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443624

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	Overseas Trade: Crown Dependencies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what conditions the FCO and UK Trade and Investment attach to providing support and assistance to companies based in the Crown Dependencies in pursuit of overseas contracts and investment opportunities.
tabling member printed	Lord Wallace of Saltaire
uin	HL4908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>Companies from the Crown Dependencies are able to take advantage of the Overseas Market Introduction Service (OMIS) as a non-subsidised, fully- charged service to commission information from UK Trade &amp; Investment (UKTI) to assist them in planning and executing their business plans.</p><br /><p>UKTI services are provided at a cost to the UK tax-payer. The Crown Dependencies operate under the jurisdiction of their own Administrations, with no business-generated return to the UK Exchequer. Consequently, OMIS provision to companies based in the Crown Dependencies is charged for.</p><br /><p>Companies from the Crown Dependencies are not eligible for any subsidised UKTI services, unless they have an active UK trading address and can demonstrate that any support they receive would help them deliver economic benefit to the UK through this trading address.</p><br /> <br /> <br /> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 14/01/2016 16:44:45 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire

443710

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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
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 the Government has made of whether the TTIP trade deal will make the UK more vulnerable to lawsuits; if the Government will insist that TTIP does not contain provisions which would allow similar lawsuits to be brought in the UK; and if the Government will reconsider its support for TTIP in response to that lawsuit.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	22006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>The Government does not comment on cases in which it has no involvement. Under UK laws a foreign investor can already sue the Government over allegedly unfair or unlawful treatment. UK domestic courts and our legal system will continue to be the main route for resolving the vast majority of disputes between foreign investors and the Government regardless of any investment protection provisions included in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). This is because our domestic courts typically offer a quicker and cheaper method of resolving disputes.</p><br /><p>The European Commission has published its proposal for investment protections in TTIP. This includes various possible measures to ensure these provisions are fair and transparent, including prohibiting claims from being pursued simultaneously under investor-state dispute settlement provisions and in domestic courts.</p><br /><p>The UK will continue to work with the Commission on the details of these latest proposals. We need investment protections that ensure UK investors are treated fairly overseas by foreign governments. But the UK will make sure that governments can continue to regulate lawfully in the public interest.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/01/2016 16:09:37 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

443780

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	Higher Education: Admissions
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 studied higher education in further education colleges in each constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	21887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>Information by constituency can only be provided at disproportionate cost. Region-level statistics on enrolments in higher education at further education colleges have been provided as an alternative. The statistics are based on data held by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), and refer to the academic years 2011/12 to 2013/14. Information for the latest two academic years is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p><strong>Full-person equivalent students taught Higher Education qualifications at Further Education Colleges in England by region of domicile</strong></p><p>Academic years 2011/12 to 2013/14</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Region of domicile</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Academic Year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>11,940</p></td><td><p>9,445</p></td><td><p>9,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>20,190</p></td><td><p>19,690</p></td><td><p>19,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>16,400</p></td><td><p>14,990</p></td><td><p>15,175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>7,645</p></td><td><p>7,175</p></td><td><p>7,085</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>10,575</p></td><td><p>9,950</p></td><td><p>9,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>10,560</p></td><td><p>8,935</p></td><td><p>8,845</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>10,765</p></td><td><p>10,205</p></td><td><p>9,575</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>13,895</p></td><td><p>12,610</p></td><td><p>12,035</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>13,365</p></td><td><p>12,010</p></td><td><p>11,380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>850</p></td><td><p>795</p></td><td><p>715</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>495</p></td><td><p>490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>285</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU</p></td><td><p>1,070</p></td><td><p>745</p></td><td><p>540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rest of the world</p></td><td><p>1,570</p></td><td><p>1,605</p></td><td><p>1,075</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England (unknown)</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>425</p></td><td><p>485</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom (unknown)</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total all domiciles</p></td><td><p>119,990</p></td><td><p>109,380</p></td><td><p>106,510</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Information is derived from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) student return and the FE Data Service's individualised learner record (ILR) F05 return</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Coverage:</p><p>- Includes students registered with HEIs but taught at FECs under franchised arrangements</p><p>- Students registered at FECs are only included if they are studying a prescribed course of HE</p><p>- Includes all levels and modes of higher education study and distance learners</p><p>- Numbers are based on where the student was domiciled rather than where the student studied</p><p>- Full-person equivalents (FPEs) have been rounded to the nearest 5</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 12/04/2016 14:21:42 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

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

443932

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	Minimum Wage: 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 businesses in (a) Warrington and (b) the North West were (i) investigated and (ii) prosecuted for failure to pay the national minimum wage in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	22001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not record information on the number of National Minimum Wage investigations or prosecutions by region, local authority or parliamentary constituency.</p><p /> <p>Employers may register trading addresses which differ from where they undertake business and can operate at multiple sites across the country. Therefore it is not always possible to identify a particular area where national minimum wage non-compliance has occurred.</p><p><strong></strong></p><br /> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 14/01/2016 16:03:54 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

443399

registered interest
date	08/01/2016
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	Further Education: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what date the second wave Area Reviews for further education college providers he plans to commence.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	21697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><br /><p>As we have set out in the published information relating to the second wave of area reviews, the first steering group meeting, which will be in the Marches and Worcestershire area, is scheduled to take place on Monday 18 January 2016.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 13/01/2016 17:46:53 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

443400

registered interest
date	08/01/2016
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	Further Education: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which colleges he plans are to be included in (a) the third wave Area Reviews for Lancashire (Pennines) further education colleges and (b) in the fourth wave Area Reviews for Lancashire (Coastal) further education colleges.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	21698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>We have published indicative information in relation to the future waves, 3 to 5, of the area reviews. This includes the proposed reviews for the Lancashire area. I met with the Lancashire College Group yesterday and discussed with them the timing of the two Lancashire reviews and the colleges to be included in each. We will review the future waves in light of further discussions and ongoing assessment of risk and we will publish updated information on this in due course.</p><p><strong></strong></p><br /> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 13/01/2016 17:44:54 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

443422

registered interest
date	08/01/2016
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	Further Education: Greater London
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 end of year budget surplus or deficit was for each further education college in London in each financial year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	21634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>We will collate this information and deposit it in the Libraries of the House shortly.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 28376 question first answered 01/03/2016 06:12:45 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

443165

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
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	UK Commission for Employment and Skills
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 plans are for the future of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	21583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>As announced in the 2015 Spending Review, in order to prioritise funding to allow the core adult skills participation budgets to be protected in cash terms, savings are being made from the supporting budgets including the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES).</p><br /><p>Whitehall Departments will be withdrawing their funding for UKCES during the 2016-17 financial year. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is working with UKCES to manage the implications of this decision.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 12/01/2016 16:34:10 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

443168

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
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	Apprentices: Finance
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 risk of employers waiting until the new digital voucher funding mechanism is in place before taking on new apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	21461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>The current apprenticeships funding mechanism is being reformed to deliver a high-quality, employer-led system. In the transition period, we will be continuing to use the current system (which has delivered strong apprenticeships growth) and work with employers to help them take on apprentices. We will monitor take-up prior to the levy introduction.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 12/01/2016 16:32:09 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle