The below Parliamentary question was asked by Peter Kyle on 2016-03-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether learners studying on degree apprenticeship programmes are exempt from council tax.
Nick Boles
An apprenticeship is a paid job. An apprentice will earn a wage from the start of their degree apprenticeship. The benefits system, which includes council tax exemptions, treats an apprenticeship in the same way as any other job.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bill Esterson on 2016-03-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2016 to Question 30688, if he will publish the interests submitted by Mr Paul Newby when he applied for the role of Pubs Code Adjudicator.
Anna Soubry
The appointment panel satisfied itself there were no conflicts of interest when they made recommendations to ministers in relation to the appointment of the Pubs Code Adjudicator.
The Department does not intend to publish any information provided by candidates during this appointment process.
In due course and as is usual practice, the Adjudicator’s office will publish a register of interests.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-03-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2016 to Question 30738 on employment: telephone services, what the equivalent data is for each of the last five years.
Nick Boles
The attached table shows the total number of enquiries made to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline (PWRH) by trade sector and whether the call relates to Employment Agency Standards, the Agricultural National Minimum Wage (NMW), Gangmasters Licensing Authority, Health and Safety Executive or NMW issues, where call topic information is collected, between 2009/10 and 2014/15.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gordon Marsden on 2016-03-21.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate how much the apprenticeship levy is expected to raise in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19 and (c) 2019-20.
Greg Hands
The latest forecasts for the apprenticeship levy by the Office for Budget Responsibility are published in table 2.2 of the Budget 2016 document, which is available on gov.uk.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bill Esterson on 2016-03-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2016 to Question 30732 and the oral contribution of the Minister for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise of 10 March 2016, Official Report, column 425, what the nature of Mr Newby’s assistance to departmental officials was in the development and implementation of the Pubs Code.
Anna Soubry
I refer the hon Member to the Answer to Question UIN 30732.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-03-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Freedom of Information Request release of 1 October 2014, reference BIS/FOI/2014/20352, what the data on referrals is for each financial year between 2009-10 and 2015-16.
Nick Boles
The Pay and Work Rights Helpline (PWRH) was replaced by the Acas helpline from 1st April 2015, meaning that the same data referred to in the FOI referenced above is not available for 2015/16. The table below shows the data on referrals from the PWRH to relevant enforcement authorities for the 2009/10 financial year.
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2009/10* |
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HMRC |
3000 |
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EAS |
820 |
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HSE |
290 |
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DEFRA |
440 |
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GLA |
100 |
*The Pay and Work Rights Helpline opened in May 2009
Notes
1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10
2. Calls can be referred to more than one agency so the sum does not amount to the total number of calls referred for the period
3. Calls referred to agencies includes complaints, complex queries and calls where intelligence was passed to other agencies
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Bill Esterson on 2016-03-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what date his Department plans to publish the final version of the Pubs Code.
Anna Soubry
The Government intends to bring the regulations into force by the end of May 2016.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2016-03-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2016 to Question 30693, on the Pubs Code Adjudicator, how many people were approached by (a) his Department and (b) Saxton Bampflyde Limited; and how many of those people (i) previously worked and (ii) work for pub companies.
Anna Soubry
It is standard Government practice not to announce the number of people approached or the details of candidates.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2016-03-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 February 2016 to Question 27438, on children: maintenance, on what basis those cases have been referred for arrears cleansing or validation.
Priti Patel
Cases on the 1993 and 2003 are being selected for closure in groups determined by case characteristics. This process started in July 2014 and is planned to last until the end of 2017. When a case going through this process has its on-going maintenance liability ended, it is then referred for “arrears cleanse”. This process involves checking several elements of the case, to ensure that the final debt balance is stable and validated. This validated debt balance is moved to the 2012 system
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Burrowes on 2016-03-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent by the Government on relationship support in 2015-16; and to what programmes that funding was allocated.
Priti Patel
A total of £11.2m is forecast to be spent in the full year 2015/16 on relationship support as follows:
Legacy Relationship Support Contracts £7.0m
Evaluation of Legacy Relationship Support Contracts £0.3m
Innovation Fund £2.5m
Evaluation of Innovation Fund £0.5m
Local Family Offer £0.7m
Perinatal Pilot £0.2m
Total £11.2m