Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress she has made on establishing an exceptional compensation scheme for holidaymakers who have outstanding (a) loss of life and (b) serious personal injury claims against UK companies.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government understands that an alternative route for Thomas Cook personal injury claimants is being pursued that would potentially be financially beneficial to them.
The Government is committed to establishing a payment scheme for customers of Thomas Cook with serious and long-term injuries for which the company would have been liable but for its insolvency, if it is established that there are no alternative routes to compensation.
Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many road haulage businesses trading under SIC code 49410 entered insolvency in each of the last five years.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Estimated numbers of companies with the SIC code 49410 that entered insolvency in the UK in each of the last five calendar years are presented in the table below.
Calendar Year | Companies entering insolvency (SIC code 49410 – Freight Transport by Road) |
2019 | 280 |
2020 | 189 |
2021 | 265 |
2022 | 408 |
2023 | 494 |
Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent estimate she has made of when (a) her Department will reach an agreement with British Steel on and (b) work will begin on the construction of an arc furnace for processing steel on Teesside.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)
The Government made an extremely generous offer of support to British Steel earlier this year, to help them invest in a sustainable future. Since the offer was made, officials have continued to work intensively with British Steel to explore options. The detail of these conversations is highly confidential.
British Steel’s plans for starting work on an electric arc furnace on Teesside are a commercial matter for the company.