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64873

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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, what steps his Department has taken to create synergies with the European Alliance for Apprenticeships in improving work opportunities for young people.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	203397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The UK recognises the value of learning from others by keeping abreast of developments in Europe and internationally. However, we believe that this can be achieved through less bureaucratic routes than a European Alliance for Apprenticeships. In England, we do not propose to participate but the devolved administrations are free to do so if they believe that the Alliance is the appropriate framework for sharing best practice.</p><p>We are already taking strong action to improve opportunities for young people by funding record numbers of apprenticeships, new traineeships and improved maths and English training. These actions, along with the record number of jobs, have contributed to the 32.8% fall in youth unemployment over the past year.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/07/2014 15:51:35 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

64874

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	Local Enterprise Partnerships
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 Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 423W, on local enterprise partnerships, if he will make it his policy that his Department should record the gender composition of local enterprise partnerships boards for the purpose of strengthening equality impact assessments.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	203386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) have been established as voluntary partnerships of local business and public sector leaders, and board membership is a matter for LEPs themselves. This information will not be collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 08/07/2014 15:49:35 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

64875

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	Asbestos
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 Answer of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 461W, on asbestos, what training does the responsible person as a duty holder in line with Health and Safety Executive guidance receive in order to perform their duties.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Katy Clark
uin	203387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The duty holder works in consultation with specialist contractors who are qualified to carry out any necessary maintenance relating to asbestos.</p><p>Under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, there is a requirement for a competence to undertake this function. As this is very specific legislation, competence would require knowledge, experience and a suitable qualification (BOHS P405) or a combination of two or more of these requirements.</p><p>A role-specific bespoke course may be arranged to meet the client's needs provided by a competent body.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 08/07/2014 15:38:32 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

64879

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	Vocational Guidance: ICT
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 promote careers in the IT sector to young people.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	203218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government's careers inspiration policy encourages employers and schools to work together to enthuse young people about career options to help them develop the skills and attitude needed. The National Careers Service helps to bring IT sector employers and schools together.</p><p>The National Curriculum for both primary and secondary schools from September 2014 will include a new compulsory computing element including a greater emphasis on the principles of computational thinking and practical programming skills.</p><p>Leading employers including IBM and the Test Factory are working together to design new apprenticeship standards as part of our Trailblazer programme.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/07/2014 16:04:23 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

64880

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	British Business Bank
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 Answer of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 461W, on the British Business Bank, how many of the 44 people working in the Sheffield headquarters of the British Business Bank have been recruited since December 2013.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	203232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>6 people working in the Sheffield headquarters of the British Business Bank have been recruited since December 2013.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/07/2014 16:01:53 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

64881

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in light of the collapse of Comet and the recent industrial tribunal ruling on employee compensation, what plans he has to issue guidance on the law relating to the role of administrators in consulting employees regarding redundancy.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Alan Johnson
uin	203234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>I will be looking at the employment tribunal ruling in the Comet case, and its consequences, carefully. As the appeal period has yet to elapse, it would be inappropriate for me to comment further at this stage.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 08/07/2014 15:35:41 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	376 label Biography information for Alan Johnson

64882

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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 the (a) average total debt, secured and unsecured, in debtor petition bankruptcies, (b) average total debt, secured and unsecured, in creditor petition bankruptcies and (c) median unsecured debt in all bankruptcies was of individuals who filed for bankruptcy in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	203245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The data requested are not available in the Insolvency Service's data warehouse in a form that would allow this question to be answered. The data for individual bankrupts are held on the Insolvency Service's case management system, but cannot be extracted and aggregated except at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 08/07/2014 15:43:34 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

64883

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	Debts
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 total debt was of individuals who filed for a debt relief order in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	203246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The average debt level of an individual that was granted a Debt Relief Order in England and Wales in each of the last five years can be found in table 1 below.</p><p><strong><em>Table 1: Average Liabilities of Individuals granted a Debt Relief Order<sup>1</sup></em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Average Liability (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>8,717</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>8,453</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>8,504</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>8,410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>8,554</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><sup>1</sup></strong><strong>Including those under enquiry or revoked at a later date</strong></p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 08/07/2014 15:41:23 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

64884

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	Members: Correspondence
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 increase the number of ministerial replies sent to hon. Members in electronic form only.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	203286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>I refer my Hon. Friend to the answer given by my Rt. Hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office (Francis Maude) on Monday 7 July 2014, Official Report, column reference 5-6W.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson grouped question UIN 203297 question first answered 08/07/2014 15:46:48 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

64885

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	Higher Education: Research
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 research and development contracts undertaken by publicly-funded universities for private companies are covered by clauses that prohibit the publication of the research and development results on grounds of commercial confidentiality; and what proportion of such contracts are undertaken in facilities paid for by the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	203269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The Higher Education-Business and Community Interaction survey showed that contract research from business carried out by Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) amounted to £441m in 12-13. However, information is not held on the precise terms of these contracts or the physical locations in which they are fulfilled.</p><p>Where an HEI is in receipt of research grants from the science budget and HE funding bodies, a requirement of the funding is that the outcomes are made publicly available, although HEIs are also encouraged to secure necessary intellectual property protection to enable subsequent exploitation. The Government is also implementing a policy of “Open Access” to the published findings of this publicly funded research. In the case of research consultancy, where the research is entirely funded by business, then the outcome would normally be owned by the business.</p><p>Government is committed to ensure the application of research and getting universities and business working more closely together. World Economic Forum evaluation now ranks UK among the top 5 in the world for university-industry collaboration in R&amp;D. Individual institutions have obligations under State Aid regulations and under their Charity status to ensure that their contract work with business is managed appropriately.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 08/07/2014 16:07:18 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn