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347295

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
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	York College
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding from the public purse was allocated to York College in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 23 March 2015 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-03-18/228227/" target="_blank">228227</a> regarding further education funding.</p><p>The Department provides funding for adult further education and higher education. Adult skills funding allocations to further education providers are published on the Skills Funding Agency website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2014-to-2015</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2005-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2005-to-2013</a></p><p>For higher education, Table 1 shows the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) funding to York College between financial years 2005-06 and 2014-15.</p><p>Funding to further education providers for learners aged 16-18 is provided by the Department for Education.</p><p><strong>Table 1: HEFCE funding to York College, 2005-06 to 2014-15</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding (thousands)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>£1,175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>£1,086</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>£1,153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>£1,338</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£1,753</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£1,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£1,764</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£1,380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£848</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£415</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 04/06/2015 15:12:27 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

346932

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Employment Tribunals Service: Fines
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 financial penalties have been imposed on respondent employers under section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 to date; and how many such penalties (a) have been paid and (b) remain unpaid.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Financial Penalties for aggravated breach of employment law, under section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, were introduced on 6 April 2014. Financial penalties are intended to be used in exceptional circumstances where employers have deliberately flouted the law, and whose behaviour is malicious or negligent.</p><p> </p><p>Three have been imposed to date. One has been paid. The other two are currently unpaid.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 08/06/2015 16:41:43 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

346969

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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: Grants
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 cost was of full maintenance grants to households earning more than £17,000 each year in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company (SLC) administers student support for each of the UK Government Administrations. Information on English applicants awarded Maintenance Grants is published annually by SLC in the Statistical First Release ‘<em>Student Support for Higher Education England</em>’.</p><p> </p><p>The amount of Maintenance Grants awarded to English applicants by their household income for the academic years 2012/13, 2013/14, and 2014/15 has been provided in the table.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Maintenance Grants <sup>(1)</sup> awarded <sup>(2)</sup> to English applicants by their household income</strong></p><p>Academic years 2012/13, 2013/14, and 2014/15 [provisional] <sup>(3)</sup></p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Amount awarded (£ million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Maintenance Grant level</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Household income</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15 [p]</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Full</p></td><td><p>Less than or equal to £17,000</p></td><td><p>973.6</p></td><td><p>1103.6</p></td><td><p>1076.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>More than £17,000</p></td><td><p>233.3</p></td><td><p>251.7</p></td><td><p>255.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Partial <sup>(4)</sup></p></td><td><p>Less than or equal to £17,000</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>More than £17,000</p></td><td><p>224.6</p></td><td><p>235.0</p></td><td><p>233.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Student Loans Company</p><p>Notes:</p><p>(1) Figures include Special Support Grants, which are payable in place of Maintenance Grants to vulnerable students who may otherwise have their DWP benefits reduced.</p><p>(2) Awards do not necessarily translate into payments. An awarded applicant will only receive payments once SLC have received confirmation from the student’s provider at the start of the academic year that the student has been registered on the course.</p><p>(3) The data are effective at November following each academic year. Figures for the academic year 2014/15 are provisional, as they are effective at November at the beginning of the academic year, and so will not include applicants who were awarded Maintenance Grants after November 2014. Complete figures for the academic year 2014/15 will be available from November 2015.</p><p>(4) Applicants awarded a partial grant, and whose household income is less than £25,000, are typically those who have suspended study for part of the year.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 241 242 243 244 765 766 question first answered 04/06/2015 13:41:06 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

347051

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
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	Conditions 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 his policy is on whether workplace regulations should form part of the UK's negotiations on future EU membership.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has started to discuss his plans for EU reform and renegotiation with other EU leaders. He has been clear that the plans involve reforming welfare and immigration rules, increasing economic competitiveness and cutting red tape to create jobs and growth for hard working families, and protecting Britain's interests outside the euro. It also means halting the constant flow of powers to Brussels including by ensuring a stronger role for national Parliaments.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 04/06/2015 15:02:16 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh