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62825

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date	19/06/2014
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 apprentices have been hired under his Department's new contract for procurement.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	201526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Business innovation and Skills does not hold central records of apprenticeships created as a direct result of contracts that it has awarded.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 26/06/2014 16:14:58 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

62826

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
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	Overseas Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the value of loans issued to students from other EU member states in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	201550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>Statistics on student support expenditure are published annually by the Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release ‘<em>Student Support for Higher Education in England</em>'. The latest statistics, published in November 2013, are available at the following link: <a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/media/694170/slcsfr052013.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/media/694170/slcsfr052013.pdf</a></p><p>The value of tuition fee loans issued to borrowers domiciled in the EU prior to their course was £166.5m, whereas £4,117.1m was issued to borrowers domiciled in England. These estimates include borrowers under both the pre- and post-2012/13 student finance arrangements.</p><p>Statistics referring to the Academic Year 2013/14 will be published in November 2014.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 26/06/2014 16:10:07 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

62828

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
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	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his latest estimate is of the RAB charge for (a) student loans after 2012, (b) loans issued to part-time students, (c) loans issued to students in the Affiliated Loan Programme for Students, (d) Advanced-Learner Loans and (e) loans issued to non-English EU students.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	201551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>We estimate the RAB charge on student loans issued after 2012 to be around 45%. We estimate the RAB charge for loans issued to part-time students to be around 65%.</p><p>We do not estimate a separate RAB charge for students at Alternative Providers.</p><p>The 2012 impact assessment on the introduction of 24+ Advanced Learning Loans stated that we anticipated this RAB charge would be 60% of the total loan amount. Now that we are beginning to receive figures on actual learner numbers, we are reviewing the assumptions within the RAB charge model. An updated estimate of the RAB charge on 24+ Advanced Loans will be published in July 2014 in the BIS Accounts.</p><p>We do not estimate a separate RAB charge for non-English EU students.</p><p>The actual cost of issuing student loans will be dependent on future macro-economic circumstances, in particular earnings and we will continue to update our forecasts on a regular basis to take account of changes to short term and long term macro-economic assumptions.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 26/06/2014 16:22:22 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

62829

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
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	Higher Education: Student Wastage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of retention rates at learning providers with designated course status.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	201552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>No estimate of retention rates at alternative providers has yet been made. The designation conditions that apply from 2014/15 onwards require alternative providers to provide a data return to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). This data once available will help inform BIS decisions on designations and enable the Department to estimate retention rates across the sector.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 26/06/2014 16:12:43 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

62879

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that primary school children are safe inside the school building and in the surrounding area.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	201537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>All schools have a legal responsibility to provide a safe and secure environment. Under health and safety legislation, schools are required to conduct a health and safety risk assessment and put in place an appropriate policy to ensure that staff and pupils are not exposed to risks. This applies to activities on or off the school premises.</p><p>Schools are also required to undertake a range of employment and criminal record checks when making appointments and supervise visitors to the school building. Guidance is made available to schools to help them meet these legal requirements.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 26/06/2014 16:05:24 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

62898

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Floods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the contribution by the Prime Minister of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 1116W, what assessment he has made of the cost of flooding damage to (a) farmers and (b) small businesses from the beginning of the financial year 2013 which will become eligible for support from his Department's (a) Farming Recovery Fund and (b) support for fishermen schemes; and what estimate he has made of the number of additional claims made under each such scheme as a result of this extended eligibility.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	201508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are no plans to extend eligibility for either of these two schemes. Both of these schemes build on existing EU schemes where the EU rules prevent any changes in eligibility that would allow those flooded before 1 December 2013 to apply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 26/06/2014 16:46:42 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

62903

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Beavers: Devon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to control the population of wild beavers in Devon; and whether such plans include an option for culling.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	201514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We intend to recapture and rehome the wild beavers in Devon and are currently working out plans for the best way to do so. All decisions will be made with the welfare of the beavers in mind. There are no plans to cull beavers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/06/2014 16:15:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

62991

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the Answer of 12 May 2014, Official Report, columns 375-7W, on electoral register, what causes have been identified for the relatively low electoral registration rates in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	201427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Commission published a report in November 2012 on the electoral register in Northern Ireland. This found there had been a substantial drop in levels of registration since the previous assessment in 2007. This report can be found here: <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/152626/Continuous-electoral-registration-in-Northern-Ireland.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/152626/Continuous-electoral-registration-in-Northern-Ireland.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The report suggested that the low level of completeness was mainly the result of the failure of the processes that had been employed to manage the register in Northern Ireland, under continuous registration, to keep pace with either population change or home movement. In particular, it identified the absence of a full household canvass as contributing to the drop in completeness.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of findings for the April 2012 register, a household canvass was conducted in Northern Ireland in autumn 2013. After the canvass, the Commission reviewed the results and concluded that it had been well run and significantly improved the completeness of the register. The Commission's report can be found here: <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/166999/Report-on-the-Northern-Ireland-electoral-registration-canvass-2013.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/166999/Report-on-the-Northern-Ireland-electoral-registration-canvass-2013.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 26/06/2014 16:18:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane