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100292

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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, when the deadline was for submitting evidence for the equality analysis of proposed changes to disabled student's allowance; and how awareness of that deadline was disseminated.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	211562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government invited interested parties to submit evidence as part of its programme of consultation during the summer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 30/10/2014 15:49:22 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

100301

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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	Oil: Western Sahara
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received on consultations held with the Saharawi regarding proposed drilling for oil by Cairn Energy in the waters of Western Sahara.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	211504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>I can confirm that neither I nor my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills have received any such representations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/10/2014 16:28:30 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 24558 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

100302

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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: Disability
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 support offered to potential university students with a disability to ensure that they are able to access support in undertaking their studies.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	211519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Discussions are underway with the higher education sector to ensure institutions are ready to meet their legal duties under the Equality Act 2010 in respect of the changes for 2015/16 and 2016/17. The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) is currently undertaking a review of provision and support for disabled students in higher education which will help to inform this.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 30/10/2014 15:26:51 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

100303

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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: Disability
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 capacity of the Higher Education Funding Council for England to (a) support and (b) challenge universities which do not provide careers advice, counselling, financial advice to students with a disability and other support services.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	211520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Higher Education Funding Council for England is undertaking studies looking at how Institutions support students with specific disabilities and learning difficulties where intensive or multiagency support is required.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) supports a number of specialist task groups including a Disability Task Group (DTG) which promotes professional practice and provides information and training concerning the employability of disabled students and graduates.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 30/10/2014 15:38:23 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

100305

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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: Disability
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 bring forward proposals to give disabled pupils a right of appeal against higher education institutions at a special educational needs and disability tribunal where an institution fails to make reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	211564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>There are already a number of rights of appeal available to students.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is working with interested parties to consider if further changes are needed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 30/10/2014 15:28:04 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

100310

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department has made in tackling copycat websites which charge extra for government services.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	211552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy updated the House on the work the government is undertaking to address the issue of misleading websites during a Westminster Hall Debate on 28 October 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 212074 212075 212076 212077 212078 212079 212080 212081 212082 212083 question first answered 29/10/2014 17:02:14 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

100317

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to link an increase of the earnings threshold for carer's allowance to the rise in the National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	211436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The earnings threshold in Carer’s Allowance is regularly reviewed. It is designed to enable carers to maintain a link with the labour market and achieve greater financial independence. It is increased periodically, most recently from £100 to £102 on 20 May 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 29/10/2014 17:42:37 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

100350

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Credit Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on encouraging access to credit unions for members of the armed forces and their families; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	211506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Further to the answer I gave the hon. Member on 6 October 2014, Question UIN 208271 refers, we continue to make progress on this issue. As stated previously, we fully endorse existing, strong credit unions expanding their membership to the Armed Forces community.</p><p> </p><p>I met Lord Kennedy on 15 October 2014 to discuss the matter of credit unions for members of the Armed Forces. I confirmed that the facilitation of payroll deduction for credit unions is technically possible and our payroll provider is engaged with officials to scope and cost such deductions. Further work is under way to determine the criteria for access to this facility, and to develop an education campaign for our personnel to enable them to make informed financial choices.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 30/10/2014 16:49:51 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name HOC 208271 6 October 2014.doc title Hansard Extract 6 October 2014
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

100359

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students who completed further education in (a) Pendle, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West went on to (i) university, (ii) a full-time job and (iii) an apprenticeship in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	211558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>Destination measures were produced for students who entered an A level or other Level 3 qualification in June 2014 for the 2010/11 cohort, showing their destinations in 2011/12. This was the first time that the data had been compiled separately for Further Education (FE) students – those in FE Colleges, Sixth Form Colleges and FE providers – and those in school sixth forms</p><p>The table below shows data for Pendle, Lancashire and the North West for FE students (students in FE Colleges, Sixth Form Colleges and FE providers). Separate figures for full-time employment are not available.</p><p>The published tables, which include comparable data for school sixth forms, are published online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/destinations-of-key-stage-4-and-key-stage-5-pupils-2011-to-2012" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/destinations-of-key-stage-4-and-key-stage-5-pupils-2011-to-2012</a></p><p>The figures for 2011/12 are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p>Destination Measures for key stage 5: 2010/11 cohort<sup>1</sup> from further education going into a 2011/12 destination.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="4"><p>Percentage going into a sustained<sup>2</sup> destination</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Area</p></td><td><p>Number<sup>3</sup> <br>of further <br>education<sup>4</sup> <br>students</p></td><td><p>Higher<sup>5</sup> <br>Education</p></td><td><p>Employment <br>and/or Training<sup>6</sup></p></td><td><p>Apprenticeships</p></td><td><p>Other<sup>7</sup> <br>sustained<sup>2</sup> <br>destinations</p></td><td><p>Destination <br>not sustained<sup>2</sup>/NEET</p></td><td><p>Activity not captured <br>in the data<sup>8</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>31,820</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>5,390</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pendle</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: National pupil database</em></p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>All students who entered an A Level or other Level 3 qualification. This includes all level 3 qualifications i.e. general or applied A levels, AS examinations or other level 3 qualifications. These students are mostly academic age 17. There are also a number of students of academic age 16 and 18 in the cohort.</li><li>Sustained participation for the first two terms, October to March.</li><li>Number of students rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>Further Education includes students from Further Education Colleges, Sixth Form Colleges and other Further Education providers; it excludes school sixth forms.</li><li>Higher Education includes students at Higher Education institutions or undertaking Higher Education provision at a Further Education college.</li><li>This includes all young people who were recorded as having been in employment and/or training for at least 5 months for the sustained period, October to March.</li><li>Other sustained destinations include school sixth forms, sixth form colleges, further education colleges, other further education providers, independent schools and specialist providers.</li><li>‘Activity not captured in data' means the young person was not found in an education, employment or a recorded NEET destination. Possible reasons for this could be that the young person was attending an independent college or school that was not captured in the awarding body data, a Scottish or Welsh college or school, they have left the country, are in custody or their whereabouts are not known.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 29/10/2014 17:43:33 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

100373

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the total subsidy was to (a) power generation by biomass and (b) domestic combustion of biomass in the UK in the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	211441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The main mechanism of support for biomass1 power generation is the Renewables Obligation (RO). An estimate of support can be made by applying the share of RO certificates (ROCs) redeemed by suppliers, originating from biomass generation, to overall RO expenditure. This is given in the table below for 2011/12 to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><em>RO total expenditure (£m nominal)</em></p></td><td><p><em>Biomass share of ROCs redeemed (%)</em></p></td><td><p><em>Estimated biomass support under the RO (£m nominal)</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2011/12</em></strong></p></td><td><p>1,458</p></td><td><p>33.5</p></td><td><p>488.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2012/13</em></strong></p></td><td><p>1,991</p></td><td><p>31.9</p></td><td><p>635.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2013/14 (P)</em></strong></p></td><td><p>2,599</p></td><td><p>27.9</p></td><td><p>725.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2013/14 data are provisional, Ofgem’s annual report will be published in February 2015.</p><p> </p><p>RO expenditure published in Ofgem’s RO annual reports, available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-programmes/renewables-obligation-ro" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-programmes/renewables-obligation-ro</a></p><p> </p><p>ROCs redeemed by technology available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportManager.aspx?ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=0" target="_blank">https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportManager.aspx?ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=0</a> <em>(Compliance certificates report)</em>.</p><p> </p><p>Domestic combustion of biomass in the UK is currently supported by the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), but was previously covered by the Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) until April 2014. The table below gives figures for the amount of subsidy biomass boilers received in the last 3 years:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Spend on Biomass Boilers (Nominal Prices)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£1.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£1.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£0.9m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> There is no single category for “biomass” under the RO. In this answer, we have defined biomass as the following generation types: Anaerobic Digestion, ACT, bioliquids, dedicated biomass, biomass conversions, EfW, landfill and sewage gas and CHP technologies. </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 29/10/2014 17:23:05 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies