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156818

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of the introduction of fees for employment tribunals.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	215285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Fees were implemented in the Employment tribunals on 29 July 2013. The implementation project for fees was delivered on time and to budget, and around 70% of employment tribunal claims are now received on-line.</p><p> </p><p>Fees are part of the Government’s broader package of Employment reforms. In particular, we want to encourage people to avoid long drawn out disputes which emotionally damage workers and financially damage businesses. From 6 May, anyone contemplating bringing a claim to the Employment tribunals must first consider ACAS conciliation, which is provided free of charge. The early results are encouraging.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to undertaking a review of Employment tribunal fees and we will be bringing forward our plans on the scope and timing of the review in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 24/11/2014 17:16:45 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

156819

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
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 assessment he has made of whether tribunal fees are deterring legitimate claims being made.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	215286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>It is not the Government’s intention to deter people from bringing legitimate claims to the Employment Tribunals, and we do not believe that is the case. The purpose of introducing fees was to transfer some of the cost of the tribunals from the taxpayer to those who use them, where they can afford to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to undertaking a review of Employment Tribunal fees and we will be bringing forward our plans on the scope and timing of the review in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 24/11/2014 17:05:51 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

156820

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
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 change in the number of employment tribunal claims by women was between 2012 and 2013.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	215287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>There is currently no requirement to declare a disability when making a claim to the employment tribunal. Therefore I am unable to answer this question.</p><p> </p><p>There were 87,200 employment tribunal claims by women in 2012 and 75,700 in 2013. In 2012 there were 22,139 claims which included a redundancy jurisdiction and in 2013 there were 15,927. <sup>(1) </sup></p><p> </p><p>It cannot be right that hardworking taxpayers should pick up the bill for employment disputes in tribunals. It is reasonable to expect people to pay towards the £74m bill taxpayers' face for providing the service. But it is important to emphasise that the Government has been very careful in ensuring that those who have limited means have fee waivers and are not excluded from seeking redress in tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice publishes, annually and quarterly, statistical data on workload trends in employment tribunals, including jurisdictional breakdowns. The most recent Tribunal Statistics quarterly tables are available at the following address: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/352915/tribunal-statistics-tables-apr-june-2014.xls.</p><p> </p><p><sup>(1) </sup>Redundancy claims can be claims for Redundancy Pay or Redundancy failure to inform and consult.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 215288 215289 question first answered 24/11/2014 17:50:43 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

156821

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
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 change in the number of employment tribunal claims by people with disabilities was between 2012 and 2013.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	215288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>There is currently no requirement to declare a disability when making a claim to the employment tribunal. Therefore I am unable to answer this question.</p><p> </p><p>There were 87,200 employment tribunal claims by women in 2012 and 75,700 in 2013. In 2012 there were 22,139 claims which included a redundancy jurisdiction and in 2013 there were 15,927. <sup>(1) </sup></p><p> </p><p>It cannot be right that hardworking taxpayers should pick up the bill for employment disputes in tribunals. It is reasonable to expect people to pay towards the £74m bill taxpayers' face for providing the service. But it is important to emphasise that the Government has been very careful in ensuring that those who have limited means have fee waivers and are not excluded from seeking redress in tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice publishes, annually and quarterly, statistical data on workload trends in employment tribunals, including jurisdictional breakdowns. The most recent Tribunal Statistics quarterly tables are available at the following address: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/352915/tribunal-statistics-tables-apr-june-2014.xls.</p><p> </p><p><sup>(1) </sup>Redundancy claims can be claims for Redundancy Pay or Redundancy failure to inform and consult.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 215287 215289 question first answered 24/11/2014 17:50:43 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

156822

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
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 change in the number of employment tribunal claims for redundancy was between 2012 and 2013.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	215289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>There is currently no requirement to declare a disability when making a claim to the employment tribunal. Therefore I am unable to answer this question.</p><p> </p><p>There were 87,200 employment tribunal claims by women in 2012 and 75,700 in 2013. In 2012 there were 22,139 claims which included a redundancy jurisdiction and in 2013 there were 15,927. <sup>(1) </sup></p><p> </p><p>It cannot be right that hardworking taxpayers should pick up the bill for employment disputes in tribunals. It is reasonable to expect people to pay towards the £74m bill taxpayers' face for providing the service. But it is important to emphasise that the Government has been very careful in ensuring that those who have limited means have fee waivers and are not excluded from seeking redress in tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice publishes, annually and quarterly, statistical data on workload trends in employment tribunals, including jurisdictional breakdowns. The most recent Tribunal Statistics quarterly tables are available at the following address: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/352915/tribunal-statistics-tables-apr-june-2014.xls.</p><p> </p><p><sup>(1) </sup>Redundancy claims can be claims for Redundancy Pay or Redundancy failure to inform and consult.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 215287 215288 question first answered 24/11/2014 17:50:43 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

155888

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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	Reptiles: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what species of reptiles have been imported to the UK from within the EU for the pet trade that were (a) wild-caught and (b) captive-bred in each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	214596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>The number of reptiles imported specifically for the pet trade or whether they were wild caught or captive bred is not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number and species of reptiles imported to the UK from within the EU is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Rhyncocephalia</strong></p><p><strong>(Lizards)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sauria</strong></p><p><strong>(Lizards)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Serpentes</strong></p><p><strong>(Snakes)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Testudinata (Turtles)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>916</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>313</p></td><td><p>1,257</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5,478</p></td><td><p>664</p></td><td><p>11,779</p></td><td><p>17,921</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2,195</p></td><td><p>1,207</p></td><td><p>4,974</p></td><td><p>8,376</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2,022</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>2,463</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014 (to 18 Nov)</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2,777</p></td><td><p>2,966</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/11/2014 15:13:30 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

155889

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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	Reptiles: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what species of reptiles have been imported to the UK from outside the EU for the pet trade from 2010 that were (a) wild-caught and (b) captive-bred in each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	214597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>The number of reptiles imported specifically for the pet trade is not available. Neither is information available on the type of reptiles imported from outside the EU or whether they were wild caught or captive bred.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of reptiles imported to the UK from outside the EU is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>171,531</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>151,715</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>154,768</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>129,592</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 (to 18 Nov)</p></td><td><p>92,628</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/11/2014 15:14:15 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

155890

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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	Mammals: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what species of mammals have been imported to the UK from within the EU for the pet trade that are (a) wild-caught and (b) captive-bred in each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	214598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>This information is not available. Although the species of mammals is recorded on importation paperwork, the EU import rules do not require information to be collected on the purpose of importation or whether the imported animals were bred in captivity or caught from the wild.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 214599 question first answered 20/11/2014 17:02:27 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

155891

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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	Nature Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what monitoring of exotic species (a) for sale and (b) which are privately-kept her Department carries out; what additional monitoring her Department carries out in respect of species considered to be invasive; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	214600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>There is no monitoring of exotic species for sale or that are privately kept.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Addressing the risks posed by invasive non-native species is underpinned by the Great Britain Non-Native Species Strategy. This Strategy outlines key actions related to monitoring of these species in the wild to ensure that appropriate action can be taken to address any threats they pose.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/11/2014 15:18:16 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

155892

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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	Mammals: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what species of mammals have been imported to the UK from outside the EU for the pet trade that were (a) wild-caught and (b) captive-bred in each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	214599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>This information is not available. Although the species of mammals is recorded on importation paperwork, the EU import rules do not require information to be collected on the purpose of importation or whether the imported animals were bred in captivity or caught from the wild.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 214598 question first answered 20/11/2014 17:02:27 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham