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48438

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/04/2014
	date	25/04/2014
	date tabled	25/04/2014
	ddp created	28/04/2014 06:50:42
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:52:09
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	identifier	196773
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	06/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has any plans to end the employee trade union membership dues check-off system.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Livingston
	tabling member printed	Graeme Morrice
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 196773
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	196773
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>In HM Treasury these arrangements are kept under review.</p> question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00
	creator	4012 label Biography information for Graeme Morrice
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4012 label Biography information for Graeme Morrice

48480

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/04/2014
	date	25/04/2014
	date tabled	25/04/2014
	ddp created	28/04/2014 06:50:50
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:52:49
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	house id	1
	identifier	196776
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	06/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department takes to audit or monitor the outcomes of successful applications to the Armed Forces Covenant (Libor) Fund.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	David Mowat
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 196776
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	196776
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence administers the £35 million LIBOR Fund on behalf of the Cabinet Office-led Covenant Reference Group. Successful projects are funded on the basis of a standard set of terms and conditions plus additional measures as appropriate. Those who receive funding are required to produce regular monitoring reports, and to retain financial data for audit purposes.</p> question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00
	creator	4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4080 label Biography information for David Mowat

48430

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/04/2014
	date	25/04/2014
	date tabled	25/04/2014
	ddp created	28/04/2014 06:50:40
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:52:01
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
	house id	1
	identifier	196654
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	06/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking in support of Action 12 of the EU Citizenship Report 2013, com (2013) 269.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Rochdale
	tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 196654
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	196654
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The issue of voting in domestic elections is a matter for national governments and we do not accept the Commission's view of a European Public Space.</p><p> </p> question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00
	creator	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk

48407

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/04/2014
	date	25/04/2014
	date tabled	25/04/2014
	ddp created	28/04/2014 06:50:36
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:51:36
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	house id	1
	identifier	196569
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	06/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on increasing the range of services provided by the Post Office network.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 196569
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	196569
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>Post Office Ltd, with its network of over 11,500 branches, is well placed to become a provider of front office services for Government, helping citizens interact with Government either face-to-face or online.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>While public services must be competitively tendered, Post Office Ltd has shown that it can very effectively bid for and win new work. It has won every Government contract it has bid for the past three years in highly competitive tendering processes.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>In particular, in 2012 it successfully bid for the competitively-tendered DVLA framework contract for Front Office Counter Services (FOCS). This contract runs to 2020 and is available to other Government departments. For example HM Passport Office recently moved its services with Post Office Ltd onto FOCS and this Department and the Cabinet Office are in close contact about a range of other opportunities.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Furthermore, Post Office Ltd was recently one of the successful bidders for the Cabinet Office's online identity assurance contract, ensuring that Post Office Ltd can play a role in the delivery of modern, online Government services.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Whilst I continue to highlight to my colleagues the opportunities available to Government from using the Post Office network and contracts such as these, individual contracts are a matter for the services in question and their respective public bodies and departments. I have not had recent discussions specifically with the Welsh Government.</p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00
	creator	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

48408

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/04/2014
	date	25/04/2014
	date tabled	25/04/2014
	ddp created	28/04/2014 06:50:36
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:51:37
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	house id	1
	identifier	196570
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	06/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on increasing the range of services provided by the Post Office network.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 196570
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	196570
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Post Office Ltd, with its network of over 11,500 branches, is well placed to become a provider of front office services for Government, helping citizens interact with Government either face-to-face or online.</p><p> </p><p>While public services must be competitively tendered, Post Office Ltd has shown that it can very effectively bid for and win new work. It has won every Government contract it has bid for the past three years in highly competitive tendering processes.</p><p> </p><p>In particular, in 2012 it successfully bid for the competitively-tendered DVLA framework contract for Front Office Counter Services (FOCS). This contract runs to 2020 and is available to other Government departments. For example HM Passport Office recently moved its services with Post Office Ltd onto FOCS and this Department and the Cabinet Office are in close contact about a range of other opportunities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, Post Office Ltd was recently one of the successful bidders for the Cabinet Office's online identity assurance contract, ensuring that Post Office Ltd can play a role in the delivery of modern, online Government services.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst I continue to highlight to my colleagues the opportunities available to Government from using the Post Office network and contracts such as these, individual contracts are a matter for the services in question and their respective public bodies and departments. I have not had recent discussions specifically with the Northern Ireland Executive.</p> question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00
	creator	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

48416

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/04/2014
	date	25/04/2014
	date tabled	25/04/2014
	ddp created	28/04/2014 06:50:37
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:51:47
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	house id	1
	identifier	196532
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	06/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) Official Receivers and (b) all Insolvency Service officials who will receive training leading to a (i) personal insolvency partial licence and (ii) corporate insolvency partial licence.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 196532
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	196532
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The legislation relating to official receivers and Insolvency Service technical staff, does not require study to hold an Insolvency Practitioners' Licence and, as such, no staff will receive training that will lead to either a personal insolvency partial licence or a corporate insolvency partial licence.</p><p> </p><p><em>Under S399(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986 “………the official receiver, in relation to any bankruptcy, </em><em>winding up</em><em>, individual voluntary arrangement, debt relief order or application for such an order</em><em>is any person who by virtue of the following provisions ………….is authorised to act as the official receiver ………..” and S399(2) “The Secretary of State may ……. appoint persons to the office of official receiver ……………….”.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p>All technical staff are required to study for, and pass, a bespoke accredited training programme at Qualifications &amp; Credit Framework Level 3 and are required to undertake a minimum of 5 days Continuous Professional Development per year.</p><p>Incidentally, over 50% of Official Receivers hold a professional qualification e.g. ACCA.</p> question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00
	creator	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

48417

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/04/2014
	date	25/04/2014
	date tabled	25/04/2014
	ddp created	28/04/2014 06:50:38
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:51:48
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	house id	1
	identifier	196533
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	06/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will undertake an assessment of the effects that pay between assignment contracts have on agency workers' pay.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 196533
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	196533
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The exact number of agency workers in the UK who are employed on pay between assignment contracts is not known. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills continues to monitor available evidence and is talking to relevant stakeholders to gather further information about the effects of pay between assignments contracts.</p> question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00
	creator	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

48420

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/04/2014
	date	25/04/2014
	date tabled	25/04/2014
	ddp created	28/04/2014 06:50:38
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:51:51
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	house id	1
	identifier	196534
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	06/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will support the introduction of legislation at EU level to ensure that pay between assignment contracts does not result in agency workers being paid a lower wage than other employees.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 196534
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	196534
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>There are no proposals for change to the relevant legislation on agency workers at EU level at this stage.</p> question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00
	creator	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

48422

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/04/2014
	date	25/04/2014
	date tabled	25/04/2014
	ddp created	28/04/2014 06:50:38
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:51:53
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	house id	1
	identifier	196508
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	06/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the level of denial of paid statutory holiday entitlement in the workplace; and what steps he is taking to tackle such a refusal of statutory rights.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 196508
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	196508
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Working Time Regulations entitle all workers in the UK to 5.6 weeks paid annual leave. This is an important right, and evidence suggests that the number of employees not taking it is very small. Labour Force Survey analysis shows that the vast majority of workers (95 per cent) report receiving their entitlement to paid leave. Similarly the 4<sup>th</sup> Work Life Balance Employees survey indicates that 93 per cent of employees receive their full statutory annual leave entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>Statutory holiday entitlement can be calculated online at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/calculate-your-holiday-entitlement" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/calculate-your-holiday-entitlement</a></p><p> </p><p>Workers who think they may not be receiving their full statutory entitlement should contact the Pay and Work Rights Helpline on 0800 917 2368, or ACAS (<a href="http://www.acas.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.acas.org.uk</a>) for free and confidential advice.</p> question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00
	creator	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

48428

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/04/2014
	date	25/04/2014
	date tabled	25/04/2014
	ddp created	28/04/2014 06:50:39
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 03:51:59
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	house id	1
	identifier	196758
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	06/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has any plans to end the employee trade union membership dues check-off system.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Livingston
	tabling member printed	Graeme Morrice
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 196758
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	196758
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>I have no plans to end the Department's check-off arrangements.</p> question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00
	creator	4012 label Biography information for Graeme Morrice
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4012 label Biography information for Graeme Morrice