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1346934

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Re-employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 27 April 2021, Official Report, column 86WH, on the Government's policy on the inappropriate use by some employers of fire and rehire as a negotiation tactic, what steps their Department has taken to (a) investigate and (b) discourage the use of fire and rehire negotiation tactics by their Department's executive non-departmental public bodies; and what steps they have taken to communicate the Government's policy on those practices to those bodies.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	33243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government has been clear it expects employers to treat employees fairly and in the spirit of partnership, working with trade unions, where relevant, constructively. This applies to Home Office sponsored NDPBs as much as to any other employer.</p><p>Home Office sponsored NDPBs that employ civil servants must set their terms and conditions of employment in accordance with the rules of the Civil Service Management Code. Bodies covered by the Code are expected to communicate novel and contentious workforce proposals to the Cabinet Office as made clear by paragraph 4.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/07/2021 16:39:03 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1346936

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Re-employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 27 April 2021, Official Report, column 86WH, on the Government's policy on the inappropriate use by some employers of fire and rehire as a negotiation tactic, what steps their Department has taken to (a) investigate and (b) discourage the use of fire and rehire negotiation tactics by their Department's executive non-departmental public bodies; and what steps they have taken to communicate the Government's policy on those practices to those bodies.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	33244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government has been very clear that threatening fire and rehire as a negotiating tactic is completely unacceptable. MOD always expect employers to treat employees fairly and in the spirit of partnership working with trade unions, where relevant, constructively. The Department is confident that MOD’s non-departmental public bodies (NDPB) are aware of the Government’s position on this matter.</p><p> </p><p>The Department works constructively with each of the NDPBs we have responsibility for, and this includes when it comes to workforce management matters, however each is ultimately responsible for the management of their staff.</p><p> </p><p>The relationship between the MOD NDPBs and the department, is established through their Framework Documents. Managing Public Money sets out that each of the boards of the MOD NDPBs have a responsibility towards its staff for the recruitment, retention and motivation of its staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 19/07/2021 16:38:59 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1346937

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Re-employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 27 April 2021, Official Report, column 86WH, on the Government's policy on the inappropriate use by some employers of fire and rehire as a negotiation tactic, what steps their Department has taken to (a) investigate and (b) discourage the use of fire and rehire negotiation tactics by their Department's executive non-departmental public bodies; and what steps they have taken to communicate the Government's policy on those practices to those bodies.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	33245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>Non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) are not part of the department and operate at arms-length from Ministers. We work constructively with our NDPBs and this includes issues of workforce management but it is ultimately the responsibility of each NDPB to manage their staff. Whilst we have not communicated on this issue with all our NDPBs, the Government has been very clear that threatening fire and rehire as a negotiating tactic is completely unacceptable. We always expect employers to treat employees fairly and in the spirit of partnership working with trade unions, where relevant, constructively. We are confident that all non-departmental public bodies are aware of the Government’s position on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 19/07/2021 16:54:09 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1346939

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Re-employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 27 April 2021, Official Report, column 86WH, on the Government's policy on the inappropriate use by some employers of fire and rehire as a negotiation tactic, what steps their Department has taken to (a) investigate and (b) discourage the use of fire and rehire negotiation tactics by their Department's executive non-departmental public bodies; and what steps they have taken to communicate the Government's policy on those practices to those bodies.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	33246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>The use of ‘fire and rehire negotiation tactics’ is not an approach that my Department deploys.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been very clear that threatening fire and rehire as a negotiating tactic is completely unacceptable. We always expect employers to treat employees fairly and in the spirit of partnership working with trade unions, where relevant, constructively. We are confident that all non-departmental public bodies are aware of the Government’s position on this matter.</p><p> </p><p>We work constructively with each non-departmental public body we have responsibility for and this includes when it comes to workforce management matters, however each is ultimately responsible for the management of their staff.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 19/07/2021 15:54:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1346940

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Re-employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 27 April 2021, Official Report, column 86WH, on the Government's policy on the inappropriate use by some employers of fire and rehire as a negotiation tactic, what steps their Department has taken to (a) investigate and (b) discourage the use of fire and rehire negotiation tactics by their Department's executive non-departmental public bodies; and what steps they have taken to communicate the Government's policy on those practices to those bodies.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	33247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2021 answer text <p>My Department has a number of small NDPBs who are mostly resourced by Civil Servants on secondment from the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) and follow NICS policies and guidelines. There has not been any inappropriate use of “fire and rehire” as secondment arrangements are regularly reviewed and staff return to their NICS department at the end of their secondments. The Northern Ireland Office is not the employer and is therefore not in a position to “fire and rehire” as part of any negotiations. For the very small number of instances where NDPBs are not resourced by NICS staff, the employees are not employed as civil servants but the NDPB follows NICS terms and conditions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 19/07/2021 14:12:58 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1342937

registered interest
date	01/07/2021
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, how many schools that have had an academy order imposed upon them have waited (a) between 24 and 35 months, (b) between 36 and 47 months, (c) between 48 and 59 months and (d) longer than 60 months before their academisation process was completed.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	25850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>As of the 1 June 2021, there have been 574 sponsored academies that have opened after the predecessor local authority maintained schools were issued with academy orders following receipt of inadequate Ofsted judgements. 56% of these sponsored academies opened in less than 12 months, and more than 90% opened in less than 24 months of the academy order being issued. Of the remainder:</p><ul><li>33 took between 24 and 35 months.</li><li>13 took between 36 and 47 months.</li><li>4 took between 48 and 59 months.</li><li>1 took longer than 60 months.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/07/2021 13:39:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1329480

registered interest
date	04/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs Grant Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to extend the Customs Grant Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	10420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2021 answer text <p>The Customs Grant Scheme first opened in December 2018 and all funding made available through the latest round has now been applied for. There are currently no plans to extend the scheme further.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/06/2021 15:00:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1329481

registered interest
date	04/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs Grant Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications his Department has received for the Customs Grant Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	10421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2021 answer text <p>Since the first wave of the Customs Grant Scheme opened in December 2018 up to 1 June 2021, over 14,500 applications have been received.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/06/2021 15:04:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1329482

registered interest
date	04/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs Grant Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications to the Customs Grant Scheme have been successful.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	10422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2021 answer text <p>Since the first wave of the Customs Grant Scheme opened in December 2018 up to 1 June 2021, over 8,500 applications have been successful.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/06/2021 15:07:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1329483

registered interest
date	04/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs Grant Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding his Department has allocated to businesses under the Customs Grant Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	10423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2021 answer text Since the first wave of the Customs Grant Scheme opened in December 2018 up to 1 June 2021, a total of £81 million has been made available to businesses through the scheme. To date, over £69 million has been paid in total across all waves of the grant. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/06/2021 15:05:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain