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Gangmasters Licensing Authority
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the merits of extending the remit of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority to (a) the construction sector and (b) other sectors. [286527]
Mr. McFadden: The Government looked carefully at the issue of extending the GLA-style licensing regime to other sectors, including the construction sector, as part of the Vulnerable Worker Enforcement Forum that I chaired last year. The Forum consisted of union and business representatives, Citizens Advice, and the key workplace enforcement bodies. There was a full debate, but no consensus was reached on the issue.
Following the work of the Vulnerable Worker Enforcement Forum, the Government's focus has been to prioritise effective enforcement of the existing law. We have taken steps to strengthen the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate which regulates employment agencies in the non-GLA sectors, and to raise its profile among both agency workers and agencies themselves.
There have been calls more recently for the Government to look at this issue as my hon. Friend the Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire, North (Jim Sheridan) put forward a 10-minute rule Bill on 10 June 2009, and my hon. Friend the Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) tabled an Early Day Motion on 28 April 2009. More recently, Rita Donaghy's report into the underlying causes of fatalities in the construction sector, commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions, was published on 9 July 2009 and recommended the extension of the GLA's remit to the construction sector. The Government will fully consider all the recommendations before responding later in the year.
Government Departments: Procurement
Mr. Prisk: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many (a) unique visitors, (b) new registrations and (c) total registrations there were to the supply2.gov.uk website in each of the last 12 months. [270869]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information is as follows.
(a) Unique visitors per month to the website:
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(b) New supplier registrations:
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(c) Total supplier registrations April 2008 to March 2009: 68,350.
Mr. Prisk: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many contracts were advertised on the supply2.gov.uk website in each of the last 12 months; how many of them were subsequently awarded to firms who had submitted a bid via that website; and if he will make a statement. [270870]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The number of opportunities advertised on the Supply2.gov website in the last 12 months are as follows:
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The supply2.gov.uk site offers consolidated access to public sector opportunities and allows businesses to search and view open lower-value contract opportunities in a single place. It does not measure contract awards. No estimate is available for the number or value of contracts won through the site.
Graduates
Mr. Laws: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many and what proportion of (a) physics, (b) chemistry, (c) engineering and (d) information and communication technology graduates were women in each year since 2001. [284281]
Mr. Lammy: The number and proportion of female postgraduates and undergraduates qualifying in Physics, Chemistry, Engineering and Computer Science are shown in the tables. Figures for the 2008-09 academic year will be available in January 2010.
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) changed their method of coding subjects for the academic year from 2002-03 so it is not possible to make direct comparisons with figures prior to this date. As a result the time series shown in the table commence from 2002, rather than 2001 as requested.
| Female postgraduate qualifiers( 1) in physics, chemistry, engineering and computer science, UK higher education institutions: Academic y ears 2002-03 to 2007-08 | ||||||||
| Physics | Chemistry | Engineering | Computer science( 2) | |||||
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| (1) Covers female postgraduate qualifiers of all domiciles from full-time and part-time courses (2) Includes computer science, information systems, software engineering, artificial intelligence and other broadly based programmes. No tes: 1. Figures exclude the Open University due to their incorrect coding of subjects across the time series. 2. figures are rounded to the nearest five. 3. Percentages are rounded to the nearest integer. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency | ||||||||
| Female under graduate qualifiers( 1) in physics, chemistry, engineering and computer science, UK higher education institutions: Academic y ears 2002-03 to 2007-08 | ||||||||
| Physics | Chemistry | Engineering | Computer science( 2) | |||||
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| (1) Covers female undergraduate qualifiers of all domiciles from full-time and part-time courses (2) Includes computer science, information systems, software engineering, artificial intelligence and other broadly based programmes. No tes: 1. Figures exclude the Open University due to their incorrect coding of subjects across the time series. 2. figures are rounded to the nearest five. 3. Percentages are rounded to the nearest integer. Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency | ||||||||
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