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525079

registered interest
date	14/06/2016
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	Suicide: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan regularly to collect gender-disaggregated business ownership data.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills regularly collects gender-disaggregated business ownership data on the annual Longitudinal Small Business Survey. This reports on whether small and medium-sized businesses are more than 50% owned by women.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 17/06/2016 09:23:51 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

525082

registered interest
date	14/06/2016
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	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Evans of Bowes Park on 7 June (HL Deb, col 656), of the 499,900 apprenticeship starts as published in government statistics for 2014–15, what percentage met the definition of an apprenticeship of (1) being a job in a skilled occupation, (2) having substantial and sustained training lasting a minimum of 12 months, (3) leading to full competency in an occupation, and (4) developing transferable skills.
tabling member printed	Baroness Corston
uin	HL669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2016 answer text <p>The Skills Funding Agency 2014 to 2015 funding rules set out the eligibility requirements for apprenticeships started in 2014/15. These include points (1) to (4).</p><p> </p><p>Only apprenticeships which adhere to this definition of an apprenticeship are recognised within these published statistics. On point (2), the statistics also include apprenticeships with an agreed planned duration of less than 12 months in exceptional circumstances, for example, for apprentices with prior qualifications that cover part of their framework.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL670 question first answered 21/06/2016 13:31:28 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	215 label Biography information for Baroness Corston

525083

registered interest
date	14/06/2016
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	Marine Environment: Plastics
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Evans of Bowes Park on 7 June (HL Deb, col 656), of the 6,660 apprenticeship starts in the constituency of Richmond, Yorkshire, as published in government statistics for 2014–15, what percentage met the definition of an apprenticeship of (1) being a job in a skilled occupation, (2) having substantial and sustained training lasting a minimum of 12 months, (3) leading to full competency in an occupation, and (4) developing transferable skills.
tabling member printed	Baroness Corston
uin	HL670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2016 answer text <p>The Skills Funding Agency 2014 to 2015 funding rules set out the eligibility requirements for apprenticeships started in 2014/15. These include points (1) to (4).</p><p> </p><p>Only apprenticeships which adhere to this definition of an apprenticeship are recognised within these published statistics. On point (2), the statistics also include apprenticeships with an agreed planned duration of less than 12 months in exceptional circumstances, for example, for apprentices with prior qualifications that cover part of their framework.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL669 question first answered 21/06/2016 13:31:28 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	215 label Biography information for Baroness Corston

525114

registered interest
date	14/06/2016
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	Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Evans of Bowes Park on 9 May (HL7499) about the Student Loan Company, what are the EU-domiciled borrower figures categorised by individual country of domicile.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 20/06/2016 13:08:50 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

524606

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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	Roads: Accidents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many civil servants within the Department for Business Innovation and Skills have (1) been recruited into the department (a) from within the civil service, or (b) from outside the civil service, and (2) left to (a) other posts within the civil service, and (b) other roles outside of the civil service, in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2016 answer text <p>The total number of civil servants within the Department for Business Innovation and Skills HQ (BIS) who have (1) been recruited into the department (a) from within the civil service, or (b) from outside the civil service, and (2) left to (a) other posts within the civil service, and (b) other roles outside of the civil service, in each of the last five years are shown in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p>Recruited to BIS</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year of joining</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Joined from outside the Civil Service</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Joined from within the Civil Service</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>375</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>243</p></td><td><p>208</p></td><td><p>451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>372</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>356</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>315</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>942</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>927</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1869</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Left BIS</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year of leaving</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Left the Civil Service</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Moved to another part of the Civil Service</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>338</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>492</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>253</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>205</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>325</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>401</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>364</p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>637</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1404</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>805</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2209</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 16/06/2016 14:35:57 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

524607

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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	Crossrail 2 Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the average duration of employment for civil servants within the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2016 answer text <p>The length of service for employees of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills HQ, in each of the last five years, is shown in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period ending</p></td><td><p>Average length of service (Years)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2016</p></td><td><p>16.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2015</p></td><td><p>15.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2014</p></td><td><p>15.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2013</p></td><td><p>15.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2012</p></td><td><p>15.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> The data above relates to the total length of their employment within the Civil Service.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 16/06/2016 14:37:27 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

524639

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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: Taxation
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 he has made of the potential effect of the new Apprenticeship Levy on the number of apprenticeship start-ups from September 2016.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	40284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not produce forecasts for apprenticeship starts. Apprenticeships are paid jobs and their availability is dependent on employers offering opportunities and hiring apprentices.</p><p>The levy will fund a step-change in apprenticeship numbers and quality – delivering on our commitment to 3 million new apprenticeship starts in England by 2020. It will put apprenticeship funding on a sustainable footing and improve the technical and professional skills of the workforce.</p><p>It will encourage employers to invest in their apprentices and take on more. Employers in England who pay the levy and are committed to apprenticeships training will be able to get out more than they pay in to the levy through a top-up of additional funding to their digital accounts. The government will apply a 10% top-up to monthly funds entering levy paying employers digital accounts, for apprenticeship training in England, from April 2017. Apprentices who have been accepted on to an apprenticeship before April 2017 will be funded for the full term of the apprenticeship under the terms and conditions that were in place at the time their apprenticeship started.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/06/2016 14:07:29 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

524641

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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	Automation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has made an estimate of the potential number of jobs which will be replaced by automation over the next two decades.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	40325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department has not made a specific forecast of how many jobs will be replaced (or how many additional jobs will be created) over the next two decades due to automation. However, the Government’s Horizon Scanning Programme exploring the impacts of automation on the labour market, and engaging with our international partners.</p><p>Government is taking action to provide individuals with the skills that will help prepare them for changes to the labour market, such as the new school computing curriculum, developing new apprenticeship standards, growing the apprenticeships programme, and introducing the Institute for Coding.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/06/2016 14:08:26 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

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