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516146

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
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	Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will extend the protective award to employees made redundant at a company which dismisses more than 20 people across the organisation but fewer than 20 people in individual working environments.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	35812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text The Government has no plans to bring forward legislation amending collective redundancy provisions and the treatment of ‘establishment’. The European Court of Justice has confirmed that ‘establishment’ means the individual workplace and not necessarily the whole enterprise. answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/05/2016 13:26:25 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 59131 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

516155

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
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	Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to extend the statutory obligation for employers to consult appropriate representatives of employees being made redundant when that employer dismisses fewer than 20 people at an establishment.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	35767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Government has no plans to bring forward legislation in relation to collective redundancies and existing thresholds for employers to consult with employee representatives nor in the treatment of ‘establishment’. The existing threshold balances such consultation rights of employees with the need for businesses to be able to restructure effectively to respond to changing market conditions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 04/05/2016 14:41:00 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

515739

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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	Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure the protective award is made to employees made redundant who worked across several establishments within one business.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	35710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills has no power to make a protective award to employees; the decision to make a protective award lies with the Employment Tribunal. The Employment Tribunal considers the facts of each case and decides whether to make a protective award, and if so, which employees are eligible, based on the circumstances of each case presented to it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 04/05/2016 14:50:33 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

515741

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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	Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward legislative proposals on redundancy to specify that the word establishment applies to a whole business rather than an individual working environment.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	35709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 12/05/2016 12:41:29 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 59130 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley