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164223

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
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	EU Internal Trade
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Livingston of Parkhead on 19 November (HL2689), what evidence they have of the United Kingdom enjoying benefits which are derived from enhanced competition and innovation as members of the Single Market which it would not have enjoyed had it not been in that Market.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL3053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The Single Market encourages competition by removing barriers to trade between EU members. An increase in competition can be expected to reduce prices and increase choice for consumers, encourage firms to innovate, reallocate resources to more productive means, and boost macroeconomic performance. The European Commission have estimated that the competition and innovation impacts of the Internal Market Programme have boosted EU GDP by over 2%<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>.</p><p> </p><br /><p>[1] European Commission <em>Steps Towards a Deeper Integration: The Internal Market in the 21<sup>st</sup> Century</em>, 2007</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Livingston of Parkhead question first answered 01/12/2014 12:28:58 answering member 4278 label Biography information for Lord Livingston of Parkhead
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

164232

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, when assessing the Disabled Student's Allowance, previously diagnosed lifetime conditions will be considered sufficient criteria for qualification without a requirement for further assessment.
tabling member printed	Lord Addington
uin	HL3062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>Student Finance England will continue to consider medical evidence submitted by the student when assessing whether they are eligible for DSA.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 03/12/2014 11:50:37 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

156912

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
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	EU External Trade: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what occasions have (a) EU companies seeking to trade in the US and (b) US companies seeking to trade in the EU claimed to have been discriminated against by the courts of the host nation in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	215459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>Claims made by EU investors in third countries or vice versa may be made in a wide range of situations in which the UK government is not involved and about which it does not have access to relevant information.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 05/12/2014 14:57:50 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

157097

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
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	Further Education: Teachers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of teachers in further education colleges are employed on zero hours contracts.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL3042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Business Innovation and Skills does not collect information about the terms and conditions of employment of individuals working in the further education sector. Further education colleges are independent organisations responsible for determining the terms and conditions of their employees.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 01/12/2014 12:10:25 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

157098

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
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	Directors: LGBT+ People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the action they have taken on gender and race, what efforts they are making to improve the representation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people on corporate boards in the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Madingley
uin	HL3043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>Following Lord Davies’s Review on Women on Boards in 2011, we are now at 22.8% women on FTSE 100 boards (October 2014), from a starting point of 12.5% in 2011.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Business innovation and Skills has also recently asked Trevor Phillips to start a new private sector led campaign which will look to address the lack of ethnic diversity in boardrooms, based in part on research that indicates the proportion of Black &amp; Ethnic Minority people in leadership positions is lower than expected compared to the wider population (estimated at 5.1% and 14% respectively).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Recruitment, appointment and promotion should always be on merit, irrespective or gender, race, disability or sexual orientation. We believe it is in the best interests of business to tap into the widest talent pool and that by definition means a diverse and representative leadership team.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We expect that through the progress made on gender and the planned work on ethnic diversity, the momentum will help to improve diversity on corporate boards for all people from different backgrounds, including those from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 03/12/2014 16:07:22 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2172 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Madingley

156561

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
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	Quindell
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are investigating Quindell plc and its board of directors and financial advisers; and if not, whether they plan to do so.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL2984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>Quindell plc is Alternative Investment Market (AIM) listed which is controlled by London Stock Exchange and any enquiry relating to possible market abuse sits within the remit of the Financial Conduct Authority.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Insolvency Service has discretionary powers under the Companies Acts to conduct enquiries on behalf of the Secretary of State where it appears that there has been misconduct in relation to the affairs of any company, including those not subject to formal insolvency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For the investigation process to be effective it is essential to maintain confidentiality at all stages and there is also a need to protect the commercial interest of companies against the danger of damage from malicious complaints. For these reasons there are legal restrictions on disclosing information obtained during an enquiry and The Service does not confirm or deny whether an investigation of a particular company is taking place.</p><p> </p><p>Where other regulators and investigating agencies are involved, the Insolvency Service would liaise closely to ensure public money is not wasted duplicating resources.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 01/12/2014 12:09:55 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

156578

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
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	Artificial Sweeteners: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total amount of artificial sweeteners imported into the United Kingdom in 2013.
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL3001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>According to HMRC, UK import figures for ‘artificial sweeteners’ are contained within HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics database code HS 21069092 (‘food preparations’, see full definition below). This captures a range of food preparations; it is not possible to split the data to show the amount (value or volume) of UK imports of artificial sweeteners in 2013 separately. The HMRC data shows that the UK imported £326.8 million (76,388,773 kilograms) worth of ‘food preparations’ in 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Note: definition of HS 21069092</em></p><p> </p><p><em>HS 21069092 - Food preparations, n.e.s., not containing milkfats, sucrose, isoglucose starch or glucose or containing, by weight, &lt; 1,5% milkfat, &lt; 5% sucrose or isoglucose, &lt; 5% glucose or &lt; 5% starch</em></p><p> </p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Livingston of Parkhead question first answered 01/12/2014 12:11:31 answering member 4278 label Biography information for Lord Livingston of Parkhead
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

156728

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
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	Regional Growth Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been (a) committed to and (b) spent in each parliamentary constituency in England through the Regional Growth Fund in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	215216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The data is not held in the format requested. A breakdown of Regional Growth Fund committed and paid in each constituency to date for projects only is provided. The amount paid by programmes which have regional or nationwide coverage is included for completeness. Where there is a difference in the amount committed and the amount paid this reflects the payment schedules agreed with each beneficiary. Figures are rounded to the nearest £10,000 and are correct as at the 1 December.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>Constituency </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RGF Committed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RGF Paid to date*</strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Aldershot</p></td><td><p>5,000,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Altrincham and Sale West</p></td><td><p>1,900,000</p></td><td><p>1,420,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashton-under-Lyne</p></td><td><p>1,150,000</p></td><td><p>1,150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley East</p></td><td><p>130,000</p></td><td><p>130,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bassetlaw</p></td><td><p>1,330,000</p></td><td><p>1,330,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Batley and Spen</p></td><td><p>220,000</p></td><td><p>110,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Beverley and Holderness</p></td><td><p>2,870,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham, Ladywood</p></td><td><p>1,860,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham, Perry Barr</p></td><td><p>2,030,000</p></td><td><p>920,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham, Selly Oak</p></td><td><p>2,100,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham, Yardley</p></td><td><p>1,430,000</p></td><td><p>310,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bishop Auckland</p></td><td><p>130,000</p></td><td><p>130,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn</p></td><td><p>1,460,000</p></td><td><p>1,460,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackley and Broughton</p></td><td><p>1,190,000</p></td><td><p>1,050,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blaydon</p></td><td><p>2,250,000</p></td><td><p>1,030,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blyth Valley</p></td><td><p>1,010,000</p></td><td><p>800,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bootle</p></td><td><p>36,010,000</p></td><td><p>15,540,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bosworth</p></td><td><p>19,670,000</p></td><td><p>18,800,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford East</p></td><td><p>2,040,000</p></td><td><p>1,850,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford South</p></td><td><p>2,330,000</p></td><td><p>1,020,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford West</p></td><td><p>17,600,000</p></td><td><p>4,380,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol West</p></td><td><p>4,850,000</p></td><td><p>4,170,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burnley</p></td><td><p>8,810,000</p></td><td><p>8,800,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burton</p></td><td><p>4,500,000</p></td><td><p>4,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calder Valley</p></td><td><p>800,000</p></td><td><p>720,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carlisle</p></td><td><p>2,000,000</p></td><td><p>2,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charnwood</p></td><td><p>4,170,000</p></td><td><p>4,170,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheadle</p></td><td><p>2,000,000</p></td><td><p>1,410,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>12,910,000</p></td><td><p>10,900,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Chester</p></td><td><p>1,350,000</p></td><td><p>820,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleethorpes</p></td><td><p>1,500,000</p></td><td><p>1,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colne Valley</p></td><td><p>1,910,000</p></td><td><p>960,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Congleton</p></td><td><p>4,100,000</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry North West</p></td><td><p>12,150,000</p></td><td><p>260,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry South</p></td><td><p>137,200,000</p></td><td><p>16,490,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crewe and Nantwich</p></td><td><p>12,360,000</p></td><td><p>10,290,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dagenham and Rainham</p></td><td><p>9,300,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster Central</p></td><td><p>18,000,000</p></td><td><p>13,690,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster North</p></td><td><p>1,280,000</p></td><td><p>1,280,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley North</p></td><td><p>700,000</p></td><td><p>700,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Easington</p></td><td><p>12,420,000</p></td><td><p>6,930,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Devon</p></td><td><p>2,000,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Worthing and Shoreham</p></td><td><p>3,230,000</p></td><td><p>3,220,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastleigh</p></td><td><p>3,130,000</p></td><td><p>980,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ellesmere Port and Neston</p></td><td><p>4,060,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faversham and Mid Kent</p></td><td><p>1,000,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forest of Dean</p></td><td><p>1,120,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Garston and Halewood</p></td><td><p>22,220,000</p></td><td><p>6,910,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>1,300,000</p></td><td><p>1,240,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gosport</p></td><td><p>4,490,000</p></td><td><p>2,840,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halesowen and Rowley Regis</p></td><td><p>970,000</p></td><td><p>760,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halton</p></td><td><p>16,360,000</p></td><td><p>14,180,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td><p>11,130,000</p></td><td><p>1,420,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hemsworth</p></td><td><p>5,960,000</p></td><td><p>2,960,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hexham</p></td><td><p>160,000</p></td><td><p>160,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heywood and Middleton</p></td><td><p>480,000</p></td><td><p>500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Houghton and Sunderland South</p></td><td><p>4,600,000</p></td><td><p>2,030,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Huddersfield</p></td><td><p>5,890,000</p></td><td><p>2,660,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hyndburn</p></td><td><p>1,000,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jarrow</p></td><td><p>3,180,000</p></td><td><p>2,230,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenilworth and Southam</p></td><td><p>9,270,000</p></td><td><p>4,890,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull East</p></td><td><p>6,800,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle</p></td><td><p>8,000,000</p></td><td><p>8,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingswood</p></td><td><p>1,000,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowsley</p></td><td><p>11,190,000</p></td><td><p>5,970,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds Central</p></td><td><p>9,920,000</p></td><td><p>6,070,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester South</p></td><td><p>1,070,000</p></td><td><p>660,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lichfield</p></td><td><p>2,470,000</p></td><td><p>1,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>5,580,000</p></td><td><p>1,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool, Riverside</p></td><td><p>6,730,000</p></td><td><p>2,040,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton South</p></td><td><p>35,180,000</p></td><td><p>25,600,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maidstone and The Weald</p></td><td><p>4,560,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Makerfield</p></td><td><p>6,520,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester Central</p></td><td><p>13,120,000</p></td><td><p>9,970,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester, Withington</p></td><td><p>140,000</p></td><td><p>140,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Meriden</p></td><td><p>15,700,000</p></td><td><p>15,700,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mid Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>1,950,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough</p></td><td><p>8,640,000</p></td><td><p>5,610,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland</p></td><td><p>4,900,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle upon Tyne Central</p></td><td><p>10,950,000</p></td><td><p>10,460,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle upon Tyne East</p></td><td><p>6,600,000</p></td><td><p>6,600,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford</p></td><td><p>13,900,000</p></td><td><p>10,010,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Devon</p></td><td><p>1,480,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Durham</p></td><td><p>870,000</p></td><td><p>870,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td><td><p>8,610,000</p></td><td><p>8,610,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Durham</p></td><td><p>1,440,000</p></td><td><p>1,170,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>10,100,000</p></td><td><p>3,740,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham North</p></td><td><p>1,600,000</p></td><td><p>1,600,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham South</p></td><td><p>8,180,000</p></td><td><p>2,150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham East and Saddleworth</p></td><td><p>1,760,000</p></td><td><p>800,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford East</p></td><td><p>1,560,000</p></td><td><p>1,560,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth, Moor View</p></td><td><p>5,010,000</p></td><td><p>340,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport</p></td><td><p>4,490,000</p></td><td><p>4,490,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth North</p></td><td><p>2,250,000</p></td><td><p>1,910,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth South</p></td><td><p>1,470,000</p></td><td><p>790,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redcar</p></td><td><p>11,790,000</p></td><td><p>8,780,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond (Yorks)</p></td><td><p>140,000</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>1,600,000</p></td><td><p>1,600,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rossendale and Darwen</p></td><td><p>2,150,000</p></td><td><p>1,510,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rother Valley</p></td><td><p>8,240,000</p></td><td><p>6,320,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td><td><p>15,870,000</p></td><td><p>14,850,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford and Eccles</p></td><td><p>4,880,000</p></td><td><p>2,030,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sedgefield</p></td><td><p>9,750,000</p></td><td><p>5,630,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sherwood</p></td><td><p>500,000</p></td><td><p>380,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>18,650,000</p></td><td><p>10,490,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>4,340,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Norfolk</p></td><td><p>10,440,000</p></td><td><p>10,020,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>1,300,000</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Devon</p></td><td><p>3,100,000</p></td><td><p>1,780,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>2,990,000</p></td><td><p>2,990,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton, Itchen</p></td><td><p>10,900,000</p></td><td><p>8,720,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spelthorne</p></td><td><p>1,030,000</p></td><td><p>930,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens North</p></td><td><p>1,100,000</p></td><td><p>1,100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens South and Whiston</p></td><td><p>5,000,000</p></td><td><p>5,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Ives</p></td><td><p>6,500,000</p></td><td><p>4,390,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stafford</p></td><td><p>4,000,000</p></td><td><p>4,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stalybridge and Hyde</p></td><td><p>2,100,000</p></td><td><p>2,100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton North</p></td><td><p>12,410,000</p></td><td><p>6,600,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton South</p></td><td><p>9,380,000</p></td><td><p>6,270,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent Central</p></td><td><p>6,420,000</p></td><td><p>3,310,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent North</p></td><td><p>3,980,000</p></td><td><p>3,960,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent South</p></td><td><p>5,050,000</p></td><td><p>1,320,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stratford-on-Avon</p></td><td><p>1,200,000</p></td><td><p>1,200,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stretford and Urmston</p></td><td><p>15,000,000</p></td><td><p>15,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland Central</p></td><td><p>7,750,000</p></td><td><p>2,270,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tatton</p></td><td><p>2,200,000</p></td><td><p>650,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tewkesbury</p></td><td><p>1,250,000</p></td><td><p>1,170,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Cotswolds</p></td><td><p>120,000</p></td><td><p>70,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torbay</p></td><td><p>1,200,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Totnes</p></td><td><p>1,200,000</p></td><td><p>1,200,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tynemouth</p></td><td><p>370,000</p></td><td><p>280,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>9,410,000</p></td><td><p>9,410,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wansbeck</p></td><td><p>470,000</p></td><td><p>350,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wantage</p></td><td><p>1,250,000</p></td><td><p>500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warley</p></td><td><p>500,000</p></td><td><p>500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Washington and Sunderland West</p></td><td><p>19,080,000</p></td><td><p>19,080,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wells</p></td><td><p>2,500,000</p></td><td><p>2,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wentworth and Dearne</p></td><td><p>1,260,000</p></td><td><p>670,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Bromwich West</p></td><td><p>1,880,000</p></td><td><p>1,770,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Lancashire</p></td><td><p>1,250,000</p></td><td><p>570,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>3,000,000</p></td><td><p>2,910,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westmorland and Lonsdale</p></td><td><p>3,370,000</p></td><td><p>2,430,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>1,150,000</p></td><td><p>900,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral South</p></td><td><p>12,770,000</p></td><td><p>6,260,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woking</p></td><td><p>120,000</p></td><td><p>120,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton South East</p></td><td><p>650,000</p></td><td><p>650,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton South West</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td><td><p>70,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcester</p></td><td><p>1,010,000</p></td><td><p>1,010,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yeovil</p></td><td><p>37,260,000</p></td><td><p>12,130,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No Constituency assigned</p></td><td><p>44,460,000</p></td><td><p>16,550,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Programmes</p></td><td><p>1,605,070,000</p></td><td><p>991,200,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> Grand Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,621,730,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,531,130,000</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>* A drawdown schedule is agreed with each organisation when they sign their grant offer letter but matches the beneficiary’s own investment schedule. For the recently contracted Round 5 awards, payments are scheduled through to March 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 15/12/2014 15:50:34 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 29554 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

156476

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they are putting in place to increase the proportion of small and medium-sized enterprises which take on apprentices.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL2918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The Apprenticeship Grant for Employers provides £1,500 to help smaller employers recruit a new apprentice aged 16 to 24. We have made £170m additional funding available over 2014-16 financial years to fund over 100,000 additional incentive payments. Provisional figures show that between Feb 2012 and July 2014 there were 95,200 apprenticeship starts for which a payment was made through the AGE Grant. A further 8,200 were in the pipeline (started but not yet paid).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeship reforms are putting employers in the lead of designing apprenticeships, making it easier and more attractive for them to offer more in the future. Funding reforms will also provide a financial incentive to support smaller businesses taking on an apprentice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 01/12/2014 12:03:03 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

143348

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
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	Higher Education: Admissions
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 effect has been on public sector net debt of abolition of the cap on higher education student numbers announced in the Autumn Statement 2013.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	213836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>Details of estimates and costs are in the 2013 Autumn Statement document at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263942/35062_Autumn_Statement_2013.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263942/35062_Autumn_Statement_2013.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 213239 213835 question first answered 18/12/2014 16:58:48 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne