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106193

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
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 steps his Department is taking to encourage offers of apprenticeships to adults without GCSEs.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	213292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Apprenticeships are jobs and as such individual employers set their own entry requirements.</p><p>We have introduced Traineeships, working with employers, to offer people aged 16 – 24, often without GCSEs, an opportunity to develop the skills and experience needed to compete successfully for an apprenticeship or other job.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/11/2014 12:22:38 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

106194

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
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	Training
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 his Department is taking to offer training to adults without GCSEs.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	213293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government supports a range of training opportunities for adults who are not qualified to GCSE level.</p><p> </p><p>We provide full funding for adults of any age, irrespective of employment status, to study English and Maths up to and including Level 2 qualifications and to take GCSEs in these subjects. We also fully fund adults aged 19 to 23 to study for their first full Level 2 or learning programmes pre-Level 2 to enable them to progress to Level 2 and above. These can cover a wide range of subjects, from vocational courses to GCSEs. In 2012/13 we supported 1.2m learners at level 2. For adults aged 24 who want to study subjects other than English and maths, we provide a subsidy and they make a contribution from their own resources.</p><p> </p><p>The Government supports some particular programmes operating partly or exclusively for adults who have not yet achieved GCSE. Traineeships provide work preparation training, English and Maths for those who need it, and vital work experience - combining to equip people with the skills and experience they need to compete for Apprenticeships and other jobs. Apprenticeships are real jobs with training and provide an opportunity for people, including those without GCSEs, to obtain high quality training in a particular career.</p><p> </p><p>Sector-based work academies combine sector-based training with a work experience placement lasting up to a maximum of 6 weeks along with a guaranteed job interview. They are designed to support benefit customers aged 18+ who are close to the labour market but have been unable to find sustained employment in a demand sector. In addition, individuals who are out of work and in receipt of Jobseekers Allowance (JSA), Employment Support Allowance in the Work Related Activity Group (ESA WRAG) or on Universal Credit (UC) with a skills need identified, are able to receive free training from Colleges and providers to help them get into work. Of all aims started by benefit claimants 89 per cent were at Level 2 and below.</p><p> </p><p>We support Adult Community Learning with funding of £210m which is designed to engage people who are most disadvantaged and furthest from learning such as those who do not yet have the confidence to go to a formal course. It has proven to be particularly effective in motivating people without qualifications.</p><p> </p><p>Some of those studying below GCSE have learning difficulties and disabilities and where it is needed, we fund the delivery of additional support for these learners so that they can participate fully in education and training. Working in close partnership with the Ministry of Justice, our prison education offer similarly provides offenders with the basic skills of maths and English, and with relevant vocational qualifications, that will allow them to secure employment on release. We know that employment reduces re-offending.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 11/11/2014 15:14:59 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

106200

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
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	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, what estimate he has made of the effect on spending by his Department of abolition of the cap on higher education student numbers announced in the Autumn Statement 2013.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	213239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>Details of estimates and costs are in the 2013 Autumn Statement document at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263942/35062_Autumn_Statement_2013.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263942/35062_Autumn_Statement_2013.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark grouped question UIN 213835 213836 question first answered 18/12/2014 16:58:48 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

106202

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
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 his policy is on allowing employers to pay the apprenticeship wage for longer than 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	213294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The apprenticeship minimum wage applies to apprentices aged under 19 and those aged 19 and over in the first year of their apprenticeship. If the apprentice is over 19 and has completed the first year of their apprenticeship, they are entitled to the age appropriate rate of the national minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>The apprenticeship minimum wage is the legal minimum. It is not a guide as to what employers should pay and we encourage employers to pay higher where they are able to do so. Most employers pay more than the minimum wage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 11/11/2014 12:28:44 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

106208

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Unemployment: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many women over the age of 50 in Scotland have been classed as economically inactive in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
uin	213311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 213341 question first answered 06/11/2014 15:30:12 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 213341 & 213311.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Economically Inactive
tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

106209

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Unemployment: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many women over the age of 50 in Scotland had been unemployed for six months or more in September (a) 2014, (b) 2013, (c) 2012, (d) 2011 and (e) 2010.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
uin	213341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 213311 question first answered 06/11/2014 15:30:12 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 213341 & 213311.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Economically Inactive
tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

106211

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Standard of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what change there has been in spending per houshold in (a) the top 10 most deprived local authority areas in England and (b) the 10 least deprived local authority areas in England since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	213379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 06/11/2014 15:31:32 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 213379 ONS 388.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Deprived Local Authority
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

106214

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in work did not pay any income tax as a result of changes to the personal allowance threshold in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	213291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>By April 2013, the cumulative effect of the Government's increases in the personal allowance for those aged under 65 years (born after 5 April 1948 from 2013-14 tax year) since 2010-11 had taken 2.8 million people out of income tax liability.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The year on year growth over the three years requested is shown in the table attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Tax Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Taken out of tax since 2010-11 by PA increases<br> (millions - cumulative)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/11/2014 17:04:51 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

106215

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Landfill Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many criminal prosecutions for non-payment or other breaches of the law related to the landfill tax there have been in each year since that tax's introduction.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	213281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling tax fraud and avoidance and has re-invested almost £1 billion in HMRC to strengthen the response to criminal attacks on the tax system, tax avoidance, and unpaid tax debt.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s response to non-compliance is tailored to the seriousness of the offence. HMRC is actively responding to the risks in the sector, and working with the National Crime Agency to develop and deliver a comprehensive multi-agency waste sector campaign.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Visits to landfill sites are one part of HMRC’s response to landfill tax compliance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to these visits and audit checks, HMRC has launched a cross-tax waste sector pilot exercise which is currently under way, where cases are being worked across all taxes, rather than just landfill tax. HMRC is also working collaboratively with other agencies to tackle non-compliance and develop a joined up multi-agency strategy, capitalising on the full range of sanctions available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC adopts a risk-based approach to compliance activity to enable resources to be deployed flexibly to areas of highest risk and does not therefore allocate budgets to any particular tax regime</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s management information systems are unable to identify the number of complaints received specifically about the non-payment of landfill tax without incurring disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 213276 213277 213278 213279 213280 213282 213284 question first answered 12/11/2014 11:52:51 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

106216

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Landfill Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of the amount of landfill tax outstanding from landfill operators.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	213282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling tax fraud and avoidance and has re-invested almost £1 billion in HMRC to strengthen the response to criminal attacks on the tax system, tax avoidance, and unpaid tax debt.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s response to non-compliance is tailored to the seriousness of the offence. HMRC is actively responding to the risks in the sector, and working with the National Crime Agency to develop and deliver a comprehensive multi-agency waste sector campaign.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Visits to landfill sites are one part of HMRC’s response to landfill tax compliance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to these visits and audit checks, HMRC has launched a cross-tax waste sector pilot exercise which is currently under way, where cases are being worked across all taxes, rather than just landfill tax. HMRC is also working collaboratively with other agencies to tackle non-compliance and develop a joined up multi-agency strategy, capitalising on the full range of sanctions available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC adopts a risk-based approach to compliance activity to enable resources to be deployed flexibly to areas of highest risk and does not therefore allocate budgets to any particular tax regime</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s management information systems are unable to identify the number of complaints received specifically about the non-payment of landfill tax without incurring disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 213276 213277 213278 213279 213280 213281 213284 question first answered 12/11/2014 11:52:52 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones