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date	06/01/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	City Link
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings officials or Ministers of his Department have had with representatives of City Link in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	219929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Better Capital notified the department of City Link’s imminent administration by telephone on 23 December 2014. Otherwise, no Ministers or officials have had meetings with individuals or groups representing City Link in the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has stated, he was in frequent contact with the Unions over the Christmas and New Year period to discuss developments and BIS officials have been in regular contact with City Link’s administrator.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/01/2015 11:59:10 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 37787 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

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registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	City Link
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support the Government plans to provide to the City Link employees made redundant on 31 December 2014.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	219930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pension’s rapid response teams will support individuals to find alternative employment. The service is delivered with local skills and employment partners and tailored to an individual’s needs. It includes some or all of the following elements:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>o Information, advice and guidance</p><p> </p><p>o Help with job searches including CV writing, interview skills, where to find jobs and how to apply for them</p><p> </p><p>o Help to identify transferable skills and skills gaps (linked to the local labour market)</p><p> </p><p>o Training to update skills, learn new ones and gain industry recognised certification that will improve employability</p><p> </p><p>o Help to overcome barriers to attending training or securing a job or self-employment such as child care costs, necessary tools, work clothes, travel costs etc.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 12/01/2015 16:14:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 37788 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham