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437015

	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	Foreign Investment in UK
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what practical actions they are taking to promote and encourage inward investment into the Lower Lea Valley.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
	uin	HL4481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) has overall responsibility for attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) into the UK. For investors with an interest in London it shares leads with London &amp; Partners (London’s promotional organisation) to land those investors here in what is a very competitive international market for FDI.</p><br /><p>The Mayor of London is also responsible for attracting FDI into London and as such London &amp; Partners also generates its own leads.</p><br /><p>As part of its ‘UK First’ approach to attracting inward investment, UKTI actively supports these efforts and those of London Councils, including those that cover the Lower Lea Valley.</p><br /> <br /> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 12/01/2016 12:22:12 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

437016

	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	Property Development: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to connect the building developments in East London Tech City with the developments in the Lower Lea Valley.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
	uin	HL4482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p>The Mayor of London is responsible for economic development in London, as well as housing policy and delivery and strategic planning. These responsibilities come together through the statutory London Plan. Thus it is for the Mayor and the Greater London Authority, working with the relevant London boroughs, to make the most of the important opportunities provided by the developments in East London Tech City and the Lower Lea Valley.</p><br /> <br /> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 20/01/2016 17:24:35 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

436982

	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	Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many foreign students were studying in UK universities in each of the last 10 years, and how many of those were from China.
	tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
	uin	HL4448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2016 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEI). The overall number of foreign and Chinese students (undergraduate and postgraduate) at UK HEIs is set out in the following table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Higher Education Student Enrolments by Country of Domicile</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>UK Higher Education Institutions</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>Academic Years 2004/05 to 2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/05</p></td><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mainland China</p></td><td><p>52,675</p></td><td><p>50,755</p></td><td><p>49,595</p></td><td><p>45,355</p></td><td><p>47,035</p></td><td><p>56,990</p></td><td><p>67,325</p></td><td><p>78,715</p></td><td><p>83,790</p></td><td><p>87,895</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hong Kong</p></td><td><p>10,780</p></td><td><p>9,445</p></td><td><p>9,640</p></td><td><p>9,700</p></td><td><p>9,600</p></td><td><p>9,945</p></td><td><p>10,440</p></td><td><p>11,335</p></td><td><p>13,065</p></td><td><p>14,725</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Macao</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>205</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>205</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>265</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>345</p></td><td><p>405</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>People's Republic of China</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>63,600</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>60,365</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59,440</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>55,220</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>56,840</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>67,190</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>78,030</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>90,375</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>97,200</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>103,025</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU</p></td><td><p>93,995</p></td><td><p>99,985</p></td><td><p>105,410</p></td><td><p>112,150</p></td><td><p>117,660</p></td><td><p>125,045</p></td><td><p>130,120</p></td><td><p>132,550</p></td><td><p>125,290</p></td><td><p>125,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-EU</p></td><td><p>203,125</p></td><td><p>207,055</p></td><td><p>220,575</p></td><td><p>229,640</p></td><td><p>251,310</p></td><td><p>280,760</p></td><td><p>298,110</p></td><td><p>302,680</p></td><td><p>299,970</p></td><td><p>310,195</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>International</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>297,120</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>307,040</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>325,985</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>341,790</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>368,970</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>405,805</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>428,230</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>435,230</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>425,260</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>435,495</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>Source: HESA Student Record</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>Note: figures have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 5</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 08/01/2016 14:05:51 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

437058

	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	Small Businesses: 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, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on Small Business Saturday and its benefits to promoting the value of small businesses to the economy.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
	uin	19513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>Officials in the department meet with their counterparts in the Northern Ireland Executive on a regular basis, to discuss a range of matters connected to small business, including Small Business Saturday.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 18/12/2015 14:50:24 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

437065

	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	Institute for Apprenticeships
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consultations he or officials in his Department have had with (a) further education college representatives, (b) further education providers and (c) sector skills councils about the structures on board composition of the proposed Institute for Apprenticeships announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	19588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The creation of the Institute for Apprenticeships has been informed by feedback from employers and employer groups such as the CBI, as well as organisations working alongside our employer-led trailblazers to develop new apprenticeship standards. This includes representatives of training providers and sector skills councils.</p><br /><p>The chair and board members of the Institute will be appointed though a public appointments process in 2016.</p><br /><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/12/2015 16:16:44 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

437074

	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	National Apprenticeship Service: Staff
	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 staff were employed by full-time equivalence (a) in total and (b) by region in the National Apprenticeship Service in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2014-15; and how many staff will be employed by full-time equivalence in the National Apprenticeship Service in (A) 2015-16, (B) 2016-17 and (C) 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	19691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2015 answer text <p>The National Apprenticeships Service is housed within the Skills Funding Agency. The tables below outline the total number of staff employed by full-time equivalence and by region in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2014-15; and how many staff will be employed by full-time equivalence in (A) 2015-16, (B) 2016-17 and (C) 2017-18.</p><p>*The Skills Funding Agency is unable to forecast future headcount.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11 (as at 31 March 2011)</p></td><td><p>Headcount 382</p></td><td><p>East Midlands – 33 East of England – 32 London – 37 North East – 26 North West – 36 South East – 33 South West – 35 West Midlands – 27 Yorkshire &amp; Humber – 36 National - 87 <br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13 (as at 31 March 2013)</p></td><td><p>Headcount 340</p></td><td><p>London – 54 Central – 66 North East – 64 North West – 40 South East – 39 South West – 51 National - 26 <br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15 (as at 31 March 2015)</p></td><td><p>Headcount 317</p></td><td><p>London – 54 Central – 66 North East – 64 North West – 40 South East – 51 South West – 39 National - 3 <br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16 (as at 11.12.15)</p></td><td><p>Headcount 245 <br> <br></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17*</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18*</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/12/2015 07:31:43 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

437078

	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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Staff
	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 staff by full-time equivalence there were in his Department in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2014-15; and how many staff by full-time equivalence he expects there will be in his Department in (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17 and (iii) 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	19692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2015 answer text <p>The staff figures (full-time equivalent) for 2010/11, 2012/13 and 2014/15 are set out below:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FTE (Core BIS only, not UKTI)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Source/Notes</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2,781</p></td><td><p><em>Published in the BIS Annual Report &amp; Accounts 2011 (Core Dept (3,373) minus UKTI (592))</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2,692</p></td><td><p><em>Published in the BIS Annual Report &amp; Accounts 2014/15 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2,627</p></td><td><p><em>Published in the BIS Annual Report &amp; Accounts 2014/15 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><em></em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>In the further years of this Parliament, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is expecting to make further headcount reductions in the core Department, in line with our Spending Review settlement and our efficiency programme ambitions. The exact figures for full time equivalents in these years are not available at this stage.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/12/2015 07:44:20 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

437071

	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	Social Mobility
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies on social mobility of the findings of research by the Resolution Foundation, set out in its report, The Pinch, published in December 2015, on differences in household wealth between generations; and what steps the Government plans to take to address such differences.
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
	uin	19592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>I note the Resolution Foundation’s work published in December 2015.</p><br /><p>This Government is focussed on securing economic prosperity, providing the foundations to support opportunity for all.</p><br /><p>Through improved education, work chances, a fairer welfare system and a stronger economy we are aiming to help increase the standard of living for everyone in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 22/12/2015 21:46:34 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

437072

	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	Average Earnings
	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 implications are for his Department's policy of the analysis undertaken by the Resolution Foundation set out in its report, The Pinch, published on 10 December 2015, of (a) the effects of the financial events of the last 10 years on those aged 16 to 44 relative to those aged 55 to 64 and (b) the changes in that period in levels of real median weekly earnings across different cohorts of the population.
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
	uin	19607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>The financial crisis triggered the worst recession in living memory. However, GDP surpassed its pre-recession level in Q2 2013 and the UK’s economic recovery is now well established. Since 2010, on average, the UK has been the joint fastest growing economy in the G7 and the labour market has continued to make strong progress.</p><br /><p>According to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), excluding full-time students under the age of 25, the employment rate of people aged 16-49 fell from 76.9% in the three months to May 2008 to a post-recession low of 74.0% in the three months to March 2010. Since mid-2011, the employment rate for this group has increased over time and the latest data shows that it reached a record high of 77.7% in the three months to October 2015.</p><br /><p>While the recession had less of an impact on the employment rate of people aged 50-64, their current employment has also reached a record high for this group, of 70.0%.</p><br /><p>The analysis in Resolution Foundation’s report you mention looked at real median weekly earnings of various cohorts over time. While not strictly cohort analysis, more recent cross-sectional data from the ONS’s Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) shows that the increase in nominal median gross weekly pay between April 2014 and April 2015 varied across age groups as follows[1]:</p><ul><li>16-17 year olds: 8.2%[2]</li><li>18-21 year olds: 4.0%</li><li>22-29 year olds: 3.2%</li><li>30-39 year olds: 1.1%</li><li>40-49 year olds: 2.6%</li><li>50-59 year olds: 2.5%</li><li>60+ year olds: 1.9%</li></ul><p>CPI inflation over the same period was -0.1% in the year to April 2015.</p><br /><p>Pay, and ultimately living standards are strongly linked to productivity. That is why the Government is working hard to boost productivity, and therefore wages, with the ambitious measures outlined in our Productivity Plan. Our higher pay, lower tax, lower welfare society is the route to raising living standards for everyone in the UK.</p><br /><p>[1] Employees on adult rates of pay whose pay for the survey period was not affected by absence</p><p>[2] Figures for 16-17 year olds include employees not on adult rates of pay</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 22/12/2015 22:11:09 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

437066

	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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Staff
	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 staff made up the BIS Automotive sector team in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	19589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number of staff in the BIS Automotive sector team over each of the last five years is illustrated in the table below.</p><p><strong></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year (Calendar)</p></td><td><p>Number of Staff (Full-Time Equivalent)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 15/12/2015 15:55:18 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham