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1275296

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2021
	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	Conditions of Employment: Re-employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2020 to Question 83925, on Conditions of Employment: Re-employment, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to prevent businesses from firing and rehiring employees.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	135987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>Despite the unprecedented package of support provided by this Government, some employers will need the flexibility to be able to offer different terms and conditions to ensure the sustainability of their business and avoid redundancies. However, using threats about firing and re-hiring as a negotiating tactic is unacceptable and if the employer changes any of the terms without the employee’s agreement, the employee may be entitled to seek legal redress.</p><p> </p><p>Laws are in place to ensure that there is fair procedure in redundancy and dismissal matters as well as contractual terms and conditions cannot discriminate unlawfully. If the employer changes any of the terms without the employee’s agreement, the employee may be entitled to seek legal redress. Both employee and employers can contact ACAS, who provide free advice to workers and employers to enable them to understand their rights and responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 135988 question first answered 14/01/2021 16:35:14 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1275297

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2021
	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	Conditions of Employment: Re-employment
	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 potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to amend the Employment Rights Act 1996 to prevent or discourage companies from (a) laying off and (b) rehiring staff on less favourable terms.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	135988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>Despite the unprecedented package of support provided by this Government, some employers will need the flexibility to be able to offer different terms and conditions to ensure the sustainability of their business and avoid redundancies. However, using threats about firing and re-hiring as a negotiating tactic is unacceptable and if the employer changes any of the terms without the employee’s agreement, the employee may be entitled to seek legal redress.</p><p> </p><p>Laws are in place to ensure that there is fair procedure in redundancy and dismissal matters as well as contractual terms and conditions cannot discriminate unlawfully. If the employer changes any of the terms without the employee’s agreement, the employee may be entitled to seek legal redress. Both employee and employers can contact ACAS, who provide free advice to workers and employers to enable them to understand their rights and responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 135987 question first answered 14/01/2021 16:35:14 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1293680

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2021
	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	Directors
	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 adequacy of sanctions available to the Registrar of Companies in the event of repeated failures by company directors to meet statutory deadlines for submitting documents to Companies House.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	160733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2021 answer text <p>A range of fines and criminal sanctions attaches to the late filing of statutory documents with Companies House, where compliance is monitored on an ongoing basis. Compliance rates suggest that the existing regime provides an appropriate balance between incentivising adherence to filing deadlines and penalising those who fail to meet them</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 04/03/2021 17:49:58 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1301794

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2021
	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	Blackmore Bond: Insolvency
	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 specific steps his Department is taking in response to the statutory report filed with his Department by the Joint Administrators of Blackmore Bond plc on the conduct of the Directors of Blackmore Bond plc during the three years immediately prior to the company going into administration.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	167260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>The content of the joint administrators’ report on the conduct of the directors of Blackmore Bond Plc is currently being investigated by the Insolvency Service.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 16/03/2021 13:49:23 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1329858

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2021
	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	Green Deal Scheme: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Green Deal appeal cases are due to be processed.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	10483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2021 answer text <p>As of 7 June, the Department has a total of 334 cases for review by my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State under the Green Deal Framework Regulations.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 09/06/2021 14:41:29 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1343663

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2021
	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	Green Deal Scheme: Appeals
	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 his planned timeframe is for processing the remaining cases for review under the Green Deal Framework Regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	27209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 answer text <p>We are aiming to respond to all remaining Green Deal appeals as soon as possible taking account of the stages in place for the handling of appeals.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 08/07/2021 13:37:06 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1352436

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2021
	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	Horizon IT System: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many applications have been received for the Post Office’s Historical Shortfall Scheme after that scheme closed on 14 August 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	41965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>By 14th August 2020, 1481 applications had been received into the Historical Shortfall Scheme (HSS), which increased to 1962 by 21st August 2020 once applications received by the initial cut-off date has been processed. The application period was extended to 27 November 2020 to allow for late notifications and expanded eligibility criteria. The number of applications being considered by the HSS as of 3rd September 2021 is 2516.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 08/09/2021 16:12:59 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1352437

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2021
	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	Horizon IT System: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many current and former postmasters were (a) contacted and (b) unable to be traced by the Post Office in response to the opening of the Historical Shortfall Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	41966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>There were 27127 letters sent to current and former postmasters notifying them of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, on the 4 May 2020 Post Office Ltd commenced a sustained paid for media campaign, which was used to highlight the scheme’s existence to postmasters in addition to the mailing campaign. This media campaign was covered in over 400 National, Regional and Local newspapers.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 08/09/2021 17:05:12 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1360006

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	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	Green Deal Scheme: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Green Deal appeal cases are still due to be processed as at 18 October 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	56668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>As of 18 October 2021, there are 382 live Green Deal complaint cases referred to my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for review.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/10/2021 12:56:14 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 25586 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1360090

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	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	Horizon IT System: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many of the applications received after the Post Office's Historical Shortfall Scheme closed on 27 November 2020 have (a) been assessed, (b) had an award made from that scheme and (c) been excluded from that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	57139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2021 answer text <p>There are a small number of individuals (107) who did not apply to the HSS before 27 November 2020 and Post Office is seeking fair and consistent solutions for these cases. Post Office is keeping those affected updated.</p><p> </p><p>The Historical Shortfall Scheme which opened in May 2020 was advertised in national, regional and local media and individual letters were sent to all former postmasters that Post Office was able to obtain records for, plus all current postmasters. The HSS mailing was sent to 19,972 former and 7,155 current postmasters.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 20/10/2021 16:29:37 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant