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60628

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Research: Gender
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 she has made of the gender balance amongst chairs and presidents of (a) learned societies and (b) research councils.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	199684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The National Academies, the UK's leading learned societies, are independent, self-governing bodies. Ministers have no role in Academy appointments but we encourage them to embed equality and diversity in everything they do. Professor Dame Ann Dowling is expected to be confirmed as the first female President of the Royal Academy of Engineering in September<strong>. </strong> The current Presidents of the Institute of Physics, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Society of Biology are all female.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Ministers in the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) appoint Chairs to the Research Councils and these appointments are regulated by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments. BIS Ministers are committed to the principle of public appointments on merit through an open and transparent process and to providing equal opportunities for all, irrespective of race, age, disability, gender, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, transgender and working patterns. There are seven Research Councils, the Chairs of which are currently male. The Research Councils are committed to improving diversity in their public appointments and held a workshop in March 2014 to agree an action plan to increase the diversity of each Council. The action plan will be published on the RCUK website and disseminated to all Council members.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The BIS Board, which provides collective strategic leadership of the Department, has endorsed a plan of activity and a number of actions to help the Department not only to improve its position on gender-diversity during 2014/15 but to reinforce its continued commitment to attracting a strong and diverse field of candidates to public appointments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 12/06/2014 16:18:01 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

60645

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	New Businesses: Loans
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 Start Up Loans applications have been supported by each approved provider of Start Up Loans mentoring services in each region in which the new company was based or planned to be based.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	199740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>All loan recipients in all regions receiving a start-up loan are offered mentoring, although take up of support services is not a mandatory condition of making the facility available. The number of loans made in each region will be placed in the Libraries of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/06/2014 16:49:08 question first ministerially corrected 17/06/2014 14:06:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name aTTACHMENT TO 199740.docx title Start up Loan applications previous answer version 1697 answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon attachment 1 file name aTTACHMENT TO 199740.docx title Start up Loan applications
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

60649

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	UK Coal
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 report, Merits of UK Coal State Aid Application submitted to his Department on 9 May 2014 by Orion Innovations.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	199792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>I asked officials to review the report and discuss it with the author. This included a discussion on the background to the report and an explanation from Orion of the methodology and conclusions made in the report. Furthermore, they questioned the detail of the analysis, the robustness of the assumptions and areas for further development. Their conclusions are that the report is a high level analysis of the key issues and that it would require significant further work, diligence and validation of assumptions and contingency. It also requires enhancements to methodology, for example, to model the phasing of cash flows and include time value of money considerations and appropriate returns to capital. Orion has noted that the work was completed on a short timeframe and that they would be open to carrying out further work if a mandate could be agreed. On this basis, it is not possible to draw conclusions sufficient to inform any investment decision.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 199685 question first answered 12/06/2014 16:15:54 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

60650

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	UK Coal
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 his Department has made of the conclusions of the Orion Innovations report entitled Merits of UK Coal State Aid Application, submitted to his Department on 9 May 2014.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	199685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>I asked officials to review the report and discuss it with the author. This included a discussion on the background to the report and an explanation from Orion of the methodology and conclusions made in the report. Furthermore, they questioned the detail of the analysis, the robustness of the assumptions and areas for further development. Their conclusions are that the report is a high level analysis of the key issues and that it would require significant further work, diligence and validation of assumptions and contingency. It also requires enhancements to methodology, for example, to model the phasing of cash flows and include time value of money considerations and appropriate returns to capital. Orion has noted that the work was completed on a short timeframe and that they would be open to carrying out further work if a mandate could be agreed. On this basis, it is not possible to draw conclusions sufficient to inform any investment decision.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 199792 question first answered 12/06/2014 16:15:54 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

60452

registered interest
date	06/06/2014
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	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what impact assessments he carried out on proposals to change disabled students' allowances.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
uin	199497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The proposed changes to Disabled Students' Allowances will be subject to an Equality Analysis, which will consider their impact in relation to protected characteristics. Extensive discussions are underway with a wide range of stakeholders to help inform this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I will consider a final version of the Equality Analysis before any final decisions are made and regulations are laid before the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 11/06/2014 16:47:22 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

60463

registered interest
date	06/06/2014
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 Registry
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 for the future of the Land Registry; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	199463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has conducted a consultation on <em>Introduction of a new Land Registry service delivery company, </em>and a response will be published shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/06/2014 16:04:23 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

60525

registered interest
date	06/06/2014
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	National Apprenticeship Service
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 Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 140W, on the national apprenticeship service, how many times the search function 'find an apprenticeship provider' on the national apprenticeship website has been used.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	199544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There were 89,370 recorded visits to the <em>Find an Apprenticeship Training Organisation<strong>[1]</strong></em> web page between April 2013 and May 2014. This counts the number of visits to the page not the number of individuals who visit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please note that the figure provided is used to indicate the use of a specific web page and is not a recognised measure of interest in Apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><br /><p>[1]<a href="http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk/employers/find-an-apprenticeship-training-organisation.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk/employers/find-an-apprenticeship-training-organisation.aspx</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 11/06/2014 16:13:36 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

60526

registered interest
date	06/06/2014
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, how many apprenticeship starts relate to (a) existing employees of the organisation concerned and (b) new employees in the 2012-13 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	199545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information collected centrally through the Individualised Learner Record does not identify whether an individual who started an Apprenticeship in the 2012/13 academic year was an existing employee or a new employee.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 11/06/2014 16:00:44 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

60527

registered interest
date	06/06/2014
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	Training
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 provide a breakdown of the Employer Ownership Pilot funding for the unified communications sector.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	199546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Funding has been awarded to one project focusing on the unified communications sector. A project led by Freedom Communications was awarded funding of £786,503 over four years. This project seeks to address a skills need within the Unified Communications Technology (UCT) sector - a business enabling technology that benefits the economy through improved productivity. Freedom Communications (a UCT employer) has developed the project to address skills gaps through the creation of a UCT Higher Apprentice programme to develop a skilled workforce, delivering end to end skills by working with schools, delivering pre employability qualifications to enhance the skills of the future workforce.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 11/06/2014 16:10:35 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

58276

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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	Shipping: Minimum 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 recent (a) correspondence and (b) discussions he has had with individual employers in the maritime industry about pay rates below the National Minimum Wage (NMW) for seafarers subject to UK National Insurance employed on vessels working from UK ports; and if he will take steps to enforce in the maritime sector his Department's policy on enforcement, prosecutions and naming employers who break the law on the NMW.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	199360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department is beginning engagement with a range of stakeholders from the maritime industry to fully understand issues surrounding payment of the minimum wage. To date we have met with officials in other jurisdictions as this policy area is affected by legislation outside the UK. We will go on to engage with individual maritime employers and their associations. We will be discussing recruitment models and pay structures as part of this engagement. Following these investigations, we will consider whether further enforcement activity is needed in this sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Government remains committed to the minimum wage and the protection it provides to low paid workers. That is why we have strengthened the enforcement regime by cutting back the criteria for naming and shaming non-compliant employers and have increased the penalty from 50% to 100% of arrears up to £20,000. We are also taking primary legislation to apply a penalty per underpaid worker rather than per non-compliant employer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where employers in the maritime industry are found to not be paying the National Minimum Wage that workers are entitled to, we will not hesitate to take action, including recovering arrears owed to workers and penalising employers financially and their reputation by naming and shaming where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Workers in the maritime industry who think they have not been paid the correct National Minimum Wage should contact the Pay and Work Rights Helpline on 0800 917 2368.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott grouped question UIN 199356 question first answered 12/06/2014 16:12:07 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell