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524606

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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	Roads: Accidents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many civil servants within the Department for Business Innovation and Skills have (1) been recruited into the department (a) from within the civil service, or (b) from outside the civil service, and (2) left to (a) other posts within the civil service, and (b) other roles outside of the civil service, in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2016 answer text <p>The total number of civil servants within the Department for Business Innovation and Skills HQ (BIS) who have (1) been recruited into the department (a) from within the civil service, or (b) from outside the civil service, and (2) left to (a) other posts within the civil service, and (b) other roles outside of the civil service, in each of the last five years are shown in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p>Recruited to BIS</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year of joining</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Joined from outside the Civil Service</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Joined from within the Civil Service</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>375</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>243</p></td><td><p>208</p></td><td><p>451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>372</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>356</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>315</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>942</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>927</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1869</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Left BIS</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year of leaving</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Left the Civil Service</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Moved to another part of the Civil Service</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>338</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>492</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>253</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>205</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>325</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>401</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>364</p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>637</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1404</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>805</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2209</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 16/06/2016 14:35:57 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

524607

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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	Crossrail 2 Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the average duration of employment for civil servants within the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2016 answer text <p>The length of service for employees of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills HQ, in each of the last five years, is shown in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period ending</p></td><td><p>Average length of service (Years)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2016</p></td><td><p>16.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2015</p></td><td><p>15.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2014</p></td><td><p>15.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2013</p></td><td><p>15.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2012</p></td><td><p>15.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> The data above relates to the total length of their employment within the Civil Service.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 16/06/2016 14:37:27 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

524638

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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: Tees Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the report by Lord Heseltine, entitled Tees Valley: opportunity unlimited, published in June 2016, recommendation 6.6.7, whether he plans to devolve responsibility for the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers to the Tees Valley Combined Authority.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	40293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The Apprenticeship Grant for Employers (AGE) is available until the end of the 2016/17 academic year to incentivise smaller employers to offer apprenticeships. The AGE grant will be devolved to The Tees Valley Combined Authority from this August. They will be free to vary the criteria associated with the grant (e.g. size and sector of business) to meet local needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 27/06/2016 16:10:47 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

524639

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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: Taxation
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 potential effect of the new Apprenticeship Levy on the number of apprenticeship start-ups from September 2016.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	40284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not produce forecasts for apprenticeship starts. Apprenticeships are paid jobs and their availability is dependent on employers offering opportunities and hiring apprentices.</p><p>The levy will fund a step-change in apprenticeship numbers and quality – delivering on our commitment to 3 million new apprenticeship starts in England by 2020. It will put apprenticeship funding on a sustainable footing and improve the technical and professional skills of the workforce.</p><p>It will encourage employers to invest in their apprentices and take on more. Employers in England who pay the levy and are committed to apprenticeships training will be able to get out more than they pay in to the levy through a top-up of additional funding to their digital accounts. The government will apply a 10% top-up to monthly funds entering levy paying employers digital accounts, for apprenticeship training in England, from April 2017. Apprentices who have been accepted on to an apprenticeship before April 2017 will be funded for the full term of the apprenticeship under the terms and conditions that were in place at the time their apprenticeship started.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/06/2016 14:07:29 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

524640

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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	Property: Ownership
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 3 June 2016 to Question 37744, on property: ownership, on what date (a) his Department will begin to consult on the detail of the policy and (b) that consultation will end.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	40364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>My Department is currently developing the policy detail to be included within the consultation, which we plan to publish later this year. I am not able to commit to a specific date for the consultation at this point.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 27/06/2016 08:22:51 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

524641

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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	Automation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has made an estimate of the potential number of jobs which will be replaced by automation over the next two decades.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	40325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department has not made a specific forecast of how many jobs will be replaced (or how many additional jobs will be created) over the next two decades due to automation. However, the Government’s Horizon Scanning Programme exploring the impacts of automation on the labour market, and engaging with our international partners.</p><p>Government is taking action to provide individuals with the skills that will help prepare them for changes to the labour market, such as the new school computing curriculum, developing new apprenticeship standards, growing the apprenticeships programme, and introducing the Institute for Coding.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/06/2016 14:08:26 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

524642

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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
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 operational readiness of the Student Loans Company to administer postgraduate loan applications between June and October 2016.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	40420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company will open for applications for the new master’s loan for postgraduate study from the end of June 2016 and the Department has been working closely with the company to ensure its systems and operational staff are ready to manage the loan’s administration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 27/06/2016 08:25:24 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

524643

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether a dedicated hotline for postgraduate loan applicants will be established by the Student Loans Company.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	40421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>There is a dedicated enquiry line for applicants for the new master’s loan for postgraduate study. The number is 0300 100 0031 and the line is open Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 27/06/2016 08:28:27 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

524644

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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
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 expected take-up of postgraduate loans by (a) UK and (b) EU students in (i) 2017-18 and (ii) 2018-19; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	40422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s current central estimate is that around 60,000 students will take out the new postgraduate master’s loan in Academic Year 2016/17. We estimate that a similar number of students will take out the loan in each of the Academic Years 2017/18 and 2018/19. These estimates will be reviewed in light of the student applications received in the first year of the loan’s operation. The new master’s loan will be available to eligible students including those UK students ordinarily resident in England or EU nationals resident elsewhere in the EU who meet the loan’s eligibility criteria. As this is a new loan product this year, it is too early to give an accurate estimate of the domicile of borrowers in 2017/18 or 2018/19.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 27/06/2016 08:33:26 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

524645

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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
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 additional staffing and resources required by the Student Loans Company for administration and postgraduate loan applications from October 2016.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	40423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company will open applications for the new master’s loan for postgraduate study from the end of June 2016. Around 40 additional full-time equivalent staff will support the new loan product.</p><p> </p><p>The additional staff will be required to process the applications, administer the payment of student loans and deal with any enquiries from students in relation to the new product.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 27/06/2016 08:44:00 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden