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170297

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	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	Scottish Power
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he received reports from the MacDonald Partnership in relation to mis-sold Scottish Power Power Plan warranties; what the titles of such reports were; and when he plans to respond to those reports.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	218595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The initial report from Mr MacDonald was received on 17 July 2014 for review by the Insolvency Service. Further information including another more detailed report was received from him during September and October 2014, and these again have been reviewed by the Insolvency Service. The reports are confidential.</p><p> </p><p>The reports themselves do not require a direct response but I can confirm that the Insolvency Service has completed its review of this material and is in communication with Mr MacDonald.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 17/12/2014 11:11:20 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

93253

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Mortality Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what average of mortality rates is due to (a) cardiovascular disease, (b) respiratory disease, (c) lung cancer and (d) breast cancer in (i) England and (ii) Liverpool.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	210457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 17/10/2014 08:06:43 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 210457 ONS 347.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Mortality Rates
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

226219

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Mark Jenner
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the decision to send Mark Jenner of the Special Demonstration Squad into a covert long-term surveillance operation in the 1990s was approved by (a) officials and (b) Ministers of his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	226977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement by the Home Secretary on 12 March 2015 at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2015-03-12/HCWS381/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2015-03-12/HCWS381/</a></p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 16/03/2015 16:06:56 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

444900

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2016
	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	Construction: Skilled Workers
	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 tackle skills shortages in the construction industry.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	22526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>The Construction Industry Training Board’s (CITB) Construction Skills Network estimates224,000 new construction jobs are set to be created throughout the UK in the next five years. This means that more than 44,000 jobs could be created every year for the next five years.</p><br /><p>According to CITB estimates, 19% of UK construction workers are aged 55+, and are set to retire in the next 10 years (406,000 people), creating equivalent replace demand.</p><br /><p>The Government has no estimate of the number of construction workers expected to leave the industry due to ill-health.</p><br /><p>The Government is committed to significantly increasing the quantity and quality of all apprenticeships in England to 3 million starts by 2020; the construction industry will have an important part to play in achieving this target. Development of skilled labour can only be achieved with engagement of the industry. Construction employers in England are engaged in the Trailblazer process to develop apprenticeship standards that are fit for business, and we have announced a new apprenticeships levy which will put investment in training, and apprenticeships specifically, on a long-term, sustainable footing. CITB returned over £42m last year, supporting 18,500 first, second and third year construction apprentices.</p><br /><p>Initiatives, by the Construction Leadership Council, or through the CITB are seeking to encourage more young people into construction careers. This work includes the launch of the GO-Construct website and work with the National Careers Service and Construction Ambassadors for schools. The CITB has also developed a range of initiatives, working closely with the Department for Work and Pensions, the Armed Forces resettlement service and Local Enterprise Partnerships, to encourage experienced individuals into the sector.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 22527 22528 question first answered 25/01/2016 16:12:30 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

444901

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2016
	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	Construction: Recruitment
	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 his Department has made of the amount of new entrant workers that will be needed in the construction industry to meet demand in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	22527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>The Construction Industry Training Board’s (CITB) Construction Skills Network estimates224,000 new construction jobs are set to be created throughout the UK in the next five years. This means that more than 44,000 jobs could be created every year for the next five years.</p><br /><p>According to CITB estimates, 19% of UK construction workers are aged 55+, and are set to retire in the next 10 years (406,000 people), creating equivalent replace demand.</p><br /><p>The Government has no estimate of the number of construction workers expected to leave the industry due to ill-health.</p><br /><p>The Government is committed to significantly increasing the quantity and quality of all apprenticeships in England to 3 million starts by 2020; the construction industry will have an important part to play in achieving this target. Development of skilled labour can only be achieved with engagement of the industry. Construction employers in England are engaged in the Trailblazer process to develop apprenticeship standards that are fit for business, and we have announced a new apprenticeships levy which will put investment in training, and apprenticeships specifically, on a long-term, sustainable footing. CITB returned over £42m last year, supporting 18,500 first, second and third year construction apprentices.</p><br /><p>Initiatives, by the Construction Leadership Council, or through the CITB are seeking to encourage more young people into construction careers. This work includes the launch of the GO-Construct website and work with the National Careers Service and Construction Ambassadors for schools. The CITB has also developed a range of initiatives, working closely with the Department for Work and Pensions, the Armed Forces resettlement service and Local Enterprise Partnerships, to encourage experienced individuals into the sector.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 22526 22528 question first answered 25/01/2016 16:12:30 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

444902

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2016
	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	Construction: Termination of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of construction workers expected to leave that industry through (a) ill-health and (b) retirement in the next (i) five and (ii) 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	22528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>The Construction Industry Training Board’s (CITB) Construction Skills Network estimates224,000 new construction jobs are set to be created throughout the UK in the next five years. This means that more than 44,000 jobs could be created every year for the next five years.</p><br /><p>According to CITB estimates, 19% of UK construction workers are aged 55+, and are set to retire in the next 10 years (406,000 people), creating equivalent replace demand.</p><br /><p>The Government has no estimate of the number of construction workers expected to leave the industry due to ill-health.</p><br /><p>The Government is committed to significantly increasing the quantity and quality of all apprenticeships in England to 3 million starts by 2020; the construction industry will have an important part to play in achieving this target. Development of skilled labour can only be achieved with engagement of the industry. Construction employers in England are engaged in the Trailblazer process to develop apprenticeship standards that are fit for business, and we have announced a new apprenticeships levy which will put investment in training, and apprenticeships specifically, on a long-term, sustainable footing. CITB returned over £42m last year, supporting 18,500 first, second and third year construction apprentices.</p><br /><p>Initiatives, by the Construction Leadership Council, or through the CITB are seeking to encourage more young people into construction careers. This work includes the launch of the GO-Construct website and work with the National Careers Service and Construction Ambassadors for schools. The CITB has also developed a range of initiatives, working closely with the Department for Work and Pensions, the Armed Forces resettlement service and Local Enterprise Partnerships, to encourage experienced individuals into the sector.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 22526 22527 question first answered 25/01/2016 16:12:30 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

444908

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2016
	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: Construction
	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 people were undertaking a construction apprenticeship in the most recent period for which figures are available; and how many of those people are studying for an NVQ (a) Level 2 and (b) Level 3.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	22631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>There were 32,980 learners participating in Apprenticeships on the ‘Construction, Planning and the Built Environment’ Sector Subject Area (SSA) in the 2014/15 academic year, the most recent period for which data is available.</p><p> </p><p>In the same period 26,300 Apprentices on the ‘Construction, Planning and Build Environment’ SSA participated in Level 2 NVQ component aims and 6,050 participated in Level 3 NVQ component aims.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/03/2016 15:38:17 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

449745

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	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	Construction: 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 apprenticeship starts there were in each construction occupational area in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	25360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>Apprenticeships are categorised according to the Sector Subject Area of the apprenticeship, not the industry sector of the employer.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not produce forecasts for apprenticeship starts by Sector Subject Area. Apprenticeships are paid jobs and their availability is dependent on employers offering opportunities and hiring apprentices.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 25361 question first answered 10/02/2016 16:29:50 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

449746

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	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	Construction: 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 apprenticeship starts his Department forecasts there will be in the construction sector for 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	25361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>Apprenticeships are categorised according to the Sector Subject Area of the apprenticeship, not the industry sector of the employer.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not produce forecasts for apprenticeship starts by Sector Subject Area. Apprenticeships are paid jobs and their availability is dependent on employers offering opportunities and hiring apprentices.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 25360 question first answered 10/02/2016 16:29:50 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

479486

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2016
	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	Construction: Apprentices
	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 average length was of apprenticeships in the construction, planning and the built environment sector in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	31693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>Estimates of the average length of Apprenticeships, overall and by Sector Subject Area, are published as a supplementary table (first link) to a Statistical First Release (second link). Latest published data in this table is for the 2013/14 academic year. Data for 2014/15 will be published at the same link in due course.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/464924/apprenticeships-average-length-of-stay.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/464924/apprenticeships-average-length-of-stay.xls</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 31690 question first answered 24/03/2016 14:44:16 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram