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63144

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Trade Union Recognition
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 companies registered in (a) Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency, (b) Renfrewshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK that do not recognise trades unions.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Jim Sheridan
uin	201716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>This Department does not hold information on to whether or not individual employers recognise a trade union or not.</p><p>You may be interested in the following figures, from the 2011 Workplace Employment Relations Study (WERS), showing percentage of workplaces with recognised unions where the workplace is located in Scotland, the other Government Office Regions and Great Britain as a whole. This does not include information on Northern Ireland workplaces where employment law is devolved.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Government Office Region</p></td><td><p>Percentage of workplaces with recognised unions</p><p>(%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humberside</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Britain</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>More information on the WERS data is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/workplace-employment-relations-study-wers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/workplace-employment-relations-study-wers</a></p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 30/06/2014 15:47:50 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	1464 label Biography information for Jim Sheridan

63145

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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: Horticulture
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 his Department is taking to fund and support businesses in the horticulture sector to take on apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Brecon and Radnorshire
tabling member printed	Roger Williams
uin	201713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Apprenticeship reforms are addressing exactly the barriers that employers have identified to taking on apprentices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Trailblazers led by employers are designing the new Apprenticeship standards for occupations in their sectors. Horticulture employers are fully engaged in the reform programme and the Trailblazer for the sector has recently submitted a standard for approval.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The budget announced £170 m funding to extend the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers to help smaller businesses take on young apprentices aged 16-24. This will fund over 100,000 incentive payments of £1,500. Extending the grant into 2015 will ensure Apprenticeship take up by small businesses, including those in the horticulture sector, continues to be supported.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/06/2014 15:41:20 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 6514 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1394 label Biography information for Roger Williams

63147

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Foreign Investment in UK: 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, what work the Regeneration Investment Organisation is undertaking to promote Northern Ireland as a location for investment in regeneration projects.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	201729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The Regeneration Investment Organisation (RIO) is actively working on several investment opportunities in Northern Ireland with a gross development value of around £3 billion. The team has held commercial dialogue with overseas investors for some of these schemes.</p><p>The RIO team has a dedicated Regional Project Manager who engages with development opportunities in Northern Ireland, works closely with Invest Northern Ireland and helps projects advance to a stage where they would be able to attract overseas investment.</p><p>There is also official representation from Northern Ireland on the Regeneration Investment Advisory Board (RIAB), a group consisting of Industry and Government specialists set up to provide strategic advice and oversight of RIO activity.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 30/06/2014 17:21:54 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

63148

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Voluntary Work: Schools
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 encourage businesses to free up their staff to volunteer in local schools.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
uin	201737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In the Careers Inspiration Vision Statement, launched in September 2013, we stated that we believe employers and schools must do more in partnership together and that the best mentoring and motivation comes from people in jobs. The revised statutory guidance to schools on careers reflects this. We have been working with key organisations that deliver inspirational careers activity. This, alongside the improved National Careers Service, will make it easier for businesses to identify opportunities to volunteer in schools and to recognise the benefits such as a more well-informed future workforce.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/06/2014 16:19:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

63149

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funds his Department will make available to universities as a result of transferring responsibility for the disabled students allowance to them.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
uin	201739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Higher education Institutions already have a duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled students under the Equality Act 2010. The recently announced changes consider how the balance of responsibility between reasonable adjustments and support provided through Disabled Students Allowances (DSAs) should change. DSAs will remain available for students to complement the reasonable adjustments provided by the institution.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government also provides annual funding to Higher Education Institutions through the teaching grant. The Student Opportunity Fund is part of the overall Teaching Grant allocated to Higher Education Institutions by HEFCE. This funding element to support disabled students rose to £15 million for 2013/14, an increase of £2 million on the previous year and has been maintained for 2014/15. There are no plans to transfer additional funds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 26/06/2014 15:50:12 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

63151

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Enterprise Zones: Coleraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans UK Trade & Investment has to promote the new Enterprise Zone in Coleraine as a location for potential international investors.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	201734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) follows the ‘UK First' principle when promoting inward investment. This means that we seek to promote the UK as the country of choice and propose the most suitable locations based on the inward investor's particular needs which are matched to the strengths of individual areas.</p><p>Invest Northern Ireland promotes Northern Ireland and UKTI works together with them on potential opportunities and to highlight benefits of areas such as Enterprise Zones.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 02/07/2014 15:13:28 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

63152

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Disabled Students' Allowances: Warrington
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 in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency are in receipt of disabled students' allowance.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	201850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on students awarded and paid Disabled Students' Allowance is published annually by Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release ‘<em>Student Support for Higher Education England</em>'. The latest statistics are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/media/694170/slcsfr052013.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/media/694170/slcsfr052013.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A further breakdown for Warrington North constituency and Warrington LEA has been provided in the table for the academic year 2012/13. Equivalent figures for the academic year 2013/14 will be available from November 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Students in receipt of Disabled Students Allowance<sup>[1]</sup> from Warrington LEA and Warrington North Constituency</strong></p><p> </p><p>Academic Year 2012/13</p><p> </p><p>Effective date: 13/11/2013</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>Application Type</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Full-Time Application</p></td><td><p>Part-Time Application</p></td><td><p>Post Graduate DSA</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(Area)</p></td><td><p>No of Applicants Paid</p></td><td><p>No of Applicants Paid</p></td><td><p>No of Applicants Paid</p></td><td><p>No of Applicants Paid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington LEA<sup>[2]</sup></p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington North Constituency<sup>[2]</sup></p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>[1] Disabled Student Allowance may be paid to the Student or to a Supplier on the student's behalf.</p><p> </p><p>[2] Figures are derived from the Post Code of the applicant's home address.</p><p> </p><p>[3] The effective date is that of the November 2013 Awards Statistical First Release. The figures are therefore provisional and do not include students who were awarded DSA after November 2013.</p><p> </p><p>[4] DSA Payments may be made at any point during the Academic Year or after the end of the Academic Year.</p><p> </p><p>[5] Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. Totals may not add to the sum of the components due to rounding.</p><p> </p><p>[6] '-' represents a number less than 5.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 26/06/2014 15:54:58 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

63158

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academic Year
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the economic effects of deregulating school holidays on (a) tourism jobs in seaside areas and (b) seaside economies.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	201861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government is giving more schools greater flexibility to adapt the shape of the school year in the interests of their pupils' education.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst this will extend an existing flexibility to a greater number of schools, our advice will continue to include a clear expectation of schools working with each other and the local authority to coordinate dates to avoid unnecessary disruption to parents and their employers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has consulted with representatives of the tourist industry. Where schools choose to change their holiday dates, following discussion locally with parents and local businesses, there may well be a positive impact on seaside economies. In areas of high-seasonal employment, for example, small variations to term dates agreed locally may help parents to holiday outside of peak periods.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 27/06/2014 15:33:50 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

63159

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	McDonalds Restaurants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has had discussions with McDonald's Corporation on its relationship with trades unions in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Jim Sheridan
uin	201854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, has not had such a discussion with McDonald's Corporation.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 30/06/2014 15:39:24 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	1464 label Biography information for Jim Sheridan

63162

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	New Businesses: 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 start-up loans have been granted to businesses in (a) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) the North of England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	201902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The Start Up Loans programme commenced in 2012.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Harrogate &amp; Knaresborough</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>North of England*</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Loan Volume</p></td><td><p>value of loans (£M)</p></td><td><p>Loan Volume</p></td><td><p>value of loans (£M)</p></td><td><p>Loan Volume</p></td><td><p>value of loans (£M)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0.01</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>0.23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>0.31</p></td><td><p>414</p></td><td><p>2.26</p></td><td><p>2993</p></td><td><p>16.55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 – to date</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>0.53</p></td><td><p>629</p></td><td><p>3.29</p></td><td><p>5108</p></td><td><p>26.55</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>All values are loans drawn down.</p><p>*North England comprises of values for North East, North West, Yorkshire and Humber.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/06/2014 16:57:45 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones