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63547

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Performance Appraisal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by the Law Officers' Departments received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	202048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide figures for all the Law Officers' Departments as their staff performance appraisal processes for 2013-14 have yet to be completed. Figures should be available in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 01/07/2014 11:26:10 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

63505

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Heart Diseases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people died of congenital heart disease below the age of 40 years in each region and constituent part of the UK in each of the last 15 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	202131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 30/06/2014 16:37:49 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ202131.pdf title ONS Letter to Member
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

63560

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Trade Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will retract his request to government departments to end check-off payroll deductions for trades union subscriptions.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	202194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>Departments are required to recover the cost of check off.</p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne East during Cabinet Office Orals on 25 June 2014 (Official Report) Column Ref: 302W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 26/06/2014 16:24:05 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

63561

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Performance Appraisal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	202049
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>Performance ratings have not been finalised for Cabinet Office staff for 2013-14.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 26/06/2014 15:13:10 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

63562

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many assessments of (a) nuclear facilities and (b) other critical infrastructure have been undertaken against his Department's information assurance maturity model; and if he will publish all such assessments undertaken since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	202073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>There is on-going work assessing and mitigating vulnerabilities in UK's critical national infrastructure. Details of this work, including any assessments, are classified.</p><p>Progress against the National Cyber Security Strategy is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/uk-cyber-security-strategy-statement-on-progress-2-years-on" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/uk-cyber-security-strategy-statement-on-progress-2-years-on</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 30/06/2014 16:32:51 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

63462

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	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	British Business Bank
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff in Sheffield are employed at the headquarters of the British Business Bank.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	202119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>A total of 86 people are currently working on British Business Bank programmes, of which 44 work in the Sheffield headquarters. They are employed by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and their employment will transfer to the British Business Bank plc once EU state aid approval has been obtained for that institution, which is expected to happen later this year.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/06/2014 16:05:13 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

63463

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	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	Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the Insolvency Service's Redundancy Payments Service has made payments of protective awards due to failures on the part of the company or administrator to conduct a proper collective consultation in each of the last five years; to which companies such awards were made; and how much was paid out in (a) statutory entitlements and (b) protective awards in each such case.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	202006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Insolvency Service's Redundancy Payments Service (RPS) only makes protective award payments to employees if their employer is insolvent and an employment tribunal has determined that there was insufficient consultation, by the company, administrator or liquidator, regarding redundancies and makes a protective award.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the last five financial years, the RPS has paid out the following in statutory payments for cases where a protective award was awarded:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· 2009-2010 £87,209,871.62</p><p> </p><p>· 2010-2011 £82,604,201.50</p><p> </p><p>· 2011-2012 £68,181,382.07</p><p> </p><p>· 2012-2013 £57,267,407.27</p><p> </p><p>· 2013-2014 £7,937,522.34</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The protective award payments made on these cases (in addition to the statutory payments) were as following:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>2009-2010 £28,808,241.65</li><li>2010-2011 £30,997,901.63</li><li>2011-2012 £23,437,557.92</li><li>2012-2013 £29,290,224.74</li><li>2013-2014 £16,581,330.05</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures include cases in administration and those in liquidation</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A breakdown of the individual cases is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 30/06/2014 15:16:35 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

63464

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	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	Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the Insolvency Service's Redundancy Payments Service has made payments in cases where Deloitte was appointed the administrator in each of the last five years; how many such cases also involved payments made for protective awards; and how much was paid out for (a) statutory entitlements and (b) protective awards in each such case.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	202007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the last five years, the Insolvency Service's Redundancy Payments Services have paid £77,233,534.54 in statutory entitlements, in 173 cases where Deloitte was appointed the administrator or liquidator.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of these cases, 20 cases resulted in protective award judgments totalling £6,930,864.72 paid from the National Insurance Fund.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Due to the number of cases, it is not possible to disclose how much was paid in each individual case so a total has been provided instead.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 30/06/2014 15:18:20 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

63465

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	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	Employment Tribunals Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times his Department has appeared at an employment tribunal to contest protective awards in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	202008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has not appeared before an employment tribunal to contest a protective award.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Protective awards are determined by Employment Tribunals following applications made by former employees or their representatives.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>BIS is sometimes joined as a respondent in protective award claims, because under legislation, the Secretary of State guarantees the payment of protective awards made in favour of employees whose employer is insolvent, up to a certain amount.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is for the Tribunal to establish the facts in each case, considering evidence of the actions taken by employers and their representatives, and decide whether there was adequate consultation on redundancies BIS is not in a position to know the extent to which an employer or their representative consulted with employees and does not give evidence on that point nor take any particular position.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>BIS' responsibility is to establish what payments are due and who is entitled to receive them. We therefore make written representations to the tribunal on points of law or to seek clarification of who is covered by a protective award. We may appeal an award, but only if we consider that the tribunal has made the judgment based on an incorrect reading of the legislation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of cases where BIS has made representations to an employment tribunal regarding protective award cases in the last 5 years is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 30/06/2014 16:36:52 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

63466

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	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	Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many outstanding protective awards to be paid by the Insolvency Service's Redundancy Payments Services are owed to firms in which less than 20 people are employed on one site.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	202009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Under legislation, a protective award can be made where it is determined that there was insufficient consultation in situations involving 20 or more redundancies in one establishment. The Redundancy Payments Service makes payments, to affected employees, where an employment tribunal has made an award and the employer is insolvent.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Employment Appeal Tribunal, in the Woolworths case (USDAW v WW Realisations 1 Ltd and others), decided that it should remove the European test of ‘establishment' from UK law. The Department is appealing this judgment as we do not agree with this interpretation of the law.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We think the right interpretation of the law is that employers must consult employee representatives if making 20 or more redundancies at one establishment. In a dispute, it is for the employment tribunals to decide what is an establishment on the facts of each individual case.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Until the Woolworths appeal is determined, employment tribunals are staying (not deciding) claims from employees who worked on sites with fewer than 20 proposed redundancies and the RPS is unable to make payments to such employees.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of affected cases is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 30/06/2014 15:23:19 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson