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228064

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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	Fire Prevention: Furniture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills of 25 November 2014, Official Report, column 257WH, what progress he has made on reviewing proposals to amend the Furniture and Furnishing (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	228089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has been carefully analysing the responses to the consultation on the proposed amendments to certain test schedules in the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988. The Government response to this consultation was published on 25 March 2015 and can be accessed at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/furniture-fire-safety-regulations-proposed-amendments" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/consultations/furniture-fire-safety-regulations-proposed-amendments</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 26/03/2015 13:11:46 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

228067

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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	New Businesses
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 his Department has invested in start-up accelerators and incubators in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	228057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Growth Deals</p><p>Several accelerator and incubator projects were proposed under Growth Deals and the details of these and the associated costs are attached in the annex. Note that Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) have the flexibility to reprioritise projects based on local needs.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2015 the government announced an additional £11m investment in new tech entrepreneur hubs in Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield. They will create thriving local ecosystems by nurturing start-ups, fostering collaboration, and providing mentoring, learning and business support.</p><p> </p><p>University Enterprise Zones</p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is investing £15m capital in a three year pilot (14/15 – 16/17) to establish four University Enterprise Zones (UEZs) in Bradford, Bristol, Liverpool and Nottingham. Led by Universities, the UEZs will provide physical space/facilities for small, innovative start-up businesses. Businesses will also be able to access wraparound business support packages, specialist facilities and expert knowledge, including support from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-trade-investment" target="_blank">UKTI</a> to promote inward investment onto their sites. The Government investment of £15m will leverage over £47m from private and public sector sources. The UEZs are focused on sectors of relevance to the areas – digital health, robotics, sensors and advance manufacturing.</p><p> </p><p>Projects commenced in the second half of 2014/15 and the majority of the funding will be pulled down in years 15/16 and 16/17. The first centres will open for business in spring 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Profiled expenditure is in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£0.848m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£7.054m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£7.499m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Science Park Business Incubator</p><p>The Government is providing £4.8m capital funding in 2015/16 for a new business incubator on Cambridge Science Park (Cambridge Science Park Technology Centre). The incubator will support innovative, early stage companies, primarily in the life sciences sector. This forms part of the Government’s long term economic plan for the East of England to increase the growth rate, building on the world class science and technology base of Cambridge and the surrounding area.</p><p>Full details of current Growth Deals projects can be found in the attached document.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/03/2015 11:28:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name Growth-Deals-Projects-Details-228057.doc title Growth Deals project details
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

228068

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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	Adult Education: Lancashire
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 his Department is taking to address the adult skills gap in Pendle and East Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	228059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We are reforming the further education (FE) and skills system so that it is increasingly responsive to local needs, particularly focused on Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), and driven by the needs of local growth opportunities. LEPs are responsible for identifying local skills priorities working in partnership with key players across their local economies. Growth Deals enable them to align investment in skills capital to their key growth priorities. For example, Nelson and Colne College has successfully has secured investment of £1.4m for an Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing Centre. Since December 2011 Government funding has also supported capital projects at the FE Colleges of Accrington and Rossendale, Blackburn, and Burnley. Greater devolution has enabled a Lancashire LEP scheme to support 4,000 employees aged 19 and over in small and medium-sized businesses to develop the skills that will give those businesses the confidence to grow. In addition, 610 adults started apprenticeships in Pendle in 2013/14 and 7,780 in Lancashire as a whole. 6,150 adults participated in FE and Leaning in 2013/14 in Pendle and 74,840 in Lancashire.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 25/03/2015 11:51:54 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

228073

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	New Businesses: Pendle
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new business start-ups by women there were in Pendle constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	228174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 228217 question first answered 23/03/2015 16:23:28 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 228217 228174 ONS 109 110.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - New Business Start-Ups
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

228100

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of fibre-optic broadband to businesses in (a) Pendle constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	228173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Current superfast broadband coverage is over 80% of UK premises and the Government remains committed to providing 95% coverage to homes and businesses by 2017.</p><p><br>Commercial broadband delivery is expected to cover 62% of premises in the Pendle constituency. By the end of the Superfast Lancashire project, coverage is expected to have increased to 98% of premises.</p><p><br>This data is included in the table in the House of Commons Library:<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?house=1&amp;search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&amp;itemId=122028#toggle-163" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?house=1&amp;search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&amp;itemId=122028#toggle-163</a></p><p><br>As of June 2014, Lancashire had 74% superfast broadband coverage (speeds of more than 30Mbps+) as stated in the Ofcom Infrastructure Report 2014. By the end of 2017 the Government expects there will be 97.5% superfast coverage to homes and businesses in Lancashire.</p><p> </p><p><br>The Government does not have data of superfast broadband at regional level.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 25/03/2015 08:34:57 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

228134

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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, how many free child care places there were in Lancashire in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	228061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The table below provides the number of part time equivalent funded early education places, in Lancashire, from 2005 to 2014:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Part time equivalent number of funded early education places filled by 2-year-olds</p></td><td><p>Part time equivalent number of funded early education places filled by 3- and 4-year-olds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>22,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>22,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>22,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>23,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>23,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>25,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>25,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>26,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>26,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>26,800</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Early Years Census (EYC), School Census (SC), and School Level Annual School Census (SLASC). Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to 2010, the number of part-time places filled was derived by counting children taking up: 12.5 hours per week as one place; 10 hours per week as 0.8 places; 7.5 hours per week as 0.6 places; 5 hours per week as 0.4 places; and 2.5 hours per week as 0.2 places. A child taking up a place at a maintained nursery or primary school was counted as one part-time funded place. Since 2011, a part-time equivalent place has been equivalent to 15 hours. The part time equivalent places filled is derived from the number of funded places filled according to the amount of free entitlement a child receives. A child who holds a place at a maintained nursery or primary school is counted as one part time equivalent funded place.</p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics can be found online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provision-for-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provision-for-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 25/03/2015 14:42:23 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

228198

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Community First Responders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of Community First Responders supporting ambulance responses in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) East Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	228058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 25/03/2015 14:28:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

228215

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Nigeria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to support the Nigerian general elections on 28 March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	228060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>DFID is supporting the 2015 Nigerian elections (now scheduled for 28 March and 11 April) through a £35m programme called Deepening Democracy in Nigeria 2 (DDiN2) from 2014 – 2018. It works across the electoral cycle and strengthens broader democratic governance in Nigeria. It is seeking to improve management, security and independent observation of the 2015 Presidential, National Assembly and gubernatorial elections. It also seeks to increase engagement by the electorate in Nigerian political processes, and in particular by women, youth and people with disabilities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID also works closely with the FCO, EU and US in particular to have a joined up approach to elections support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 24/03/2015 17:13:54 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

228216

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of women in prison have been victims of (a) domestic violence and (b) sexual abuse.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	228055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Of the 2,309 women under sentence in custody at 31 March 2013 who had a formal offender management (OASys) assessment of sufficient quality, 1,401 (61%) were recorded as having volunteered that they had been victims of domestic abuse.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>However, there is no equivalent question in OASys for sexual abuse and this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 25/03/2015 10:05:12 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

228240

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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	Work Programme: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled people have entered employment following participation in the Work Programme in (a) Pendle, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West to date.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	228041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested for the number of people placed into employment from the Work Programme, is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The information we do have shows the number of Work Programme Job Outcomes, by various geographies and this can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 24/03/2015 10:19:27 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson