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223182

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
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	Insolvency Act 1986
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 bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Insolvency Act 1986.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	225120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>The Deregulation Bill and the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill, both currently before Parliament, contain a number of proposals relating to insolvency which will amend the Insolvency Act 1986. Amongst these proposals are: deregulatory and Red Tape Challenge measures aimed at reducing unnecessary regulations and costs in insolvency proceedings; measures to strengthen and improve confidence in the insolvency practitioner regulatory regime; measures aimed at improving creditor redress where company directors are culpable for debts; and a reserve power to make regulations relating to pre-pack administrations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I have also laid a statutory instrument which will amend the creditor petition bankruptcy limit as set out in the Insolvency Act.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 03/03/2015 17:30:13 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

223183

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
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, what proportion of payments by the Skills Funding Agency under the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers scheme were made within 30 days in each of the last twelve months.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The Skills Funding Agency outlined in their previous response (29 January 2015) that from the day the apprentice reaches 13 weeks of their apprenticeship (the census day for eligibility to AGE), payment can take between 5 weeks and 9 weeks to reach the training provider, dependent on where the 13 week point falls in relation to the next monthly data return to the Skills Funding Agency.</p><p> </p><p>Once the Skills Funding Agency receives data from the provider to confirm eligibility for AGE, payment to the provider is made within 30 days and the Skills Funding Agency has always met this timeline.</p><p> </p><p>Providers are contractually bound to pay the employer their AGE payment within 30 days of receipt of the funds from the Skills Funding Agency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 27/02/2015 13:39:34 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

223184

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
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	Trade Missions
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 overseas trade missions which were attended or led by a government minister have been completed in the last twelve months; on what dates each such visit took place; and to which countries those ministers travelled on each occasion.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/03/2015 14:19:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 47039 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

223185

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
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	Economic and Social Research Council
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 Economic and Social Research Council research funding is spent on (a) social enterprise and (b) economics.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	225233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>For the 2013-2014 financial year 11.1% (£22,252,606.98) of Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) expenditure was classified as economics spend. ‘Social Enterprise’ is not a classification term used by ESRC.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 10/03/2015 14:14:37 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 47041 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

223186

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2015 to Question 222107, how many apprentices of each age group were employees of his Department, its agencies or of other government departments before their apprenticeship began.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave to question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-02-23/225059/" target="_blank">225059</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 27/02/2015 13:36:49 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

223187

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
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	Higher Education: Carers
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 ensure universities better support students who are also carers.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	225302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p><strong>As autonomous bodies, universities are responsible for providing support to help their students succeed in their studies. </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Universities charging above the basic fee level (£6,000 for full time students) must also agree an access agreement with the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) setting out what more they will do to widen participation and help students to succeed with their studies. In its latest guidance, OFFA specifies young carers as a group whose needs universities should consider.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Carers Trust and the National Network of Universities Supporting Young Adult Carers have produced a resource <em>“Supporting Students with caring responsibilities: ideas and practice for universities to help student carers access and succeed in Higher Education.” </em>The Trust and the Network are holding an event on 24<sup>th</sup> April to help universities to support students with caring responsibilities through the student lifecycle.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 06/03/2015 12:18:48 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 47533 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

223188

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
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	Staff
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 full time equivalent officials of what civil service grade work on each of his Department's sector strategies.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The table below details the number of full time equivalent officials in the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) that are progressing sector strategies in teams responsible for supporting sectors. BIS does not as a matter of routine count officials in the way asked, because officials will typically fulfil more than one role. The information has therefore required judgements to be made on the amount of time officials spend on progressing strategies to support sectors. The counts do not include officials in other teams who are sources of additional expertise, for example analytical or legal advice, or officials in other departments contributing to the delivery of the sector strategies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>G5 FTE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>G6 FTE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>G7 FTE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SEO FTE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HEO FTE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>EO FTE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>AO FTE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aerospace</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 4.4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agritech</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3.7</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>5.5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Automotive</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 6.0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chemicals</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p><strong>3.0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction</p></td><td><p>0.25</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 7.25</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Creative Industries</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>0.5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 1.3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Digital</p></td><td><p>0.25</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.25</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.25</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 1.75</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electronic Systems</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 1.3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>International Education</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 4.5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Life Sciences</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>6.1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Marine</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 1.4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuclear</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.75</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 2.85</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offshore Wind</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 3.8</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oil and Gas</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p><strong> 3.5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Professional &amp; Business Services</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 2.6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rail</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.75</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 1.95</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Retail</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 0.6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 27/02/2015 13:35:37 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

223189

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
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	Catapult Centres
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 businesses have engaged with each Catapult Centre in each year since it opened.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer // answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered // answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

222743

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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	Companies: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to requiring all listed companies to report annually on the ratio between the pay of chief executives and the median pay of workers in that company.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL5084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government introduced new laws comprehensively reforming the governance and reporting of company directors’ pay in October 2013. Quoted companies are now required to report the ratio of average percentage change in employee pay compared with the percentage change in the chief executive’s pay.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government consulted extensively on the details of the new requirements, and decided not to mandate publication of the ratio between the chief executive’s pay and average employee’s pay.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government welcomes transparency on remuneration, but believes that an explicit focus on this ratio could have negative unintended consequences. For example, it could incentivise companies to outsource jobs to agencies or overseas, or to employ more of the workforce on a part-time basis, in order to manipulate ratios.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 09/03/2015 16:53:59 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

222748

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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: Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to address rising house prices and their impact on university students.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL5089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government does monitor student income and expenditure which helps us to understand how students manage their finances while studying in higher education. It has been a longstanding principle of student support that grants and loans for living costs are generally paid as a contribution towards a student’s living costs rather than to cover them in their entirety.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Eligible students attending full-time undergraduate courses that are designated for student support can apply for fully means-tested Maintenance Grants and loans to help with living costs, 35% of which are based on a student’s household income. Maximum loans for living costs (sometimes known as maintenance loans) have been increased by 3.34% (using the forecast Retail Price Index excluding mortgage interest payments [RPI-X] for 2015/16)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/03/2015 16:32:52 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick