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225168

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
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	Housing: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the contribution of 3 February 2015 from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in his Department, Official Report, column 22WH, on cavity wall insulation, what assessment his Department has made of the benefits of putting in place an independent assessment of properties two years after cavity wall insulation is installed.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	226266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>DECC officials are exploring the proposals raised at the Westminster Hall debate on 3 February 2015, including putting in place an independent assessment with Ofgem (who administer ECO) and the Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency (CIGA), who provide commercial guarantees for Cavity Wall Insulation.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 17/03/2015 16:28:56 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 48755 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

225169

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
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	Housing: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the contribution of 3 February 2015 from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in his Department, Official Report, column 21WH, on cavity wall insulation, what assessment his Department has made of the proposal to extend the required number of independent inspections of ECO cavity wall installations beyond five per cent.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	226265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>I wrote to the Chief Executive of Ofgem on 9 February, regarding this issue. I requested that Ofgem provide information on whether the 5% technical monitoring rate under ECO should be increased.</p><p>DECC officials are currently reviewing Ofgem’s response.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 17/03/2015 16:19:01 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 48754 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

225170

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
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	Housing: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the contribution of 3 February 2015 from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in his Department, Official Report, column 22WH, on cavity wall insulation, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the proposal to introduce independent oversight for all cavity wall insulation guarantees.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	226267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>I have instructed DECC officials to gather further evidence to better understand the need for an independent oversight body for Cavity Wall Insulation (CWI) guarantees.</p><p>I met with Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency (CIGA) on 24 February to discuss this issue further, and they have committed to preparing a paper regarding this proposal.</p><p>I have also written to the Chief Executive of Ofgem, regarding this issue on 9 February. DECC officials are currently reviewing the response.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 17/03/2015 16:17:38 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 48756 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

225171

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
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	Housing: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the contribution of 3 February 2015 from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in his Department, Official Report, columns 18-23WH, on cavity wall insulation, what discussions his Department has had with Ofgem on the independence of the directors of CIGA.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	226268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>This issue does not fall within the remit of Ofgem. However, to understand this issue more fully, I met with the Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency (CIGA) on 24 February, and DECC officials are currently considering the information that they supplied.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 17/03/2015 16:18:27 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 48757 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

225172

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
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	Housing: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the contribution of 3 February 2015 from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in his Department, Official Report, column 22WH, what assessment his Department has made of the proposal to regulate the initial sales conversation of cavity wall insulation providers.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	226269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>I have instructed DECC officials to gather further evidence to better understand the proposal to regulate the initial sales conversation of cavity wall insulation providers.</p><p>I also wrote to the Chief Executive of Ofgem, regarding this issue on 9 February. I have asked Ofgem to forward information they have on this issue and to supply views on this proposal.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 17/03/2015 16:17:10 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 48758 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

173349

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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	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 students started a level 4 apprenticeship in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2011-12 in each parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	220667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of Higher Apprenticeship starts in England by Level and Parliamentary Constituency is attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Although level 4 and 5 apprenticeships were available in all three years, level 6 and 7 apprenticeships were only enabled by legislation from April 2013. Official apprenticeship data provides complete information for government-funded apprenticeships and this shows that there were no starts on the four available level 6 apprenticeships during the 2013/14 academic year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 220668 220669 question first answered 19/01/2015 15:04:44 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles attachment 1 file name 220669 (769) Higher App Starts by Parliamentary Constituency and Level.xlsx title Higher Apprenticeship Programme Starts previous answer version 38901 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

173350

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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	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 students started a level 5 apprenticeship in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2011-12 in each parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	220668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of Higher Apprenticeship starts in England by Level and Parliamentary Constituency is attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Although level 4 and 5 apprenticeships were available in all three years, level 6 and 7 apprenticeships were only enabled by legislation from April 2013. Official apprenticeship data provides complete information for government-funded apprenticeships and this shows that there were no starts on the four available level 6 apprenticeships during the 2013/14 academic year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 220667 220669 question first answered 19/01/2015 15:04:44 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles attachment 1 file name 220669 (769) Higher App Starts by Parliamentary Constituency and Level.xlsx title Higher Apprenticeship Programme Starts previous answer version 38900 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

173351

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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	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 students started a level 6 apprenticeship in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2011-12 in each parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	220669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of Higher Apprenticeship starts in England by Level and Parliamentary Constituency is attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Although level 4 and 5 apprenticeships were available in all three years, level 6 and 7 apprenticeships were only enabled by legislation from April 2013. Official apprenticeship data provides complete information for government-funded apprenticeships and this shows that there were no starts on the four available level 6 apprenticeships during the 2013/14 academic year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 220667 220668 question first answered 19/01/2015 15:04:44 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles attachment 1 file name 220669 (769) Higher App Starts by Parliamentary Constituency and Level.xlsx title Higher Apprenticeship Programme Starts previous answer version 38898 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

173152

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	Higher Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the average unit costs of (a) the face value of student loans, (b) the resource costs of student loans, (c) teaching grants through the Higher Education Funding Council for England, (d) maintenance grant and (e) access spending by institutions in respect of additional students entering higher education in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	220487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>Additional entrants to higher education in 2014-15 are funded on the same basis as other students. A summary of the average unit costs for students on the 2012 funding arrangements can be found in the Fiscal Sustainability Report published by the Office for Budget Responsibility in July 2014 (Table B.1, page 170).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/01/2015 10:43:50 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 38727 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

172473

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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	Higher Education: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the number of additional students that will enter higher education in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18 as a result of the removal of the cap on student numbers.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	220140
answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham