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date	13/10/2014
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 plans he has to change funding of the Apprenticeship scheme.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	210186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>We are planning to route funding for apprenticeship training directly through employers. This will put employers in the driving seat in terms of securing the most appropriate training, giving them a greater stake in guaranteeing that the training provision their apprentices receive is high quality. We are trialling a simplified funding model for apprenticeships based on new employer-designed standards in the 2014/15 Academic Year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/336036/BIS-14-975-Trialling-our-new-apprenticeship-funding-model.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/336036/BIS-14-975-Trialling-our-new-apprenticeship-funding-model.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 16/10/2014 16:14:41 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

90267

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
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 recent discussions he has had with small and medium-sized enterprises on the planned changes to the funding of the apprenticeship scheme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	207865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has had regular discussions with employers of all sizes and with the Federation of Small Businesses about the apprenticeship reform programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 08/09/2014 10:46:21 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 18508 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

65304

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department gives on the weight to be given to areas of outstanding natural beauty when calculating housing need for the purpose of drawing up local plans; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	203607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Local Plans prepared by democratically accountable councils working with their local communities are based on objectively assessed housing needs. Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty have the highest status of protection in national planning policy in relation to landscape and scenic beauty, but they also contain living communities. Local authorities through their Local Plans are best placed to ensure communities in these areas are able to thrive alongside providing strong protection for these nationally important landscapes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>National planning policy sets out that Local Plans should meet objectively assessed needs, unless specific policies such as the protection of Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty indicate development should be restricted. Our recently published planning guidance also addresses Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and can be found at <a href="http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/blog/guidance/natural-environment/landscape/" target="_blank">http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/blog/guidance/natural-environment/landscape/</a>. Local authorities are also under a legal duty to cooperate in seeking to meet development requirements which cannot be wholly met within their own areas.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 07/07/2014 15:05:12 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson