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449250

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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	Students: Loans
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 his Department has made of the average period of time which (a) male and (b) female student radiographers who enter training at the age of (i) 19, (ii) 25 and (iii) 30 in 2017-18 will take to pay off their student loans taking into account changes to the student support system from 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	24994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The changes announced at the Spending Review will enable us to lift the cap on the number of students on nursing courses and will provide nursing students with access to around 25% additional financial support. We expect this reform will enable universities to provide up to 10,000 additional nursing, midwifery and allied health training places over this Parliament.</p><p>The average repayment term on student loans is calculated for the total full time student population, rather than separately for students taking certain courses or their age on starting their course. On this basis, we estimate that the average repayment term for a full time student entering Higher Education in 2017-18 is around 20 to 25 years.</p><p>This estimate includes both borrowers who fully repay their loans and those who have loans written off due to death, disability leading to permanent inability to work, or reaching the end of the repayment term. The estimate takes into account the changes to student finance announced at Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 24992 24993 25136 question first answered 11/02/2016 13:32:05 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

449251

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if the Government will postpone the replacement of student maintenance grants with maintenance loans until a sharia-compliant finance product is available for such loans.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	24995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>Maintenance grants will be replaced by increased maintenance loans for eligible students starting full-time courses in the 2016/17 academic year. The Government supports the introduction of a Sharia-compliant ‘Takaful’ alternative finance product. Subject to Parliament, the Government hopes to introduce the system through new legislation.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 08/02/2016 16:21:31 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

449252

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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	Students: Loans
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 his Department has made of the average period of time which (a) male and (b) female student podiatrists who enter training at the age of (i) 19, (ii) 25 and (iii) 30 in 2017-18 will take to pay off their student loans taking into account changes to the student support system from 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	24992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The changes announced at the Spending Review will enable us to lift the cap on the number of students on nursing courses and will provide nursing students with access to around 25% additional financial support. We expect this reform will enable universities to provide up to 10,000 additional nursing, midwifery and allied health training places over this Parliament.</p><p>The average repayment term on student loans is calculated for the total full time student population, rather than separately for students taking certain courses or their age on starting their course. On this basis, we estimate that the average repayment term for a full time student entering Higher Education in 2017-18 is around 20 to 25 years.</p><p>This estimate includes both borrowers who fully repay their loans and those who have loans written off due to death, disability leading to permanent inability to work, or reaching the end of the repayment term. The estimate takes into account the changes to student finance announced at Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 24993 24994 25136 question first answered 11/02/2016 13:32:05 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

449253

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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	Students: Loans
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 his Department has made of the average period of time which (a) male and (b) female midwives who enter training at the age of (i) 19, (ii) 25, (iii) 30 and (iv) 40 in 2017-18 will take to pay off their student loans taking into account changes to the student support system from 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	24993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The changes announced at the Spending Review will enable us to lift the cap on the number of students on nursing courses and will provide nursing students with access to around 25% additional financial support. We expect this reform will enable universities to provide up to 10,000 additional nursing, midwifery and allied health training places over this Parliament.</p><p>The average repayment term on student loans is calculated for the total full time student population, rather than separately for students taking certain courses or their age on starting their course. On this basis, we estimate that the average repayment term for a full time student entering Higher Education in 2017-18 is around 20 to 25 years.</p><p>This estimate includes both borrowers who fully repay their loans and those who have loans written off due to death, disability leading to permanent inability to work, or reaching the end of the repayment term. The estimate takes into account the changes to student finance announced at Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 24992 24994 25136 question first answered 11/02/2016 13:32:05 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

449257

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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	Students: Loans
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 his Department has made of the average period of time which (a) male and (b) female nurses who enter training at the age of (i) 19, (ii) 25, (iii) 30 and (iv) 40 in 2017-18 will take to pay off their student loans in line with those changes to the student support system in place from 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	25136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The changes announced at the Spending Review will enable us to lift the cap on the number of students on nursing courses and will provide nursing students with access to around 25% additional financial support. We expect this reform will enable universities to provide up to 10,000 additional nursing, midwifery and allied health training places over this Parliament.</p><p>The average repayment term on student loans is calculated for the total full time student population, rather than separately for students taking certain courses or their age on starting their course. On this basis, we estimate that the average repayment term for a full time student entering Higher Education in 2017-18 is around 20 to 25 years.</p><p>This estimate includes both borrowers who fully repay their loans and those who have loans written off due to death, disability leading to permanent inability to work, or reaching the end of the repayment term. The estimate takes into account the changes to student finance announced at Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 24992 24993 24994 question first answered 11/02/2016 13:32:05 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

449260

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of employers who self-reported their non-compliance with the national minimum wage as a result of the Government's recent campaign on their policy.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	25177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing compliance with minimum wage legislation and effective enforcement of it. Everyone who is entitled to the minimum wage should receive it.</p><p> </p><p>Employers who pay workers less than the minimum wage not only have to pay arrears of wages at current minimum wage rates but also face financial penalties of up to £20,000 per underpaid worker. A further increase in penalties will come into force in April 2016 and will increase the penalty percentage from 100% to 200% of the underpayments owed to each worker, up to the existing maximum.</p><p> </p><p>Work on the campaign continues so I refer the honourable member to the answer provided at UIN 8859.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 09/02/2016 16:55:48 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

449262

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the main causes of death are for (a) men and (b) women aged (i) five to 19 and (ii) 20 to 34 in England.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	25210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 04/02/2016 14:15:51 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name 25210 FINAL.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Main Causes of Death
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

449263

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Location
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on rebalancing the Civil Service between London and the regions; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	25047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The Civil Service has a significant presence across the UK and we are considering how new government hubs, in strategic locations across the country, will help to make sure that we have an efficient and effective Civil Service at the same time as we consolidate the government estate. Currently, 18.1% of civil servants are based in London.</p><p>Any proposed relocation is done based on operational need.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/02/2016 13:48:44 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

449264

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Soft Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions (a) the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and (b) the Paymaster General have had with representatives of (i) the Food and Drink Federation, (ii) Coca-Cola, (iii) PepsiCo and (iv) the British Soft Drinks Association.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	24997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2016 answer text <p>Details of Ministers' meetings with external organisations are published on a quarterly basis and can be found on Gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 03/02/2016 12:27:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

449266

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many telephone calls were made to HM Revenue and Customs' flooding tax helpline in each of the last five years; and what the average amount of time taken to answer a telephone call to that line was in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	24998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The Severe Weather Helpline was originally set up in February 2014. Details of the calls received and the average time taken to answer a call since this helpline was set up are shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Severe Weather Helpline</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax Year</p></td><td><p>Calls received</p></td><td><p>Average time taken to answer call</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13-14</p></td><td><p>660</p></td><td><p>8 seconds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14-15</p></td><td><p>874</p></td><td><p>14 seconds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15-16*</p></td><td><p>1,339</p></td><td><p>32 seconds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>2,873</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*until 31/01/16</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs are unable to provide information on the number of full-time equivalent staff on the flooding helpline as this is not held.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 25122 question first answered 09/02/2016 16:57:05 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland