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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

485488

registered interest
date	23/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	New Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses that have registered for (a) VAT and (b) PAYE in each region and nation of the UK between 2010 and 2014.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	32250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics publishes a breakdown of the number of businesses registered for VAT and/or PAYE by region:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/bulletins/ukbusinessactivitysizeandlocation/2015-10-06%23business-counts-by-uk-region" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/bulletins/ukbusinessactivitysizeandlocation/2015-10-06#business-counts-by-uk-region</a></p><p> </p><p>Previous releases of this publication including data from 2010 onwards can be found here:</p><p>https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/bulletins/ukbusinessactivitysizeandlocation/previousReleases</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 14/04/2016 14:03:30 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
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

485492

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	New Businesses: Disability
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 disabilities receive support to start small business enterprises.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	32309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>Our approach is to ensure help is available to all who want to start and grow a business, including individuals with disabilities. The Business Support Helpline provides bespoke advice to anyone who needs it. Currently around 1% of callers to the Helpline state they have a disability. It can send information in large fonts or braille and also provides a text phone service. Material is also available on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>The Start-Up Loans programme provides loans and mentoring support. It operates through a network of delivery partners who adhere to FCA Regulations on Treating Customers Fairly, which include reference to the treatment of customers with a disability.</p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) New Enterprise Allowance provides funding and advice to people on certain benefits to help them start their own business. It supported 15,500 people with disabilities between April 2011 and September 2015. DWP’s Access to Work scheme supports people with a disability, health or mental health condition to help them start working, stay in work or start a business.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/04/2016 16:18:59 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

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

485494

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	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to respond to the recommendation in the Low Pay Commission's Spring 2016 report on the National Minimum Wage (NMW) that HM Revenue and Customs investigation of third party reports of NMW breaches be subject to a public protocol.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	32327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government is carefully considering the non-rate recommendations in the Low Pay Commission Spring 2016, and will respond in due course.<em> </em></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 14/04/2016 16:24:43 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

485495

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	Audio Equipment
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 his Department has (a) received and (b) made on guidance on volume controls of mobile phones and other devices using headphones.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	32346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department has received no representations nor made any guidance regarding the volume controls of mobile phones and other devices using headphones.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/04/2016 16:15:59 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

485496

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 Agencies
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 he holds on the number of private sector employment agencies in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	32343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>According to the Office for National Statistics the number of employment placement agencies and temporary agencies is given in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>22,445</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>19,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>18,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>17,865</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>17,515</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>18,195</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data on number of the employment agency businesses are not available on a consistent basis prior to 2010. This is due to changes in methodology and the industrial classification system.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 03/05/2016 15:49:34 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan