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	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to conduct a review of the effects of the introduction of employment tribunal fees.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>Following a public consultation, fees were introduced in Employment Tribunals to reduce the burden on the taxpayer of paying for Employment Tribunals and to encourage parties to seek alternative ways of resolving their disputes. <br><br>The Government has ensured that fee waivers are available for those who cannot afford to pay, as well as diverting people away from potentially acrimonious hearings, where possible, through a new early conciliation scheme which has already been used by over 60,000 people in its first six months.<br><br>The Government is currently considering the options for a review of Employment Tribunal fees. A further announcement will be made in due course.<br><br></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 02/06/2015 16:45:57 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

347289

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy that when a significant proportion of (a) parents and (b) staff oppose a proposed conversion of a school to academy status, that proposal should fall.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>Governing bodies are required to consult parents and staff as part of the conversion process. The governing body is already expected to take account of the outcome of the consultation when deciding whether to enter into a funding agreement with the Secretary of State.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 02/06/2015 16:54:53 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

347291

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will issue directions to the governing bodies of schools planning to convert to academy status to require them to publish the outcome of their consultation on that proposal before they make a decision on the proposal.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The conduct of the consultation and how it is followed up is a matter for the governing body of the school. As public bodies they are subject to the Freedom of Information Act and members of the public are free to request information on the outcome of the consultation from them.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 02/06/2015 16:47:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell