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423743

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
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	Groceries Code Adjudicator
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will consider extending the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator in order to deliver fair prices for dairy farmers.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL3007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The jurisdiction of the Groceries Code Adjudicator is defined by the Groceries Supply Code of Practice. The Code governs the commercial relationships between the ten largest UK supermarkets and their direct suppliers, and reflects the findings of the Competition Commission’s market investigation into the supermarket sector conducted between 2006 and 2008.</p><br /><p>The Government has no plans to extend the powers of the Adjudicator at this time. There will, however, be a statutory review of the performance of the Adjudicator next year in accordance with section 15 of the Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 09/11/2015 12:04:57 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

423753

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
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	STEM Subjects: Graduates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics graduates who were not in education or employment one year after graduation, in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL3017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2015 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on the destinations of leavers from UK Higher Education Institutions six months after graduation. The information requested is provided in the table.</p><p>UK Domiciled full-time first degree leavers from Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Subjects (STEM)[1] not in employment or further study 6 months after graduation[2][3][4]</p><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12[5]</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage not in employment or further study</p></td><td><p>8.9%</p></td><td><p>8.7%</p></td><td><p>8.4%</p></td><td><p>7.2%</p></td><td><p>6.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Base Population</p></td><td><p>81,290</p></td><td><p>85,595</p></td><td><p>87,910</p></td><td><p>95,390</p></td><td><p>101,465</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>[1] STEM subjects are defined by HESA as Subject Groups A to K under the JACS3 classification. Further information can be located at this link <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/component/content/article?id=1787" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/component/content/article?id=1787</a>.</p><p>[2] Figures are taken from Supplementary Table SE1 of HESA's Performance Indicators (<a href="https://hesa.ac.uk/pis/emp" target="_blank">https://hesa.ac.uk/pis/emp</a>)</p><p>[3] Statistics are expressed as a percentage of UK domiciled graduates who were working, studying or seeking work.</p><p>[4] In this table 0, 1, 2 are rounded to 0. All other numbers are rounded up or down to the nearest 5.</p><p>[5] Due to changes on the DLHE questionnaire in 2011/12 and hence changes to the derivation of the activity categories, the employment indicator for 2011/12 onwards is not strictly comparable with the indicator prior to 2011/12.</p><br /> <br /> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 12/11/2015 16:32:18 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

423754

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
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	STEM Subjects: Graduates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics graduates who will not be in education or employment one year after graduation, in each of the next five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL3018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>Estimates for future years are not available.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 09/11/2015 16:25:20 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

423755

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
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	STEM Subjects: Graduates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to increase the number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics graduates in education or employment one year after graduation.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL3019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government attaches great importance to the supply of science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills and the value that they bring to all sectors of our economy. It has commissioned two independent reviews into graduate employment and accreditation in STEM which aim to explore some of the issues around the employment outcomes of graduates from STEM disciplines.</p><br /><p>Sir William Wakeham is leading the review into STEM disciplines. A second, separate review is being led by Sir Nigel Shadbolt and is considering the specific concerns related to graduates of Computer Science. [HL3019]. The reviews are due to report to Ministers in Winter 2015/16. (Note: further information can be found at <a href="http://www.hefce.ac.uk/kess/gradstemreview/" target="_blank">http://www.hefce.ac.uk/kess/gradstemreview/</a>)</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 09/11/2015 16:26:25 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

423766

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
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	Fireworks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans the Government has to limit the sale of fireworks (a) geographically and (b) seasonally.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	13318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>There are already seasonal limitations on the sale of fireworks. The Fireworks Regulations 2004 restrict their sale to the traditional fireworks periods of 5<sup>th</sup> November, Diwali, New Year’s Eve and the Chinese New Year. It is possible to buy fireworks at other times of the year, but strict conditions are imposed on retailers wishing to sell them outside the traditional periods.</p><p>There are no geographical restrictions on the sale of fireworks, and currently no plans to introduce them, although further restrictions on their sale exist in Northern Ireland where a licence is required for home displays.</p><p>The Fireworks Regulations 2004 contain provisions to minimise the risk of fireworks harming people, property and animals, and Government-sponsored advice and guidance on the safe and considerate use of fireworks is freely available on the Safer Fireworks website.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 30/10/2015 11:45:43 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

423779

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
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	Further 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 process his Department has for informing hon. Members of the announcement of area-based reviews of post-16 education and training institutions affecting their constituencies.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	13258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The Joint Area Review Delivery Unit supporting the area reviews will arrange for Hon. Members to receive a letter informing them when a review is being launched in any part of their constituency, which will also invite them to give their views.</p><p>Area reviews of post-16 education and training institutions are predominantly focused on general further education and sixth form colleges in order to ensure there is a high quality and financially resilient set of colleges in each area of England. Schools with sixth forms can opt in to a review if they wish to and the review’s local steering group agrees.</p><p>Each review will conduct a comprehensive analysis of the current post-16 provision in the area which will include the offer made by schools with sixth forms. Regional Schools Commissioners will sit on local area review steering groups and will identify any issues with school sixth form provision, particularly academy and free school sixth forms and University Technical Colleges, and feed these into the reviews. We expect Regional Schools Commissioners to take account of the analysis from area reviews in any decisions they make about future provision.</p><p>The area reviews are aimed at delivering a skills system that meets the economic and educational needs of areas whilst also ensuring the long term sustainability of colleges to support productivity. Existing government resources are being reprioritised to support delivery of the area reviews.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 13260 13261 question first answered 09/11/2015 16:28:59 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

423780

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
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	Further Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons school sixth forms will not be included in the Government's review of post-16 education and training institutions.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	13260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The Joint Area Review Delivery Unit supporting the area reviews will arrange for Hon. Members to receive a letter informing them when a review is being launched in any part of their constituency, which will also invite them to give their views.</p><p>Area reviews of post-16 education and training institutions are predominantly focused on general further education and sixth form colleges in order to ensure there is a high quality and financially resilient set of colleges in each area of England. Schools with sixth forms can opt in to a review if they wish to and the review’s local steering group agrees.</p><p>Each review will conduct a comprehensive analysis of the current post-16 provision in the area which will include the offer made by schools with sixth forms. Regional Schools Commissioners will sit on local area review steering groups and will identify any issues with school sixth form provision, particularly academy and free school sixth forms and University Technical Colleges, and feed these into the reviews. We expect Regional Schools Commissioners to take account of the analysis from area reviews in any decisions they make about future provision.</p><p>The area reviews are aimed at delivering a skills system that meets the economic and educational needs of areas whilst also ensuring the long term sustainability of colleges to support productivity. Existing government resources are being reprioritised to support delivery of the area reviews.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 13258 13261 question first answered 09/11/2015 16:28:59 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

423781

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
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	Further 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 estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of conducting an area-based review of post-16 education and training institutions in (a) Tees Valley, (b) Birmingham and Solihull, (c) Greater Manchester, (d) Sheffield City Region, (e) Sussex Coast, (f) Solent and (g) West Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	13261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The Joint Area Review Delivery Unit supporting the area reviews will arrange for Hon. Members to receive a letter informing them when a review is being launched in any part of their constituency, which will also invite them to give their views.</p><p>Area reviews of post-16 education and training institutions are predominantly focused on general further education and sixth form colleges in order to ensure there is a high quality and financially resilient set of colleges in each area of England. Schools with sixth forms can opt in to a review if they wish to and the review’s local steering group agrees.</p><p>Each review will conduct a comprehensive analysis of the current post-16 provision in the area which will include the offer made by schools with sixth forms. Regional Schools Commissioners will sit on local area review steering groups and will identify any issues with school sixth form provision, particularly academy and free school sixth forms and University Technical Colleges, and feed these into the reviews. We expect Regional Schools Commissioners to take account of the analysis from area reviews in any decisions they make about future provision.</p><p>The area reviews are aimed at delivering a skills system that meets the economic and educational needs of areas whilst also ensuring the long term sustainability of colleges to support productivity. Existing government resources are being reprioritised to support delivery of the area reviews.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 13258 13260 question first answered 09/11/2015 16:28:59 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

423798

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
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	Vocational Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to publish (a) a formal response to and (b) the submissions received by his Department concerning the Dual Mandate consultation issued on 24 March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	13438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>The consultation document <em>A dual mandate for adult vocational education</em> was published in March 2015 by the previous government.</p><br /><p>A formal response will be published in due course. The Department may, in accordance with the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information, make available, on public request, individual responses.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 29/10/2015 17:25:55 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

423807

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
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	Freight: Calais
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 his Department has made of the cost of the disruption at Calais to the economy in the last three months.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	13306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>Understanding the full cost to the economy would require a detailed analysis of business supply chains. This information can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 29/10/2015 15:47:52 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello