House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 09 Feb 2010 (pt 0038)

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Table 2: Apprenticeship framework achievements , 2005/06 to 2008/09
Sector subject area	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09
Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care	2,100	2,400	2,500	3,200
Arts, Media and Publishing	200	200	200	*
Business, Administration and Law	23,800	25,100	23,600	36,400
Construction, Planning and the Built Environment	14,900	17,300	17,800	22,300
Education and Training	*	100	*	200
Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies	18,200	21,500	20,800	22,900
Health, Public Services and Care	10,600	12,900	13,800	19,400
Information and Communication Technology	4,300	4,900	5,500	5,700
Languages, Literature and Culture	*	*	*	*
Leisure, Travel and Tourism	3,000	3,800	3,600	5,900
Preparation for Life and Work	100	*	*	*
Retail and Commercial Enterprise	21,200	23,500	24,400	27,400
Science and Mathematics	*	*	*	*
Unknown	300	200	400	*
Total	98,700	111,800	112,600	143,400
Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. 2. The symbol '' indicates a value of less than 50. Source:* Individualised Learner Record

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Information on the number of Apprenticeship starts and achievements is published in a quarterly statistical first release (SFR). The latest SFR was published on 17 December, and re-issued on 21 January to include provisional national estimates of the number of apprenticeship starts and achievements in the first quarter of 2009/10:

http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/statistics/sfrdec09

Supplementary table 6 shows information on apprenticeship starts and achievements by sector subject area.

Apprentices: Lancashire

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of apprenticeships which will be taken up by people (a) under and (b) over 24 years old in (i) Chorley constituency and (ii) Lancashire in the next five years. [314222]

Kevin Brennan: Information on projected apprenticeship volumes is not available at sub-national level.

National level estimates of learner numbers for apprentices aged between 16 and 19, up to 2010/11 academic year, are published in '16-19 Statement of Priorities and Investment Strategy 2010-11':

http://readingroom.lsc.gov.uk/lsc/National/nat-statementofpriorities-Jan10.pdf

National level estimates of learner numbers for apprentices aged 19+, up to 2010/11 academic year, are published in the 'Skills Investment Strategy 2010-11':

http://www.bis.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/publications/Skills-Investment-Strategy.pdf

Construction: Qualifications

Mr. Drew: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will review the requirement on those who carry a card authorising them to operate construction equipment to also obtain a national vocational qualification in order to operate such equipment. [316640]

Ian Lucas: The Government have no locus in the running of construction industry competency card schemes, or the setting of rules. I will not therefore be undertaking a review of requirements. That said, the Government welcome the industry's drive to improve competence and good health and safety practice, and to encourage the achievement of relevant formal qualifications.

Departmental Internet

Mr. Hurd: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the answer of 10 November 2009, Official Report, column 311W, on Google adword online: advertising keywords, what keywords were paid for; and at what cost. [314826]

Mr. McFadden: BIS has spent, via the Central Office for Information (COI), a total of £381,056.89 on Google keywords in 2009/10 to date for the following marketing campaigns:

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Campaign	£
Graduate Talent Pool	53,732.26
Vulnerable Workers and Agency Workers	29,591.83
National Minimum Wage	40,301.80
Business Link	252,397.90
i-Awards	539.30
Science: So What? So Everything	1,179.04
Employment Agency Standards	3,314.16
Total	381,056.29

This covers a combination of 4,400 keywords related to these campaigns. We have not provided the full list and the amounts paid for individual keywords as the release of this information could prejudice the commercial interests of our suppliers.

Departmental Manpower

Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies managed out in the last five years who remain working in the public sector. [313839]

Mr. McFadden: The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has not made an estimate of the percentage of staff managed out in the last five years who remain working in the public sector as that information is not centrally recorded.

Departmental Sick Leave

David Simpson: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many staff in his Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days since its inception. [316470]

Mr. McFadden: The number of BIS staff who have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days since its inception is nine.

Educational Institutions: Buildings

Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department has spent on college buildings in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) nationwide in each year since 2008. [313481]

Kevin Brennan: In total across this current spending period, Government will spend £1.7 billion on college buildings-with a further £900 million already earmarked for the next spending period.

All capital funding for further education colleges is administrated by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and I have asked Geoff Russell, the LSC chief executive, to write to my hon. Friend with the further information requested.

Letter from Geoff Russell, dated 5 February 2010:

The Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, has asked me to respond to your Parliamentary Question 1057 that asked;

"how much his Department has spent on college buildings in (a) the Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) nationwide in each year since 2008".

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This expenditure is the responsibility of the LSC and I am pleased to confirm the following responses to your questions which relate to the further education (FE) capital budget:

Questions (a) and (b): South Tyneside College is the only incorporated FE college with its main campus within the Jarrow constituency and also South Tyneside. For the period April 2008 to date the total amount of LSC capital grant support paid to South Tyneside College is £840,236 comprising £572,028 in the year ending 31 March 2009 and £268,208 to date in the year commencing 1 April 2009.

The college previously received capital grant support of £144,752 in 2007-08.

Question (c): The total amount of capital grant support paid in the North East Region is £85,262,939 for the period April 2008 to date comprising £45,885,576 in the year ending 31 March 2009 and £39,377,363 to date in the year commencing 1 April 2009.

Question (d): The total amount of capital grant support paid across all regions since April 2008 to date is £1,117,268,695 comprising £492,323,101 in the year ending 31 March 2009 and £624,945,594 to date in the year commencing 1 April 2009.

Please let me know if you require any further information.

Estate Agents: Money Laundering

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether a small firms impact assessment in respect of the estate agent industry has been produced in relation to the Office of Fair Trading's (OFT's) implementation of the Money Laundering Regulations 2007; and what
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fee estate agents are required to pay to register with the OFT. [311805]

Kevin Brennan: The Office of Fair Trading has been the anti-money laundering supervisory authority for estate agents since December 2007. As Her Majesty's Treasury had carried out a regulatory impact assessment before implementation of the Money Laundering Regulations 2007, the Office of Fair Trading did not produce a separate impact assessment or small firms' assessment for the registration of estate agents for money laundering purposes, when deciding to require compulsory registration. In deciding upon compulsory registration, the OFT was concerned to minimise the burdens on business and has framed the information requirements and registration fee accordingly.

For 2009-10, the fee for registration for estate agents is £115 per business premise. The fee is capped at £2,300 (or 20 premises).

Foreign Investment in UK: China

Hywel Williams: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what the monetary value was of foreign direct investment from China (a) in total, (b) in each sector and (c) in each industry sector in each of the last five years. [315758]

Ian Lucas: The available data are shown in the following table.

Industrial activity of UK affiliates
£ million
	Net foreign direct investment flows into the United Kingdom from China					Net FDI international investment position in the United Kingdom from China
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	end 2008
Total	-26	13	12	16	-20	202
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-
Mining and quarrying (including oil/gas)	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-
Food products	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-
Textile and wood, printing and publishing	⁽²⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	0	⁽²⁾-	⁽²⁾-
Chemical, plastic and fuel products	⁽²⁾-	⁽²⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	0	⁽²⁾-	⁽²⁾-
Metal and mechanical products	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-
Office, IT and communications equipment	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	0	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-
Transport equipment	⁽¹⁾-	⁽²⁾-	⁽²⁾-	0	⁽²⁾-	⁽²⁾-
Other manufacturing	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	0	⁽²⁾-	⁽²⁾-
Electricity, gas and water	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-
Construction	⁽¹⁾-	⁽²⁾-	⁽²⁾-	0	⁽²⁾-	⁽²⁾-
Retail/wholesale trade and repairs	⁽²⁾-	9	7	11	0	59
Hotels and restaurants	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-
Transport and communications	0	0	2	1	⁽²⁾-	1
Financial services	⁽²⁾-	⁽²⁾-	⁽²⁾-	1	0	⁽²⁾-
Real estate and business services	0	1	⁽²⁾-	1	0	6
Other services	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	⁽¹⁾-	0	⁽²⁾-	⁽²⁾-
⁽¹⁾ Indicates that no data were returned ⁽²⁾ Indicates that data are disclosive and cannot be published Source: ONS Business Monitor MA4, Tables 5.3 and 6.3

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