><td><p>3,310,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent North</p></td><td><p>3,980,000</p></td><td><p>3,960,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent South</p></td><td><p>5,050,000</p></td><td><p>1,320,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stratford-on-Avon</p></td><td><p>1,200,000</p></td><td><p>1,200,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stretford and Urmston</p></td><td><p>15,000,000</p></td><td><p>15,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland Central</p></td><td><p>7,750,000</p></td><td><p>2,270,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tatton</p></td><td><p>2,200,000</p></td><td><p>650,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tewkesbury</p></td><td><p>1,250,000</p></td><td><p>1,170,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Cotswolds</p></td><td><p>120,000</p></td><td><p>70,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torbay</p></td><td><p>1,200,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Totnes</p></td><td><p>1,200,000</p></td><td><p>1,200,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tynemouth</p></td><td><p>370,000</p></td><td><p>280,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>9,410,000</p></td><td><p>9,410,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wansbeck</p></td><td><p>470,000</p></td><td><p>350,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wantage</p></td><td><p>1,250,000</p></td><td><p>500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warley</p></td><td><p>500,000</p></td><td><p>500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Washington and Sunderland West</p></td><td><p>19,080,000</p></td><td><p>19,080,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wells</p></td><td><p>2,500,000</p></td><td><p>2,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wentworth and Dearne</p></td><td><p>1,260,000</p></td><td><p>670,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Bromwich West</p></td><td><p>1,880,000</p></td><td><p>1,770,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Lancashire</p></td><td><p>1,250,000</p></td><td><p>570,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>3,000,000</p></td><td><p>2,910,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westmorland and Lonsdale</p></td><td><p>3,370,000</p></td><td><p>2,430,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>1,150,000</p></td><td><p>900,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral South</p></td><td><p>12,770,000</p></td><td><p>6,260,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woking</p></td><td><p>120,000</p></td><td><p>120,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton South East</p></td><td><p>650,000</p></td><td><p>650,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton South West</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td><td><p>70,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcester</p></td><td><p>1,010,000</p></td><td><p>1,010,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yeovil</p></td><td><p>37,260,000</p></td><td><p>12,130,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No Constituency assigned</p></td><td><p>44,460,000</p></td><td><p>16,550,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Programmes</p></td><td><p>1,605,070,000</p></td><td><p>991,200,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Grand Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,621,730,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,531,130,000</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>* A drawdown schedule is agreed with each organisation when they sign their grant offer letter but matches the beneficiary’s own investment schedule. For the recently contracted Round 5 awards, payments are scheduled through to March 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 15/12/2014 15:50:34 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 29554 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

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registered interest
date	23/10/2014
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	Disabled Students' Allowances: East Midlands
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 in each parliamentary constituency in the East Midlands received disabled students' allowance in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	211838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>Information on students awarded and paid Disabled Students’ Allowance is published annually by Student Loans Company (SLC) ’. The latest statistics are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/media/694170/slcsfr052013.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/media/694170/slcsfr052013.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of students who received disabled students’ allowance in each parliamentary constituency in the East Midlands in each of the last three years is provided in the table. Comparable data for earlier years is not readily available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 04/11/2014 16:46:20 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark attachment 1 file name Table for 211838.xlsx title Students in receipt of Disabled Students Allowance previous answer version 24850 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

91230

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	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 proportion of pupils from each ethnic group were admitted to (a) the University of Oxford, (b) the University of Cambridge and (c) other Russell Group universities in the last six years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	208742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Recent data for years since the tuition fee reforms and access agreements is not yet available, but the latest data from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) shows that entry rates to higher education for all ethnic groups in 2013 had increased and overall, there was a much higher representation of black and minority ethnic groups in university than in the overall population of England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the figures before these changes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Estimated percentage of maintained school pupils aged 15 in each ethnic group who progressed to Oxford, Cambridge or Russell Group institutions by age 19</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Progression by age 19 in</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Asian/Asian British</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russell Group</p></td><td><p>11.4%</p></td><td><p>11.5%</p></td><td><p>10.6%</p></td><td><p>10.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Black/Black British</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russell Group</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td><td><p>4.2%</p></td><td><p>4.4%</p></td><td><p>4.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russell Group</p></td><td><p>8.5%</p></td><td><p>8.4%</p></td><td><p>7.8%</p></td><td><p>7.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>White</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russell Group</p></td><td><p>7.2%</p></td><td><p>7.1%</p></td><td><p>6.9%</p></td><td><p>7.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other Ethnic Group</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russell Group</p></td><td><p>10.8%</p></td><td><p>10.1%</p></td><td><p>9.6%</p></td><td><p>7.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Ethnic Groups</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russell Group</p></td><td><p>7.4%</p></td><td><p>7.3%</p></td><td><p>7.1%</p></td><td><p>7.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Matched data from the DfE National Pupil Database, the HESA Student Record and the SFA ILR</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures are not available for earlier age cohorts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 21/10/2014 13:46:24 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 19765 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

91232

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	Graduates: 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 proportion of students from each ethnic group were (a) working, (b) studying and (c) unemployed six months after leaving higher education.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	208743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes data on leavers from UK Higher Education Institutions. Statistics on the proportion of full-time first degree leavers from each ethnic group who were working, studying and unemployed six months after graduation can be found in the table. Employment has risen and unemployment has fallen for graduates of all ethnic groups in 2011/12 and 2012/13.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on leavers at UK Higher Education Institutions in the academic year 2013/14 will become available from Higher Education Statistics Agency in June 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However the most recent Labour Force Survey from August 2014 confirms that employment for recent graduates has continued to rise sharply and unemployment continued to fall over the last year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Destination of UK domiciled <sup>(1)</sup> full-time first degree leavers six months after graduation</strong></p><p> </p><p>UK Higher Education Institutions</p><p> </p><p>Academic Year 2010/11<sup>(2)</sup> to 2012/13</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Work</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>Other (including mixed)</p></td><td><p>Not Known</p></td><td><p>Total Known</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/11</p></td><td><p>65%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>56%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>56%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>59%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>57%</p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>64%</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td><td><p>60%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>60%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>62%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>61%</p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>67%</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td><td><p><strong>70%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Work and further study</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>Other (including mixed)</p></td><td><p>Not Known</p></td><td><p>Total Known</p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>10/11</p></td><td><p>8%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>7%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>9%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>7%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>8%</p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>8%</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>6%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>5%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>6%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>5%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>5%</p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>6%</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p><strong>5%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Further study</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>Other (including mixed)</p></td><td><p>Not Known</p></td><td><p>Total Known</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/11</p></td><td><p>14%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>15%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>17%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>17%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>18%</p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>14%</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>13%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>13%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>16%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>16%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>16%</p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>14%</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p><strong>13%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Unemployed</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>Other (including mixed)</p></td><td><p>Not Known</p></td><td><p>Total Known</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/11</p></td><td><p>11%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>20%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>16%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>16%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>15%</p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>13%</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>8%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>17%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>14%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>12%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>13%</p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>9%</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p><strong>8%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Other (e.g. taking time out to travel)</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>Other (including mixed)</p></td><td><p>Not Known</p></td><td><p>Total Known</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/11</p></td><td><p>1%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>1%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>1%</p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>1%</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>5%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>5%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>4%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>5%</p><p> </p></td><td><p>5%</p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>5%</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p><strong>4%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Destination of Leavers in Higher Education in the UK</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. Domicile refers to the student’s postcode or permanent address prior to entering their course.</p><p> </p><p>2. The way employment activity was recorded changed in 2011/12 therefore figures for 2010/11 are not on the same basis as 2011/12 and 2012/13</p><p> </p><p>3. Percentages have been rounded, therefore the sum of components may not add up to the total.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 20/10/2014 14:52:08 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 19767 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

90946

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
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: Ashfield
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 there were in Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	208541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of apprenticeship starts by parliamentary constituency is published in a supplementary table to a Statistical First Release (SFR):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/324021/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/324021/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 01/10/2014 12:58:19 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

76997

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of those who accepted a university place to study (a) engineering, (b) technology, (c) mathematics and computer science, (d) architecture and (e) physical science were female in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	205154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The information is shown in the table.</p><p><strong>Percentage of accepted applicants to full-time undergraduate courses in the UK who were female, for selected subjects, 2009 to 2013</strong></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>2009</strong></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></tr><tr><td><p>Engineering</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Technologies</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mathematics and computer science</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Architecture, building and planning</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Physical sciences</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source: UCAS annual pivot tables.</strong></p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 22/07/2014 14:40:56 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

76999

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Small Businesses: Ashfield
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 small and medium-sized enterprises have been started in Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years; and what proportion of such businesses are still trading.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	205156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/08/2014 answer text <p>There is no single data source that comprehensively measures all business start-ups within the UK. However, as a near proxy BankSearch collates data on the number of new business bank accounts opened in Great Britain. This can be used as an indicative measure of business start-up activity and is the most comprehensive source available to BIS. Data goes as far back as 2008 and does not include information on whether the business is trading or not.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 28/08/2014 15:16:40 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name Ashfield - SME start-ups.docx title SME start-ups in Ashfield constituency
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

77011

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Further Education and Training
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) men and (b) women who benefited from free early education were in training or further education in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	205034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on further education learners who benefited from free early education is not centrally collected.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 21/07/2014 13:49:05 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 10463 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

65633

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
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	British Business Bank
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 small and medium-sized business in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England and Wales have (i) applied for and (ii) been granted loans by the British Business Bank in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	203964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>The British Business Bank does not lend directly to small and medium-sized businesses.</p><p>However, the British Business Bank does administer a number of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills' schemes designed to improve access to finance for small and medium-sized businesses by facilitating lending which would not otherwise take place.</p><p>In all cases the loans are made by third party lenders and neither the Department nor the Business Bank plays any part in the individual lending decisions.</p><p>In some instances the loans are made using capital partially or wholly provided by the Department as either a grant or a loan and in other cases the lenders' own capital is used under the partial protection of a guarantee from the Department.</p><p>The devolved nature of the delivery arrangements mean that the Department does not hold fully comparable information on the number of applications received by each lender in each programme but information on loans drawn down in the Financial Year 2013/14 is available as follows:</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/07/2014 13:39:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name British Business Bank loans.docx title British Business Bank loans to SMEs
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero