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222849

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many apprentices employed by (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>As at 31<sup>st</sup> January 2015 the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) employed 140 apprentices. A breakdown by age category is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Age Band</p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16-18</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19-24</p></td><td><p>103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25+</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS does not centrally record how many of these apprentices were previously employed by the Government. To obtain this information would require a manual check of application forms which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are currently three apprentices working in the Serious Fraud Office and two in the remaining Law Officer’s Departments, however in order to protect individual’s personal data we are unable to provide any details of age or employment history, as the small numbers involved could lead to individuals being identified.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 02/03/2015 15:53:09 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

222851

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to provide a substantive answer to Question 222042.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-01-26/222042/" target="_blank">222042</a> was answered yesterday, 24 February 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 25/02/2015 13:35:17 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

222852

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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	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 apprentices employed by (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills currently employs 47 apprentices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>3 apprentices are aged (i) 16 to 18,</p><p> </p><p>12 apprentices are aged (ii) 19 to 24 and</p><p> </p><p>32 apprentices are aged (iii) 25 or over.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>31 apprentices aged 25 or over were previously employed by the Government. None of the apprentices in the other age groups were previously employed by the Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I have asked Chief Executives of the executive agencies to respond directly to the hon. Member and these are attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 26/02/2015 16:44:25 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson attachment 1 file name Agencies-Response-to-225059.pdf title Agencies Response to 225059
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

222854

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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 Business Research Initiative: Government Departments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what value of Small Business Research Initiative contracts has been awarded in 2014-15 (a) in total, (b) by the Ministry of Defence, (c) by the Department of Health, (d) by NHS England, (e) by the Department for Energy and Climate Change, (f) by the Department for Transport, (g) by the Home Office, (h) by the Department for the Environment and Rural Affairs, (i) directly by Innovate UK, (j) by research councils, (k) by other parts of his Department and (l) by other government departments and agencies to date.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>This information will be available following the close of the Financial Year 2014/15.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 18/03/2015 11:45:08 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

222856

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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 Business Research Initiative: Government Departments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much Innovate UK funding has been used in 2014-15 to date to co-fund Small Business Research Initiative competitions by other departments or agencies.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Innovate UK has provided £4.4m in co-funding for Small Business Research Initiative competitions run by other departments or agencies in 2014-15 to date.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 18/03/2015 11:47:39 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

222857

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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 Business Research Initiative: Government Departments
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 and what value of Small Business Research Initiative Phase 1 contracts have been awarded in 2014-15 (a) in total, (b) by the Ministry of Defence, (c) by the Department of Health, (d) by NHS England, (e) by the Department for Energy and Climate Change, (f) by the Department for Transport, (g) by the Home Office, (h) by the Department for the Environment and Rural Affairs, (i) directly by Innovate UK, (j) by research councils, (k) by other parts of his Department and (l) by other government departments and agencies to date.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>This information will be available following the close of the Financial Year 2014/15.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 18/03/2015 11:42:33 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

222865

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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	Children: Day Care
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 (a) men and (b) women in further education received funding for childcare through the (i) Discretionary Learner Support scheme and (ii) Care to Learn scheme in the last academic year; and what the total amount spent on such support was in that period.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	224914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>Childcare funding is provided though the Discretionary Learner Support Scheme to support learners aged 20 or above who are at risk of not starting learning or not continuing learning as a result of childcare difficulties. Providers declared that spending in the academic year 13/14 was £44.3m. The Skills Funding Agency estimates that this supported around 7000 full time and 7500 part-time learners. Recent research indicates that 97% of the funding is awarded to female learners.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Care to Learn scheme is an Education Funding Agency scheme. 39 men and 5,592 women received help with their childcare costs from the Care to Learn scheme in the 2013 to 2014 academic year. The amount spent on childcare costs in that academic year was £24,262,979. This figure covers childcare costs, associated travel payment and summer retainers (which can be paid to hold childcare places over the summer holiday period if the qualifying criteria are met).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 02/03/2015 14:58:57 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

222866

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many employees were on zero-hours contracts in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley local authority area, (c) South Yorkshire, (d) Yorkshire and the Humber and (e) England in each month since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
uin	224937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 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 26/02/2015 14:27:24 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 224937 ONS 63.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Zero Hour Contracts
tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

222868

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been allocated for the impairment of student loans included in the Department Expenditure Limit for his Department.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	224957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The latest Departmental Expenditure Limit and its components is reported in the Main and Supplementary Estimates, and accompanying Memoranda. Links are available below:</p><p> </p><p>BIS Main Estimate Memorandum 2014-15 – <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/business-innovation-and-skills/BIS-ME-2014-15-Memorandum-FINAL-2014-04-29.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/business-innovation-and-skills/BIS-ME-2014-15-Memorandum-FINAL-2014-04-29.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Central Government Supply Estimates 2014-15 Supplementary Estimates –</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/405330/supplementary_estimates_2014-15_web_with_corrections_slip.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/405330/supplementary_estimates_2014-15_web_with_corrections_slip.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 13/03/2015 11:25:05 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

222869

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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	Higher Education: South Yorkshire
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 young people living in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley local authority area and (c) South Yorkshire entered higher education in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
uin	224940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) publishes young participation rates by parliamentary constituency. These show the proportion of young people in each parliamentary constituency who entered higher education by the age of 19, for each cohort of 18 year olds between 1998 and 2011.</p><p> </p><p>These can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hefce.ac.uk/analysis/yp/trendsyp/pment/" target="_blank">http://www.hefce.ac.uk/analysis/yp/trendsyp/pment/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The statistics will be updated to include the 2012 cohort of 18 year olds in the summer.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 18/03/2015 12:25:13 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher