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348312

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time was for fee remission in employment tribunal claims in the latest period for which figures are available; and what proportion of fee remission applications were successful in that period.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The figures are published in the latest quarterly bulletin on Tribunal statistics, published on 11 June, which is available online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 11/06/2015 16:34:02 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

348313

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
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, how much income from employment tribunal fees has been raised since their introduction; and what amount of such fees has been repaid to claimants.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>Income from employment tribunals is published in the HMCTS annual report and accounts for 2014-15, which were laid in Parliament on 10 June 2015. In 2013-14, £4.5m was collected in employment tribunal fees. In 2014-15, £9m was collected in employment tribunal fees, making total receipts from the introduction of employment tribunal fees in July 2013 to the end of the 2014-15 financial year £13.5m.</p><p> </p><p>The cost of fee remissions between July 2013 &amp; March 2015 was £4m (2013-14 £0.7m and 2014/15 £3.3m).</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 11/06/2015 16:36:10 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

348314

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
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, what steps his Department has taken to identify the number of people who have not pursued employment tribunal claims since the introduction of fees for those tribunals.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government collects data on the number of claims being taken to tribunal, and how those cases are disposed of. It does not collect data on the number of people with an employment dispute who do not pursue a tribunal claim.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to encouraging people to resolve their disputes at the earliest point. Employment tribunals should be the last resort where earlier attempts to resolve workplace disputes have failed.</p><p> </p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Courts and Legal Aid, has recently announced the start of the review of Employment Tribunal fees. Further details are available on the Ministry of Justice website.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 12/06/2015 13:23:52 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

348320

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Cheshire West and Chester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on devolution in the Cheshire West and Chester local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is open to discussing proposals from any area which would welcome increased powers and greater freedoms to maximise their economic growth, providing the case can be made that there is both strong governance and the capacity and capability to deliver.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 11/06/2015 15:57:47 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

348321

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Statutory Sick Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of changes in employment retention levels since changes to the percentage threshold scheme for statutory sick pay were introduced on 6 April 2014.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department for Work and Pensions has not undertaken a formal assessment of changes in employment retention levels since changes to the percentage threshold scheme for statutory sick pay were introduced on 6 April 2014. The Impact Assessment supporting this change reflects that the removal of the scheme will not precipitate illegal discrimination by employers against employees with poor sickness records. If employees should suffer such discrimination then there are legal protections in place.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/06/2015 15:49:14 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

348322

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
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	Adult Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received on changes in availability of adult further education courses in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department of Business Innovation and Skills receives a wide variety of correspondence on adult further education and Minister engage with a great many stakeholders in the further education sector. Colleges have the freedom and flexibilities to decide what provision to offer from their budget allocations according to local demand from employers and learners. We want to increase the amount of provision driven by demand and have made additional funding of £498 million available in 2015-16 for 24+ Advanced Learning Loans.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/06/2015 10:12:52 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

348323

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
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	ACAS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the ACAS early conciliation process.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Early Conciliation was launched in April 2014 and places a requirement on anyone involved in a workplace dispute who is considering an Employment Tribunal claim to contact Acas first. This gives Acas the chance to encourage the parties to resolve their differences through conciliation without the need for an Employment Tribunal claim to be made.</p><p> </p><p>April 2014 – December 2014</p><ul><li>Acas received just under 61,000 notifications and in around 80% of these both parties have participated in conciliation.</li><li>16% of cases agreed a formal settlement (COT3) using Acas. About 61% of claims did not result in a tribunal claim being made. Around 23% progressed to a tribunal claim.<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></li></ul><p> </p><p>These figures are in line with expectations set out when the service was introduced.</p><p> </p><p>Acas has recently undertaken a survey exploring the effectiveness and impact of Early Conciliation, drawing on the experiences of individuals and employers who were contacted by Acas and offered Early Conciliation. The results of this independent evaluation survey are expected to be published in the summer.</p><br /><p>[1] Acas Quarterly Reports: Early Conciliation Update 3: April – December 2014</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/06/2015 09:18:32 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

348324

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people registered to vote or attempted to register to vote online after 20 April 2015.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>Since 20 April 2015 over 250,000 people have applied to register to vote online at gov.uk/register-to-vote</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information about the number of people who have applied to register to vote is available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/performance/register-to-vote" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/performance/register-to-vote</a></p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 09/06/2015 15:28:53 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

348325

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Unfair Dismissal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of people who have been dismissed after 12 and 24 months' continuous service since the qualifying period for claiming unfair dismissal was increased to two years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 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 Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 08/06/2015 15:24:32 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 996.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Unfair Dismissal
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

348333

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Right to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the ability of housing associations to absorb the loss of rental income as a result of potential right to buy sales.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	1021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The development of the policy is ongoing, and details will be set out in the impact assessment when the Housing Bill is published.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 1050 1059 1078 1090 1162 1269 1270 1271 question first answered 08/06/2015 15:00:19 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders