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450171

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date	03/02/2016
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	Tata Steel: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department attended the Welsh Tata Steel Task Force meeting on (i) 20 January and (ii) 1 February 2016.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	25596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>No Ministers from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) attended the meetings of the Welsh Tata Steel Task Force on 20 January and 1 February 2016. However, my noble Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the Wales Office (Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth) was present at the meeting on 1<sup>st</sup> February. A Senior Civil Service official from BIS attended both meetings.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 08/02/2016 16:02:46 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

450172

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
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	Tata Steel: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department attended the Scottish Steel Task Force meeting on (i) 29 January 2015, (ii) 13 November 2015, (iii) 26 November 2015, (iv) 11 December 2015 and (v) 14 January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	25597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) was not present at the first meeting of the Scottish Steel Task Force which took place on 29<sup>th</sup> October 2015. However, BIS was represented by a Grade 6 level official at the meetings on 13 and 26 November 2015 and 14 January 2016, as well as at the most recent meeting on 4 February 2016. Officials from the Scotland Office have attended all meetings of the Task Force. There was no meeting on 29 January 2016.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 08/02/2016 15:32:42 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

450173

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
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, what assessment he has made of the effects of confidentiality agreements between employers not paying the national minimum wage and their employees challenging that non-payment on the numbers of people coming forward to make a complaint to ACAS.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	25608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p><strong>Final approved answer for 2016/02785</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>No assessment has been made on the impact of confidentiality agreements on the identification of National Minimum Wage (NMW) non-compliance.</p><p>Confidentiality is an important protection for workers who wish to make a NMW complaint. If any worker is concerned they have not received what they are entitled to they should contact the ACAS helpline on 0300 123 1100 for free and confidential advice. HMRC follow up every complaint referred to them by Acas and compliance officers can investigate without knowledge of the complainant’s identity. In addition to complaint-led work HMRC investigate employers using third-party intelligence and risk-based targeted enforcement in sectors and areas where there is a higher risk of workers being paid below the NMW.</p><p>The Government is committed to cracking down on employers who break NMW law. Between April 2015 and November 2015 HMRC took action against over 500 businesses, identifying over £8 million for 46,000 workers. This is already the largest amount of arrears identified in any single year since the introduction of the NMW.</p><p>Building on existing reforms, the Prime Minister announced on 1 September 2015 further measures to strengthen the enforcement of the NMW including higher penalties, a dedicated HMRC team to tackle the most serious cases of wilful non-compliance and additional funding for HMRC from April 2016. We have also increased communications so that working people can access support to make complaints in confidence if needed</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table 1: NMW enquiries to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline by trade sector, 2009/10 to 2014/15.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Trade Sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Activities of households as employers</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admin/Office work</p></td><td><p>2,530</p></td><td><p>4,410</p></td><td><p>3,910</p></td><td><p>2,950</p></td><td><p>3,310</p></td><td><p>2,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agriculture and related activities</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleaning services</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction and related trades</p></td><td><p>1,350</p></td><td><p>1,290</p></td><td><p>1,050</p></td><td><p>760</p></td><td><p>1,010</p></td><td><p>810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Education and teaching</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Food processing and packaging</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hairdressing</p></td><td><p>1,670</p></td><td><p>1,520</p></td><td><p>1,360</p></td><td><p>930</p></td><td><p>1,040</p></td><td><p>730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health, social work and child care</p></td><td><p>1,590</p></td><td><p>1,750</p></td><td><p>1,590</p></td><td><p>1,430</p></td><td><p>2,090</p></td><td><p>1,930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hospitality</p></td><td><p>1,880</p></td><td><p>1,580</p></td><td><p>1,560</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td><td><p>1,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information technology and communication</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modelling, entertainment, recreation</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other manufacturing</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Security services</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shellfish gathering</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taxi/minicab services</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Textiles</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Training Provider</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport (other than Taxi/mini-cab)</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warehousing, storage and distribution</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wholesale and retail trade</p></td><td><p>1,580</p></td><td><p>1,560</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td><td><p>1,470</p></td><td><p>930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>4,980</p></td><td><p>3,880</p></td><td><p>2,590</p></td><td><p>1,980</p></td><td><p>2,780</p></td><td><p>2,210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not Known</p></td><td><p>3,580</p></td><td><p>2,190</p></td><td><p>5,020</p></td><td><p>5,350</p></td><td><p>5,210</p></td><td><p>7,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21,700</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,600</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,900</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17,800</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21,500</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,500</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Pay and Workers Rights Helpline and the Acas Helpline</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Calls to the helpline are in part driven by NMW policy announcements and communications activity.</li><li>Sector level figures are rounded to the nearest 10, totals are rounded to the nearest 100.</li><li>Reporting years are based on April to March, with the exception of 2009/10 as the Helpline opened in May 2009.</li></ol><p> </p><p>Since the 1<sup>st</sup> April 2015, the Acas Helpline has, in addition to its usual services, been answering queries previously handled by the Pay and Work Rights Helpline.</p><p> </p><p>Provisional in-year data for 2015/16 show there have been 9,800 queries relating to NMW legislation to the Acas Helpline and 3,700 queries relating to non-payment/deductions from NMW. Information on the number of NMW enquiries by trade sector is not collected on a comparable basis as Acas do not ask callers to disclose information about the sector worked in. Therefore, Acas only record this information when a caller chooses to provide it.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: The number of NMW related calls received by Acas, 2011/12 to 2015/16.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Query topic</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NMW</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td><td><p>9,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Payment/Deductions from NMW</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>2,500</p></td><td><p>2,900</p></td><td><p>3,100</p></td><td><p>3,700</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Acas</p><p>Notes</p><ol><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.</li><li>One call may be counted as both a ‘NMW’ and ‘Non-payment/Deductions from NMW’ issue. A caller may enquire about the NMW rates and then raise a NMW underpayment issue therefore these categories should not be added together as it will involve double counting.</li><li>For years earlier than 2015/16, a proportion of calls would have been referred to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline.</li><li>Reporting years are based on April to March, with the exception of 2015/16 which covers April 2015 to January 2016, the latest period for which information is available.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 25610 question first answered 11/02/2016 15:45:12 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

450174

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
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, how many calls were made to (a) the Pay and Work Rights Helpline and (b) ACAS reporting non-payment of the National Minimum Wage by sector in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	25610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p><strong>Final approved answer for 2016/02785</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>No assessment has been made on the impact of confidentiality agreements on the identification of National Minimum Wage (NMW) non-compliance.</p><p>Confidentiality is an important protection for workers who wish to make a NMW complaint. If any worker is concerned they have not received what they are entitled to they should contact the ACAS helpline on 0300 123 1100 for free and confidential advice. HMRC follow up every complaint referred to them by Acas and compliance officers can investigate without knowledge of the complainant’s identity. In addition to complaint-led work HMRC investigate employers using third-party intelligence and risk-based targeted enforcement in sectors and areas where there is a higher risk of workers being paid below the NMW.</p><p>The Government is committed to cracking down on employers who break NMW law. Between April 2015 and November 2015 HMRC took action against over 500 businesses, identifying over £8 million for 46,000 workers. This is already the largest amount of arrears identified in any single year since the introduction of the NMW.</p><p>Building on existing reforms, the Prime Minister announced on 1 September 2015 further measures to strengthen the enforcement of the NMW including higher penalties, a dedicated HMRC team to tackle the most serious cases of wilful non-compliance and additional funding for HMRC from April 2016. We have also increased communications so that working people can access support to make complaints in confidence if needed</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table 1: NMW enquiries to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline by trade sector, 2009/10 to 2014/15.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Trade Sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Activities of households as employers</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admin/Office work</p></td><td><p>2,530</p></td><td><p>4,410</p></td><td><p>3,910</p></td><td><p>2,950</p></td><td><p>3,310</p></td><td><p>2,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agriculture and related activities</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleaning services</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction and related trades</p></td><td><p>1,350</p></td><td><p>1,290</p></td><td><p>1,050</p></td><td><p>760</p></td><td><p>1,010</p></td><td><p>810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Education and teaching</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Food processing and packaging</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hairdressing</p></td><td><p>1,670</p></td><td><p>1,520</p></td><td><p>1,360</p></td><td><p>930</p></td><td><p>1,040</p></td><td><p>730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health, social work and child care</p></td><td><p>1,590</p></td><td><p>1,750</p></td><td><p>1,590</p></td><td><p>1,430</p></td><td><p>2,090</p></td><td><p>1,930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hospitality</p></td><td><p>1,880</p></td><td><p>1,580</p></td><td><p>1,560</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td><td><p>1,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information technology and communication</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modelling, entertainment, recreation</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other manufacturing</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Security services</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shellfish gathering</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taxi/minicab services</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Textiles</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Training Provider</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport (other than Taxi/mini-cab)</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warehousing, storage and distribution</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wholesale and retail trade</p></td><td><p>1,580</p></td><td><p>1,560</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td><td><p>1,470</p></td><td><p>930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>4,980</p></td><td><p>3,880</p></td><td><p>2,590</p></td><td><p>1,980</p></td><td><p>2,780</p></td><td><p>2,210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not Known</p></td><td><p>3,580</p></td><td><p>2,190</p></td><td><p>5,020</p></td><td><p>5,350</p></td><td><p>5,210</p></td><td><p>7,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21,700</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,600</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,900</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17,800</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21,500</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,500</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Pay and Workers Rights Helpline and the Acas Helpline</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Calls to the helpline are in part driven by NMW policy announcements and communications activity.</li><li>Sector level figures are rounded to the nearest 10, totals are rounded to the nearest 100.</li><li>Reporting years are based on April to March, with the exception of 2009/10 as the Helpline opened in May 2009.</li></ol><p> </p><p>Since the 1<sup>st</sup> April 2015, the Acas Helpline has, in addition to its usual services, been answering queries previously handled by the Pay and Work Rights Helpline.</p><p> </p><p>Provisional in-year data for 2015/16 show there have been 9,800 queries relating to NMW legislation to the Acas Helpline and 3,700 queries relating to non-payment/deductions from NMW. Information on the number of NMW enquiries by trade sector is not collected on a comparable basis as Acas do not ask callers to disclose information about the sector worked in. Therefore, Acas only record this information when a caller chooses to provide it.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: The number of NMW related calls received by Acas, 2011/12 to 2015/16.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Query topic</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NMW</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td><td><p>9,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Payment/Deductions from NMW</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>2,500</p></td><td><p>2,900</p></td><td><p>3,100</p></td><td><p>3,700</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Acas</p><p>Notes</p><ol><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.</li><li>One call may be counted as both a ‘NMW’ and ‘Non-payment/Deductions from NMW’ issue. A caller may enquire about the NMW rates and then raise a NMW underpayment issue therefore these categories should not be added together as it will involve double counting.</li><li>For years earlier than 2015/16, a proportion of calls would have been referred to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline.</li><li>Reporting years are based on April to March, with the exception of 2015/16 which covers April 2015 to January 2016, the latest period for which information is available.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 25608 question first answered 11/02/2016 15:45:13 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

450175

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
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: Telephone Services
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 reasons for the reduction in numbers of complaints made to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	25611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the reasons for the reduction in the number of complaints made to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline since 2010.</p><p>Since 1 April 2015, the Acas Helpline has, in addition to its usual services, been answering queries previously handled by the Pay and Work Rights Helpline. No formal assessment has been made at this time of the outcomes for workers, but we continue to work closely with Acas and four enforcement bodies to ensure the service is bedding in effectively and delivering the right outcomes for the public.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 11/02/2016 15:06:26 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

450176

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
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	Apprentices: 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, pursuant to the contribution by the Minister for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise, of 2 February 2016, Official Report, column 884, what steps he is taking to ensure the national advertising campaign for apprenticeships extends to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	25652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Education and skills policy (including Apprenticeships) is a devolved matter. It is for the devolved administrations of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales to determine how they manage their own programmes. This includes any advertising campaigns.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/02/2016 17:35:53 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

450177

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
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: Written Questions
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 answer Question 24306 from the hon. Member for Birmingham, Northfield, tabled on 26 January 2016 for answer on 29 January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	25654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>I <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-01-26/24306/" target="_blank">replied</a> to the hon Member on 3 February.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 08/02/2016 15:36:50 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

450178

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Charities: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the oral contribution by the Minister for the Cabinet Office, of 26 January 2016, Official Report, column 231, what steps he has taken to contact the Northern Ireland Executive in relation to the reform of charities legislation to include social investment; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	25653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>Charity law is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland. Officials in the Office for Civil Society kept their counterparts in the Department for Social Development, Northern Ireland, informed of progress as the measures which are now contained in the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill were consulted on and developed.</p><p>I have written to Lord Morrow MLA, Minister for Social Development, following the Third Reading of the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill, to draw his attention to the debate and the provisions of the Bill.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 08/02/2016 16:28:23 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

450179

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has issued to officials in his Department to support the implementation of the Family Test.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	25587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>Family Test guidance was published online in October 2014, and is available to all officials. The guidance can be found online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368894/family-test-guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368894/family-test-guidance.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 08/02/2016 11:42:06 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

450180

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Basic Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2016 to Question 24355, whether his Department has carried out any feasibility studies or other assessments of basic income or similar schemes since 1990.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	25560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on 1 February 2016, reference 24355.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/02/2016 14:34:41 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas