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419395

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date	17/09/2015
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	Overseas Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of potential measures to reverse the recent decline in the number of overseas students coming to the United Kingdom to study or work, in particular those from India.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Dundee
uin	HL2326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government values the contribution that international students make to the UK’s economy, and to making our education system one of the best in the world. According to the OECD’s Education at a Glance we remain, by some way, the second most popular destination in the world for international higher education students.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) aims to enhance mutually beneficial educational links between India and the UK. Both Governments have agreed to continue this highly successful programme into a third phase to begin in 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>BIS has established a regular tripartite dialogue with colleagues from the Home Office and the Indian High Commission.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The British High Commission in Delhi (BHC) and the British Council in Delhi are also working hard to promote the message that the UK is open to all genuine students and that there is no limit on the number of international students who can study at our world leading universities. For example, through the GREAT campaign we have a strong digital and social media campaign with a focus on the employability of Indian students who have graduated from UK HEIs and on countering common visa myths.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 01/10/2015 14:58:05 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	2735 label Biography information for The Earl of Dundee

419396

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
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	Overseas Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how frequently, and in what way, they monitor and compare their performance in attracting overseas students to study and work in the United Kingdom with that of other countries; and following such analysis, whether they plan to make adjustments to their current policies.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Dundee
uin	HL2327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2015 answer text <p>Overseas students are welcome in the UK and there is no cap on the number of such students. The OECD’s Education at a Glance, published annually, compares our performance with that of other countries. In 2012, the UK was estimated to have a 13% share of the international student market (OECD, 2014), second only to the US. The Government is committed to increasing education exports from £18bn in 2012 to £30bn by 2020and our International Education strategy is helping to achieve that.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 30/09/2015 13:41:51 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	2735 label Biography information for The Earl of Dundee

419397

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
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	Overseas Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what comparisons they have made between their current and previous schemes to encourage foreign students to prolong their studies and take up employment with United Kingdom business and industry; and whether, as a result, they plan to amend their current scheme.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Dundee
uin	HL2328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Prior to 2012 international students who successfully completed a degree at a UK institution could apply for permission to work in the UK for two years. This Post-Study Work route was closed from 6th April 2012 as it granted unrestricted access to the UK labour market for two years to non-EEA nationals at a time when a large number of British graduates were unable to find work. The route was also found to be heavily abused with many people taking up low-skilled work rather than the intended graduate level roles. There are no plans to reintroduce this scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK has an excellent offer for overseas students graduating from UK universities wishing to remain in the UK. Those with an offer of a graduate-level job, paying a salary of at least £20,800, can take up sponsored employment for up to six years. In 2014 some 11,000 international students switched to skilled work. PhD students can stay in the UK for an extra year, under the Tier 4 Doctorate Extension Scheme, to look for work or start their own business. Graduate entrepreneurs can stay on for up to two years to develop their business in the UK. The Government has also made provisions for graduates wishing to undertake a period of professional training or a corporate internship related to their qualifications, before pursuing a career overseas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 30/09/2015 13:41:29 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	2735 label Biography information for The Earl of Dundee

419455

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
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	Export Controls
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 that criterion 8 of the consolidated EU Licensing Criteria document is consistently applied to all export licences.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	10577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department for International Development (DFID) is responsible for assessing licence applications against Criterion 8. DFID considers export licence applications destined to all International Development Association eligible countries and may also ask to see applications in respect of other countries of concern. Further information on DFID’s role is given in the Government’s Strategic Export Controls Annual Report for 2014, which was presented to Parliament on 16 July 2015 and is also available on the gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/10/2015 12:25:57 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

419457

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
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	Land: Ownership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects the Land Registry to publish data on which foreign countries own which land property titles in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Stuart Blair Donaldson
uin	10588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>Land Registry has no plans to publish data on which foreign countries hold land and property titles in England and Wales.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/10/2015 14:00:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4377 label Biography information for Stuart Blair Donaldson

419458

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
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	Foreign Companies
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 the Government has taken to make property ownership by foreign companies more transparent.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Stuart Blair Donaldson
uin	10590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister stated during a speech made in Singapore on 28 July that he will consult on the best way forward to extending what we ask of UK companies to foreign companies.</p><p>He has also asked Land Registry from this autumn to publish data on which foreign companies own which land and property titles in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/10/2015 14:01:27 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4377 label Biography information for Stuart Blair Donaldson

419459

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
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: Ownership
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 the Government is taking to reform company law to require the disclosure of beneficial controlling interests of offshore companies.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Stuart Blair Donaldson
uin	10589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>From next year companies registered in the UK will be required to hold a register of people with significant influence or control over them. This information will be filed with Companies House, which will maintain a central, publicly accessible register.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/10/2015 12:24:30 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4377 label Biography information for Stuart Blair Donaldson

419460

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
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	Gender: Discrimination
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 his Department's Research Paper No. 235, on pregnancy and maternity-related discrimination and disadvantages, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost to the economy of women forced out of work on account of their pregnancy or maternity leave.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	10656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The paper referred to provides interim research results on potential pregnancy and maternity-related discrimination and disadvantage in the workplace. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, in collaboration with the Equality and Human Rights Commission, is undertaking further analysis, to be published later this year, which may include some financial information, where estimates are possible.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 16/10/2015 12:31:01 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

419461

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
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 Unions
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 contribution of trades unions to the national economy.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	10638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>Trade unions have a constructive role to play in maintaining positive industrial relations. The British Social Attitudes Survey and the Workplace Employment Relations Survey provide information on how the population, employers and union members view the services and activities of Trade Unions. The Office for National Statistics publishes estimates of the approximate Gross Added Value for Trade Union activities as well as the number of disputes (and days lost to industrial action).</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 16/10/2015 12:29:56 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

419483

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
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	Small Businesses: Living Wage
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 the Government will take to provide support to small organisations which are not able to pay their staff the national living wage.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	10639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The National Living Wage is part of this Government’s aim to move from a low-wage, high-tax and high-benefits economy to a high-wage, low-tax and low-benefits economy; it ensures that work pays, and reduces reliance on the State topping up wages through the benefits system. As part of this, the Government is cutting taxes and employer NICs in total by over £3bn a year through the Employment Allowance and Corporation Tax.</p><p>The Government believes that the new National Living Wage is affordable given the strength of the UK economy and labour market.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 16/10/2015 12:32:07 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands