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46169

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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
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 changes in the number of people in employment due to Israeli companies investing in the UK in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	194652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>During the 2012-13 financial year UK Trade &amp; Investment recorded 18 inward investment projects from Israel landing into the UK. It is estimated that these investment projects have brought with them 246 new jobs and 12 safeguarded jobs for the UK.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

46172

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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
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 apprenticeships were started in the Brigg and Goole constituency in each industrial sector in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	194612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>Apprenticeship data are not available by industrial sector. Within an industry, a learner may undertake a wide range of Apprenticeship frameworks.</p><p> </p><p>Data are available by Sector Subject Area. Table 1 shows the number of Apprenticeship starts from 2008/09 to 2012/13 in Brigg and Goole constituency by Sector Subject Area.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table 1: Apprenticeship starts by Sector Subject Area in Brigg and Goole Parliamentary Constituency, 2008/09 to 2012/13</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sector Subject Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business, Administration and Law</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction, Planning and the Built Environment</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Education and Training</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health, Public Services and Care</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information and Communication Technology</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leisure, Travel and Tourism</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Retail and Commercial Enterprise</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Science and Mathematics</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 440 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 460 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 810 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 950 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1,020 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Individualised Learner Record</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><ol type="1"><li>Geography information is based on the learners' home postcode</li><li>Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10</li><li>‘-‘ indicates a base values of less than 5</li><li>Figures for 2011/12 onwards are not directly comparable to earlier years due to the introduction of the Single ILR: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140107201041/http:/www.thedataservice.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/C05DCDD5-67EE-4AD0-88B9-BEBC8F7F3300/0/SILR_Effects_SFR_Learners_June12.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140107201041/http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/C05DCDD5-67EE-4AD0-88B9-BEBC8F7F3300/0/SILR_Effects_SFR_Learners_June12.pdf</a></li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

46174

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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
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 people have applied to be an employee shareholder under the Government's Shares for Rights Scheme to date.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	194810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>There is no requirement for someone using the employee shareholder employment status to register with any government department or agency. Therefore, Government does not hold numbers.</p><p> </p><p>The employee shareholder employment status is a voluntary option that people may wish to consider using.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

46175

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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
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 companies have applied to participate in the Government's Shares for Rights Scheme to date.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	194811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>There is no requirement for companies considering using the employee shareholder employment status to register with any government department or agency. Therefore, Government does not hold numbers.</p><p> </p><p>The employee shareholder employment status is a voluntary option that people may wish to consider using.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

46178

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which independent advisers have been paid to advise employees about the Government's Shares for Rights Scheme to date.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	194813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not hold information on independent advisers used by individuals in relation to the employee shareholder employment status.</p><p> </p><p>It is for the individual to make their own decision about who to approach for independent advice, and a matter for the individual and company to agree the payment for independent advice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

46179

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Civil Service Code applies to activities carried out on social media.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	194605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>Guidance for departments on the use of social media is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-media-guidance-for-civil-servants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-media-guidance-for-civil-servants</a></p><p><strong>Copies </strong>are <strong>also available </strong>in the Library of the <strong>House</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 194622 question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

46180

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidelines are in place for (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers on the use of social media.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	194622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>Guidance for departments on the use of social media is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-media-guidance-for-civil-servants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-media-guidance-for-civil-servants</a></p><p><strong>Copies </strong>are <strong>also available </strong>in the Library of the <strong>House</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 194605 question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

46402

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord Nash on 27 March (WS 53–4) on primary and 16 to 18 assessment and accountability, how the progress which is to be measured will be disaggregated into ethnic groups.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL6499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>The detail of the new accountability measures has yet to be fully developed. However, we expect to mirror current practice and to publish information on attainment and progress by ethnic group at national and local authority level rather than at school or college level.</p><p>A new web portal, which is under development, will improve access to 16-18 performance data including the core demographic information such as ethnicity which is currently available for primary and secondary schools.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

45847

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any alternative learning providers have not met the standards he recently announced on (a) quality assurance, (b) financial sustainability and (c) management and governance.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	194323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>To date, 16 alternative providers that applied to have courses designated under the new specific course designation arrangements have not met the standards required. 3 applications were rejected because of quality assurance; 13 applications were rejected because of concerns over financial sustainability.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

45848

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
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
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 plans to take to monitor whether alternative learning providers are meeting the standards he recently set out on (a) quality assurance, (b) financial sustainability and (c) management and governance; and how he plans to facilitate the meeting of those standards.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Mr Liam Byrne
uin	194324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>Under the new specific course designation arrangements alternative learning providers are required immediately to notify the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) of any material changes which may affect their financial sustainability or quality of provision. HEFCE will also run an annual monitoring exercise to collect information about the ongoing financial sustainability, quality of provision, and changes to management and governance arrangements at alternative learning providers.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne