@prefix rdf: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix skos: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix api: . @prefix parl: . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "26" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:houseId "2" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 9 April (WA 302), what are the current terms of income contingent repayment loans." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Lord Barnett" ; parl:uin "HL6851" ; dcterms:date "2014-05-06"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "26" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:hansardHeading "Unpaid Work" ; parl:houseId "2" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the recent proposal by the Child Poverty and Social Justice Commission that unpaid internships should be illegal." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Baroness Berridge" ; parl:uin "HL2219" ; dcterms:date "2014-10-20"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Baroness Berridge" . parl:answerText "

The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations set out the terms and conditions of income contingent student loans. This is also set out in the booklet Student Loans – a Guide to Terms and Conditions, the latest copy of which can be accessed at http://www.sfengland.slc.co.uk/media/666045/sfe_t_c_guide_1415_d.pdf . Students are informed at the time of taking out their student loan that the regulations may change from time to time and this means that the terms of their loan may also change.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-05-14"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-05-14T12:00:00.00Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "26" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:houseId "2" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 26 March (HL Deb, col 528), what was the basis on which he described the sale of the student loan book for £160 million as \"value for money for the taxpayer\"; and what was the original value of the loans." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Lord Barnett" ; parl:uin "HL6852" ; dcterms:date "2014-05-06"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Baroness Wheatcroft" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Lord Adonis" . parl:answerText "

This Government is absolutely clear: exploitation of interns is unacceptable and we don’t hesitate to act where we find that employment law has been broken and someone who is entitled to the minimum wage hasn’t been paid it.

Complaints from interns about non-payment of the minimum wage are prioritised by HMRC for investigation and HMRC will investigate every complaint made to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline.

Research shows that internships and work experience programmes can be valuable opportunities for young people taking their first steps in the labour market. Our work on interns and the National Minimum Wage aims to achieve the right balance between ensuring that opportunities for young people are not cut off and minimising the risk of exploitation.

Our concern, if we were to prohibit unpaid internships, is that this may lead to employers recruiting interns through informal and privileged networks with adverse effects on social mobility or have adverse consequences on the number of available opportunities.

There is no definition of an internship in minimum wage legislation and interns are considered in the same way as everyone else with regards to whether the minimum wage is due. The key issue is whether or not they are workers as defined by minimum wage legislation. If they are, then they are eligible for the minimum wage unless a specific exemption applies. Volunteers are not workers and are not eligible for the minimum wage.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Baroness Neville-Rolfe" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-10-29"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-10-29T16:15:22.2220144Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

The Cabinet Committee PEX(ER) agreed that all Departments appoint a Senior Civil Servant level Head of Management Information. In the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills this responsibility is held by The Director of Finance, Planning and Performance, Charu Gorasia.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Viscount Younger of Leckie" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-05-14"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-05-14T12:00:00.00Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "26" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:hansardHeading "Apprentices" ; parl:houseId "2" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) 16 year-olds, (2) 17 year-olds, and (3) 18 year-olds started apprenticeships in the academic years 2012–13 and 2013–14 in England." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Lord Smith of Clifton" ; parl:uin "HL2335" ; dcterms:date "2014-10-23"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

The first meeting of the Industrial Strategy Council was on 14 May 2013. The agenda consisted of:

1. Role of the Council

2. September Conference

3. Supply chains

4. Witty Review

The meeting was attended by:

Tera Allas, Keith Anderson, Gordon Ballard, Marcus Bryson, Vince Cable, Victor Chavez, John Cridland, Martin Donnelly, Warren East, Peter Hansford, Lord Hutton, Harry Keenan, Sir Richard Lambert, Janice Munday, Mark Turner, Robin Webb, Frances O'Grady, Michael Snyder, Keith Wiggins.

The second meeting of the Industrial Strategy Council took place on 27th November 2013. The agenda consisted of:

1. Policy update

2. Progress update and next steps

3. Update on small businesses

4. Supply chains

The meeting was attended by:

Keith Anderson, Gordon Ballard, Judith Batchelar, Marcus Bryson, Vince Cable, Neil

Carson, John Cridland, Martin Donnelly, Warren East, Peter Hansford, Lord Hutton, Harry Keenan, Bernadette Kelly, Sir Richard Lambert, Janice Munday, Richard Parry-Jones.

The third meeting of the Industrial Strategy Council will take place on 19th May 2014.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Viscount Younger of Leckie" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-05-14"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-05-14T12:00:00.00Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Lord Barnett" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "26" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:houseId "2" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask Her Majesty's Government on what dates the Industrial Strategy Council has held meetings since it was set up; and, for each meeting, (1) who attended, and (2) what was the agenda." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Lord Adonis" ; parl:uin "HL6873" ; dcterms:date "2014-05-06"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

Table 1 shows the number of apprenticeship starts for 16, 17 and 18 year olds in 2012/13 and provisional full year apprenticeship starts for the same ages in 2013/14. Provisional data are subject to change and should not be directly compared with data from earlier academic years.

Table 1: Apprenticeship starts by age (2012/13 and 2013/14 provisional full year)

2012/13

2013/14

Full year

Age

Full year

(provisional)

16

25,080

25,170

17

35,810

38,320

18

53,430

54,140

Notes

1) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10.

2) Age is calculated based on age at start of the programme rather than based on 31 August.

3) Provisional data are subject to change and should not be directly compared with data from earlier academic years.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Baroness Neville-Rolfe" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-10-29"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-10-29T17:05:23.7910885Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "26" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:houseId "2" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 9 April (WA 302), what is the amount of student loan debt still available for sale, including the first tranche referred to." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Lord Barnett" ; parl:uin "HL6850" ; dcterms:date "2014-05-06"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "26" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:houseId "2" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask Her Majesty's Government which official, with what job title, is responsible and accountable for departmental management information in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Lord Mendelsohn" ; parl:uin "HL6891" ; dcterms:date "2014-05-06"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

The total amount of pre-2012 income contingent repayment student loan debt that Government intends to sell has not yet been determined. However, over a five year period, as announced at Autumn Statement 2013, sales are expected to generate between £10 billion and £15 billion in revenues, with a central estimate of around £12 billion.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-05-14"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-05-14T12:00:00.00Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie" . skos:prefLabel "House of Lords" . parl:answerText "

The Mortgage Style loans offered for sale had a face value of around £890 million.

The sale of the Mortgage Style Loan Book was value for money as the purchase price exceeded the value of retention to Government.

The real value of the book is below the face value of the loans because of the subsidised nature of the loans and their age. These loans attract low interest rates and have an earnings threshold for repayment. The age-related write off combined with the earnings threshold means some borrowers never repay.

The sale of Mortgage style Loans also allowed the Student Loans Company to focus on its core business of supplying income contingent loans (ICR) to current students and collecting repayments from those loans.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-05-14"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-05-14T12:00:00.00Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn" . parl:answerText "

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. I will correspond directly with the noble Lord as soon as possible.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-05-14"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-05-14T12:00:00.00Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "26" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:houseId "2" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask Her Majesty's Government what is (1) the total sum, and (2) the percentage, of student loans that have been written off as bad debt." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Lord Barnett" ; parl:uin "HL6849" ; dcterms:date "2014-05-06"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

We do not centrally hold information on the prior attainment of prisoners or their qualifications upon release.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-05-14"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-05-14T12:00:00.00Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "26" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:houseId "2" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask Her Majesty's Government how they have promoted Fair Trade Day." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth" ; parl:uin "HL6907" ; dcterms:date "2014-05-06"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

Information on the repayment status of student loans is available in the Student Loans Company (SLC) publication‘Student Loans for Higher Education in England, Financial Year 2012-13'.

The Amount of Total Public Debt outstanding (including loans not yet due for repayment) at the start of Financial Year 2012-13 including interest was £40,271.5m, rising to £46,590.4m by the end of Financial Year 2012-13.

The amount of debt written off or cancelled during the Financial Year 2012-13 was £27.0m. This figure is 0.07% of the Total Public Debt outstanding at the start of Financial Year 2012-13 and 0.06% of the Total Public Debt outstanding at the end of Financial Year 2012-13.

Write offs occur for policy reasons; when borrowers die, become permanently disabled or when their loan reaches age thresholds. An estimate of ‘bad debt' has not been provided in the answer as there is no standard definition for this.

Statistics referring to the Financial Year 2013-14 will be published in June 2014.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-05-14"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-05-14T12:00:00.00Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Lord Smith of Clifton" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "26" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:houseId "2" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many women prisoners had GCSE C-grade or equivalent in English and maths on being imprisoned in (1) 2010, (2) 2011, and (3) 2012; and how many had such qualifications upon release." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Baroness Wheatcroft" ; parl:uin "HL6857" ; dcterms:date "2014-05-06"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe" . a api:Page ; "10"^^xsd:long ; "1"^^xsd:long ; "1149"^^xsd:long ; dcterms:isPartOf ; api:definition ; api:extendedMetadataVersion ; api:items ( ) ; api:page "0"^^xsd:long ; ; . a api:ListEndpoint ; dcterms:hasPart ; api:definition .