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63463

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date	24/06/2014
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	Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the Insolvency Service's Redundancy Payments Service has made payments of protective awards due to failures on the part of the company or administrator to conduct a proper collective consultation in each of the last five years; to which companies such awards were made; and how much was paid out in (a) statutory entitlements and (b) protective awards in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	202006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Insolvency Service's Redundancy Payments Service (RPS) only makes protective award payments to employees if their employer is insolvent and an employment tribunal has determined that there was insufficient consultation, by the company, administrator or liquidator, regarding redundancies and makes a protective award.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the last five financial years, the RPS has paid out the following in statutory payments for cases where a protective award was awarded:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· 2009-2010 £87,209,871.62</p><p> </p><p>· 2010-2011 £82,604,201.50</p><p> </p><p>· 2011-2012 £68,181,382.07</p><p> </p><p>· 2012-2013 £57,267,407.27</p><p> </p><p>· 2013-2014 £7,937,522.34</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The protective award payments made on these cases (in addition to the statutory payments) were as following:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>2009-2010 £28,808,241.65</li><li>2010-2011 £30,997,901.63</li><li>2011-2012 £23,437,557.92</li><li>2012-2013 £29,290,224.74</li><li>2013-2014 £16,581,330.05</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures include cases in administration and those in liquidation</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A breakdown of the individual cases is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 30/06/2014 15:16:35 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

63464

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
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	Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the Insolvency Service's Redundancy Payments Service has made payments in cases where Deloitte was appointed the administrator in each of the last five years; how many such cases also involved payments made for protective awards; and how much was paid out for (a) statutory entitlements and (b) protective awards in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	202007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the last five years, the Insolvency Service's Redundancy Payments Services have paid £77,233,534.54 in statutory entitlements, in 173 cases where Deloitte was appointed the administrator or liquidator.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of these cases, 20 cases resulted in protective award judgments totalling £6,930,864.72 paid from the National Insurance Fund.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Due to the number of cases, it is not possible to disclose how much was paid in each individual case so a total has been provided instead.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 30/06/2014 15:18:20 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

63466

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
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	Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many outstanding protective awards to be paid by the Insolvency Service's Redundancy Payments Services are owed to firms in which less than 20 people are employed on one site.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	202009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Under legislation, a protective award can be made where it is determined that there was insufficient consultation in situations involving 20 or more redundancies in one establishment. The Redundancy Payments Service makes payments, to affected employees, where an employment tribunal has made an award and the employer is insolvent.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Employment Appeal Tribunal, in the Woolworths case (USDAW v WW Realisations 1 Ltd and others), decided that it should remove the European test of ‘establishment' from UK law. The Department is appealing this judgment as we do not agree with this interpretation of the law.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We think the right interpretation of the law is that employers must consult employee representatives if making 20 or more redundancies at one establishment. In a dispute, it is for the employment tribunals to decide what is an establishment on the facts of each individual case.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Until the Woolworths appeal is determined, employment tribunals are staying (not deciding) claims from employees who worked on sites with fewer than 20 proposed redundancies and the RPS is unable to make payments to such employees.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of affected cases is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 30/06/2014 15:23:19 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

63471

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the potential effect of the tax-free childcare scheme on childcare prices; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	202013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer that I gave on 25 March 2014, Official Report, column c152W.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 30/06/2014 13:47:23 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

63472

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Diesel: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much in tax accrued to the Exchequer in fuel duty on diesel in 2013; and what quantity of diesel this figure represents.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	201996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>This information can be found at the UK Trade Info website at <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 30/06/2014 13:56:18 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

63473

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 3.22 of Delivering Tax-free childcare: the Government's response to the consultation on design and operation, when the decision to make National Savings and Investments HM Revenue and Customs' delivery partner for tax-free childcare was made.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	202161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer that I gave on 18 June 2014, Official Report, column c625W.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 30/06/2014 13:46:30 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

63474

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 674W, on children: day care, what the cost to the public purse was of the report prepared by Economic Insight for his Department.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	202162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The cost of the Economic Insight report can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/295442/transparency_spend_over_25k_february_2014.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/295442/transparency_spend_over_25k_february_2014.csv/preview</a></p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 30/06/2014 13:55:25 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

63485

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure Ofsted is able to undertake the proposed increase in inspections of apprenticeship providers.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	202000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>Our apprenticeship reforms will improve quality by involving employers in defining the new standards and assessment and by controlling the funding of apprenticeships. Ofsted will continue to play an important role in ensuring the quality of teaching and learning in registered training providers. We are discussing the arrangements with Ofsted as part of the Trailblazer project.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/06/2014 14:16:40 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

63487

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the provision of advice for students with special educational needs.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	202116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education, in partnership with the Council for Disabled Children, has worked directly with a number of young people, including students, with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Their views have helped shape the reforms to the current SEND system to ensure it meets their needs – including how they would like to receive information and advice. Arrangements for providing information, advice and support for young people are set out in the SEND Code of Practice which was laid before Parliament on 11 June 2014.</p><p>From this September, local authorities will be required to provide information and advice directly to children and young people with SEND as well as to parents. Staff working directly with children and young people should be trained to support and work in partnership with them. Local information and advice services should direct young people to specialist support to help them prepare for employment, independent living (including housing) and participation in society. It should also provide access to careers advice where needed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 30/06/2014 14:57:30 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

63490

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, to which geographical areas the roll-out programme for smart meters will extend; and when their programme will happen in each area.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
uin	202159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>In Great Britain, we are adopting a supplier-led approach to the roll-out of smart meters. Energy suppliers are required to take ‘all reasonable steps' to install smart meters to all of their domestic and smaller non-domestic customers in Wales, England and Scotland by 2020.</p><p>There is no centralised roll-out strategy and suppliers are free to plan the roll-out in a way that suits their business and the needs of their customers, subject to the requirement to complete the roll-out by 2020. They are considering a range of factors in developing their strategies for this, such as the geographical location of their customers, the age of the current meter stock, and the extent to which they wish to respond to customer demand.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 30/06/2014 14:15:55 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns