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458966

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Security Guards
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 security guards in his Department are paid.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	30578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s Total Facilities Management (TFM) Contract includes the provision of security guards. The minimum hourly rate for security guards under the TFM contract is £8.48 and on average, annual salary is in the region of £26,500.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/03/2016 14:10:49 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

454010

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	Post Offices: Haringey
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 staff costs are for (a) Crouch End Crown Post Office and (b) Muswell Hill Crown Post Office in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	27877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>Provision of its Crown branches is the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited.</p><p> </p><p>I have therefore asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the hon Member on this matter. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 27878 question first answered 01/03/2016 15:34:39 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

454011

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	Post Offices: Haringey
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 the Post Office has spent refurbishing the premises of the Crown Post Offices in (a) Crouch End and (b) Muswell Hill since January 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	27878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>Provision of its Crown branches is the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited.</p><p> </p><p>I have therefore asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the hon Member on this matter. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 27877 question first answered 01/03/2016 15:34:39 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

453039

registered interest
date	19/02/2016
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Cleaning Services
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 rate of pay is for cleaners in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	27548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>The rates of pay for cleaners, cleaning supervisors and cleaning managers in the Department for Business Innovation and Skills are £7.93, £8.43 and £12.71 (minimum) respectively.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 10/03/2016 16:25:00 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

442825

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
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	NHS: 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 apprentices with special educational needs or disabilities have not completed their NHS apprenticeship placements.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	21243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows this information for apprenticeship frameworks that are related to the transport Industry.</p><br /><p>Table 1: Apprenticeship success rates for learners with a learning difficulty or disability on frameworks related to the transport industry (2013/14)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Frameworks</p></td><td><p>Overall Success Rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aviation Operations on the Ground</p></td><td><p>85.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driving Goods Vehicles</p></td><td><p>70.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rail Transport Engineering</p></td><td><p>81.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Passenger Transport - Bus and Coach</p></td><td><p>81.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport Engineering and Maintenance</p></td><td><p>96.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Body and Paint Operations</p></td><td><p>58.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Fitting</p></td><td><p>68.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Maintenance and Repair</p></td><td><p>67.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Parts Operations</p></td><td><p>72.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes</p><p>1) Frameworks with fewer than 20 leavers are excluded.</p><p>2) Figures for learning difficulties or disabilities are based on self-declaration by the learner</p><br /> <br /><p>The Department does not collect the information required to estimate 5 per cent club or NHS apprenticeship success rates.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 21244 21245 question first answered 13/01/2016 17:30:15 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

442826

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
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 apprentices with special educational needs or disabilities have not completed their apprenticeship placements with a five per cent club employer.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	21244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows this information for apprenticeship frameworks that are related to the transport Industry.</p><br /><p>Table 1: Apprenticeship success rates for learners with a learning difficulty or disability on frameworks related to the transport industry (2013/14)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Frameworks</p></td><td><p>Overall Success Rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aviation Operations on the Ground</p></td><td><p>85.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driving Goods Vehicles</p></td><td><p>70.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rail Transport Engineering</p></td><td><p>81.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Passenger Transport - Bus and Coach</p></td><td><p>81.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport Engineering and Maintenance</p></td><td><p>96.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Body and Paint Operations</p></td><td><p>58.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Fitting</p></td><td><p>68.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Maintenance and Repair</p></td><td><p>67.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Parts Operations</p></td><td><p>72.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes</p><p>1) Frameworks with fewer than 20 leavers are excluded.</p><p>2) Figures for learning difficulties or disabilities are based on self-declaration by the learner</p><br /> <br /><p>The Department does not collect the information required to estimate 5 per cent club or NHS apprenticeship success rates.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 21243 21245 question first answered 13/01/2016 17:30:15 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

442827

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
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	Transport: Apprentices
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 paragraph 3.22 of English Apprenticeships: Our 2020 Vision, how many apprentices with special educational needs or disabilities have not completed their transport-related apprenticeship placements.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	21245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows this information for apprenticeship frameworks that are related to the transport Industry.</p><br /><p>Table 1: Apprenticeship success rates for learners with a learning difficulty or disability on frameworks related to the transport industry (2013/14)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Frameworks</p></td><td><p>Overall Success Rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aviation Operations on the Ground</p></td><td><p>85.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driving Goods Vehicles</p></td><td><p>70.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rail Transport Engineering</p></td><td><p>81.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Passenger Transport - Bus and Coach</p></td><td><p>81.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport Engineering and Maintenance</p></td><td><p>96.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Body and Paint Operations</p></td><td><p>58.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Fitting</p></td><td><p>68.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Maintenance and Repair</p></td><td><p>67.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Parts Operations</p></td><td><p>72.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes</p><p>1) Frameworks with fewer than 20 leavers are excluded.</p><p>2) Figures for learning difficulties or disabilities are based on self-declaration by the learner</p><br /> <br /><p>The Department does not collect the information required to estimate 5 per cent club or NHS apprenticeship success rates.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 21243 21244 question first answered 13/01/2016 17:30:15 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

442828

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
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	Transport: Apprentices
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 paragraph 3.22 of English Apprenticeships: Our 2020 Vision, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the planned 30,000 transport-related apprenticeships which will be taken up by apprentices with special educational needs or disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	21246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>Apprenticeships are full time jobs with training. We do not interfere in employers’ recruitment decisions or set specific quotas for the number of apprenticeships to be taken up by people with special educational needs or disabilities.</p><br /><p>All employers must fulfil their duties as set out in the Equality Act 2010 for apprentices as they would for other employees. We believe that the overwhelming majority of young people with special educational needs and disabilities are capable of sustainable, paid employment with the right preparation and support. For many, apprenticeships are the best route into paid employment. To support this, people aged 16 and over can apply for Access to Work funding for adjustments to the workplace. In addition, reasonable adjustments are available for any qualifications within apprenticeships to ensure the apprentice has every opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and skills.</p><br /> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/01/2016 14:52:27 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

442829

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
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, with reference to paragraph 3.28 of English Apprenticeships: Our 2020 Vision, what information his Department holds on the proportion of planned apprenticeships provided by the five per cent club which are expected to be taken up by apprentices with special educational needs or disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	21247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>The Five Per Cent Club has been developed and is run by businesses themselves who commit to making a public declaration to achieve five per cent of their company’s overall UK headcount being an apprentice, a sponsored student or on a graduate programme. We do not hold any information on the proportion of planned apprenticeships provided by employers in the Five Per Cent Club which are expected to be taken up by apprentices with special educational needs or disabilities.</p><br /><p>Thousands of disabled people have benefitted from apprenticeships. Of the 499,900 starting an apprenticeship in the 2014/15 academic year, 44,090 of those declared a disability or learning difficulty (LDD).</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 13/01/2016 17:50:01 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

442830

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
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	NHS: Apprentices
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 paragraph 3.22 of English Apprenticeships: Our 2020 Vision, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the planned 17,000 NHS apprenticeship starts which will be taken up by apprentices with special educational needs or disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	21248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><br /><p>The NHS has committed to creating 100,000 apprenticeships by 2020, offering opportunities to thousands of people who wish to pursue a career in the health sector. This is part of a wider, cross-government commitment to reaching three million apprenticeship starts in England across all sectors in 2020.</p><br /><p>Apprenticeships are full time jobs with training. We do not interfere in employers’ recruitment decisions or set specific quotas for the number of apprenticeships to be taken up by people with special educational needs or disabilities. All employers must fulfil their duties as set out in the Equality Act 2010 for apprentices as they would for other employees. We believe that the overwhelming majority of young people with special educational needs or disabilities are capable of sustainable, paid employment with the right preparation and support. For many, apprenticeships are the best route into paid employment. To support this, people aged 16 and over can apply for Access to Work funding for adjustments to the workplace. In addition, reasonable adjustments are available for any qualifications within apprenticeships to ensure the apprentice has every opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and skills.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 13/01/2016 17:01:07 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West