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227696

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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	Adult 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 estimate he has made of the level of funding his Department will provide to further education colleges for the provision of adult education in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	227789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The total budget for post 19 Further Education for 2015/16 is £3,741,472,000.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not have any budgets beyond 2015-16 as these will be agreed in the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/03/2015 13:58:46 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

227458

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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	Adult Education: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 has been allocated for adult skills in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) each parliamentary constituency in Yorkshire and the Humber in 2015-16; and what the percentage change is between that funding and the funding allocated in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	227607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The Skills Funding Agency does not allocate funding to specific geographical areas. The Agency allocates funding to colleges and training providers, some of whom operate on very local geographic footprints, whilst others provide training and skills services to learners and employers across the country. College and training providers are required to work with local enterprise partnerships and local stakeholders to ensure that what they deliver locally is responding to local needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/03/2015 13:55:01 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 51559 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

227459

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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	Adult Education: North East
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 budget for funding of adult skills in (a) the North East and (b) Stockton North constituency is for 2015-16; and what the percentage change is from that budget in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	227639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The Skills Funding Agency does not allocate funding to specific geographical areas. The Agency allocates funding to colleges and training providers, some of whom operate on very local geographic footprints, whilst others provide training and skills services to learners and employers across the country. College and training providers are required to work with local enterprise partnerships and local stakeholders to ensure that what they deliver locally is responding to local needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/03/2015 13:53:36 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 51560 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

227460

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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	Adult Education: West Midlands
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 budget for the funding of adult skills in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Birmingham, Northfield constituency is in 2015-16; and what the percentage change is from the 2014-15 adult skills budget.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	227650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The Skills Funding Agency does not allocate funding to specific geographical areas. The Agency allocates funding to colleges and training providers, some of whom operate on very local geographic footprints, whilst others provide training and skills services to learners and employers across the country. College and training providers are required to work with local enterprise partnerships and local stakeholders to ensure that what they deliver locally is responding to local needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/03/2015 13:56:47 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 51563 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

227252

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Off-payroll Working
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 staff in his Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	227540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>New tighter rules governing ‘off-payroll’ appointments in central government were established in May 2012 when the Chief Secretary to the Treasury published the Review of the Tax Arrangements of Public Sector Appointees.</p><p>The recommendations of the Review mean that the most senior staff must go on the payroll, and departments are now able to seek assurance in relation to the tax arrangements of their long-term, high paid contractors.</p><p>The Treasury has carried out two evaluations of compliance with the rules which were published on 11 March 2014 and 5 March 2015. The most recent review revealed that the large majority of central government departments are operating the rules effectively. The Treasury issued £3 million in fines in 2014 and 2015 to a small number of departments who did not fully comply with the requirements of the guidance.</p><p>Data on the number of off payroll staff engaged in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and its Partner Organisations since August 2012 has been published in BIS Annual Reports and Accounts:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bis-tax-arrangements-for-off-payroll-appointees-august-2012-to-march-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bis-tax-arrangements-for-off-payroll-appointees-august-2012-to-march-2013</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bis-tax-arrangements-for-off-payroll-appointees-april-2013-to-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bis-tax-arrangements-for-off-payroll-appointees-april-2013-to-march-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>Earlier data is not available.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 20/03/2015 13:06:10 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

227254

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
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	Technology: 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 were doing their apprenticeships in technology companies in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on apprenticeship starts by sector subject area and framework is published in supplementary tables to a Statistical First Release (SFR) in the FE Data Library:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships</a></p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeship data are not available by industrial sector.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/03/2015 13:32:14 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227255

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
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	Intellectual Property
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 plans to take to clarify intellectual property regulations.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The Intellectual Property Office as an Executive Agency of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills leads on intellectual property issues. The Intellectual Property Office offers a comprehensive range of guidance, self help tools and educational seminars which bring clarity to existing regulations for businesses and consumers in the UK and overseas. Full details are available on gov.uk. Where the Intellectual Property Office receives feedback or evidence that regulations require clarification, it will consider this and set out an appropriate plan for action. We have no immediate plan for new regulations.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 20/03/2015 12:57:07 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227084

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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	Further 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 the average number of subjects or courses offered by further education colleges was in each of the past five years; and what estimate he has made of the average number of subjects or courses that will be offered by further education colleges in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	227452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information on the number of course undertaken by government-funded learners at Further Education providers in each academic year is published in the FE and Skills National Aims Report (link below).</p><p> </p><p>The Department do not produce forecasts for the number of courses expected to be undertaken in a given year.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378266/feandskills-national-aims-report-1314.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378266/feandskills-national-aims-report-1314.xls</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/03/2015 09:54:07 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

223842

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
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: Bradford
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 students from Bradford were the first to go to university from their family in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
uin	225608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).</p><p>The Table shows the proportion of students from Bradford Local Authority area and the UK overall who started a full-time first degree course at a UK Higher Education Institution in the academic years 2008/09 to 2013/14 and who declared that their parents did not hold a higher education qualification. Comparable information is not available for the earlier years.</p><p>Information for the 2014/15 academic year will become available from the Higher Education Statistics Agency in January 2016.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Full-time first degree entrants domiciled in Bradford Local Authority and the UK whose parents do not hold a higher education qualification</strong></p><p>UK Higher Education Institutions</p><p>Academic Years 2008/09 to 2013/14</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Bradford</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>UK Overall</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academic Year</p></td><td><p>Percentage of entrants whose parents do NOT have any higher education qualification</p></td><td><p>Count of respondents</p></td><td><p>Count of students where information is unknown</p></td><td><p>Percentage of entrants whose parents do NOT have any higher education qualification</p></td><td><p>Count of respondents</p></td><td><p>Count of students where information is unknown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td><td><p>2,040</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td><td><p>270,345</p></td><td><p>91,080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td><td><p>2,280</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td><td><p>281,410</p></td><td><p>95,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>2,225</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>280,600</p></td><td><p>90,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td><td><p>2,445</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>303,690</p></td><td><p>90,895</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td><td><p>2,270</p></td><td><p>535</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>275,430</p></td><td><p>81,585</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td><td><p>2,745</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>323,850</p></td><td><p>63,110</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record.</p><p> </p><p>(1) Domicile refers to a student’s permanent or home address prior to entering their course.</p><p>(2) More information on how Parental HE is measured is available here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_studrec&amp;task=show_file&amp;mnl=14051&amp;href=a%5e_%5ePARED.html" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_studrec&amp;task=show_file&amp;mnl=14051&amp;href=a^_^PARED.html</a></p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 20/03/2015 10:40:29 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward