Written questions · Sir Nicholas Dakin

1 May 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Electronic Training Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to bring forward legislation to ban the use of electronic shock collars.

26 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the future financial sustainability of the apprenticeship levy; and if he will make a statement.

26 Apr 2019 · Treasury

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to run a budget (a) surplus or (b) deficit for the apprenticeship levy in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021 and (iv) 2022; and if he will make a statement.

26 Apr 2019 · Treasury

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of (a) reducing the amount employers pay into the apprenticeship levy and (b) extending the amount of time before funds expire; and if he will make a s

26 Apr 2019 · Treasury

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2019 to Question 243425, what proportion of the £8.8 billion his Department estimates will be paid into the apprenticeship levy between 2019 and 2022 will be spent on apprenticeshi

26 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the highest amount is of apprenticeship levy funds that an employer can spend for a single apprenticeship.

26 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Postgraduate Education: Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the apprenticeship levy is being spent on MBA or equivalent qualifications.

26 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2019 to Question 243420, what data the Government uses to determine the number of (a) apprenticeships delivered in each sector and (b) apprenticeship levy funded apprenticeshi

26 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria his Department is using to assess the performance of the apprenticeship levy; and if he will make a statement.

26 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the importance of Level 2 and Level 3 apprenticeships in delivering three million apprenticeships by 2020; and if he will make a statement.

26 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the Government’s progress on delivering three million apprenticeships by 2020; and if he will make a statement.

26 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship starts have been funded by unspent employer levy funds in (a) 2018 and (b) to the end of March 2019.

26 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department made before the introduction of the apprenticeship levy of the (a) proportion of apprenticeship levy funds that employers would use, (b) number of apprenticeships that would be de

26 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the proportion of employer apprenticeship levy funds that will be used in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022; and if he will make a statement.

26 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2019 to Question 243426 on apprenticeships: Taxation, what steps his Department is taking to increase the amount of apprenticeship levy funds that employers are using; and if

26 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has received representations from employers on the effect of the 20 per cent off-the-job training standard on delivering apprenticeships.

26 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships there are in non-levy paying businesses; what other Government programmes will be funded by expired apprenticeship levy funds; and if he will make a statement.

26 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2019 to Question 243426, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of levy funds in employers’ accounts that will (a) expire and (b) be spent on apprenticeships

26 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the National Audit Office report, The apprenticeships programme, published on 6 March 2019, HC 1987, what assessment he has made of the future financial sustainability of the apprenticeship le

11 Apr 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which sectors are facing labour shortages; and what steps he plans to take with cabinet colleagues to support future recruitment and training for those sectors.

10 Apr 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sudan: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the news story on Troika statement on current unrest in Sudan published his Department's website on 10 April 2019, who the term authorities refers to.

10 Apr 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sudan: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the news story on Troika statement on current unrest in Sudan published his Department's website on 10 April 2019, whether there has been a change in UK policy towards t

10 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of the requirement for 20 percent off-the-job training on the number of Level 2 apprenticeship starts; and if he will make a statement.

10 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the funds employers have paid into the apprenticeship levy has been disbursed on apprenticeships since 2017; and if he will make a statement.

10 Apr 2019 · Treasury

Apprenticeship Levy

10 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the amount that employers will pay into the apprenticeship levy in 2020; how much apprenticeships will cost in 2020; and if he will make a statement.

10 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of the apprenticeship levy funding has been spent on the administrative costs of the (a) Education and Skills Funding Agency and (b) Institute for Apprenticeships since 2017, and if

10 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the (a) economic and (b) employment benefits of each apprenticeship level; and if he will make a statement.

10 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of apprenticeship starts for (a) Level 2 apprenticeships, (b) Level 3 apprenticeships, (c) Level 4 apprenticeships, (d) Level 5 apprenticeships and (e) Level

10 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Retail Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the amount that the retail sector has (a) paid into the apprenticeship levy and (b) used to fund apprenticeships since 2017, and if he will make a statement.