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432600

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much of the Law Officers' Departments funding allocated in the Spending Review 2015 will be for research and development expenditure up to 2020.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Nicola Blackwood
uin	17757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>Spending Review 2015 set out settlements for departments and showed how the government will deliver on its priorities, eliminate the deficit, and deliver security and opportunity for working people.</p><p>Final decisions on internal departmental funding allocations for future years, including for research and development, have not yet been made.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 03/12/2015 11:11:25 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford

432601

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what training the Law Officers' Departments have provided to staff on the family test; what other steps he has taken to raise awareness of the family test among staff of the Law Officers' Departments; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
uin	17921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government Legal Department provides training to all lawyers within the Government Legal Service, Attorney General’s Office and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, and hosted a training session on the legal implications of The Family Test in May 2015. While training places were prioritised for lawyers advising the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), all government lawyers were eligible to apply.</p><p>In addition, the training committee within the DWP legal advisers will consider the inclusion of further training on The Family Test in response to any further needs identified.</p><p>The Serious Fraud Office and Crown Prosecution Service are not directly involved in frontline policy development and whilst they are aware of the published DWP guidance on applying the test, no specific training has been deemed necessary at this stage. However, they would of course apply the test should the need arise.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 03/12/2015 11:06:43 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

432602

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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	Personal Care Services
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 are employed as practitioners within the UK hair industry.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John Mc Nally
uin	17861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>In Official Statistics types of business are subdivided by internationally agreed Standard Industrial Classification codes. These do not have sufficient detail to separately identify the hair industry but group this under SIC 96.02 - Hairdressing and other beauty treatment, which also includes facial, nail care and other make-up and beauty services. According to the latest Annual Business Survey (ONS) this industry accounted for 139,000 jobs in 2014.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 03/12/2015 14:29:03 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

432603

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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	Personal Care Services
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 value of the hair industry to the economy.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John Mc Nally
uin	17862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>In Official Statistics types of business are subdivided by internationally agreed Standard Industrial Classification codes. These do not have sufficient detail to separately identify the hair industry but group this under SIC 96.02 - Hairdressing and other beauty treatment, which also includes facial, nail care and other make-up and beauty services. According to the latest ONS Annual Business Survey this industry contributed nearly £2.7bn in gross value added to the UK economy in 2014.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 03/12/2015 12:52:28 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

432604

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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	Government Departments: Chief Scientific Advisers
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 ensuring that all government departments have access to a chief scientific advisor.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	17872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>The Chief Scientific Advisers work across departments in partnership with policy makers to ensure the very best in scientific evidence is used in the policy process. Where posts are unfilled, the Government Office for Science works with departments to ensure they have access to relevant expertise and evidence.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 07/12/2015 15:18:47 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

432605

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what training his Department has provided to staff on the family test; what other steps he has taken to raise awareness of the family test among staff of his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
uin	17920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text <p>The Family Test was announced by my Rt. hon Friend the Prime Minister in August 2014 and introduced in October 2014.</p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills welcomed the introduction of the Family Test and has taken steps to embed it by building it into the Department’s Public Sector Equality Duty commitments. This has included training officials on applying the test, disseminating learning materials and best practice.</p><p>The Family Test is an integral part of the policy making process and is applied in a proportionate way in the development of all new policy in line with the Family Test guidance, published by the Department for Work and Pensions.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 20/04/2016 08:31:06 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

432606

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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	Postgraduate Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on his proposal in the Autumn Statement of 2014 to offer a student loan provision for postgraduate masters degrees.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	18006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State, Ministers and officials in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and HM Treasury meet regularly to discuss policy.</p><p>The Government announced its proposals for a Master’s Loan at Autumn Statement and Spending Review 2015. Further information is available via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/postgraduate-study-student-loans-and-other-support" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/postgraduate-study-student-loans-and-other-support</a></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 02/12/2015 15:39:50 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

432607

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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: North West
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 from (a) Burnley, (b) Lancashire and (b) the North West are currently in higher education.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	18005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEI). The most recent data covers the 2013-14 academic year. The latest figures for the numbers of higher education students who were living in the Burnley constituency, Lancashire, and the North West prior to study are presented in the following table:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Higher Education Enrolments by Region<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>UK Higher Education Institutions</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Academic Year 2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>Undergraduate</p></td><td><p>Postgraduate</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burnley</p></td><td><p>1,880</p></td><td><p>275</p></td><td><p>2,155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>28,050</p></td><td><p>5,760</p></td><td><p>33,810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>162,080</p></td><td><p>34,040</p></td><td><p>196,125</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Note: Figures rounded to the nearest multiple of 5</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><sup>1</sup>Parliamentary constituency is derived from student's postcode</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 07/12/2015 15:12:39 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

432609

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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: STEM Subjects
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 apprenticeships have been taken up in STEM industries since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	17937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the number of Apprenticeships started in the ‘Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies’, ‘Information and Communication Technology’ and ‘Science and Mathematics’ Sector Subject Areas since May 2010.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table 1: Number of Apprenticeship starts in the Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies, Information and Communication Technology and Science and Mathematics Sector Subject Areas since May 2010 (May 2010 to July 2015)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sector Subject Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Starts since May 2010</strong></p></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p>Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies</p></td><td><p>337,400</p></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information and Communication Technology</p></td><td><p>82,760</p></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p>Science and Mathematics</p></td><td><p>1,440</p></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 421,600 </strong></p></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>1) The source is the Individualised Learner Record.</p></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10, with the exception of totals which are rounded to the nearest hundred.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 03/12/2015 12:11:07 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

432610

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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	Overseas Students
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 he is taking to ensure that the UK remains competitive with other countries in attracting overseas students to higher and further education; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
uin	17938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>The UK welcomes international students and there is no cap on the number that can study here. The Government promotes study in the UK through the Britain is GREAT marketing campaign and through the British Council, which promotes UK education in over 100 countries, connecting millions of people with the United Kingdom.</p><p>The Government has a number of major education agreements with overseas partners. Key programmes include the UK-China Partners in Education Programme, the UK-India Education Research Initiative and engagement in Brazil’s ‘Science without Borders’ scholarship scheme.</p><p>Government also supports student exchange, such as through the Erasmus Scheme, which enables international students to take short placements in the UK and British students to gain valuable overseas experience.</p><p>As part of our recent Spending Review the Government has also reaffirmed the importance international students to the success of UK universities and the economy. To ensure universities can continue to compete with the US, Australia and Canada for top international students, dependants of postgraduates on courses lasting more than a year will be welcome to come and work. Current English language requirements will be maintained.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 07/12/2015 15:12:08 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell