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1151537

	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 737, how many of the (a) 7,186 and (b) 462 former Thomas Cook employees who specifically stated in their claim that Peterborough was their place of work have received redundancy payments to date.
	tabling member constituency	Peterborough
	tabling member printed	Ms Lisa Forbes
	uin	3817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>Three thousand of the 9,000 staff employed by Thomas Cook were retained after the commencement of the liquidation to assist repatriation work and the liquidation process. This included many at the HQ in Peterborough responsible for areas such as payroll.</p><p>As a result, a number of the Peterborough claims are from employees made redundant in the last week following the end of the repatriation exercise and are therefore currently still being assessed and processed for payment. Administering redundancy payments is an ongoing process as claims are verified and further payroll information is received. The Redundancy Payments Service will process outstanding payments as quickly as possible.</p><p>As of 29 October 2019, of the 7,627 former Thomas Cook employees who have submitted claims to the Insolvency Service’s Redundancy Payments Service, 7,483 have received one or more payment. Of the 587 former Thomas Cook employees who specifically state in their claim that Peterborough was their place of work, 555 have received one or more payment.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 31/10/2019 09:44:43 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 2294 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4717 label Biography information for Ms Lisa Forbes

1151534

	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 1123, what financial support is available for businesses in a position to take on former employees of Thomas Cook.
	tabling member constituency	Peterborough
	tabling member printed	Ms Lisa Forbes
	uin	3815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has convened a special cross-government taskforce alongside local stakeholders to support employees, local stakeholders and supply chains. The taskforce is considering 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><p>Local partners are able to advise on support available locally to former employees and businesses wishing to recruit them.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 31/10/2019 08:24:23 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 2293 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4717 label Biography information for Ms Lisa Forbes

1151532

	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 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

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

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