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1606457

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Hays and Mitie: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February to Question 150520 on Minimum Wage, what the total value of the contracts with the firms listed is.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	171434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The total value of the contracts awarded to Mitie Limited and Hays Specialist Recruitment by the Department in the last three years is £19,600,000 and £5,090,227 respectively.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/03/2023 14:45:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 65483 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1601331

registered interest
date	06/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Landlords: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of section 24 of the Finance Act 2015 on the (a) availability of private rental housing stock and (b) rental prices.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	158984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government implemented a set of reforms to restrict finance cost relief to the equivalent of the basic rate of income tax to address unfairness and make sure that all landlords are treated the same.</p><p> </p><p>To minimise the impact on landlords who are affected, the Government chose to act in a proportionate and gradual way. The restriction was announced almost two years before its implementation and was phased in over four years to give landlords time to adjust to the changes.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all tax policy under review.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/03/2023 15:36:31 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1600504

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many employers have notified the Redundancy Payments Service of planned redundancies in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	156175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>Employers are required by law to notify the Secretary of State, in practice the Insolvency Service’s Redundancy Payments Service (RPS),of any proposal to dismiss 20 or more employees as redundant at one establishment within a period of 90 days or less. This advanced notification is normally via the ‘HR1’ form.</p><p>For the period 1 February 2022 to 31 January 2023, RPS received HR1s from 2,376 employers.</p><p>The Insolvency Service publishes figures regarding advanced notification of redundancy at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/publication-of-data-on-advanced-notification-of-redundancy-scheme/management-information-on-advanced-notification-of-redundancy-scheme" target="_blank">advanced notification</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 06/03/2023 17:10:19 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1600505

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has contracted work to a business named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme within the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	156176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>HMT are unable to identify any spend in relation to the businesses named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme within the last 3 years.</p><p>All employers need to pay their staff correctly. Paying the minimum wage is not optional, it’s the law. Under the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme, employers who have previously broken minimum wage law can be publicly named.</p><p> </p><p>Details of Government contracts above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 07/03/2023 12:17:05 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1600506

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has contracted work to a business named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme within the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	156177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>All employers need to pay their staff correctly. Paying the minimum wage is not optional, it’s the law. Under the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme, employers who have previously broken minimum wage law can be publicly named. The Department for Business and Trade follows a clear and thorough process allowing firms to make representations against being named if they meet our published criteria.</p><p> </p><p>The MOJ entered into contracts, during the last 3 years, with 2 companies listed in round 18 of the National Wage Naming Scheme, though only 1 was made after publication of the list and Calor Gas had already taken steps to rectify the issue. The details are:</p><p> </p><p>- Calor Gas, contract for the supply of LPG across the MOJ estate from June 2022 to May 2024 following a competition via the relevant Crown Commercial Services Framework. <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/134be1dc-a93f-4fc0-8159-c39aae7a3c2f?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/134be1dc-a93f-4fc0-8159-c39aae7a3c2f?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1</a></p><p> </p><p>- Centre Circle Event Management Ltd, contract for prison education support at HMP Rochester. This was awarded prior to publication (Jan 21) and has now expired (Feb 22). <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/8ba63863-9e53-4f4d-8553-fcc32a38ea58?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/8ba63863-9e53-4f4d-8553-fcc32a38ea58?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1</a></p><p> </p><p>Additionally, Hays joined the Crown Commercial Service Public Sector Recruitment (PSR) framework (<a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/6d97dc38-ef0d-451a-8fc6-f033444519d7?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">Call Off Contract from Public Sector Resourcing (PSR) - Contracts Finder</a>) in 2019, before publication of round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>For our current suppliers (Calor Gas and Hays) we are working with Crown Commercial Services to ensure that these suppliers are fully compliant and have fully complied with the terms of their framework.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 06/03/2023 16:35:28 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1600507

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department has contracted work to a business named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	156178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office has not awarded contracts to employers named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme following publication on 9 Dec 2021.</p><p> </p><p>All employers must pay their staff correctly. Paying the minimum wage is not optional, it’s the law. Under the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme, employers who have previously broken minimum wage law can be publicly named. The Department for Business and Trade follows a clear and thorough process allowing firms to make representations against being named, if they meet our published criteria.</p><p> </p><p>Details of Government contracts above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 06/03/2023 11:38:12 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1600510

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department has contracted work to a business named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	156180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales has not contracted any work in the last three years to a business named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>All employers need to pay their staff correctly. Paying the minimum wage is not optional, it’s the law. Under the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme, employers who have previously broken minimum wage law can be publicly named. The Department for Business and Trade follows a clear and thorough process allowing firms to make representations against being named if they meet our published criteria.</p><p> </p><p>Details of Government contracts above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p> answering member constituency Vale of Clwyd answering member printed Dr James Davies question first answered 06/03/2023 15:04:22 answering member 4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1600511

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department has contracted work to a business named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	156181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>All employers need to pay their staff correctly. Paying the minimum wage is not optional, it’s the law. Under the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme, employers who have previously broken minimum wage law can be publicly named. The Department for Business and Trade follows a clear and thorough process allowing firms to make representations against being named if they meet our published criteria.</p><p> </p><p>Details of Government contracts above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 06/03/2023 16:42:55 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1599303

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Voter Authority Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the average processing time is for Voter Authority Certificate applications.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	153822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>Applications for Voter Authority Certificates are processed by Electoral Registration Officers. This process involves reviewing the application and photograph and checking the applicant’s electoral registration status. Applicants must also provide their National Insurance number, which is checked against existing data sets, or other relevant documentary evidence where they are unable to provide this. Information on their average processing times is not held by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 07/03/2023 15:50:56 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1589171

registered interest
date	24/02/2023
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Ninth Report of the Committee of Public Accounts published on 22 June 2022, HC 255, and the Treasury Minute published on 14 October 2022, HC 255, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations on (a) low customer satisfaction and (b) slow enforcement timescales.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	152256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>The department has made the following progress in relation to customer satisfaction and enforcement timescales:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Customer Satisfaction</strong></p><p>We continue to improve services including digital through the wider Departmental Service Modernisation.</p><ul><li>Services that have been made available online are therefore accessible 24/7 and, in many cases, now delivered via automation making them faster and more responsive.</li><li>The introduction of online Get Help Arranging Child Maintenance service providing support to separated parents in managing their own affairs as well as making the CMS more accessible.</li><li>A wider organisational redesign is underway with a key priority to improve customer experience.</li></ul><p>Use of the DWP customer experience survey to track satisfaction levels and provide insight.</p><ul><li>The Department’s 2020/21 Customer Experience Survey and the CMS Customer Experience Survey are currently unpublished, so we are unable to share the findings at this time. The reason for the delay is because of the impacts of Covid on the survey, resulting in an extended QA process. Steps are in place to publish the findings and the final sign off procedures are currently taking place within the Department, with the intention to publish by Summer 2023.</li></ul><p>The Child Maintenance Service recently piloted ‘Real Time Customer Feedback’ on behalf of the department to better understand customer experience.</p><ul><li>Customers were given the opportunity to rate the service immediately after their contact with the department and provide narrative feedback on their experience. As this feedback has been provided in real time, where service concerns or failures were identified Child Maintenance colleagues were able to go back to the customer to further resolve their enquiry, improving customer service outcomes as well as providing valuable learning to improve our service offering. This pilot is currently supporting a business case for wider rollout.</li></ul><p>Sessions planned in March for MP researchers to support them in constituency casework relating to Child Maintenance.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Enforcement</strong></p><ul><li>We are committed to making the most effective use of our strong enforcement powers and have made a number of improvements to our processes.</li><li>Our strategy is to tackle breakdowns at earliest opportunity and use preferred Method of Payments (Deductions of Earnings Orders/Direct Debits) which achieve a higher rate of compliance, whilst agreeing more sustainable ongoing payments.</li><li>Deduction from earnings orders processes have been simplified to increase efficiency of this process.  Improvements have been introduced to the way employers make DEO payments through CMS to get money to families quicker by reducing or removing any manual intervention in allocating a payment.</li><li>We have also brought forward the point at which we make deductions from bank accounts. This has not only increased the volume of deductions from bank accounts but also means we are getting money to children more quickly.</li><li>A Private Members’ Bill (PMB) to streamline CMS enforcement, sponsored by Siobhan Baillie, had its Second Reading stage on 9 December 2022. The PMB removes the requirement to make court applications for liability orders which enable the CMS to progress with enforcement action, thus improving the efficiency of the enforcement process.</li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 07/03/2023 13:07:28 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders