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date	22/10/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Thomas Cook: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2019 to Question 1123, what additional public funding has been made available to support businesses in the Thomas Cook supply chain; and by what mechanism will that funding be allocated.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Ms Lisa Forbes
uin	3813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>Local partners are able to advise on support available locally to businesses in the Thomas Cook supply chain.</p><p> </p><p>The Business Secretary has convened a special cross-government taskforce alongside local stakeholders to support employees, local stakeholders and supply chains. The taskforce is considering existing support schemes available and will also monitor local business impacts.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Rapid Response Service is helping people find a new job as soon as possible by offering tailored support, which may include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Help with job searches, including CV writing and interview skills.</li><li>Help to identify transferable skills and skills gaps, linked to the local labour market.</li><li>Training to update skills, learn new ones and gain industry recognised certification that will improve employability.</li><li>Help to overcome barriers to attending training, securing a job or self-employment, such as childcare costs, tools, work clothes and travel costs.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 28/10/2019 18:00:44 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4717 label Biography information for Ms Lisa Forbes

1151535

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Thomas Cook: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2019 to Question 740, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making additional funding available to the National Taskforce for Thomas Cook.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Ms Lisa Forbes
uin	3816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The National Taskforce for Thomas Cook will look to ensure existing mechanisms to offer support and associated governance are working effectively.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 28/10/2019 15:03:01 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4717 label Biography information for Ms Lisa Forbes

1151616

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Thomas Cook: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate has been made of the number of Thomas Cook employees who were based at the company's headquarters in Peterborough.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Ms Lisa Forbes
uin	3830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Official Receiver’s Special Managers advise that 1,143 staff were based at the Thomas Cook headquarters in Peterborough.</p><p>The National Taskforce for Thomas Cook will look to ensure existing mechanisms to offer support and associated governance are working effectively.</p><p>Additionally, the Rapid Response Service is helping people find a new job as soon as possible by offering tailored support, which may include:</p><ul><li>Help with job searches, including CV writing and interview skills.</li><li>Help to identify transferable skills and skills gaps, linked to the local labour market.</li><li>Training to update skills, learn new ones and gain industry recognised certification that will improve employability.</li><li>Help to overcome barriers to attending training, securing a job or self-employment, such as childcare costs, tools, work clothes and travel costs.</li></ul> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 28/10/2019 17:43:05 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4717 label Biography information for Ms Lisa Forbes