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173034

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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	Equality
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 equality impact assessments his Department produced in each year since 2006.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	220343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>Equality is at the heart of all policy and decision making by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To help comply with the Equality Act 2010, analysis conducted of the impact on equality of its key policies and decisions are regularly published by the department and available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?commit=Refresh+results&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;from_date=&amp;keywords=&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;page=2&amp;publication_filter_option=impact-assessments&amp;to_date=&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?commit=Refresh+results&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-innovation-skills&amp;from_date=&amp;keywords=&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;page=2&amp;publication_filter_option=impact-assessments&amp;to_date=&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 15/01/2015 14:02:12 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

173035

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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	Students: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much tuition fee income was raised from students studying STEM subjects at UK universities in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	220344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not collect information on the tuition fee income that Higher Education Institutions earn from particular subject provision.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 19/01/2015 15:05:42 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 38728 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

173037

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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	Teachers: Surveys
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 average response rate of initial teacher training students trained in universities to the National Student Survey was in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	220372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>The average National Student Survey response rates from students on initial teacher training courses in English higher education institutions are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>National Student Survey Response Rate (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>68.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>71.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>72.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>73.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>78.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Note: The data includes only those students that are fundable by the National College of Teaching and Learning.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 19/01/2015 15:06:41 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 38729 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

173040

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Monetary Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Bank of England on the continuation of quantitative easing.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
uin	220360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK’s monetary policy framework, set out in the Bank of England Act 1998, gives operational responsibility for monetary policy to the independent Monetary Policy Committee. HM Treasury and the Bank of England have frequent discussions on a wide range of issues on the UK economy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 19/01/2015 17:57:36 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

173041

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse is of exempting intra-company transfer workers from overseas from paying national insurance contributions.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	220351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>This information is not available, I refer the Honourable Member to the reply I gave to the Rt. Honourable Member for Delyn on 8 January 2014: Column 238W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 15/01/2015 17:46:29 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

173042

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many equality impact assessments his Department completed in each year since 2006.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	220342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>In the areas of its policy responsibilities, the Treasury has ensured that equality impacts are taken into account, in line with both its legal obligations and its commitment to promoting equality.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 20 October 2010 and 26 June 2013 the Treasury published overviews of the impact of the 2010 Spending Review and the 2013 Spending Round respectively, on groups protected by equalities legislation. The Government has also driven improvements in tax policy making. The Government now publishes a Tax Information and Impact Note for all individual tax policy changes. These explicitly include an assessment of the equalities impact of each individual measure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/02/2015 14:13:59 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

173044

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Solar Power: Planning Permission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of solar farm planning applications (a) received planning approval and (b) were called in in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	220333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>Although the Department routinely collects information from local planning authorities on the numbers of planning applications decided and granted each quarter, the numbers relating to solar farms are not separately identified.</p><p> </p><p>No planning applications were called in for solar farm development in 2013 and one application for solar energy development was called in by the Secretary of State during 2014.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 16/01/2015 14:58:01 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

173045

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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	Land: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of UK land was registered on the most recent date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	220373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>On 31 December 2014 Land Registry figures for England and Wales show that 85.56% of land was registered. The Registers of Scotland and the Land and Property Service Northern Ireland have their own separate departments and legislation for land registration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/01/2015 16:24:30 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

173048

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
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	Broadband: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average (a) download and (b) upload speed in East Lancashire was on the latest date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	220325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2015 answer text <p>Ofcom published broadband speeds for counties and unitary authorities with its 2014 infrastructure report at <a href="http://infrastructure.ofcom.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://infrastructure.ofcom.org.uk/</a> saying that average download speeds in Lancashire were 20.7 Mbit/s and average upload speeds were 2.8 Mbit/s. Ofcom also published data for individual postcodes at <a href="http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/research/ir/Fixed_postcode.zip" target="_blank">http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/research/ir/Fixed_postcode.zip</a></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/01/2015 11:19:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

173049

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Anniversaries: World War II
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Government has to commemorate the anniversaries of VJ and VE Days in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	220353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>This Government recognises the importance of the 70th anniversaries of VE and VJ Day in 2015. Detailed planning is under way to ensure that Government Departments, local authorities and local communities work together with veterans to commemorate both anniversaries in a fitting manner. Further details will be made available in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 15/01/2015 17:14:23 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker