Business, Innovation and Skills

written question – answered on 18 January 2011.

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  • Advocate on Access to Education

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding his Department has allocated for the costs of the Advocate on Access to Education; and if he will make a statement.

  • Apprentices

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to provide information on Apprenticeship Week to potential apprenticeship providers and apprentices.

  • Apprentices: Birmingham

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many apprenticeship starts there were in Birmingham Hall Green constituency in each year since 2005.

  • Broadcasting: ICT

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will take steps to ensure that the chief executive of Ofcom engages with all interested parties that have concerns over the...

  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Research

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to support research on myalgic encephalomyelitis; and if he will make a statement.

  • Council for Education in the Commonwealth

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when he plans to respond to the letter of 10 November 2010 from the Council for Education in the Commonwealth.

  • Green Investment Bank

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what mechanisms to secure (a) the effective operation of the Green Investment Bank, (b) its independence from the Government...

  • Higher Education: Medicine

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent assessment his Department has made of the effects of the planned increase in tuition fees on graduate level entry...

  • Higher Education: Radicalism

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many universities are currently deemed vulnerable to extremism; and what advice and guidelines he has offered those universities.

  • Higher Education: Scholarships

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many students he estimates the National Scholarship Programme will assist in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15; and...

  • Higher Education: Scholarships

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what eligibility criteria for assistance from the National Scholarship Programme will be in place for 2012-13; and if he will...

  • Innovation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether small and medium-sized enterprises will be required to pay to use the (a) services and (b) facilities of his...

  • Innovation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills for what reasons chemical process industries were not included on the initial list of candidate areas for technology and...

  • Mowden Hall

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what criteria he plans to apply to determine the future of his Department's operations at Mowden Hall in Darlington; (2)...

  • Postgraduate Education: Fees and Charges

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of likely fee levels for postgraduate taught courses in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15;...

  • Students: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether the repayment terms for part-time students who take out tuition fee loans will be the same as those for full-time students.

  • Training

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to improve the skills base of the labour force.