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485501

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2016
	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	Agency Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of agency workers in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	32389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>Table 1 shows numbers of agency workers for the last 10 years. The figures, obtained from a survey of UK Recruitment firms, represent a snapshot of the volume of workers undertaking a temporary assignment on a given day and are our best estimate of agency worker numbers.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Average Daily Volume of agency workers, 2005/06 – 2014/15</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>1,270,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>1,380,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>1,220,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>1,070,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>880,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1,050,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1,110,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1,130,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1,160,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1,200,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Source: Recruitment Industry Trends Survey 2014/15, Recruitment &amp; Employment Confederation Rounded to nearest 1000.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 14/04/2016 16:19:06 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 54591 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

485504

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2016
	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	Universities: China
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which universities have opened a Confucius Institute on campus; and what guidance he has issued to those universities on relations with the Chinese government.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	32445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government values the productive links our universities have with China, and we welcome the increasing number of UK students and institutions benefitting from such international collaborations.</p><p> </p><p>Higher education institutions are autonomous and, as such, are responsible for developing their own academic and international partnerships, while ensuring that they comply with any relevant statutory duties, including the requirements of the Education Reform Act 1988.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 13/04/2016 15:54:51 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 54592 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

485505

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2016
	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	Universities: China
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the powers of appointment of university vice-chancellors for staff working in Confucius Institutes on their university campus.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	32446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Universities are autonomous from Government and responsible, by law, for all decisions about who they appoint as staff.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 18/04/2016 14:57:06 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 54593 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

484831

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2016
	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	Tickets: Sales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in discussions with the European Commission about whether it would be in accordance with the EU Consumer Rights Directive for both primary and secondary market ticket sellers to be required to provide a unique reference number to ensure event organisers can track ticket sales.
	tabling member printed	Lord Moynihan
	uin	HL7339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2016 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government is satisfied that it has a clear understanding of the constraints on legislation imposed by the Consumer Rights Directive and has not to date sought discussions with the European Commission on this matter.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 08/04/2016 11:22:16 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	924 label Biography information for Lord Moynihan

484841

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2016
	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	UK Consumer Product Recall Review
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will announce the membership of the Steering Group referred to on page eight of the Government's Response to the Independent Recall Review by Lynn Faulds Wood, published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on 18 February.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL7348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2016 answer text <p>On 11 March, The Minister of State for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise wrote to potential candidates who have until 6 April to respond. We will issue a statement shortly after.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 08/04/2016 11:21:34 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

485485

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2016
	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	Employment: Mortality Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of differences in mortality rates for (a) permanent and (b) temporary workers.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	32249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>My Department has not made an assessment of the differences in mortality rates for permanent and temporary workers.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 12/04/2016 16:20:38 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

485487

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2016
	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: Grants
	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 takes to monitor the economic effect of projects his Department has funded.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	32258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has taken a number of steps to embed systematic monitoring of our policies and programmes, including economic effects. The Department’s vision for monitoring and evaluation is outlined in our Evaluation Strategy, found on the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p><p>In particular:</p><p> </p><ol><li>For all new spending the Department ensures fit for purpose monitoring and evaluation plans are embedded before policy implementation.</li><li>The Department publishes an updated summary of the monitoring and evaluation coverage for each policy area on an annual basis. The BIS Evaluation Plan 2016 was published in January and is the second annual publication of BIS’s evaluation coverage, also found on the GOV.UK website.</li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/04/2016 16:33:29 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

485489

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2016
	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	Vocational Education: Hearing Impairment
	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 make (a) apprenticeships and (b) vocational education accessible for young people with hearing impairments.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	32292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>Apprenticeships are paid jobs and employers make the final recruitment decisions about apprentices. We want to ensure that people from a diverse range of backgrounds are in the best possible place to apply for and secure an apprenticeship.</p><p> </p><p>We encourage the use of reasonable adjustments to support apprentices with disabilities, who are also able to apply for Access to Work funding. These are in place within GCSE and Functional Skills qualifications and can include extra time, use of speech recognition technology, a reader, a sign language interpreter and modified papers (such as braille or enlarged text).</p><p> </p><p>Advice is also available to help employers and training providers to understand how best to support disabled apprentices. A toolkit is available at <a href="http://www.employer-toolkit.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.employer-toolkit.org.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government fully funds apprenticeship training for all 16-18 year olds and for apprentices who have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHC Plan) aged 19-24.</p><p> </p><p>Apprentices aged 19 to 24 without an EHC Plan, who have a learning difficulty and/or disability can benefit from additional funding through Learning Support. This can cover a range of needs including funding to pay for specialist equipment or helpers; and arranging signers or note takers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department provides Learning Support funding to colleges and providers to help them meet the additional needs of learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities, including learners who have a hearing impairment, and meet the costs of reasonable adjustments as set out in the Equality Act 2010.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 11/04/2016 16:42:17 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

485490

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2016
	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	Public Houses: Closures
	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 public houses which have gone out of business since 1 July 2007.
	tabling member constituency	Poole
	tabling member printed	Mr Robert Syms
	uin	32265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not compile statistics on pub closures and has made no estimate of the number of pubs that have closed.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/04/2016 14:08:02 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

485493

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2016
	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: Private Education
	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 were in receipt of Continuity of Education Allowance in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15; and what the cost to his Department was of providing that allowance for staff based (i) in the UK and (ii) overseas in each such year.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	32311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>Continuity of Education Allowances are not paid to any staff in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills at present or in the past.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/04/2016 16:35:10 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell