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447164

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
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	Cybercrime: Copyright
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if the Government will bring forward legislative proposals to increase the penalties for online infringement of copyright.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	23822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>A consultation was held during summer 2015 on proposals to increase the maximum custodial sentence for online copyright infringement from two to ten years, to harmonise it with the penalty available for physical infringement. A summary of responses was published on 12 January.</p><p> </p><p>Officials at the Intellectual Property Office are now giving consideration to the future direction and timings and will advise Ministers accordingly.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 01/02/2016 15:09:34 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

447165

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
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	Higher Education: Student Numbers
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 students from England who have studied for higher education qualifications at (a) higher education institutions and (b) further education institutions in (i) Northern Ireland, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	23817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in the annual Statistical First Release (SFR) “Enrolments and Qualifications in Higher Education”, which is available at the following link: <a href="https://hesa.ac.uk/sfr224" target="_blank">https://hesa.ac.uk/sfr224</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The number of English-domiciled students studying at Welsh, Scottish, and Northern Irish HEIs is presented in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>English-Domiciled Enrolments by Country of Institution</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>UK Higher Education Institutions</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Academic Years 2010/11 to 2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Welsh HEIs</p></td><td><p>35,210</p></td><td><p>37,705</p></td><td><p>36,985</p></td><td><p>37,420</p></td><td><p>36,790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scottish HEIs</p></td><td><p>24,010</p></td><td><p>23,805</p></td><td><p>23,480</p></td><td><p>22,535</p></td><td><p>23,510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Irish HEIs</p></td><td><p>1,135</p></td><td><p>1,535</p></td><td><p>1,710</p></td><td><p>1,875</p></td><td><p>2,540</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Source: HESA Student Record</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Note: figures have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The step increase in the number of English enrolments at Northern Irish HEIs in 2014/15 is a result of the University of Ulster running business programmes at its London and Birmingham campuses.</p><p> </p><p>Information on students enrolled at Further Education Institutions in different UK countries is not collected by HESA and is available from the respective administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 16/02/2016 08:58:10 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

447166

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
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	Students: 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 estimate he has made of the cost to higher education budgets in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales of the replacement of maintenance grants with additional student loans, as a result of the Barnett formula.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	23818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>This reform in England reduces public sector net borrowing and was accounted for in the settlement for my department. Higher Education is a devolved matter and the Barnett formula was applied to the department’s Spending Review settlement in the usual way.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/02/2016 15:07:23 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

447167

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
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	Students: 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 assessment he has made of the effect of replacing maintenance grants on the ability of the Government to reach its target of doubling the proportion of people from disadvantaged backgrounds entering higher education between 2009 and 2020.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	23819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>An Equality Analysis of changes to the living costs support package for full-time students in 2016/17 was published on the GOV.UK website on 3<sup>rd</sup> December 2015. Ministers considered the evidence in the analysis to assess the impact on particular groups and to inform their decisions on changes to the student support system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/02/2016 15:38:35 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

447168

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
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	Students: Grants
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 higher education students from England were in receipt of maintenance grants for each of the last five years in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	23820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p>Statistics showing the number of English applicants awarded Maintenance Grants are published annually by the Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release ‘<em>Student Support for Higher Education in England</em>’.</p><p><a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of English applicants awarded Maintenance Grants for each of the last five academic years in: (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland, and (c) Wales, can be found in the table.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Maintenance Grants </strong><strong><sup>(1)</sup></strong><strong> awarded </strong><strong><sup>(2)</sup></strong><strong> to English applicants by country of provider</strong></p><p>Academic years 2010/11 to 2014/15</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Academic year</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Northern Ireland</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Scotland</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Wales</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>5,400</p></td><td><p>14,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>5,600</p></td><td><p>15,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td><td><p>14,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>4,800</p></td><td><p>13,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>4,800</p></td><td><p>12,900</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Student Loans Company</p><p>Notes:</p><p>(1) Figures include Special Support Grants</p><p>(2) Awards do not necessarily translate into payments. An awarded applicant will only receive payments once SLC have received confirmation that the student has been registered on the course</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The step increase in the number of Maintenance Grants awarded to English applicants at Northern Ireland providers in 2014/15 is a result of the University of Ulster running business programmes at its London and Birmingham campuses.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 16/02/2016 08:55:43 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

447169

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Fossil Fuels: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the level of investment in UK oil and gas production until May 2020.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	23946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>The latest published projections of development capital expenditure by the UK upstream oil and gas industry are those in Supplementary Table 2.1 to the Office for Budget Responsibility’s June 2015 <em>Fiscal Sustainability Report</em>:</p><br /><p><a href="http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/fsr/fiscal-sustainability-report-june-2015/" target="_blank">http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/fsr/fiscal-sustainability-report-june-2015/</a>.</p><br /><p>This had annual investment (in £ billion) at the following levels:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8.3</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td><td><p>5.9</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Updated projections informed by recently-received information from operators should be published alongside the <em>Economic and Fiscal Outlook</em> which will accompany the forthcoming Budget.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 28/01/2016 15:15:09 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

447170

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
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	Students: 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 (a) statutory and (b) other guidance is available to higher education institutions on their duties under the Equality Act 2010 towards disabled students.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	23891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text <p>Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have clear legal responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010 to support their students, including those with disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has produced a range of guidance for institutions on their obligations under the Equality Act 2010, including technical guidance setting out the detail of the law.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance is also produced by the Equality Challenge Unit (ECU), a higher education sector body that supports equality and diversity for staff and students across the UK, including for disabled staff and students on managing “reasonable adjustments”. The ECU also published a report on the implications for institutions of the key issues contained in the Equality Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/04/2016 08:17:18 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

447171

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
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	Leisure and Retail Trade: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will takes steps to ban the practice in the retail and leisure sectors of sending employees home during their shift without notice.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	23893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>We encourage employers to be clear with their staff up front on how work will be structured. However, the way in which work is arranged, or how shifts are decided upon will depend on each situation and sector. A ‘one size fits all’ solution would not be appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Where appropriate, Government publishes guidance. For instance, we recently considered the issue of late notice cancellation of shifts for those on zero hours contracts and have published updated guidance on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 23892 question first answered 02/02/2016 17:51:16 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

447172

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
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	Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how long on average the Office of the Independent Adjudicator took to close a case in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	23865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>The Office of the Independent Adjudicator’s Annual Report (2014), which contains the latest published figures available, states that it took an average of 207 days to close a complaint from the time the student first submitted a complaint form. Provisional figures indicate that improvements have been made since then and the 2015 Annual Report is likely to show a significant reduction in this figure.</p><p> </p><p>The European Directive on Alternative Dispute Resolution, which came into force on 9 July 2015, now requires dispute resolution bodies such as the Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA) to issue complaint outcomes within 90 days of receiving the full complaint file, unless the case is highly complex. The OIA and other alternative dispute resolution bodies are required to report to the Chartered Trading Standards Institute, which is monitoring compliance with the Directive.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 23866 question first answered 02/02/2016 17:55:08 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

447173

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
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	Leisure and Retail Trade: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the prevalence of the practice in the retail and leisure sectors of sending employees home during their shift without notice.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	23892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>We encourage employers to be clear with their staff up front on how work will be structured. However, the way in which work is arranged, or how shifts are decided upon will depend on each situation and sector. A ‘one size fits all’ solution would not be appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Where appropriate, Government publishes guidance. For instance, we recently considered the issue of late notice cancellation of shifts for those on zero hours contracts and have published updated guidance on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 23893 question first answered 02/02/2016 17:51:16 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders