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451156

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	Further Education: Finance
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 3 February 2016 to Question 24265, how much transitional funding has been allocated to meet costs deemed essential to the successful implementation of his Department's area reviews but which cannot be met locally.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	26270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>Further details of the purpose and availability of the transitional funding facility will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 26264 question first answered 24/02/2016 15:02:58 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

451169

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	Further Education: Mergers
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 4 February 2016 to Question 24499, what discussions his Department plans to have with banks on minimising the cost of loan and other penalties incurred by colleges which merge as part of area reviews.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	26224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 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/2016-01-26/24367/" target="_blank">24367</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 24/02/2016 14:49:28 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

450954

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
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	Regeneration: Redcar
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 has been made of the potential cost of works to the former SSI steel works site on Teesside to prepare it for redevelopment.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	26058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The Official Receiver is currently delivering a safe and secure liquidation of SSI. Once that has been completed, the Government will work with local partners to understand the potential for the redevelopment of the site. The future use or uses of the site will be key in determining the level of remediation required.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/02/2016 18:20:23 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

450956

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
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	Regeneration: Redcar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the cost of maintaining and securing the former SSI steel works site on Teesside in its present condition.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	26066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Costs are being incurred by the Official Receiver who is currently delivering a safe and secure liquidation of SSI. The Government is providing the Official Receiver with an indemnity to ensure he is able to deliver that safe liquidation of SSI and the net costs will be clearer at the end of that process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/02/2016 18:18:52 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

448273

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
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	Further Education: Mergers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on measures to ensure that banks and other financial institutions are not able to profit from the merging of any further education institutions as a result of his Department's area reviews.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	24499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-01-26/24265/" target="_blank">02129</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 04/02/2016 17:47:12 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

447888

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
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	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 plans he has to provide assistance to further education institutions which incur financial penalties as a result of triggering break clauses in the loan agreements they hold with banks resulting from his Department's area reviews.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	24265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As independent institutions colleges involved in an area review are responsible for their own financial arrangements with banks and other creditors. Area reviews are the mechanism through which post-16 institutions have the opportunity to work together to ensure that provision best suits local educational and economic needs. We expect that the recommendations of each review will lead to institutions that are financially sustainable.</p><p> </p><p>The costs including any financial penalties arising from the recommendations of each review will be explored as part of the process. We expect the colleges, alongside local authorities and LEPs with devolved skills budgets, to consider how these costs can be met locally. Where there are costs that cannot be met, but which are essential to the successful implementation of the review, we have announced a facility for transitional funding to support this. We will provide more detail in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 03/02/2016 17:22:19 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

447891

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
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	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, if he will make an assessment of the financial penalties potentially faced by further education institutions resulting from triggering break clauses in the loan agreements they hold with banks resulting from his Department's area reviews.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	24367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The Area Reviews provide an opportunity for post-16 institutions to explore issues relevant to the provision in their area and consider recommendations for change. The cost of these changes will be considered in the steering group discussions. Additionally, officials are meeting regularly with the main lenders to the post-16 sector. The nature, likelihood and cost implications of break clauses in loan agreements are being explored in these discussions.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/02/2016 17:32:58 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

432171

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2015 to Question 16786, what estimate he has made of the (a) total, (b) staffing and (c) resources cost of conducting area-based reviews of post-16 education and training institutions.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	17719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>The Departments and their agencies will undertake this work with no additional staffing. Additional costs will be minimal. The Departments and agencies have re-prioritised from within existing resources to accommodate the additional work, including providing access to additional advice and support from further education and six form colleges Advisers.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/12/2015 10:37:31 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

428987

registered interest
date	18/11/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer to Question 13261, 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	16786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <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.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 24/11/2015 15:45:17 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

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