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Drawn: South West, guaranteed 27 January 2010
Constituency name Count of loan amount Sum of loan amount (£ million)

Bath

20

0.87

Bournemouth East

11

0.95

Bournemouth West

14

2.05

Bridgwater

8

0.71

Bristol East

18

2.24

Bristol North West

9

0.64

Bristol South

6

0.45

Bristol West

26

3.42

Cheltenham

21

1.99

Christchurch

13

1.43

Cotswold

13

0.66

Devizes

18

1.05

East Devon

6

0.37

Exeter

20

2.32

Falmouth and Camborne

9

0.78

Forest of Dean

7

0.48

Gloucester

12

0.74

Kingswood

18

1.85

Mid Dorset and North Poole

9

0.55

North Cornwall

28

1.71

North Devon

16

1.37

North Dorset

9

0.66

North Swindon

6

1.76

North Wiltshire

12

1.47

Northavon

16

1.30

Plymouth, Devonport

11

1.60

Plymouth, Sutton

26

1.55

Poole

12

1.21

Salisbury

12

1.01

Somerton and Frome

16

0.77

South Dorset

9

0.48

South East Cornwall

14

2.14

South Swindon

12

2.09

South West Devon

23

3.24

St. Ives

12

0.37

Stroud

19

1.16

Taunton

15

1.21

Teignbridge

5

0.16

Tewkesbury

20

1.37

Tiverton and Honiton

25

2.58

Torbay

10

0.60

Torridge and West Devon

18

1.60

Totnes

16

1.96

Truro and St. Austell

21

1.37

Wansdyke

18

0.81

Wells

22

3.23

West Dorset

20

1.61

Westbury

21

1.00

Weston-Super-Mare

8

0.70

Woodspring

8

0.37

Yeovil

6

0.37

Grand total

744

66.38


Business: Wales

Mr. Touhig: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to promote small business start-up schemes among young people in Wales. [308156]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The promotion of small business start-up schemes is a devolved matter and as such is the responsibility of the Welsh Assembly Government.


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Business: Young People

Mr. Drew: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what assistance his Department provides to young people to obtain support from small business start-up schemes in Stroud constituency. [312756]

Ms Rosie Winterton: Young people in Stroud are able to benefit from a range of core services (see following list) provided by Business Link in the south-west. Support provided will depend on the needs of the individual and will follow the core Business Link IDB (Information, Diagnosis and Brokerage) Model.

Examples of the type of support available are:

Counterfeit Manufacturing: International Co-operation

Mr. Watson: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2010, Official Report, column 402W, on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, what further steps he plans to take to increase transparency in the negotiating process of the agreement. [314036]

Mr. Lammy: I have instructed my officials to take every opportunity to press for more transparency in the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement negotiations. They have consistently argued for more transparency in the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement negotiations. The issue was raised again during the EU co-ordination meetings and in several bilateral discussions at the talks in Mexico during 26-291 January. As a result of our calls, and those of like-minded countries, the negotiating parties have agreed to update the summary of the key elements being discussed. A joint statement issued after the Mexico round, which mentions transparency, can be found on the Intellectual Property Office website.

Education Maintenance Allowance

Jim Cousins: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many students received non-repayable maintenance grants from (a) each education authority in the county of Tyne and Wear and (b) English local education authorities in each of the last five years; and what the average grant received by such students was in each case in each of the last five years. [314006]


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Mr. Lammy: The information requested is in the table.


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Grants for maintenance-Tyne and Wear and England( 1)
Academic year Grant

Gateshead Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside South Tyneside Sunderland England

2004/05

HE Grant

Students

-

-

-

n/a

n/a

101,800

Average (£)

-

-

-

860

2005/06

HE Grant

Students

710

1,050

640

580

1,100

195,900

Average (£)

850

900

830

870

840

870

2006/07

Maintenance Grant(2)

Students

640

940

610

420

1,010

166,200

Average (£)

1,920

2,130

1,850

2,040

2,000

2,010

HE Grant

Students

540

820

500

450

680

154,700

Average (£)

890

910

840

890

970

890

2007/08

Maintenance Grant(2)

Students

1,120

1,690

1,090

760

1,740

301,400

Average (£)

2,050

2,170

1,920

2,200

2,140

2,090

HE Grant

Students

300

490

270

260

510

93,800

Average (£)

890

890

860

890

890

890

2008/09

Maintenance Grant (2)

Students

1,640

2,520

1,700

1,110

2,740

466,100

Average (£)

2,100

2,230

2,000

2,190

2,180

2,140

HE Grant

Students

100

140

80

80

160

29,600

Average (£)

890

890

870

970

860

890

n/a = not available
(1) Applicants awarded a full or partial grant. England student numbers rounded to nearest 100, other figures rounded to nearest 10. Consistent 2004/05 figures not available at local authority level.
(2) Maintenance Grant figures include Special Support Grant.
Source:
Student Loans Company

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