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1255989

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Credit Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to require his Department and its agencies to provide a payroll deduction service to allow staff to save more easily with a credit union; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	121126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2020 answer text <p>Defra does not currently have the facility for employees to join a credit union through payroll deductions. Staff can make arrangements to contribute to a credit union via direct debit.</p><p> </p><p>The department is currently investigating options for updating the employee benefits offer for staff, including the potential for payroll deducted savings and affordable borrowing through credit unions.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 04/12/2020 12:09:30 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1140574

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Credit Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2019 to Question 271328, for what reasons his Department does not offer a payroll deduction service to enable employees to join a credit union; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	279364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>Defra does not currently have the facility for employees to join a credit union through payroll deductions. Staff can make arrangements to contribute to a credit union via direct debit.</p><p> </p><p>Defra is currently investigating options for enhancing Employee Financial Wellbeing as part of a cross Civil Service pilot. Once the pilot is complete, my department will be considering options for our staff, including the possibility of credit unions.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 31/07/2019 15:14:42 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1136023

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Credit Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department offers employees a payroll deduction service to enable staff to join a credit union; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	271328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not currently offer a payroll deduction service that enables staff to join a credit union and at present has no plans to do so.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 09/07/2019 15:54:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas