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<\/strong><\/p>

The Government\u2019s Response to the consultation relating to UK Export Finance\u2019s anti-bribery and corruption policy is expected to be published early in the New Year.<\/p>

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The Automotive Council will lead a review of the Automotive Industrial Strategy in the first half of 2016, to take stock of progress since its publication in July 2013 and to confirm future priorities.<\/p>

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The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills is not able to comment on the affairs of any individual or employer. However, the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate, which oversees compliance with the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Business Regulations and HMRC which enforces compliance with the National Minimum Wage, follow-up every complaint that they receive in these areas. They also undertake targeted risk-based enforcement in sectors where there is the greatest risk of non-compliance.<\/p>

Workers can call the ACAS helpline for free and confidential advice about their rights and entitlements. If they want to make a complaint, they can do so in complete confidence \u2013their anonymity will be protected throughout the investigation. Their website address is www.acas.org.uk<\/a>. They have a national public helpline, 0300 123 1100. The helpline is open 8.00 am to 8.00 pm Monday to Friday and 9.00 am to 1.00 pm on Saturday.<\/p>

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The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills is not able to comment on the affairs of any individual or employer. However, the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate, which oversees compliance with the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Business Regulations and HMRC which enforces compliance with the National Minimum Wage, follow-up every complaint that they receive in these areas. They also undertake targeted risk-based enforcement in sectors where there is the greatest risk of non-compliance.<\/p>

Workers can call the ACAS helpline for free and confidential advice about their rights and entitlements. If they want to make a complaint, they can do so in complete confidence \u2013their anonymity will be protected throughout the investigation. Their website address is www.acas.org.uk<\/a>. They have a national public helpline, 0300 123 1100. The helpline is open 8.00 am to 8.00 pm Monday to Friday and 9.00 am to 1.00 pm on Saturday.<\/p>

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From 1 April 2016 every employer is required by law to pay the new statutory National Living Wage (NLW) for workers aged 25 and above.<\/p>

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Routes into Languages is a Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE) funded project. The project\u2019s steering group will consider the future of the programme as part of HEFCE\u2019s budget process, taking account of the grant letter to be provided by the Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) Secretary of State.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4329", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Evans of Bowes Park"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-12-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-12-16T17:41:55.26Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "26"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-12-03", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Languages: Education"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what are the reasons for closing the Routes into Languages project, what research informed that decision, and what assessment they have made of the consequences of closing that project.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2569", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Greaves"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Greaves"} ], "uin" : "HL4208"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/433380", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/433380/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on the income and expenditure of publicly funded UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the annual publication \u201cHigher Education Finance Plus\u201d. An introduction to the publication is available at the following link: https://hesa.ac.uk/pr213<\/a> and is attached.<\/p>

Table 1 of the publication details the source of income for UK HEIs. The total income from the course fees of non-EU domiciled students was £3,892m in the 2013/14 academic year, which represents 12.7% of the total income of UK HE providers.<\/p>
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SSI UK had been in financial difficulties ever since it reopened the Redcar plant in 2012. This is a company that unfortunately made significant losses. In 2012, it lost £275million. In 2013, it lost £193.5million. In 2014, it lost £81million. And up to the end of June in 2015, it had lost £92.5m<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3938", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Anna Soubry"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Broxtowe"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Anna Soubry"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-12-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-12-16T14:33:48.17Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "26"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-11-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Sahaviriya Steel Industries UK: Redcar"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when concerns were first raised with his Department over the financial viability of SSI in Redcar.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4449", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Anna Turley"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Redcar"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Anna Turley"} ], "uin" : "14916"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 8, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }