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421755

registered interest
date	15/10/2015
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	Postgraduate Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the reasons are for his proposal to exclude taught masters students who are over the age of 30 from the new postgraduate loans scheme proposed for England.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	12018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p>A consultation on the proposed postgraduate Master’s loan scheme was held earlier in the year. The consultation covered proposed terms and conditions, including an age eligibility criterion and the eligibility of distance learning. Consultation responses are currently being analysed and the Department will respond in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 12019 12022 question first answered 20/10/2015 14:50:28 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

421756

registered interest
date	15/10/2015
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	Postgraduate Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the reasons are for the proposed exclusion from the new postgraduate loans scheme proposed for England of taught masters students who are studying via distance learning at a minimum of 50 per cent intensity.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	12019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p>A consultation on the proposed postgraduate Master’s loan scheme was held earlier in the year. The consultation covered proposed terms and conditions, including an age eligibility criterion and the eligibility of distance learning. Consultation responses are currently being analysed and the Department will respond in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 12018 12022 question first answered 20/10/2015 14:50:29 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

421757

registered interest
date	15/10/2015
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	Postgraduate Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the reasons are for the proposal to include in the new postgraduate loans scheme proposed for England part-time taught masters students studying at a minimum of 50 per cent intensity not via distance learning.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	12022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p>A consultation on the proposed postgraduate Master’s loan scheme was held earlier in the year. The consultation covered proposed terms and conditions, including an age eligibility criterion and the eligibility of distance learning. Consultation responses are currently being analysed and the Department will respond in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 12018 12019 question first answered 20/10/2015 14:50:29 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

421771

registered interest
date	15/10/2015
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	Disabled Students' Allowances
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 total cost to the public purse was of the disability students' allowance in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	12141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Information on students awarded and paid Disabled Students’ Allowance is published annually by Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release <em>‘Student Support for Higher Education England’</em>. The latest statistics are available at the following link: <a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx</a></p><br /><p>Payments to full-time undergraduate students are presented in table 3b on page 21 and payments to part-time undergraduates and postgraduates in tables 5a and 5b on page 31.</p><p><strong></strong></p><br /><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 12143 question first answered 20/10/2015 14:48:25 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

421772

registered interest
date	15/10/2015
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	Disabled Students' Allowances
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 have received the disability students' allowance in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	12143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Information on students awarded and paid Disabled Students’ Allowance is published annually by Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release <em>‘Student Support for Higher Education England’</em>. The latest statistics are available at the following link: <a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx</a></p><br /><p>Payments to full-time undergraduate students are presented in table 3b on page 21 and payments to part-time undergraduates and postgraduates in tables 5a and 5b on page 31.</p><p><strong></strong></p><br /><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 12141 question first answered 20/10/2015 14:48:25 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

421302

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
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	Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to increase the proportion of people whose earnings are above the living wage.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	11824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Department is introducing the National Living Wage in April 2016, which will be the legal minimum wage for those over 25. It will be set at £7.20 per hour, and the Low Pay Commission will advise on the increases each year towards the ambition that it reaches 60% of median earnings by 2020.</p><br /><p>The Office of Budget Responsibility estimates that by 2020 it will benefit 2.7 million workers directly and up to a total of 6 million workers could see a pay rise as a result of a ripple effect up the earnings distribution. The Government also supports those employers who can afford to pay more.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/10/2015 14:45:39 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

421305

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
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 of his Department's target of three million apprenticeship starts by 2020 he expects to be at Level 3 and above.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	11924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><br /><p>Targets have not been set for apprenticeships at specific levels.</p><br /><p>New apprenticeships standards are being designed by groups of employers as part of our reforms, through the Trailblazers, to meet their needs. These standards reflect the skills, knowledge and behaviours at whatever level is required to undertake the chosen occupation competently and to operate confidently within the sector.</p><br /><p>We will continue to grow apprenticeships at Higher (Level 4) and Degree levels. These are widening access to the professions and providing the higher level technical skills that employers need to improve productivity and give young people an equally valid career route as going to university.</p><br /><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/10/2015 14:46:56 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

421306

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
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: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of how many Hove residents who have taken out student loans since 2012 will be affected by proposals to freeze the repayment threshold of the loans at £21,000.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	11923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company (SLC) administers student support for the UK Government and Devolved Administrations. Information on the number of borrowers is published annually by the SLC in the Statistical First Release ‘<em>Student Loans in England: FY 2014-15</em>’.</p><p><a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/student-loans-debt-and-repayment/england.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/student-loans-debt-and-repayment/england.aspx</a></p><br /><p>At the end of the financial year 2014-15, there were 1,640 borrowers on post-2012 student loan arrangements who had been domiciled in Hove when they applied for financial support.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 19/10/2015 15:30:41 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

421307

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
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	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia and Yemen
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 Answer of 12 October 2015 to Question 10357, how many arms export licences of what value and type have been issued for exports to (a) Saudi Arabia and (b) Yemen in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	11944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Please refer to gov.uk for the latest quality assured data published for Saudi Arabia and Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 19/10/2015 14:39:31 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

421375

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
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 progress has been made on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	11978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>There continues to be good progress on the free trade agreement currently being negotiated between the EU and US, also known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), in particular on the technical work which would underpin the final deal.The next negotiating round is taking place 19-23 October in the US.</p><br /><p>A trade and investment agreement between the EU and US offers an enormous economic benefit in jobs, investment and lower prices, worth potentially £10 billion a year to the UK Our ambition remains to reach political agreement during the Obama administration and this goal has been given renewed impetus by the completion of the Trans Pacific Partnership.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 19/10/2015 15:53:02 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching