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428122

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2015
	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	Forests
	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 proportion of ancient woodland is located within (a) national parks and (b) areas of outstanding natural beauty; and what proportion of that woodland has site of special scientific interest status.
	tabling member constituency	Taunton Deane
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Pow
	uin	16224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>Natural England estimates that 15% of ancient woodlandis located within national parks and 30% is located within areas of outstanding natural beauty (AONBs). In national parks, <del class="ministerial">41%</del> <ins class="ministerial">29%</ins>of this woodland has site of special scientific interest (SSSI) status; in AONBs, 13% of this woodland has SSSI status.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/11/2015 17:06:49 question first ministerially corrected 24/11/2015 13:05:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 30723 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow

427999

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2015
	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	Disabled Students' Allowances: Dyslexia
	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 number of dyslexic students who will receive disabled students' allowances in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	16128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The Student Loans Company (SLC) administers student support for each of the UK Government Administrations. The number and proportion of new applicants deemed by SLC to be eligible for Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSA) is set out in the attached table.</p><br /><p>The earliest academic year for which the data is available is 2011/12.</p><br /><p>The Department does not provide forecasts of the number of students with specific disabilities expected to receive Disabled Students’ Allowances.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 16130 question first answered 24/11/2015 16:03:06 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone attachment 1 file name DSA Application Data. 16128 AND 16130.pdf title Disabled Students’ Allowances Application Data
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

428001

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2015
	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	Disabled Students' Allowances: Dyslexia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of recipients of disabled students' allowances had dyslexia in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	16130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The Student Loans Company (SLC) administers student support for each of the UK Government Administrations. The number and proportion of new applicants deemed by SLC to be eligible for Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSA) is set out in the attached table.</p><br /><p>The earliest academic year for which the data is available is 2011/12.</p><br /><p>The Department does not provide forecasts of the number of students with specific disabilities expected to receive Disabled Students’ Allowances.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 16128 question first answered 24/11/2015 16:03:06 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone attachment 1 file name DSA Application Data. 16128 AND 16130.pdf title Disabled Students’ Allowances Application Data
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

428005

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2015
	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	Apprentices: Dyslexia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of apprentices who failed to complete their training in the last five years were apprentices with dyslexia.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	16135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>We use success rates to show the proportion of learners who start an apprenticeship and go on to achieve it. Success rates are published as percentages rather than volumes. This information by self-declared learning difficulty is published in the Statistical First Release Equality and Diversity tables (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-equality-and-diversity" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-equality-and-diversity</a>). The tables cover the five years between 2008/09 and 2012/13, when the success rate for the cohort of apprentices with dyslexia was 68.4%. We will publish data for 2013/14 in the near future.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 23/11/2015 17:38:12 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

428007

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2015
	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	Video Games
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to assist and promote the UK video games industry in areas outside London.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	16141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2016 answer text <p>The video games tax relief, launched in April 2014, is available to support video games productions based anywhere in the UK. Additionally, in October 2015 we launched our new £4m UK Games Fund to accelerate video games sector growth in all UK regions offering grants, mentoring and skills support for micro-businesses and SMEs. Of the first 24 successful grant applicants announced in February 2016, 18 were based outside London. Grant winning companies located in the North East of England for example included Coatsink Software in Sunderland, Nosebleed Interactive in Newcastle and Cardboard Sword and Double Eleven, both in Middlesbrough. The second call for applications is currently underway and closes on 18th April.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Games Fund’s talent programme, Tranzfuser, is currently in development and will be working with a UK-wide network of regional hubs including Vector 76 in the North East of England, The Digital Creativity Hub in the North West and Sheffield Hallam University in South Yorkshire.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 04/04/2016 09:20:23 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

428009

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2015
	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	Apprentices: Dyslexia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what data his Department collects on the (a) number of apprenticeship providers which provide support to apprentices who have been assessed as dyslexic and (b) quality of that support.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	16121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of providers that support apprentices who have self-declared a learning difficulty, including dyslexia, is collected through the Individualised Learner Record. We publish data showing the proportion of further education learners who have self-declared a learning difficulty or disability for individual providers in a supplementary table to our Statistical First Release: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-local-authority-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-local-authority-tables</a>. We do not publish this information specifically for apprentices or broken down to the individual type of learning difficulty or disability.</p><br /><p>Ofsted inspects apprenticeship providers and reports on overall performance including equality and diversity. The Common Inspection Framework requires inspectors to pay particular attention to the outcomes for disabled children and learners and those who have special educational needs. In addition, inspectors evaluate the extent to which leaders, managers and governors actively promote equality and diversity, tackle bullying and discrimination and narrow any gaps in achievement between different groups of children and learners.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 23/11/2015 17:31:36 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

428011

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2015
	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	Apprentices: Dyslexia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what guidance his Department gives to apprenticeship providers on supporting apprentices with dyslexia.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	16123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>Apprenticeships are covered by the Equality Act 2010, therefore employers and providers are required to make reasonable adjustments. Assessment centres (for example colleges) are responsible for ensuring that they understand and apply access arrangements.</p><br /><p>Ofqual provides guidance for awarding organisations in England on reasonable adjustment. The Joint Council of Qualifications publishes arrangements annually on special considerations and adjustments. The current version has a number of examples of how to apply arrangements to learners with dyslexia.</p><br /><p>The Education and Training Foundation provides guidance for training providers, including advice on supporting apprentices with dyslexia. This can be found in the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) section of the Excellence Gateway on the Education and Training Foundation website <a href="http://send.excellencegateway.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://send.excellencegateway.org.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 24/11/2015 15:55:53 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

428012

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2015
	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	Qualifications: Dyslexia
	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 is taking to ensure that people with dyslexia obtain functional skills qualifications.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	16124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The Department enables providers to remove barriers to education and training, and aids progression to higher levels of training, by funding additional learning support to help all eligible learners with an identified support need. The support for those with learning difficulties and/or disabilities, including dyslexia, is an important part of the support the government provides to help individuals maximise their potential and gain employment.</p><br /><p>The Education and Training Foundation will consult with a range of organisations, including those representing learners with particular needs, as part of the programme of reform to English and maths Functional Skills launched last month.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 23/11/2015 17:40:55 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

428013

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2015
	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	Apprentices: Dyslexia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what data his Department collects on the number of apprentices who have dyslexia.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	16125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Information on Apprenticeship participation and success rates by individuals with dyslexia is collected through the Individualised Learner Record and is published in the Equality and Diversity tables (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-equality-and-diversity" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-equality-and-diversity</a> alongside the Statistical First Release (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held).</p><br /><p>Learning Difficulties, including dyslexia, are based on self-declaration by the learner.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 23/11/2015 17:39:18 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

428025

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2015
	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	Cleveland Potash: Redundancy
	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 funding his Department will make available to support the retraining of workers recently made redundant by Cleveland Potash.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
	tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
	uin	16315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>This is clearly a worrying time for those affected by ICL’s announcement that it is proposing to make 220 employees and 140 contractors redundant as part of a restructuring at its Boulby mine. Those affected will be able to access Jobcentre Plus’ Rapid Response Service, which is delivered locally with partners, is tailored to an individual’s needs, and can include some or all of the following elements:</p><br /><ul><li>Help with job searches, including CV writing and interview skills.</li><li>Help to identify transferable skills and skills gaps (linked to the local labour market).</li><li>Training to update skills, learn new ones and gain industry recognised certification that will improve employability.</li><li>Help to overcome barriers to attending training or securing a job or self-employment such as child care costs, tools, work clothes, travel costs etc.</li></ul><br /><p>We will, of course, consider with local partners whether the area needs extra support to respond to this news - including Jobcentre Plus, the Local Enterprise Partnership and the Local Authority. However it is important to fully understand the impacts of this announcement before any decisions are taken.</p><br /><p>Whilst this remains a difficult time, it was encouraging to read that the company intends to invest at least £20m in infrastructure at the mine to support its restructure.</p><br /> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 30/11/2015 09:58:49 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop