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438839

registered interest
date	16/12/2015
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	Student Loans Company
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 the ease with which the Student Loans Company can be contacted.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	20407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) regularly receives representations about the Student Loans Company covering a wide range of issues.</p><br /><p>BIS closely monitors the Student Loans Company’s performance against targets for handling calls and correspondence from customers.</p><br /><p>Information on contacting the Student Loans Company is available via the following web page: <strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/contact-student-finance-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contact-student-finance-england</a></strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/01/2016 15:46:09 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

438840

registered interest
date	16/12/2015
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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
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 set out the exemptions and compensation for the steel industry, and the dates from which each will apply, announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	20439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>On 14 December, the EU Commission approved our first state aid case - to commence relief from the indirect costs of the Renewables Obligation (RO) and small-scale Feed-in-Tariff (FiT). Eligible companies will be able to apply for compensation in January 2016, once scheme guidance and application forms have been published. The second state aid case - to compensate competitors of eligible Energy Intensive Industries (EIIs) - is currently being considered by the Commission.</p><br /><p>The Government is expected to pay compensation for RO/FiT costs until the exemption is implemented - the aim is to achieve that from 2017-18.</p><br /><p>This is in addition to the £50 million of support the Government has already given to the steel industry to mitigate the impact of climate change policies.</p><br /><p>This relief from energy costs will save industry hundreds of millions of pounds and will give the UK Steel Industry greater certainty around energy costs for the life of the Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/01/2016 16:54:22 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

438841

registered interest
date	16/12/2015
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	Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the investment rate in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	20442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>The ONS only publishes investment data at a country level, for which the latest published data was in the 23<sup>rd</sup> December Business Investment release, available on the ONS website. Investment data is unavailable on a regional basis.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/01/2016 15:14:44 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

438842

registered interest
date	16/12/2015
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
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 Answer of 19 October 2015 to Question 11065, how many of the 2 million apprenticeships created in the last Parliament were in the (a) retail, (b) skilled labour and (c) construction sector.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	20474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>Apprenticeships are categorised according to the Sector Subject Area of the Apprenticeship. Table 1 shows Apprenticeship starts between 1 May 2010 and 30 April 2015 by Sector Subject Area.</p><p>There is no Sector Subject Area for skilled labour.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table 1: Apprenticeship Starts by Sector Subject between May 2010 and April 2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sector Subject Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total starts May 2010 to April 2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care</p></td><td><p>35,900</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arts, Media and Publishing</p></td><td><p>6,100</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business, Administration and Law</p></td><td><p>712,200</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction, Planning and the Built Environment</p></td><td><p>85,500</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Education and Training</p></td><td><p>30,300</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies</p></td><td><p>324,800</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health, Public Services and Care</p></td><td><p>538,300</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information and Communication Technology</p></td><td><p>79,000</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Languages, Literature and Culture</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leisure, Travel and Tourism</p></td><td><p>81,900</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preparation for Life and Work</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Retail and Commercial Enterprise</p></td><td><p>482,300</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Science and Mathematics</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2,377,500 </strong></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>1) Source is the Individualised Learner Record</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2) Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>3) &quot;-&quot; represents a base value less than 50.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>4) Q4 2009/10 covers May 2010 to July 2010; Q1-3 2014/15 covers August 2014 to April 2015; 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13 and 2013/14 academic years cover August to July.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 12/01/2016 16:09:16 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

438843

registered interest
date	16/12/2015
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: Retail Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value was of Government subsidies and financial incentives to retail companies to encourage the creation of apprenticeships in the retail sector since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	20475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>Information on the value of apprenticeships funding allocation is not broken down by business type. Since May 2010, there have been 504,900 apprenticeship starts in the retail sector subject area.</p><p>In England, the Government provides funding for training where employers hire an apprentice and currently fully funds apprenticeship training for 16 -18 year olds and up to 50% of apprenticeship training for over 19s.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 12/01/2016 16:06:24 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

438844

registered interest
date	16/12/2015
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: Retail Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether Government subsidies and financial incentives to retail companies to encourage the creation of apprenticeships in the retail sector were given to companies known to use zero-hours or casual contract since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	20476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>We do not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 13/01/2016 17:39:16 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

438845

registered interest
date	16/12/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the dates were of all meetings between July and November 2015 of the Cabinet Sub-committee on airports.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	20399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>In line with previous answers on this topic, information relating to the proceedings of Cabinet Committees, including when and how often they meet, and which Ministers have attended, is generally not disclosed as to do so could harm the frankness and candour of internal discussion.</p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 05/01/2016 11:08:48 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

438846

registered interest
date	16/12/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	VAT: Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reduce the rate of VAT on tourism.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Richard Arkless
uin	20409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government currently has no plans to alter the rates of VAT relating to the tourist industry.</p><br /><p>I refer the Rt Hon gentleman to my comments during the Westminster Hall debate on 17th March 2015.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/01/2016 17:03:34 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4387 label Biography information for Richard Arkless

438847

registered interest
date	16/12/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Motor Insurance: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to use any of its statutory regulatory powers to ensure that there is the reduction in the cost of car insurance referred to in paragraph 1.143 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	20373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>The pricing of insurance products is a commercial matter for individual insurers in which the Government does not seek to intervene. The motor insurance market is intensely competitive and the Government therefore expects that the insurance industry will pass on savings to consumers.</p><br /><p>Some insurers have already committed to pass on all savings to consumers as a result of the proposed changes.</p><br /> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 18/01/2016 17:05:14 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

438848

registered interest
date	16/12/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Stamp Duty Land Tax: Second Homes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans that the three per cent additional stamp duty rate on the purchase of a second home will apply to people in the process of moving house who own two properties for a short period of time.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	20402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>In general, if, at the end of the day of a residential property transaction, a purchaser owns more than one property and has not replaced a main residence, the higher rates will apply. Where there is a temporary overlap between replacing and selling a main residence, the higher rates will apply but the purchaser will be entitled to a refund of the higher amounts on disposal of the previous main residence within 18 months.</p><br /><p>The Government is consulting on the policy detail, including on the treatment of difficult cases.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/01/2016 12:13:30 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias