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443480

registered interest
date	08/01/2016
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	British Overseas Territories: Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans that company ownership transparency in the UK's Overseas Territories with financial centres be on the agenda for the forthcoming Anti-Corruption Summit.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	21654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2016 answer text <p>Transparency will be a vital part of the Anti-Corruption Summit we will host in London in May. We continue to lead the way on company transparency, and we continue to push this agenda with the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, as well as our other international partners.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron question first answered 15/01/2016 12:32:46 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

442825

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
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	NHS: Apprentices
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 apprentices with special educational needs or disabilities have not completed their NHS apprenticeship placements.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	21243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows this information for apprenticeship frameworks that are related to the transport Industry.</p><br /><p>Table 1: Apprenticeship success rates for learners with a learning difficulty or disability on frameworks related to the transport industry (2013/14)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Frameworks</p></td><td><p>Overall Success Rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aviation Operations on the Ground</p></td><td><p>85.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driving Goods Vehicles</p></td><td><p>70.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rail Transport Engineering</p></td><td><p>81.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Passenger Transport - Bus and Coach</p></td><td><p>81.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport Engineering and Maintenance</p></td><td><p>96.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Body and Paint Operations</p></td><td><p>58.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Fitting</p></td><td><p>68.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Maintenance and Repair</p></td><td><p>67.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Parts Operations</p></td><td><p>72.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes</p><p>1) Frameworks with fewer than 20 leavers are excluded.</p><p>2) Figures for learning difficulties or disabilities are based on self-declaration by the learner</p><br /> <br /><p>The Department does not collect the information required to estimate 5 per cent club or NHS apprenticeship success rates.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 21244 21245 question first answered 13/01/2016 17:30:15 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

442826

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
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	Apprentices
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 apprentices with special educational needs or disabilities have not completed their apprenticeship placements with a five per cent club employer.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	21244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows this information for apprenticeship frameworks that are related to the transport Industry.</p><br /><p>Table 1: Apprenticeship success rates for learners with a learning difficulty or disability on frameworks related to the transport industry (2013/14)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Frameworks</p></td><td><p>Overall Success Rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aviation Operations on the Ground</p></td><td><p>85.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driving Goods Vehicles</p></td><td><p>70.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rail Transport Engineering</p></td><td><p>81.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Passenger Transport - Bus and Coach</p></td><td><p>81.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport Engineering and Maintenance</p></td><td><p>96.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Body and Paint Operations</p></td><td><p>58.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Fitting</p></td><td><p>68.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Maintenance and Repair</p></td><td><p>67.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Parts Operations</p></td><td><p>72.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes</p><p>1) Frameworks with fewer than 20 leavers are excluded.</p><p>2) Figures for learning difficulties or disabilities are based on self-declaration by the learner</p><br /> <br /><p>The Department does not collect the information required to estimate 5 per cent club or NHS apprenticeship success rates.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 21243 21245 question first answered 13/01/2016 17:30:15 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

442827

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
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	Transport: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to paragraph 3.22 of English Apprenticeships: Our 2020 Vision, how many apprentices with special educational needs or disabilities have not completed their transport-related apprenticeship placements.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	21245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows this information for apprenticeship frameworks that are related to the transport Industry.</p><br /><p>Table 1: Apprenticeship success rates for learners with a learning difficulty or disability on frameworks related to the transport industry (2013/14)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Frameworks</p></td><td><p>Overall Success Rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aviation Operations on the Ground</p></td><td><p>85.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driving Goods Vehicles</p></td><td><p>70.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rail Transport Engineering</p></td><td><p>81.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Passenger Transport - Bus and Coach</p></td><td><p>81.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport Engineering and Maintenance</p></td><td><p>96.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Body and Paint Operations</p></td><td><p>58.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Fitting</p></td><td><p>68.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Maintenance and Repair</p></td><td><p>67.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Parts Operations</p></td><td><p>72.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes</p><p>1) Frameworks with fewer than 20 leavers are excluded.</p><p>2) Figures for learning difficulties or disabilities are based on self-declaration by the learner</p><br /> <br /><p>The Department does not collect the information required to estimate 5 per cent club or NHS apprenticeship success rates.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 21243 21244 question first answered 13/01/2016 17:30:15 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

442828

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
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	Transport: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to paragraph 3.22 of English Apprenticeships: Our 2020 Vision, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the planned 30,000 transport-related apprenticeships which will be taken up by apprentices with special educational needs or disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	21246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>Apprenticeships are full time jobs with training. We do not interfere in employers’ recruitment decisions or set specific quotas for the number of apprenticeships to be taken up by people with special educational needs or disabilities.</p><br /><p>All employers must fulfil their duties as set out in the Equality Act 2010 for apprentices as they would for other employees. We believe that the overwhelming majority of young people with special educational needs and disabilities are capable of sustainable, paid employment with the right preparation and support. For many, apprenticeships are the best route into paid employment. To support this, people aged 16 and over can apply for Access to Work funding for adjustments to the workplace. In addition, reasonable adjustments are available for any qualifications within apprenticeships to ensure the apprentice has every opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and skills.</p><br /> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/01/2016 14:52:27 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

442829

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
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	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to paragraph 3.28 of English Apprenticeships: Our 2020 Vision, what information his Department holds on the proportion of planned apprenticeships provided by the five per cent club which are expected to be taken up by apprentices with special educational needs or disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	21247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>The Five Per Cent Club has been developed and is run by businesses themselves who commit to making a public declaration to achieve five per cent of their company’s overall UK headcount being an apprentice, a sponsored student or on a graduate programme. We do not hold any information on the proportion of planned apprenticeships provided by employers in the Five Per Cent Club which are expected to be taken up by apprentices with special educational needs or disabilities.</p><br /><p>Thousands of disabled people have benefitted from apprenticeships. Of the 499,900 starting an apprenticeship in the 2014/15 academic year, 44,090 of those declared a disability or learning difficulty (LDD).</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 13/01/2016 17:50:01 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

442830

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
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	NHS: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to paragraph 3.22 of English Apprenticeships: Our 2020 Vision, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the planned 17,000 NHS apprenticeship starts which will be taken up by apprentices with special educational needs or disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	21248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><br /><p>The NHS has committed to creating 100,000 apprenticeships by 2020, offering opportunities to thousands of people who wish to pursue a career in the health sector. This is part of a wider, cross-government commitment to reaching three million apprenticeship starts in England across all sectors in 2020.</p><br /><p>Apprenticeships are full time jobs with training. We do not interfere in employers’ recruitment decisions or set specific quotas for the number of apprenticeships to be taken up by people with special educational needs or disabilities. All employers must fulfil their duties as set out in the Equality Act 2010 for apprentices as they would for other employees. We believe that the overwhelming majority of young people with special educational needs or disabilities are capable of sustainable, paid employment with the right preparation and support. For many, apprenticeships are the best route into paid employment. To support this, people aged 16 and over can apply for Access to Work funding for adjustments to the workplace. In addition, reasonable adjustments are available for any qualifications within apprenticeships to ensure the apprentice has every opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and skills.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 13/01/2016 17:01:07 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

437067

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether apprentices are required to achieve a Level 2 Qualification including mathematics and English in order to be entered for an Advanced Level apprenticeship and for those entries to be in accordance with Trailblazer apprenticeships standards.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	19581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>In order to maximise accessibility, there are no centrally set entry requirements to start an apprenticeship. However, as apprenticeships are jobs with training, individual employers may set their own entry requirements for a specific apprenticeship.</p><p>The government does set requirements relating to training and achievement in English and maths during apprenticeships. This is because English and maths are fundamental to career progression and access to further learning.</p><p>All apprenticeship frameworks must comply with the Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for England (SASE). Under SASE, English and maths qualifications are a mandatory component of all Intermediate and Advanced apprenticeships. However, all adult apprentices are assessed for prior learning, and people who start an apprenticeship with current English and maths qualifications at the right level need not repeat these.</p><p>We are reforming apprenticeships to ensure that they are based on standards designed by employers.The government sets minimum requirements for apprenticeship standards, though employers are able to go further in the standards they design. They are able to specify a higher level of English and/or maths achievement or to specify a particular qualification or qualifications where this is needed for a particular occupation or sector. . The minimum requirements are - passing level 1 English and maths and taking the test for level 2 before taking the end-point assessment for an intermediate apprenticeship; and passing level 2 English and maths before taking the end-point assessment for an advanced or higher apprenticeship.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 19656 19657 19658 question first answered 18/12/2015 14:48:49 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

437073

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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	Apprentices: 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 steps his Department is taking to increase inclusivity for disabled people of the Approved Apprenticeship programmes.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	19608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>Apprenticeships are paid jobs, and whilst we would not want to interfere in employers’ recruitment decisions, we believe there is more that can be done to ensure that people from a diverse range of backgrounds are in the best possible place to apply for and secure an apprenticeship. For instance, the availability of reasonable adjustments for disabled learners (who can apply for Access to Work funding) and the accessibility of online tests. Employers must fulfil their duties as set out in the Equality Act 2010 for apprentices as they would for other employees.</p><p>Government also fully funds apprentices aged 19 to 24 who have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHC Plan). Apprentices aged 19 to 24 without an EHC Plan, who have a learning difficulty and/or disability can benefit from additional funding through Learning Support.</p><p>Advice is also available to help employers and training providers understand disabilities and how to better support disabled apprentices. We have funded NIACE to produce an employer toolkit <a href="http://www.employer-toolkit.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.employer-toolkit.org.uk/</a> for employers that want to develop a more inclusive and accessible apprenticeship offer.</p><p>An Apprenticeships Equality and Diversity Advisory group helps government understand and address any apprenticeship equality and diversity issues in order to reduce barriers and make apprenticeships as inclusive as possible.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/12/2015 14:49:06 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

437075

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether apprentices are required to achieve a Level 2 qualification, including mathematics and English, in order (a) to be entered for an Advanced Level Apprenticeship and (b) for entries to be in accordance with the Specification of Apprenticeships Standards for England.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	19656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>In order to maximise accessibility, there are no centrally set entry requirements to start an apprenticeship. However, as apprenticeships are jobs with training, individual employers may set their own entry requirements for a specific apprenticeship.</p><p>The government does set requirements relating to training and achievement in English and maths during apprenticeships. This is because English and maths are fundamental to career progression and access to further learning.</p><p>All apprenticeship frameworks must comply with the Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for England (SASE). Under SASE, English and maths qualifications are a mandatory component of all Intermediate and Advanced apprenticeships. However, all adult apprentices are assessed for prior learning, and people who start an apprenticeship with current English and maths qualifications at the right level need not repeat these.</p><p>We are reforming apprenticeships to ensure that they are based on standards designed by employers.The government sets minimum requirements for apprenticeship standards, though employers are able to go further in the standards they design. They are able to specify a higher level of English and/or maths achievement or to specify a particular qualification or qualifications where this is needed for a particular occupation or sector. . The minimum requirements are - passing level 1 English and maths and taking the test for level 2 before taking the end-point assessment for an intermediate apprenticeship; and passing level 2 English and maths before taking the end-point assessment for an advanced or higher apprenticeship.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 19581 19657 19658 question first answered 18/12/2015 14:48:49 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West