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524418

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
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	Small Businesses: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if the Government will retain the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	40204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The Apprenticeship Grant for Employers (AGE) is available until the end of the 2016/17 academic year to businesses with fewer than 50 employees, who have not employed an apprentice in the last 12 months. Eligible employers can receive a £1,500 grant per apprentice (aged 16 to 24) for up to five new apprentices undertaking an apprenticeship framework.</p><p>Further details on how small businesses will be supported to take on apprentices from April 2017 will be published at the end of June.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/06/2016 15:36:48 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

524419

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
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	Skilled Workers: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will make an assessment of the effect of the withdrawal of funding from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills on the Government's analysis of skills shortages in the North East.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	40241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>In the context of needing to make savings in non-participation budgets to allow the core adult skills participation budgets to be protected in cash terms, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has consulted the Devolved Administrations and other users of labour market information on future research priorities.</p><p> </p><p>Following these discussions, we have identified the significance of the Employer Skills Survey, the Employer Perspectives Survey and the LMI (Labour Market Information) for All Portal and decided that these products will be maintained. We are currently working with the Commission to transfer the management of these to BIS, and we will work users on how information from these surveys will be disseminated in the future including the provision of regional and local information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/06/2016 08:57:55 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

524457

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
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	Canada: EU External Trade
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 take steps to ensure that the proposed EU-Canada trade agreement is not implemented until it has been fully scrutinised by national parliaments.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	40225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The EU–Canada Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) could be worth up to £1.3 billion per year to the UK economy. The Government is therefore keen to see the agreement implemented as soon as possible.</p><p>The Government considers, along with other Member States, that CETA is a “mixed agreement”. This means that CETA can only take full effect once the UK has decided to ratify it. As part of that ratification process, the complete draft text of the agreement would be laid before Parliament for 21 sitting days. In addition, the Government will ensure the proposals for a Council decision on signature, and subsequently conclusion, will be subject to scrutiny in both houses of the UK Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 15/06/2016 11:47:09 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

524494

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
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	Atrial Fibrillation
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 advice by Europe Direct that providing unique reference numbers on tickets by primary and secondary market ticket sellers is not regulated under the Consumer Rights Directive, and is therefore permitted.
tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
uin	HL597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of advice by Europe Direct on this issue.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/06/2016 14:48:23 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

524498

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
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	Families: Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many trade agreements are currently being negotiated by the EU, and with which countries.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2016 answer text <p>The European Commission is actively negotiating seven bilateral trade and investment agreements. These are with the following countries: USA, Japan, Philippines, India, the Mercosur bloc, Morocco and Tunisia. The European Commission is negotiating bilateral investment agreements with Burma and China. In addition, the European Commission is also engaged in the negotiation of two “plurilateral” agreements on behalf of the EU: the Trade in Services Agreement and the Environmental Goods Agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 21/06/2016 13:37:23 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

524499

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
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	Child Rearing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which European trade agreements are awaiting ratification by the UK Parliament.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2016 answer text <p>The EU-Southern Africa Economic Partnership Agreement and the EU-Central America Association Agreement are expected to be presented to Parliament in the near future.</p><p> </p><p>The EU has concluded negotiations with the following partners and, assuming that these agreements are approved in Council as being of “mixed competence”, each will need to be approved by Parliament: Canada, Ecuador, Singapore, Vietnam, Eastern Africa, and Western Africa.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 21/06/2016 12:48:30 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

524191

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
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: Tees Valley
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 apprentices in the Tees Valley area (a) went on to work full-time with the employer with which they trained and (b) were subsequently unemployed in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	40117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Statistical data broken down by region on (a) apprentices working full-time for the employer with which they trained or (b) were subsequently unemployed, is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Latest Apprenticeship Evaluation Learner Survey 2016 data show that 9 out of 10 of all recent apprenticeship completers were in employment 12-20 months after completion. And 72% of those in employment were with the same employer with whom they completed their apprenticeship.</p><p> </p><p>Information on Apprenticeship starts by region and local authority is published as a supplementary table (first link) to a Statistical First Release (second link).</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/509995/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.XLS" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/509995/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.XLS</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 14/06/2016 16:08:05 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

524192

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
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: Paisley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential effect on (a) businesses and (b) the local community in Paisley of the decision to close the Post Office branch and replace it with a franchise.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	40139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>Post Office Limited runs and operates its directly managed Crown post offices. Changes to its network and proposals to franchise of some of its Crown branches are the operational responsibility of the Post Office. The Post Office’s proposals for franchising some of its Crown branches are part of its work to ensure its branch network is sustainable in the long term and ensure that Post Office services remain on our high streets across the country. The change from a Crown to a franchise branch has been undertaken successfully in many locations across the UK and helps sustain Post Office services in these locations, and each change is subject to local consultation.</p><p> </p><p>Over 97% of the UK’s post office network is run on a franchise or agency basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 40136 question first answered 15/06/2016 08:39:17 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

524193

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
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: Scotland
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 his Department has made of the effect on (a) businesses and (b) local communities in Scotland of the decision to allow the closure of Post Office branches in Scotland and their replacement by franchises.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	40136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>Post Office Limited runs and operates its directly managed Crown post offices. Changes to its network and proposals to franchise of some of its Crown branches are the operational responsibility of the Post Office. The Post Office’s proposals for franchising some of its Crown branches are part of its work to ensure its branch network is sustainable in the long term and ensure that Post Office services remain on our high streets across the country. The change from a Crown to a franchise branch has been undertaken successfully in many locations across the UK and helps sustain Post Office services in these locations, and each change is subject to local consultation.</p><p> </p><p>Over 97% of the UK’s post office network is run on a franchise or agency basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 40139 question first answered 15/06/2016 08:39:17 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

524194

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
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	Science: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether there is a mechanism equivalent to the Cross-Council Funding Agreement to ensure fair peer review and transparency for research proposals crossing the border between the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the UK Space Agency.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	40096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The UK Space Agency and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) follow the Cross-Council Funding Agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/06/2016 14:59:13 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan