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Mr. Simon
[holding answer 8 May 2009]: We do not currently hold data centrally about the total number of apprentices made redundant. Working with the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) we have established a matching
service to help apprentices at risk of redundancy to find alternative employment and to complete their apprenticeship. More generally, providers and the LSC have procedures to advise and relocate apprentices, in cases where providers or employers fail, to help ensure that they are able to continue in work and complete their apprenticeship. The £140 million package announced by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister for an additional 35,000 apprenticeship places will help fund new provision in both the public sector and private sector, and will extend the opportunities available to people facing redundancy.
The Government are committed to rebuilding apprenticeships. Since 1997 we have witnessed a renaissance in apprenticeships from a low point of 65,000 to a record 225,000 apprenticeship starts in 2007/08. Completion rates are also at a record high with 64 per cent. successfully completing an apprenticeshipup from 37 per cent. in 2004/05.
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what facilities there are in his Department's buildings for staff to stay overnight. [274063]
Mr. Simon: The Department's building services are provided through the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) and the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), which manage the buildings that DIUS occupies.
The National Measurement Office (NMO) occupies space in Teddington that is owned by DIUS but managed by the NMO.
Beyond being open for normal use in some cases, there are no overnight facilities in any of these buildings.
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much each of his Department's agencies spent on furniture in each of the last five years. [273793]
Mr. Simon: The National Measurement Office (NMO) and Intellectual Property Office (IPO) have spent on furniture over the last five years as follows.
March to April financial years | National Measurement Office (NMO) (£) | Intellectual Property Office (IPO) (£) |
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many of his Department's staff work overseas; and in which countries such staff are located. [274067]
Mr. Simon: Two members of DIUS staff are on loan to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office working as part of the Science and Innovation Network and based in posts overseas.
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many (a) BlackBerry devices and (b) mobile telephones have been lost by (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in his Department in each year since its creation. [274468]
Mr. Simon: According to our records, there have been no recorded instances of mobile phones (which were provided by the Department) being lost.
Our records show a total of six BlackBerry devices have been lost and not recovered. Two were lost in 2007 and four in 2008. There have been no reports of any BlackBerry devices being lost in 2009. All these devices were lost by civil servants. There were no losses by either Ministers or special advisers.
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much his Department spent on the purchase of (a) recycled office supplies in the last 12 months and (b) printer ink cartridges in each year since its creation. [274576]
Mr. Simon: The Department has spent as follows:
(a) Office paper and envelopes are the main recycled office supplies in the Department. Approximately £7,200 per year is spent on these items in London. A significant amount of paper is also used at the DIUS office in Sheffield, but the cost is not separately identifiable because office paper was provided by the Department for Children, Schools and Families as building manager until recently.
2007/08: £39,586
2008/09: £106,915.
Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what offices are (a) owned and (b) leased by (i) the Learning and Skills Council, (ii) his Department and (iii) the Higher Education Funding Council for England. [274233]
Mr. Simon: The information requested is provided in the following lists.
The Learning and Skills Council
Woburn Court, 2 Railton Road, Woburn Road Industrial Estate, Kempston, MK42 7PN
Pacific House, Imperial Way, Reading, RG2 OTF
NTI Building, 15 Bartholomew Row, Birmingham, B5 5JU
Units 6 and 7 Castle Court, 2 Castlegate Business Park, Dudley, DY1 4RD
Provincial House, 25 Oxford Road, Bournemouth, BH8 8EY
Stuart House, St. Johns Street, City Road, Peterborough, PE1 5DD
Dalton House, Dalton Way, Middlewich, CW10 OHU
Allergate House, Belmont Business Park, Belmont, Durham, DH1 1TW
Oak Tree Court, Binley Business Park, Harry Weston Road, Coventry, CV3 2UN
Venture/Progress House, Regents Court, Guard Street, Workington, CA14 4EW
1 Mallard Way, Pullman Business Park, Derby, DE24 8GX
Foliot House, Budshead Road, Plymouth, PL6 5XR
Penhaligon House, Princes Street, Truro, TR1 1DZ
Richmond Court, Emperor Way, Exeter Business Park, Exeter, EX1 3QS
Redwing House, Hedgerows Business Park, Colchester Road, Chelmsford, CM2 5PB
Conway House, 33-35 Worcester Street, Gloucester, GL1 3AJ
Eagle Point, Segensworth, Fareham, PO15 5TD
5 Brook Court, Whittington Hall, Whittington Road, Worcester, WR5 2ZX
Grosvenor Road, 45 Grosvenor Road, St. Albans, AL1 3AW
4 Earls Court, Henry Boot Way, Hull, HU4 7DY
26 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, ME19 4AE
Citigate, Longridge Road, Preston, PR2 5BQ
17a Meridian East, Meridian Business Park, Leicester, LE19 1UU
Alpha Court, Unit 1B, Alpha Court Business Park, Kingsley Road, Lincoln, LN6 3TA
Centre Point, 103 New Oxford Street, London, WC1A 1DR
Boardman House, 64 The Broadway, Stratford, London, E15 1NT
Dumayne House, 1 Fox Lane, Palmers Green, London, N13 4AB
Canius House, 1 Scarbrook Road, Croydon, CRO 1SQ
Central House, 3 Lampton Road, Hounslow, TW3 1HY
Arndale House, Arndale Centre, Manchester, M4 3AQ
The Plaza, Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L3 9QJ
Latimer House, Langford Business Park, Langford Locks, Kidlington, 0X5 1GG
Cheylesmore House North, Quinton Road, Cheylesmore, Coventry, CV1 2WT
Cheylesmore House South, Quinton Road, Cheylesmore, Coventry, CV1 2WT
Security House, Mile Lane, Cheylesmore, Coventry, CV21 2NL
Lakeside 500, Old Chapel Way, Broadland Business Park, Norwich, NR7 OWG
Royal Pavilion, Summerhouse Road, Moulton Park Industrial Estate, Northampton, NN3 6BJ
7 Pioneer Business Park, Amy Johnson Way, Clifton Moorgate, York, YO30 4TN
C/O MLS Business Centre, City Gate East, Toll House Hill, Nottingham,NG1 5FY
Hollinswood House, Suite G1, Stafford Court, Telford, TF3 3DD
Kingston House, Blackbrook Park Avenue, Taunton, TA1 2PX
The Straddle, Victoria Quays, Wharf Street, Sheffield, S2 5SY
Festival Way, Festival Park, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 5TQ
Felaw Maltings, 42 Felaw Street, Ipswich, IP2 8SJ
Technology House, 48-54 Goldsworth Road, Woking, GU21 6LE
Princes House, 53 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3XB
Wynyard House, Wynyard Park, Billingham,TS22 5TB
Moongate House, 5th Avenue Business Park, Team Valley, Gateshead, NE11 OHF
St. Lawrence House, 29-31 Broad Street, Bristol, BS1 2HF
Mercury House, 4 Manchester Road, Bradford, BD5 OQL
The Bora Building, Westlea Campus, Westlea Down, Swindon, SN5 7EZ
All of the LSC's properties are leased.
DIUS occupies office space at the following buildings:
Kingsgate House, 66-74 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6SW
Moorfoot, Sheffield, S1 4PQ
Castle View House, East Lane, Runcorn, WA7 2GJ
Mowden Hall, Staindrop Road, Darlington, DL3 9BG
Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 1SZ
These buildings are neither owned nor leased by DIUS. They are shared under agreements with BERR (for Kingsgate House), DCSF (for Moorfoot, Castle View House and Mowden Hall) and the Research Councils (for Polaris House).
Higher Education Funding Council for England
Northavon House, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1QD
12th Floor, Centre Point, 103 New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1DD
Both of the above properties are leased.
Alan Keen: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many people in each constituency participated in training under the Train to Gain programme since the programme's inception. [274938]
Mr. Simon: I have placed a copy of a table, showing Train to Gain starts in each parliamentary constituency since the inception of Train to Gain, in the House Libraries.
Ms Keeble: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what (1) recent discussions he has had with representatives of UK Financial Investments Ltd. on the policy of (a) RBS and (b) HBOS on maintaining credit lines to existing commercial customers; [264831]
(2) what recent discussions he has had with representatives of UK Financial Investments Ltd. on the approach of (a) RBS and (b) HBOS in maintaining their existing loan portfolios. [264832]
Ian Pearson: The Government have regular discussions with UK Financial Investments Ltd. (UKFI). The framework agreement sets out the relationship between HM Treasury and UKFI, and is available at:
Gordon Banks: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 9 March 2009, Official Report, column 100W, on banks, if he will take steps to require information relating to pension arrangements of directors in banks supported through UK Financial Investments to be published more often than in annual reports and accounts. [265728]
Ian Pearson [h olding answer 23 March 2009]: Government policy in relation to the disclosure of commercial information by state-controlled companies that are PLCs is that their approach to disclosure should follow the requirements for companies listed on the Stock Exchange, including the Combined Code on Corporate Governance and Directors' Remuneration Report Regulations. Government are following this same approach in relation to the disclosure of commercial information by banks commercially managed by UK Financial Investments (UKFI).
The Directors' Remuneration Report Regulations 2002 require all quoted companies to prepare an annual directors' remuneration report. The remuneration report must contain certain information in respect of each person who has served as a director of the company at any time during the relevant financial year. The details are available at:
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