Business, Innovation and Skills

written question – answered on 16 November 2010.

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  • Adult Education

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people have taken up a free training place for a first full level 2 qualification for those aged over 25 years in each...

  • Adult Education: Fees and Charges

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has for the future level of fees for those aged over 25 years in respect of a first full level 2 course; and if he...

  • AgustaWestland: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether the financial assistance to AgustaWestland announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review has been approved by the...

  • Animation: Higher Education

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether animation degrees will be classified as degrees in a science, technology, engineering and mathematics subject for the...

  • Apprentices

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what long-term role he plans for (a) apprenticeship training associations and (b) group training associations in respect of the...

  • Apprentices

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the apprenticeship training associations pilot schemes funded by the Skills Funding Agency.

  • Apprentices

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people participated in an apprentice scheme funded by his Department between 2005 and 2010.

  • Business

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of companies (a) in each industry sector, (b) of each workforce size and (c) of each...

  • Business

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he has made an estimate of the number of (a) restructurings and (b) insolvencies of small and medium-sized enterprises...

  • Business

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to his Department's document Backing small business, what level of per annum proportional growth his Department...

  • Business

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding he plans to allocate for the proposed network of growth hubs, referred to in his Department's document Backing...

  • Business

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his policy is on the inclusion of a country-by-country financial reporting standard in the Organisation for Economic...

  • Consumer Focus

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the likely effects on the workload of Citizens Advice of his decision to abolish Consumer Focus...

  • Cumbria University: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will allocate funding to the university of Cumbria to enable that university to extend its programme of courses offered off...

  • EU Grants and Loans

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions he has had with the European Commission on the disbursement of European Regional Development Fund money...

  • EU Grants and Loans

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding from the European Regional Development Fund he plans to allocate to the English regions in the period from 2010...

  • Executives

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will estimate the number of small and medium-sized enterprises run by (a) women and (b) men in England and Wales.

  • Green Investment Bank

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the funding the Green Investment Bank will attract in the next five years.

  • Higher Education

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what degrees offered at universities are classified as science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects.

  • Higher Education Innovation Fund

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what projects the Higher Education Innovation Fund is assisting in 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.

  • Higher Education: Bexley

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Bexley applied for a university...

  • Higher Education: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what representations he has received from universities on the proposed reduction in the level of public funding of universities.

  • Higher Education: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what modelling his Department has undertaken for the purposes of its impact assessment of the proposed reduction in teaching grants.

  • Higher Education: Private Sector

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the potential role for private sector providers of higher education following the implementation...

  • Innovation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will make assistance available for businesses in the same sector as each of his proposed innovation centres which are not...

  • Innovation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on what date he expects each of his proposed innovation centres to be (a) built and (b) in operation.

  • Innovation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he has assessed the likely requirement for non-EU nationals to work in his proposed innovation centres.

  • Innovation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what plans he has for his proposed innovation centres to engage with (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c)...

  • Minimum Wage

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has for future changes to the level of the minimum wage.

  • Myasthenia Gravis: Research

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what funding his Department allocated for research relating to myasthenia gravis in (a) 2010-11 and (b) each of the previous...

  • Myasthenia Gravis: Research

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding his Department plans to provide for research relating to myasthenia gravis in each of the next three financial years.

  • New Businesses

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will estimate the number of new businesses started by (a) men and (b) women in England in the last 12 months.

  • News International

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 14 October 2010, Official Report, column 367W, on News International, whether (a) he and (b) the...

  • Office for Fair Access

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how many people were employed in the Office for Fair Access in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010; (2) what funding he...

  • One NorthEast: Assets

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has for the properties owned by One NorthEast after its closure.

  • Royal Mail

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of small and medium-sized enterprises with contracts to supply goods and services to...

  • Science: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the change in the science budget was in (a) cash and (b) real terms between 2002 and 2008.

  • Space Technology

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department plans to take to increase the number of business start-ups in the space sector.

  • Space Technology

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what funding he expects his Department to provide to businesses in the space sector in each year of the Spending Review period.

  • Space Technology

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will identify those regions most likely to host the predicted growth in the space industry.

  • Space Technology

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his policy is on the establishment of a national Earth observation service to acquire images on behalf of Government Departments.

  • Space Technology

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what funding his Department provides to private companies working in the space sector for testing technology in orbit.

  • Space Technology

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what alterations his Department has made to the public subsidies available to private businesses involved in the space sector...

  • Space Technology

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of research and development spending in the space sector in each year of the Spending Review period.

  • Space Technology

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what funding his Department plans to provide to support the satellite manufacturing industry in 2010-11.

  • Students: Fees and Charges

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will assess the merits of providing a facility for forgivable loans for medical students after the rise in the cap on...

  • Students: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the likely effect of his proposed changes to student funding arrangements on the ability of...

  • Supermarkets: Ombudsman

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to implement the proposal in the coalition agreement to establish a grocery market ombudsman.