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Business, Innovation and Skills: Apprenticeships (12 Nov 2009)

David Willetts: If the Minister is so keen on apprenticeships, will he explain to the House why, in the leaked document that I have before me, he proposes cuts to the funding of apprenticeships, and why he is doing so little to help apprentices who are losing their jobs during the recession? Why does he not adopt our policy of a clearing house to help apprentices who lose their jobs to find new employers? If...

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Carers: Training (12 Nov 2009)

David Willetts: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much expenditure has been assigned to cover the costs of the £500 training entitlement for carers and adults on the working tax credit, as referred to in the New Opportunities White Paper, Cm 7533.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Disabled (12 Nov 2009)

David Willetts: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills which organisations representing disabled people Ministers in his Department have met in 2009; and with which of those organisations the delays in the payment of student loans and grants was discussed.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Further Education: Government Assistance (12 Nov 2009)

David Willetts: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many career development loans are expected to be made available in the (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11 academic year.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education: Admissions (12 Nov 2009)

David Willetts: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many of the 10,000 additional student places available in 2010-11 will be for first-year students.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Train to Gain Programme (12 Nov 2009)

David Willetts: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions he has had with the Learning and Skills Council on shifting funding for Train to Gain spending from an academic year to a financial year.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Vocational Training (12 Nov 2009)

David Willetts: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what the timetable is for the national roll-out of skills accounts; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Home Department: Entry Clearances: Overseas Students (12 Nov 2009)

David Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many students have switched from a Tier 4 visa to a Tier 2 visa since 2008.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Skills for Growth (11 Nov 2009)

David Willetts: There is much in this statement that the Opposition welcome. We welcome what the Minister has said about ensuring that practical apprenticeships get UCAS points—something that we specifically proposed in our Green Paper last year. We welcome the proposal on scholarships for apprentices to go on to university—something that I proposed in my party conference speech in 2008. We...

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: British-Israel Research and Academic Exchange (11 Nov 2009)

David Willetts: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many UK-based academics have participated in the British-Israel Research and Academic Exchange (BIRAX) scheme since 2008; and what level of funding has been provided by his Department for the scheme.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education (11 Nov 2009)

David Willetts: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many higher education students have been studying in further education colleges in each of the last 10 years.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Higher Education (11 Nov 2009)

David Willetts: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many foundation degrees in each subject have been awarded in each year since they began, broken down by subject area.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Learning and Skills Council: Consultants (10 Nov 2009)

David Willetts: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) paid (a) Fishburn Hedges, (b) John Barnes and (c) Ian McMillan as part of the Get on competition on football chants, as referred to in the LSC's press release of 13 August 2009.

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Higher Education (3 Nov 2009) has video

David Willetts: We welcome the publication of the document and I am grateful to the Minister for giving me advance sight of it. It has, of course, been a long time coming. The whole exercise began in February 2008, so its gestation period matches that of a slightly premature elephant, I gather. Meanwhile, not only has the Secretary of State who launched the exercise moved on but the whole Department from...

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Students: Disabled (3 Nov 2009)

David Willetts: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many students in each region have received disabled students' allowance in each year since its introduction.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Students: Disabled (3 Nov 2009)

David Willetts: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much has been spent on disabled students' allowance in each year since its introduction.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Students: Loans (3 Nov 2009)

David Willetts: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how many and what proportion of applications for support from the Student Loans Company for 2009-10 have been processed; (2) how many applications for maintenance support had been made to the Student Loans Company before the start of the 2009-10 academic year; and how many such applicants have been granted...

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Students: Disabled (2 Nov 2009)

David Willetts: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what consideration the review of the Student Loans Company, headed by Professor Sir Deian Hopkin will give to the effect on disabled students of late payment of loans and grants.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Students: Disabled (2 Nov 2009)

David Willetts: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) all disabled students and (b) disabled students entitled to disabled students' allowance of the timing of payment of student loans and grants for 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Students: Loans (2 Nov 2009)

David Willetts: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills when he expects the review headed by Professor Sir Deian Hopkin on the Student Loans Company to report to the Secretary of State; and whether the report of the review is to be published.