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516180

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
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	Living Wage
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 discourage employers from cutting staff benefits on the grounds that implementing the national living wage compels them to do so.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	35896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>It is for employers to decide how to manage increases in their wage bill. Many employers will be giving their staff a pay rise and maintaining other benefits.</p><p> </p><p>Employers need to ensure their pay and reward packages are competitive to retain and develop the people and talent they need for their business.</p><p> </p><p>Employers should be planning ahead, taking steps to boost their productivity and maintain an effective workforce. In every case they must pay at least the statutory National Living Wage, or the National Minimum Wage for workers aged under 25.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/05/2016 13:27:54 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 59132 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

456562

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
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: Social Work
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 graduates began a Masters degree in social work in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	29360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Information on the number of students entering Masters Degrees in social work subjects at UK HEIs in the academic years 2010/11 to 2014/15 has been provided in the table.</p><p>This year we will be introducing postgraduate Master’s loans to support those wishing to pursue a master’s degree in any subject.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong> </strong> <strong>Entrants to Masters Degrees in social work subjects</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>UK Higher Education Institutions</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Academic Years 2010/11 to 2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Entrants</p></td><td><p>3,320</p></td><td><p>3,150</p></td><td><p>2,680</p></td><td><p>3,020</p></td><td><p>2,735</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Source: HESA Student Record</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Notes:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(1) Figures have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 5</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(2) Entrants refers to students in their first year of study</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(3) Figures relate to all entrants rather than those who are graduates.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(4) Subject information is given in terms of full-person equivalents - defined using the Joint Academic Coding System (JACS3) and derived by apportioning each student between the different subjects that made up their course</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/03/2016 15:21:41 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 49276 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

443784

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
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 an answer to Question 18568, tabled by the hon. Member for East Ham on 2 December 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	21821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government has not made an estimate of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates for these age groups for each year until 2020.</p><p /> <p>The Government asks the Low Pay Commission to make NMW rate recommendations each year based on maximising the wages of the low paid without damaging employment opportunities. The Low Pay Commission will recommend the October 2016 NMW rates and indicative rates for 2017 by the end of February 2016.</p><p><strong></strong></p><br /> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 18568 question first answered 14/01/2016 15:47:29 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

435765

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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	Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2015 to Question 8893, when he plans to publish the impact assessment for the introduction of the national living wage; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	19022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government has published a full impact assessment alongside draft regulations to implement the National Living Wage. These documents were laid before Parliament on Monday 7 December 2015. Regulations will be debated in both Houses of Parliament in time to come into force on 1 April 2016.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/12/2015 15:52:03 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

433744

registered interest
date	02/12/2015
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	Minimum Wage: Young People
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 level of the National Minimum Wage for people aged (a) 16 to 17 years, (b) 18 to 20 years and (c) 21 to 24 years in each year until 2020.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	18568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government has not made an estimate of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates for these age groups for each year until 2020.</p><p /> <p>The Government asks the Low Pay Commission to make NMW rate recommendations each year based on maximising the wages of the low paid without damaging employment opportunities. The Low Pay Commission will recommend the October 2016 NMW rates and indicative rates for 2017 by the end of February 2016.</p><p><strong></strong></p><br /> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 21821 question first answered 14/01/2016 15:47:29 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

422539

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
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	Living Wage
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 effect of the introduction of the National Living Wage on rates of pay above the statutory minimum; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	12682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The Government will publish an Impact Assessment for the introduction of the National Living Wage alongside the implementation regulations. The Office of Budget Responsibility estimates that 3.25 million people above the new statutory minimum will benefit from the National Living Wage.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 29/10/2015 17:44:04 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

418250

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
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: Poverty
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 effect of the proposed national living wage on (a) absolute and (b) relative child poverty by 2020.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	9953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not estimated the impact of the National Living Wage (NLW) on absolute or relative child poverty in 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts suggest a full-time National Minimum Wage worker will earn over £5,200 more by 2020 from the National Living Wage. 2.75 million low wage workers will benefit directly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>By 2017-18, 8 out of 10 working households are forecast to be better off as a result of the personal allowance, national living wage and welfare changes announced in the Summer Budget. 17.7 million households will benefit in total.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/09/2015 15:35:22 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

224368

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
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	Property Searches
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 cost of centralisation of local land charges registers.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	225821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>Centralisation of the local land charges register with Land Registry will replace a fragmented, often degrading paper system with a local land charges service fit for the 21<sup>st</sup> Century with consistent turnaround times, standard fees and easy access to a composite digital register.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Land Registry is currently engaged in dialogue with HM Treasury in relation to the costs of centralisation. Given the early stage of the dialogue, it is not possible to reveal full details of the costs. An updated version of the Impact assessment which will contain further detail of the costs (for the purpose of measuring the impact) will be published in the near future.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 05/03/2015 15:43:12 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

224379

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
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	Property Searches
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what alternatives he considered to centralising local land charges in the Land Registry; and what assessment he made of the appropriateness and cost effectiveness of those alternatives.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	225824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>A range of options were identified but centralising the local land charges register with Land Registry was found to be the most effective way to create national register using a single digital solution.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 05/03/2015 15:50:46 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

179694

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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, what assessment he has made of the effect of raising the participation age on the take up of apprenticeships by 16 to 19 year olds.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	224392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The latest participation data shows there was an increase in the proportion of 16-18 year olds taking an apprenticeship in 2013/14. The proportion of 16 year olds - the first cohort affected by the raising of the participation age (RPA) – was unchanged. Participation data for 2014/15 is not yet available</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are a number of factors that may affect the take up of apprenticeships, and no assessment has been made of the distinct impact of the introduction of RPA.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 23/02/2015 14:46:55 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms