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227251

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to help parents in work with the costs of childcare.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education understands that the cost of childcare can be a concern for many parents. In order to help support parents, the Department has increased funding in the early years from £2 billion to £3 billion a year over the course of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has provided funding for 15 hours a week of free childcare for all three- and four-year-olds, and for disadvantaged two-year-olds. The funding for all three- and four-year-olds is worth £2,500 per child, per year to parents. This gives an additional £425 per child, per year, when compared to funding prior to the last election. The funding for approximately 40% of two-year-olds is also worth £2,500 per child, per year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department is introducing Tax-Free Childcare, under which up to 1.8 million working families could benefit from up to £2,000 per child, per year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For working parents on lower incomes, working tax credit pays up to 70% of their childcare costs. This could be worth up to £6,370 for their first child. Under Universal Credit, the subsidy rate will increase to 85% of childcare costs and support will be available, for the first time, to those working fewer than 16 hours per week.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the Department has taken action to give more choice to parents by creating child minder agencies and supporting schools to open nurseries and offer provision from 8am to 6pm. The Department is also introducing shared parental leave.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/03/2015 13:39:04 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227252

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Off-payroll Working
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 staff in his Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	227540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>New tighter rules governing ‘off-payroll’ appointments in central government were established in May 2012 when the Chief Secretary to the Treasury published the Review of the Tax Arrangements of Public Sector Appointees.</p><p>The recommendations of the Review mean that the most senior staff must go on the payroll, and departments are now able to seek assurance in relation to the tax arrangements of their long-term, high paid contractors.</p><p>The Treasury has carried out two evaluations of compliance with the rules which were published on 11 March 2014 and 5 March 2015. The most recent review revealed that the large majority of central government departments are operating the rules effectively. The Treasury issued £3 million in fines in 2014 and 2015 to a small number of departments who did not fully comply with the requirements of the guidance.</p><p>Data on the number of off payroll staff engaged in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and its Partner Organisations since August 2012 has been published in BIS Annual Reports and Accounts:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bis-tax-arrangements-for-off-payroll-appointees-august-2012-to-march-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bis-tax-arrangements-for-off-payroll-appointees-august-2012-to-march-2013</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bis-tax-arrangements-for-off-payroll-appointees-april-2013-to-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bis-tax-arrangements-for-off-payroll-appointees-april-2013-to-march-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>Earlier data is not available.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 20/03/2015 13:06:10 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

227254

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
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	Technology: 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 were doing their apprenticeships in technology companies in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on apprenticeship starts by sector subject area and framework is published in supplementary tables to a Statistical First Release (SFR) in the FE Data Library:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a></p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeship data are not available by industrial sector.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/03/2015 13:32:14 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227255

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
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	Intellectual Property
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 he plans to take to clarify intellectual property regulations.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The Intellectual Property Office as an Executive Agency of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills leads on intellectual property issues. The Intellectual Property Office offers a comprehensive range of guidance, self help tools and educational seminars which bring clarity to existing regulations for businesses and consumers in the UK and overseas. Full details are available on gov.uk. Where the Intellectual Property Office receives feedback or evidence that regulations require clarification, it will consider this and set out an appropriate plan for action. We have no immediate plan for new regulations.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 20/03/2015 12:57:07 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227258

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what amount his Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>Complete information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 20/03/2015 14:02:43 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

227282

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Leaving
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will estimate the proportion of students who left school having had practical work experience in (a) the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, (b) Berkshire and (c) the UK in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>Schools are not required to provide information about pre-16 work experience and therefore we do not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/03/2015 13:16:04 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227285

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what amount her Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The total amount the Department for Education and its agencies has spent on formal research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total Departmental spending, can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Research Spend Actual (£M)</p></td><td><p>Research expenditure as a proportion of total Departmental expenditure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>0.046%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0.023%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0.027%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0.026%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 2010-2013 data is available from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-352137" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-352137</a>. The figures we have supplied for research spend for the financial year 2013/14 have already been supplied to the ONS as part of the 2014 Government Research and Development Survey. This survey has yet to be published.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 20/03/2015 13:46:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

227287

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to enable people with local business expertise to enhance teaching in schools.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The government wants to see more schools and employers working together to help open young people’s eyes to the world of work. We have funded a new, independent careers and enterprise company to help businesses and schools to engage with each other more easily so that young people get the inspiration and guidance they need to leave school or college ready to succeed in working life.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Business people also have an important role to play in school governance, bringing a range of transferable skills to help governing bodies carry out their demanding strategic functions. In May 2014 we launched the Inspiring Governors Alliance to bring together all organisations with a role to play in increasing both demand for and supply of high quality governors, particularly from the world of work. We have awarded £1m of funding in 2015-16 to embed a strategic partnership between SGOSS, Governors for Schools and the Education and Employers’ Taskforce at the heart of the alliance to engage employers and help schools find the high quality governors they need.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/03/2015 13:14:57 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227296

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in his Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	227548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The number of staff (expressed as Full Time Equivalents: (FTE)) engaged ‘off payroll’ - defined as agency workers, contractors and consultants - by the Department and its executive agencies: the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and Public Health England (PHE) are given in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Figures for the Department</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 - 11</p></td><td><p>507.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 - 12</p></td><td><p>353.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 - 13</p></td><td><p>399.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 - 14</p></td><td><p>262.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 – 15 to date</p></td><td><p>187.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures for MHRA</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 - 11</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 - 12</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 - 13</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 - 14</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 – 15 to date</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures for PHE (Established 1 April 2013)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 - 14</p></td><td><p>490.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 – 15 to date</p></td><td><p>283.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 20/03/2015 13:46:12 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

227303

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Brain Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of a ketogenic diet in treating brain cancer patients.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 20/03/2015 14:15:26 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie