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62181

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library the numbers of cases of (a) rape, (b) domestic violence, (c) child abuse and (d) human trafficking referred by each police force in England and Wales to each regional division of the Crown Prosecution Service in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	201071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>Tables have been deposited in the Library of the House showing the number of requests for a charging decision referred to the CPS from each police force split by the categories requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 23/06/2014 12:14:51 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald attachment 1 file name CPS charged cases - PQ 201071.xlsx title CPS charged cases by area
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

62182

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
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	Sunday Trading Act 1994
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 representations he has received from UK retailers on the effect of the Sunday Trading Act 1994 on their businesses.
tabling member constituency	Brecon and Radnorshire
tabling member printed	Roger Williams
uin	201116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has received representations from a number of correspondents in the last 12 months on Sunday Trading. These include representations from Asda Stores Ltd, Horticulture Trades Association and shopping centres advocating further liberalisation, as well as others such as the Association of Convenience Stores, some large retailers, 2 individual stores and small groups, supporting the current Sunday trading rules or for further restrictions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 23/06/2014 14:46:46 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	1394 label Biography information for Roger Williams

62183

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Wind Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid under the Enterprise Initiative Scheme to members of each qualifying wind farm co-operative in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	201095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 23/06/2014 14:54:22 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

62184

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
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, how many people started apprenticeships in (a) Swindon and (b) the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	200658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of apprenticeship starts in England by geography is published in a Supplementary Table to a Statistical First Release (SFR):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships--2</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/298401/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/298401/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls</a></p><p>The Department does not collect further education information relating to the devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 23/06/2014 13:59:31 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

62185

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
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	Bankruptcy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department has provided to companies facing bankruptcy in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	201035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department has a suite of business support packages available to companies whether or not they are facing an insolvency event.</p><p>In exceptional circumstances the Department can work with companies in difficulty to help find solutions to their needs. Any such support is commercially sensitive and is normally a matter between the Department and the company.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 24/06/2014 15:43:46 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

62186

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
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	Shipbuilding: Portsmouth
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 former BAE staff at the Portsmouth shipyard who have been recruited by overseas ship-builders.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	201062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><sub>The local taskforce is working to secure positive outcomes for all staff leaving BAE in Portsmouth. It is too early to draw conclusions.</sub></p><p> </p><p><sub> </sub></p><p> </p><p><sub>We recognise the importance of manufacturing and engineering skills to the economy: these will be vital to building the Solent area's strengths in marine and maritime. BIS is working closely with industry, Job Centre Plus, and Portsmouth Council to support those employees impacted by BAE's decision to close its shipyard in Portsmouth.</sub></p><p> </p><p><sub>The Southampton &amp; Portsmouth City Deal announced a £1 million DWP Rapid Response Service that will support those recently made redundant. Government and local industry will invest £3m in a Marine and Maritime Employer Ownership for skills Programme, responding to the immediate skills needs in small and medium sized enterprises in the advanced manufacturing sector. </sub></p><p> </p><p><sub>Additionally the existing UK wide Talent Retention Solution is available to help match skilled workers to engineering jobs in the UK </sub><sub>and is currently advertising 693</sub><sub>vacancies in the south of England on its website</sub><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup><sub>.</sub></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><br /><p>[1] Active TRS vacancies listed on 18 June 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 23/06/2014 17:00:13 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

62187

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
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: Vetting
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 discussions he has had with employment agencies on the practice of blacklisting.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Jim Sheridan
uin	200982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>Blacklisting is an unacceptable and illegal practice and we take any allegations of blacklisting very seriously. I have not had any discussions on the practice of blacklisting with employment agencies. We have referred the allegations made about an international recruitment agency to the Information Commissioner's Office which is looking into the matter.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 24/06/2014 15:46:22 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	1464 label Biography information for Jim Sheridan

62188

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
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: Vetting
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 the prevalence of blacklisting amongst employment agencies.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Jim Sheridan
uin	200983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>Blacklisting is an unacceptable and illegal practice and we take any allegations of blacklisting very seriously. We have always encouraged anyone with evidence of blacklisting to come forward so that we can investigate. Any evidence of blacklisting should be referred to the Information Commissioner's Office. Individuals who believe they are being excluded from employment because of a blacklist should seek redress in the county courts in England and Wales, or Court of Session in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 24/06/2014 15:57:50 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	1464 label Biography information for Jim Sheridan

62189

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
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	Exports: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether export licences to Syria have been granted for the period since 1 July 2012; and if he will describe any such material so exported.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
uin	200996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Five Standard Individual Export Licences (SIELs) and one Open Individual Export Licence (OIEL) have been granted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information provided relates to goods or services that have been licensed for export. The licences were granted to international and humanitarian organisations to support and protect staff working in these organisations. The six licences granted authorise export of the following:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>SIEL for: components for body armour;</p><p> </p><p>SIEL for: NBC (nuclear, biological and chemical) protective/defensive equipment;</p><p> </p><p>SIEL for: body armour, components for body armour, military helmets;</p><p> </p><p>SIEL for: body armour, military helmets;</p><p> </p><p>SIEL for: components for all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection;</p><p> </p><p>OIEL for: cryptographic software; equipment employing cryptography.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The licences were granted to international and humanitarian organisations to support and protect staff working in these organisations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 23/06/2014 17:01:33 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty

62190

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the age cohort achieved a A* to C grade in GCSE (a) mathematics, (b) English and (c) English literature by the age of (i) 19, (ii) 20, (iii) 21, (iv) 22, (v) 23, (vi) 24 and (vi) 25 years in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich West
tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Bailey
uin	200649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The following tables show the proportion of 18, 19 and 20 year-olds who had achieved A*-C grade in GCSE English and GCSE mathematics. The figures relate to academic age, that is age at the start of the academic year, so young people of academic age 18 are those turning 19 during the academic year. The figures cover young people who were in the state sector at academic age 15. The data source used for this analysis does not differentiate between English Literature and English Language so the figures for English include those that have A*-C in either subject. The Department does not hold information on the attainment of people older than academic age 20. The earliest data available is for the cohort that was academic age 18 in 2004/05.</p><p>Proportion achieving A*-C grade in GCSE mathematics by academic age and cohort</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p>Academic age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cohort academic age 18 in</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/05</p></td><td><p>49.3%</p></td><td><p>49.4%</p></td><td><p>49.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>48.6%</p></td><td><p>48.7%</p></td><td><p>48.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>50.5%</p></td><td><p>50.6%</p></td><td><p>50.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>52.7%</p></td><td><p>52.7%</p></td><td><p>52.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>54.6%</p></td><td><p>54.7%</p></td><td><p>54.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>56.5%</p></td><td><p>56.6%</p></td><td><p>56.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>59.1%</p></td><td><p>59.2%</p></td><td><p>59.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>61.9%</p></td><td><p>62.0%</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>65.2%</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: DfE Young Person's Matched Administrative Dataset<em>.</em></p><p>Proportion achieving A*-C grade in GCSE English by academic age and cohort</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p>Academic age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cohort academic age 18 in</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/05</p></td><td><p>55.9%</p></td><td><p>56.0%</p></td><td><p>56.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>56.7%</p></td><td><p>56.8%</p></td><td><p>56.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>57.3%</p></td><td><p>57.4%</p></td><td><p>57.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>58.9%</p></td><td><p>58.9%</p></td><td><p>59.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>60.1%</p></td><td><p>60.2%</p></td><td><p>60.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>61.2%</p></td><td><p>61.3%</p></td><td><p>61.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>63.2%</p></td><td><p>63.3%</p></td><td><p>63.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>65.4%</p></td><td><p>65.5%</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>69.0%</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: DfE Young Person's Matched Administrative Dataset<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 23/06/2014 15:42:50 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	320 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Bailey