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453610

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2016
	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	Migrant Workers: Universities
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the cost to UK universities of implementing the Immigration Skills Charge for non-EU workers recruited through the Tier 2 Visa Route, as proposed in Clause 55 of the Immigration Bill, and of the charges recommended by the Migration Advisory Committee.
	tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Finsbury
	uin	HL6312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government has not estimated the cost to UK universities of implementing the Immigration Skills Charge. The cost will depend on the rate set and the Government is considering carefully the Migration Advisory Committee’s recommendations on rate and scope. Evidence about the likely impact of different rates on different types of organisation, including universities, will be taken into account in our considerations.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 02/03/2016 15:11:25 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	186 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Finsbury

451798

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	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	Business
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take to increase business confidence, in the light of uncertainty regarding the global economy and the EU referendum.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL6073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>At the February European Council the Government negotiated a new settlement, giving the United Kingdom a special status in a reformed European Union.</p><p> </p><p>As part of these negotiations, we secured a firm commitment to drive an ambitious agenda of economic reform within the EU to help unleash the full potential of the Single Market and create growth and jobs.</p><p> </p><p>The Government's view is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 02/03/2016 16:40:16 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

452187

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2016
	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	Overseas Students: Loans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many EU-domiciled students received Student Loan Company support in each of the last three years, broken down by individual country of domicile.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
	uin	HL6134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>Statistics showing the number of EU domiciled students receiving student support for Higher Education courses are published annually by the Student Loans Company (SLC) in the Statistical First Release ‘<em>Student Support for Higher Education in England</em>’.</p><p><a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx</a></p><p>The attached table shows the number of EU-domiciled tuition fee loan borrowers studying full-time by EU country of nationality. Data on the specific country of domicile of EU-domiciled loan borrowers is not readily available.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4" rowspan="2"><p><strong>Number (1) of EU-domiciled (2) students paid Tuition Fee Loan for Academic Years 2012/13 to</strong><strong> 2014/15, split by nationality (3) (4)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(as of 31/08 at the end of each academic year)</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>3,120</p></td><td><p>3,440</p></td><td><p>3,290</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>N/A (3)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>5,790</p></td><td><p>5,800</p></td><td><p>5,610</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>580</p></td><td><p>620</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>1,070</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td><td><p>1,420</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td><td><p>1,610</p></td><td><p>1,580</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>2,250</p></td><td><p>2,430</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>730</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>1,310</p></td><td><p>1,760</p></td><td><p>2,440</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>1,170</p></td><td><p>1,040</p></td><td><p>890</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>2,970</p></td><td><p>2,880</p></td><td><p>2,680</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>1,630</p></td><td><p>1,760</p></td><td><p>2,120</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>710</p></td><td><p>1,010</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>4,060</p></td><td><p>4,290</p></td><td><p>4,500</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>850</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>1,510</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU Resident - UK National</p></td><td><p>790</p></td><td><p>790</p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU Resident - Nationality Non-EU</p></td><td><p>520</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>660</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU Resident - Nationality Unknown</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td><td><p>860</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 33,410 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 35,010 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 37,150 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source: Student Loans Company</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Notes:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" rowspan="2"><p>(1) Numbers are rounded to the nearest multiple of 10. Values smaller than 15 are denoted with an asterisk *</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(2) Applicants are 'EU domiciled' if they were ordinarily resident in the EU, EU overseas territories, elsewhere in the EEA or Switzerland for the three years immediately before the first day of the first academic year of their course.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(3) Nationality is based on information collected during the application process for student support. If nationality was not available, country of birth was used, if available</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(4) Figures are different from the figures published in 'Student Support for Higher Education in England' as borrowers may have had a change in status since publication</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(5) Croatia joined the European Union in 2013</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 02/03/2016 16:38:24 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

452267

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2016
	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	Trade Union Bill: Wales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with Welsh Government about the (1) the Trade Union Bill in general, and (2) the Trade Union Bill’s application in Wales.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hain
	uin	HL6168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>Ministers have engaged with the Devolved Administrations on the Trade Union Bill.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our engagement, Nick Boles, the lead Minister for the Trade Union Bill, has received four letters from Leighton Andrews, Minister for Public Services in the Welsh Government on 20 November 2015, 18 January 2016, 27 January 2016, and 9 February 2016. These letters related to specific aspects of the Bill and on the Welsh Government position on their applicability in Wales. On 5<sup>th</sup> February 2016 Nick Boles had a telephone conversation with Leighton Andrews on the Bill; and on 4 March, he replied to the letters and has placed a copy of the correspondence in the Library.</p><p> </p><p>The Trade Union Bill relates to employment rights, duties and industrial relations, all of which are reserved.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 09/03/2016 15:30:12 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

452271

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2016
	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	Trade Union Bill: Wales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions (1) the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Baroness Neville-Rolfe, and (2) the Minister of State for Skills, Nick Boles, have had with Welsh Government ministers regarding the Trade Union Bill.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hain
	uin	HL6172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>Ministers have engaged with the Devolved Administrations on the Trade Union Bill.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our engagement, Nick Boles, the lead Minister for the Trade Union Bill, has received four letters from Leighton Andrews, Minister for Public Services in the Welsh Government on 20 November 2015, 18 January 2016, 27 January 2016, and 9 February 2016. These letters related to specific aspects of the Bill and on the Welsh Government position on their applicability in Wales. On 5<sup>th</sup> February 2016 Nick Boles had a telephone conversation with Leighton Andrews on the Bill; and on 4 March, he replied to the letters and has placed a copy of the correspondence in the Library.</p><p> </p><p>The Trade Union Bill relates to employment rights, duties and industrial relations, all of which are reserved.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 09/03/2016 15:29:57 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

452272

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2016
	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	Trade Union Bill: Wales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what correspondence (1) the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Baroness Neville-Rolfe, and (2) the Minister of State for Skills, Nick Boles, have received from Welsh Government ministers regarding the Trade Union Bill; what replies they have made to that correspondence; and whether they will place copies of such correspondence in the Library of the House.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hain
	uin	HL6173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>Ministers have engaged with the Devolved Administrations on the Trade Union Bill.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our engagement, Nick Boles, the lead Minister for the Trade Union Bill, has received four letters from Leighton Andrews, Minister for Public Services in the Welsh Government on 20 November 2015, 18 January 2016, 27 January 2016, and 9 February 2016. These letters related to specific aspects of the Bill and on the Welsh Government position on their applicability in Wales. On 5<sup>th</sup> February 2016 Nick Boles had a telephone conversation with Leighton Andrews on the Bill; and on 4 March, he replied to the letters and has placed a copy of the correspondence in the Library.</p><p> </p><p>The Trade Union Bill relates to employment rights, duties and industrial relations, all of which are reserved.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 09/03/2016 15:29:14 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

453534

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2016
	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	EU Grants and Loans: Cornwall
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much funding has been allocated to Cornwall from each of the EU programmes in the last ten years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL6236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>2007-13 (last funding round)</p><p> </p><p>For the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for 2007-13, information can be found on GOV.UK under ‘2007 to 2013 ERDF programmes and resources’ at ‘ERDF Cornwall Isles of Scilly convergence operational programme’ on page 133.</p><p> </p><p>For the European Social Fund (ESF) for 2007-13, information can be found on GOV.UK under ‘ESF operational programme for England and Gibraltar: 2007 to 2013’ at ‘England &amp; Gibraltar European Social Fund convergence, competitiveness and employment programme 2007-13’ at the table on pages 190 to 191. The line item for ‘Convergence’ for each year is for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.</p><p> </p><p>The European Commission’s figures for the Seventh Framework Programme 2007-2013 (last updated on 11 November 2015) show that the total value of grants awarded to organisations in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly was €7,369,261 (funding is not pre-allocated to regions). Information on all EU-funded research projects since 1990 can be found at the following link: <a href="http://cordis.europa.eu/projects/home_en.html" target="_blank">http://cordis.europa.eu/projects/home_en.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p>2014-20 (current funding round)</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>For the ERDF for 2014-20, information can be found on GOV.UK under ‘2014 to 2020 European Regional Development Fund Operational Programme’ at ‘European Regional Development Fund Operational Programme 2014-20’ at the table on page 195. The line item for ‘Less developed’ for each year is for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.</p><p> </p><p>For the ESF for 2014-20, information can be found on GOV.UK under ‘European Social Fund Operational Programme: 2014 to 2020’ at the table on page 123. The line item for ‘Less developed’ for each year is for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission’s figures for the 2014-2020 Framework Programme, Horizon 2020, last updated on 29 October 2015, show that the total value of grants awarded to organisations in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly was €1,130,444.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 02/03/2016 16:04:11 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

453570

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2016
	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	Iron and Steel: North of England
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what role they envisage for British-produced and British-manufactured steel in the Northern Powerhouse.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL6272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The UK steel industry has a key role in generating future economic growth across the country, including the Northern Powerhouse region. The steel sector is a critical element of the supply chain for high technology industries like aerospace, automotive and construction. These all require high value, continually improving steel products in order to remain competitive.</p><p> </p><p>The Government wants to drive up the number of public procurement contracts won by UK steel manufacturers, and have updated procurement rules accordingly. There are more major projects in the pipeline offering opportunities, for example HS2 and Network Rail’s £38bn five-year investment and replacement programme. We have mapped rough estimates of steel that could be needed for major projects including the above: we have shared this with industry and will continue updating them. Steps have also been agreed with industry on how to make better use of the pipelines as they are updated on a six monthly basis.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 02/03/2016 15:43:29 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

453581

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2016
	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	Software
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have  considered tackling in-built obsolescence in computer software, equivalent to legislation in France under decree 1482, and if not, why not.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wills
	uin	HL6283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>Decree 1482 concerns obsolescence in appliances rather than computer software. The Government is not specifically considering obsolescence in computer software but has protected consumers in a different way. Since October 2015 consumers have had new rights under the Consumer Rights Act in relation to digital content including software. Software must be of satisfactory quality which includes remaining functional for the period a consumer can reasonably expect.</p><p>Decree 1482 does not cover internet search engines and the concept of in-built obsolescence in relation to internet search engines is unclear so the Government has no plans to address this issue.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 08/03/2016 17:18:54 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

453582

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2016
	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	Internet
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have  considered tackling in-built obsolescence in relation to internet search engines, equivalent to legislation in France under decree 1482, and if not, why not.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wills
	uin	HL6284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>Decree 1482 concerns obsolescence in appliances rather than computer software. The Government is not specifically considering obsolescence in computer software but has protected consumers in a different way. Since October 2015 consumers have had new rights under the Consumer Rights Act in relation to digital content including software. Software must be of satisfactory quality which includes remaining functional for the period a consumer can reasonably expect.</p><p>Decree 1482 does not cover internet search engines and the concept of in-built obsolescence in relation to internet search engines is unclear so the Government has no plans to address this issue.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 08/03/2016 17:20:16 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills