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173034

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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	Equality
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 equality impact assessments his Department produced in each year since 2006.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	220343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>Equality is at the heart of all policy and decision making by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To help comply with the Equality Act 2010, analysis conducted of the impact on equality of its key policies and decisions are regularly published by the department and available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?commit=Refresh+results&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;from_date=&amp;keywords=&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;page=2&amp;publication_filter_option=impact-assessments&amp;to_date=&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?commit=Refresh+results&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;from_date=&amp;keywords=&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;page=2&amp;publication_filter_option=impact-assessments&amp;to_date=&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 15/01/2015 14:02:12 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

173035

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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	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, how much tuition fee income was raised from students studying STEM subjects at UK universities in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	220344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not collect information on the tuition fee income that Higher Education Institutions earn from particular subject provision.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 19/01/2015 15:05:42 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 38728 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

173037

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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	Teachers: Surveys
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 response rate of initial teacher training students trained in universities to the National Student Survey was in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	220372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>The average National Student Survey response rates from students on initial teacher training courses in English higher education institutions are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>National Student Survey Response Rate (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>68.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>71.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>72.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>73.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>78.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Note: The data includes only those students that are fundable by the National College of Teaching and Learning.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 19/01/2015 15:06:41 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 38729 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

173045

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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	Land: Registration
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 UK land was registered on the most recent date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	220373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>On 31 December 2014 Land Registry figures for England and Wales show that 85.56% of land was registered. The Registers of Scotland and the Land and Property Service Northern Ireland have their own separate departments and legislation for land registration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/01/2015 16:24:30 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

173142

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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	STEM Subjects
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 are studying STEM subjects at UK universities in the 2014-15 academic year; and if he will estimate the number of such students in each of the next five academic years.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	220412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes data on student enrolments at UK Higher Education Providers. Statistics on enrolments by mode, level and subject of study at UK Universities are published in Table 4 of their annual Statistical First Release, “<em><strong>Higher Education Student Enrolments and Qualifications obtained at Higher Education Providers in the United Kingdom”. </strong></em><em>The latest available statistics refer to the 2013/14 Academic Year and are available at the link:</em></p><p> </p><p><em><strong> </strong></em></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/sfr210" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/sfr210</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government does not forecast the number of students studying particular subjects, as those numbers are dependent on decisions taken by individuals and universities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency will publish statistics for the 2014/15 academic year in January 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 20/01/2015 14:35:38 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 38730 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

173143

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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	Social Services: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will instruct HM Revenue and Customs to investigate non-compliance with the national minimum wage in the care sector.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	220434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government will name all employers that do not comply with National Minimum Wage regulations unless they meet one of the exceptional circumstances or have arrears of £100 or less.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has named 92 employers, including a care provider. Between them they owed workers a total of over £316,000 in arrears and have been charged financial penalties totalling over £111,000.</p><p> </p><p>Social care cases tend to be more complex than other cases so it can take longer for them to progress through the enforcement and naming process. We will continue to name and shame employers, including those operating in the care sector.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are undertaking targeted enforcement work in the care sector, building on previous work that successfully identified non-compliant businesses. Between 2011 and 2013, HMRC investigated 224 employers in the care sector. Just over half of these were found to be non-compliant – between them owing £1,319,729 arrears of pay to 6,550 workers, with penalties issued with a total value of £146,931. There are 94 investigations currently underway in the care sector.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this enforcement activity, we continue to do other work to improve minimum wage compliance in the care sector – to provide guidance to employers so that they understand the law, including tips about the most common mistakes and the records they need to keep to prove they are paying their staff correctly. We also encourage and support care sector workers who have been underpaid to make a complaint, using the free and confidential Pay and Work Rights Helpline. Any worker who is concerned that they have not received what they are entitled to should call the helpline on 0800 917 2368. HMRC follow up every complaint.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 220433 question first answered 16/01/2015 15:48:13 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

173144

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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	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 latest estimate is of the RAB charges on (a) fees and (b) maintenance loans to students at UK universities studying STEM subjects.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	220411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The latest estimate can be found at Official Report, 20 March 2014, Col 706W</p><p> </p><p>Separate estimates are not routinely calculated for fee and maintenance components, or for separate subjects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/01/2015 10:40:47 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 38731 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

173145

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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	City Link
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 of the closure of City Link on subcontractors reliant on City Link.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	220437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>This is clearly a very worrying time for those who were reliant on City Link for work, including its subcontractors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any subcontractor with invoices unpaid by City Link will rank as an unsecured creditor and should send details of their claim to the administrator. The administrator has also been providing information to creditors to advise them on what they need to do to notify their claims to him.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Employees employed directly by City Link and those sub-contracted to them are eligible for consideration of Rapid Response Service support.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/01/2015 15:00:06 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 38726 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

173146

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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	Social Services: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the statement by his Department to the Today programme on 7 January 2015, what steps his Department is taking to name and shame care providers who do not pay the national minimum wage.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	220433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government will name all employers that do not comply with National Minimum Wage regulations unless they meet one of the exceptional circumstances or have arrears of £100 or less.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has named 92 employers, including a care provider. Between them they owed workers a total of over £316,000 in arrears and have been charged financial penalties totalling over £111,000.</p><p> </p><p>Social care cases tend to be more complex than other cases so it can take longer for them to progress through the enforcement and naming process. We will continue to name and shame employers, including those operating in the care sector.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are undertaking targeted enforcement work in the care sector, building on previous work that successfully identified non-compliant businesses. Between 2011 and 2013, HMRC investigated 224 employers in the care sector. Just over half of these were found to be non-compliant – between them owing £1,319,729 arrears of pay to 6,550 workers, with penalties issued with a total value of £146,931. There are 94 investigations currently underway in the care sector.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this enforcement activity, we continue to do other work to improve minimum wage compliance in the care sector – to provide guidance to employers so that they understand the law, including tips about the most common mistakes and the records they need to keep to prove they are paying their staff correctly. We also encourage and support care sector workers who have been underpaid to make a complaint, using the free and confidential Pay and Work Rights Helpline. Any worker who is concerned that they have not received what they are entitled to should call the helpline on 0800 917 2368. HMRC follow up every complaint.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 220434 question first answered 16/01/2015 15:48:13 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

173147

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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	Consumers: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the oral Answer of 8 January 2015, Official Report, columns 382-3, which organisations and businesses he consulted prior to adopting the Government's position of opposing the product safety and market surveillance package at the European Council; and if he will meet Steelite International to discuss mandatory country of origin marking.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Joan Walley
uin	220473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills ran a formal consultation on the Product Safety and Market Surveillance Package from 10 July 2013 to 4 September 2013. Details of the Consultation can be found on the following link to the Gov.UK website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/product-safety-and-market-surveillance-package-proposal-for-new-european-regulations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/product-safety-and-market-surveillance-package-proposal-for-new-european-regulations</a></p><p> </p><p>In response to the specific question about country of origin marking contained in the Consultation paper we received responses from a wide range of stakeholders including 25 trade associations, but only 2 of these indicated to us that they agreed with the proposed mandatory requirements for all consumer products to bear indication of origin marking</p><p> </p><p>I would of course welcome any evidence Steelite International may have on the cost benefits of mandatory country of origin marking for consumer products and I will ask my officials to meet them to discuss this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 19/01/2015 14:16:05 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	286 label Biography information for Joan Walley