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518374

registered interest
date	10/05/2016
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	Comet Group: Insolvency
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 the Government made of the effectiveness of the insolvency system after the collapse of Comet in 2012; and what steps he has taken to improve that system.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	36951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/05/2016 11:58:58 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

518375

registered interest
date	10/05/2016
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	British Home Stores: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the oral contribution of the then Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on 20 December 2012, Official Report, column 989, whether he plans to keep the opposition front bench updated on the Insolvency Service's investigation into BHS.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	36970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/05/2016 11:57:43 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

518376

registered interest
date	10/05/2016
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	Comet Group: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the oral contribution of the then Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on 20 December 2012, Official Report, column 989, for what reasons the Insolvency Service's investigation into Comet was not shared with the opposition front bench.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	36971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/05/2016 11:56:13 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

518377

registered interest
date	10/05/2016
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	Comet Group: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the oral contribution of the then Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on 20 December 2012, Official Report, column 989, if he will share the findings of the Insolvency Service's investigation into Comet with the opposition front bench.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	36972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/05/2016 11:54:57 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

518378

registered interest
date	10/05/2016
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Staff
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 oral contribution of the Minister for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise on 9 May 2016, Official Report, column 442, what the addresses are of the 14 locations across which his Department's policy teams are spread.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	36974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The addresses of the 14 locations where the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills policy teams are based are:</p><p><strong>Birmingham</strong> <br> Victoria Square House <br> Victoria Square <br> Birmingham B2 4BU</p><p><strong>Bristol</strong><br> 2 Rivergate<br> Bristol BS1 6EH</p><p><strong>Cambridge</strong> <br> Eastbrook House <br> Shaftsbury Road <br> Cambridge CB2 8DU</p><p><strong>Cardiff</strong> <br> Companies House <br> Crown Way <br> Cardiff CF14 3UZ</p><p><strong>Coventry</strong><br> Cheylesmore House <br> Quinton Road <br> Coventry CV1 2WT</p><p><strong>Darlington</strong><br> Queensway House <br> West Precinct <br> Darlington TS23 2NF</p><p><strong>Gateshead</strong><br> St George's House <br> Kingsway <br> Gateshead NE11 0NA</p><p><strong>Leeds</strong><br> Alexandra House <br> Redvers Close <br> Leeds LS16 6QY</p><p><strong>London</strong><br>1 Victoria Street<br> London SW1H 0ET</p><p><strong>Manchester</strong><br> 3 Piccadilly Gate <br> Store Street <br> Manchester M1 2WD</p><p><strong>Newport</strong><br> Concept House <br> Cardiff Road<br> Newport NP10 8QQ</p><p><strong>Nottingham</strong><br> Apex Court <br> City Link <br> Nottingham NG2 4LA</p><p><strong>Sheffield</strong><br> 2 St Paul's Place<br> 125 Norfolk Street <br> Sheffield S1 2FJ</p><p><strong>Warrington/Daresbury</strong> <br> Daresbury Laboratory <br> Keckwick Lane <br> Warrington WA4 4AD</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 12/05/2016 08:43:46 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

518138

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2016 to Question 36124, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of the apprenticeship levy on apprenticeship completion rates.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	36793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 12/05/2016 12:18:30 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

518139

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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, when officials of his Department last met with representatives of the devolved administrations to discuss (a) how the apprenticeship levy will operate and (b) the proportion of the apprenticeship levy that each of the devolved administrations will receive.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	36819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 12/05/2016 12:18:57 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

518140

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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 the Government's policy is on whether an employer with an annual pay bill of under £3 million will be liable to pay the apprenticeship levy.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	36820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 12/05/2016 12:19:41 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

518141

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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	Universities: Staff
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 higher education institutions about the potential effect of changes in the level of university teaching staff on casual employment contracts on the quality of teaching.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	36885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>We have had no such direct discussions with higher education institutions.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2016 Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) Grant letter we asked HEFCE to look into the two issues of (a) the contractual status of academic staff and (b) teaching intensity/weighted contact hours across different subjects.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 12/05/2016 10:00:51 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

518142

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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	Universities: 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 staff were employed on (a) fixed-term and (b) atypical contracts at UK universities in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	36886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on academic staff employed at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The numbers of staff employed on fixed-term and atypical contracts in each of the last five years are presented in the table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Academic Staff on Fixed-Term and Atypical Contracts</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>UK Higher Education Institutions</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Academic Years 2010/11 to 2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academic Year</p></td><td><p>Fixed-term Contracts</p></td><td><p>Atypical Contracts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>70,035</p></td><td><p>75,560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>69,415</p></td><td><p>75,040</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>65,990</p></td><td><p>74,075</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>65,710</p></td><td><p>82,045</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>60,320</p></td><td><p>78,340</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Source: HESA Staff Record Note: Figures in the table have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 5.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 12/05/2016 09:49:12 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson