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454008

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what academic research he has commissioned on the expected behavioural response of employers to the introduction of the apprenticeship levy.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	27865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills have commissioned academics at The Institute of Employment Research and IFF Research to undertake detailed research into employers’ response to the apprenticeship levy. We expect to be able to publish this in late summer 2016.</p><p>Additionally we are in the process of commissioning further independent work in this area.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 02/03/2016 11:28:30 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

454012

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	Business: Government Assistance
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 businesses have signed agreements with the Business Growth Service in each local authority area in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
uin	27882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>The attached table shows the number of businesses that have signed agreements with the Business Growth Service in each local authority area in the UK since the service launched in December 2014.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 16/03/2016 15:30:22 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name business-growth-service-statistics.pdf title Business Growth Service statistics
tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

454013

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	Arts: Local Enterprise Partnerships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much central government funding has been allocated to (a) the London Local Enterprise Partnership and (b) all Local Enterprise Partnerships to support the creative industries in each year since 2011-12.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	27885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2016 answer text <p>All Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), including the London LEP, have access to funding through programmes such as Growth Deals. However, decisions on what to prioritise rightly rest with the LEPs themselves, ensuring a strong business voice to maximise local growth. In London, for example, the LEP is investing £5m in a Digital Skills Programme to ensure young Londoners have the skills they need to access jobs in the capital’s thriving tech sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/04/2016 12:55:28 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

454018

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's wellness strategy is.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	27924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is committed to supporting health and wellbeing by encouraging health promotion and the adoption of healthier lifestyles for all our staff.</p><p>The Department’s wellbeing strategy is based around three key strands:</p><p><strong>Preventing Problems</strong></p><p>The Department runs ‘fit for work’ activities, promoting and supporting health lifestyles, and ‘healthy work’ activities, ensuring wellbeing is not threatened by negative working environments.</p><p><strong>Reacting to Problems</strong></p><p>As an organisation, we take action to help those experiencing poor health or wellbeing, and support them in returning to work as soon as possible.</p><p><strong>Measuring Wellbeing in BIS</strong></p><p>We monitor progress in the Department in improving health and wellbeing, for example through monitoring turnover, and the results from People Surveys.</p><p>The Department provides a number of facilities for staff, including but not limited to childcare vouchers to support parents and guardians, a mediation service to manage stressful situations, and flexible working options.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 10/03/2016 15:41:29 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

454019

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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: Ministerial Policy Advisers
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 (a) policy and (b) other responsibilities are of each special adviser in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	27945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 29 February 2016 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-02-23/27946/" target="_blank">27946</a>.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 02/03/2016 11:01:47 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

454022

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	Heating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether energy suppliers are obligated to report to the National Measurement and Regulation Office when a heat network is established or a lease is acquired.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	27988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>Under Regulation 3(2)(b) of The Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations 2014 heat suppliers have a duty to notify the National Measurement and Regulation Office in relation to a district heat network or communal heating that commences operation after 31<sup>st</sup> December 2015, on or before the first date of operation.</p><p>If a change of ownership occurs (or a lease is acquired) on a district heat network or communal heating that has already been notified there is no requirement to re-notify within four years of the date of the first notification submitted. If the network has not been previously notified, then the duty to notify applies.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 02/03/2016 11:04:38 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

454023

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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: Northern Ireland
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 10 February 2016 to Question 25652, whether people resident in Northern Ireland are able to apply for apprenticeships in England.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	28014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) funds apprenticeships training in England. The devolved administrations of Northern Ireland (NI), Wales, and Scotland have their own funding arrangements for apprenticeships. Employers and training providers must not actively recruit learners who live or work outside of England.</p><p> </p><p>Residents in NI can apply for English Apprenticeships provided they want to live in, or travel to, England to work and study. The SFA will only apply funding under these circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The SFA will not fund individuals whose main employment or normal place of work is not in England.</p><p> </p><p>Skills is a devolved matter to NI and are funded by the Department for Employment and Learning (DEL) in NI.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 03/03/2016 17:32:19 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

454024

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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: EU Nationals
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 10 February 2016 to Question 25652, whether EU nationals are able to apply for apprenticeships in England.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	28015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>An EU national can be employed in an apprenticeship in England, and will be eligible for funding for their apprenticeship provided they meet set eligibility criteria.</p><p> </p><p>These criteria are set out in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/496172/SFA_common_funding_rules_2016_to_2017_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">Skills Funding Agency: common funding rules for the 2016 to 2017 funding year</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 04/03/2016 13:31:39 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

454025

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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: Publicity
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 10 February 2016 to Question 25652, what media outlets will be used to carry advertising as part of the national campaign for apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	28016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The national campaign for apprenticeships will target a range of audiences including young people, employers and parents.</p><p> </p><p>Advertising will be through a number of different media channels including television, out of home advertising (e.g. posters), radio, digital and social media.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 02/03/2016 17:15:58 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

454026

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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	Political Levy
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 and what proportion of members in Northern Ireland of each trade union opted to pay the political levy; and which of those trade unions' headquarters are in (a) Great Britain and (b) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	28028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>The latest Annual Report of the Certification Officer shows that 4,954,606 union members in Great Britain paid the political levy in the period 2013-2014. This represents 70.67% of the total number of individuals who were union members in the same period.<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></p><p>Employment law is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and I am not able to respond to the questions relating to Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Political Funds of Trade Unions, 2013-2014, Annual Report 2015/2016 of the Certification Officer, page 68-69, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/449387/CO_Annual_Report__2014-2015_.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/449387/CO_Annual_Report__2014-2015_.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 28029 question first answered 25/04/2016 13:29:05 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey