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517324

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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	Tobacco: Retail Trade
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 potential effect of introduction of a tobacco licensing regime on small retailers and convenience stores.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	36417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills has not made an assessment of the impacts of introducing a tobacco licensing regime or an estimate of annual cost. Under the Government’s Better Regulation framework, where regulatory measures that impact on business are being considered, it is the responsibility of the Secretary of State of the Department introducing the measure to ensure that an assessment is undertaken. This allows decisions to be taken with a clear understanding of the likely impacts of any measure. As announced in the 2015 Autumn Statement, HM Revenue and Customs are currently consulting on whether to introduce a tobacco licensing regime and responses to this consultation should inform any assessment, including the potential effect on small retailers and convenience stores.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 36418 question first answered 10/05/2016 10:58:51 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

517325

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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	Post Offices: Franchises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Post Office has spent on refurbishing or converting premises of franchise partners for Crown post offices that were franchised in 2014 and 2015 since January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	36430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Post Office Limited runs and manages its Crown post offices. Franchising of these offices is the operational responsibility of the Post Office.</p><p> </p><p>I have asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the hon Member on these matters. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 36431 36432 36433 36434 question first answered 09/05/2016 09:31:04 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

517326

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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	Post Offices: Franchises
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 full-time equivalent jobs there were in January 2016 in (a) the 39 Crown post offices the Post Office is proposing to franchise and (b) the three Crown post offices the Post Office plans to close.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	36431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Post Office Limited runs and manages its Crown post offices. Franchising of these offices is the operational responsibility of the Post Office.</p><p> </p><p>I have asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the hon Member on these matters. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 36430 36432 36433 36434 question first answered 09/05/2016 09:31:04 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

517327

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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	Post Offices: Franchises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Post Office has spent on refurbishing the premises of (a) the 39 Crown post offices it is proposing to franchise and (b) the three Crown post offices the Post Office is proposing to close since January 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	36433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Post Office Limited runs and manages its Crown post offices. Franchising of these offices is the operational responsibility of the Post Office.</p><p> </p><p>I have asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the hon Member on these matters. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 36430 36431 36432 36434 question first answered 09/05/2016 09:31:04 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

517328

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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	Post Offices: Franchises
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 franchise Post Office branches have (a) closed and (b) relocated since January 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	36434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Post Office Limited runs and manages its Crown post offices. Franchising of these offices is the operational responsibility of the Post Office.</p><p> </p><p>I have asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the hon Member on these matters. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 36430 36431 36432 36433 question first answered 09/05/2016 09:31:05 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

517334

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Government is involved in discussions with Tata UK on whether Tata UK plans to reverse the sale of some or all of its UK assets.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	36528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/05/2016 12:40:54 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 59782 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

517336

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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: Contracts
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 takes to limit the effect on service users of contracts with sub-contractors being terminated early due to the provider being at risk of failure.
tabling member constituency	Bradford West
tabling member printed	Naz Shah
uin	36558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Where a subcontractor is impacted by the Skills Funding Agency’s (SFA) decision to terminate a provider contract, the SFA ensures that the learners can remain in their programme of learning either through the subcontractor or through a transfer to another provider depending on the circumstances of the termination. However, the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) does not terminate contracts on the grounds of a provider being ‘at risk of failure’.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 11/05/2016 16:27:12 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

517337

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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	Skills Funding Agency: Contracts
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 contracts have been terminated early by the Skills Funding Agency due to the provider being at risk of failure in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bradford West
tabling member printed	Naz Shah
uin	36559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) does not terminate contracts on the grounds of a provider being ‘at risk of failure’.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 11/05/2016 16:27:59 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

517339

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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	Mature Students
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 mature students were enrolled in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	36628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Providers in the annual Statistical First Release (SFR) <em>Enrolments and Qualifications from Higher Education</em>, which is available at the link.</p><p><a href="https://hesa.ac.uk/sfr224" target="_blank">https://hesa.ac.uk/sfr224</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on first year Higher Education enrolments in each of the last ten years by age group has been provided in the table.</p><p> </p><p><strong>First year enrolments in Higher Education by age</strong></p><p>UK Higher Education Institutions</p><p>Academic Years 2005/06 to 2014/15</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20 and under</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21-24 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25-29 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30 and over</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Age unknown</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>350,755</p></td><td><p>200,240</p></td><td><p>138,250</p></td><td><p>362,310</p></td><td><p>6,260</p></td><td><p>1,057,815</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>348,725</p></td><td><p>204,505</p></td><td><p>143,225</p></td><td><p>356,640</p></td><td><p>4,800</p></td><td><p>1,057,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>364,030</p></td><td><p>208,565</p></td><td><p>144,370</p></td><td><p>348,830</p></td><td><p>3,030</p></td><td><p>1,068,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>387,615</p></td><td><p>228,865</p></td><td><p>155,720</p></td><td><p>369,375</p></td><td><p>2,445</p></td><td><p>1,144,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>405,305</p></td><td><p>249,210</p></td><td><p>161,410</p></td><td><p>366,875</p></td><td><p>2,390</p></td><td><p>1,185,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>404,975</p></td><td><p>248,785</p></td><td><p>156,605</p></td><td><p>334,640</p></td><td><p>965</p></td><td><p>1,145,970</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>424,495</p></td><td><p>245,690</p></td><td><p>141,220</p></td><td><p>305,245</p></td><td><p>685</p></td><td><p>1,117,335</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>373,470</p></td><td><p>228,120</p></td><td><p>123,555</p></td><td><p>245,800</p></td><td><p>465</p></td><td><p>971,410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>400,205</p></td><td><p>231,765</p></td><td><p>125,510</p></td><td><p>238,100</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>995,740</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>411,185</p></td><td><p>230,160</p></td><td><p>123,190</p></td><td><p>224,085</p></td><td><p>265</p></td><td><p>988,890</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: HESA Student Record</p><p><sup>1 </sup>Figures have been rounded to the nearest five.</p><p><sup>2</sup> Age refers to known students' ages on 31st August at the start of the academic year.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 09/05/2016 15:04:23 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

517341

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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	Further Education
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 expects to publish equality impact assessments relating to area reviews of post-16 education and training.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	36638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Government will produce an evaluation of the area review programme and its potential to impact on groups protected by the Equality Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The Joint Area Review Delivery Unit, which supports the individual reviews, will work with the local steering groups overseeing the reviews to make sure that equality issues are considered in each review.</p><p> </p><p>The reviews do not, however, mandate action. Colleges are independent corporations and it will be for each college’s governing body to assess the potential impact on groups protected by the Act, as part of its decision to accept or reject any recommendation requiring a change to their provision. This does not therefore require a modification of the outcomes of a review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 36639 question first answered 09/05/2016 16:13:52 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden