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1137835

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Employment: Arbitration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the (a) trends in the number and (b) effectiveness of the use of protected conversations since their introduction.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	275221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The introduction of ‘pre-termination negotiations’ or ‘protected conversations’ in July 2013, provided greater flexibility to the existing arrangements, for employers to have conversations with employees, with a view to ending their employment (even where no employment dispute exists), that can be treated as confidential.</p><p> </p><p>By their very nature, these conversations are not recorded and may only be disclosed in an employment tribunal to prove improper behaviour.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 16/07/2019 16:42:07 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1137867

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	NP11
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the terms of reference are for the NP11.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	275222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The NP11 has been provided with £850,0000.</p><p> </p><p>The Government and NP11 have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding and headline business plan for 2019/20. It sets out how the NP11 will work with Government to unlock the north’s economic potential. This includes collaboration across the Local Enterprise Partnerships, key business and civic leaders, and other strategic partners across the North.</p><p> </p><p>The NP11 is an independent body, and so appoint their own Chair and Vice Chair.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 275223 275224 question first answered 16/07/2019 16:43:27 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1137868

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	NP11: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what funding has been allocated from the public purse to the NP11.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	275223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The NP11 has been provided with £850,0000.</p><p> </p><p>The Government and NP11 have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding and headline business plan for 2019/20. It sets out how the NP11 will work with Government to unlock the north’s economic potential. This includes collaboration across the Local Enterprise Partnerships, key business and civic leaders, and other strategic partners across the North.</p><p> </p><p>The NP11 is an independent body, and so appoint their own Chair and Vice Chair.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 275222 275224 question first answered 16/07/2019 16:43:27 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1137869

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	NP11: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what selection (a) process and (b) criteria were used for the appointment of the (i) Chair and (ii) Vice Chair to the NP11.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	275224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The NP11 has been provided with £850,0000.</p><p> </p><p>The Government and NP11 have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding and headline business plan for 2019/20. It sets out how the NP11 will work with Government to unlock the north’s economic potential. This includes collaboration across the Local Enterprise Partnerships, key business and civic leaders, and other strategic partners across the North.</p><p> </p><p>The NP11 is an independent body, and so appoint their own Chair and Vice Chair.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 275222 275223 question first answered 16/07/2019 16:43:27 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1137522

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
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	Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has for rent convergence in the social housing sector.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	274562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>For more than a decade, registered providers of social housing were able to increase the rent on Social Rent properties by an additional £2 per week if the rent was below the 'formula' level. This mechanism was phased out in 2015 and the Government has no plans to reinstate it, as this would be likely to result in additional costs to tenants and taxpayers</p><p><br> The Government recently consulted on social housing rents for the period 2020-25. The outcome of that consultation and the Government policy statement is available via the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/rents-for-social-housing-from-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/rents-for-social-housing-from-2020-to-2021</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 16/07/2019 12:46:49 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1133994

registered interest
date	24/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the DVSA's Theory Test for cars and motorcycles, which ten questions within that Test candidates most frequently answered (a) correctly and (b) incorrectly in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	268487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>In order to protect the integrity of the theory test, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency cannot disclose the ten questions candidates most frequently answer (a) correctly and (b) incorrectly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 01/07/2019 13:45:27 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1132795

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
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	Retail Trade: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the decision on future high street fund applications will be published.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	266142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>We are currently assessing the expressions of interest received and expect to make an announcement on which places are successfully shortlisted and will move to business case development this summer. As set out in the Fund’s prospectus, the final decision on the places which will receive funding will be made by the Secretary of State.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 266143 question first answered 26/06/2019 10:46:40 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1132796

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
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	Retail Trade: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, who will be making decisions on applications to the future high streets fund.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	266143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>We are currently assessing the expressions of interest received and expect to make an announcement on which places are successfully shortlisted and will move to business case development this summer. As set out in the Fund’s prospectus, the final decision on the places which will receive funding will be made by the Secretary of State.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 266142 question first answered 26/06/2019 10:46:40 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1131049

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints submitted to his Department by (a) hon. Members and (b) people in each parliamentary constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	262405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not available in the format requested and doing so could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has a two tier complaints process which considers formal complaints about our service and can be found on Gov.uk</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not collect data about the parliamentary constituency for complaints received from members of the public. Numbers of complaints can be found at</p><p>(<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/complaints-about-the-department-for-work-and-pensions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/complaints-about-the-department-for-work-and-pensions</a>)</p><p> </p><p>The number of complaints about DWP benefits from April 2018 to March 2019, where the Department’s management information indicated that there was an honourable Member interest, are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Tier 1 (Resolution)</p></td><td><p>6,310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tier 2 (Review)</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures include complaints escalated across 2018/2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/06/2019 13:43:18 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1130706

registered interest
date	07/06/2019
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of organisations that hold contracts with his Department pay the National Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	261515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>All organisations holding contracts with the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland provide assurances on their full compliance with the requirements of the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 13/06/2019 09:54:24 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders