Written Question
Thursday 19th May 2022
Asked by:
Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the gov.uk news story of 11 May 2022, Insolvency Service transitions to regional hubs as part of efficiency drive, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of redundancies as a result of Insolvency Service office closures.
Answered by Paul Scully
The Insolvency Service announced its transforming workplaces strategy on 11 May 2022. It is not the intention of that strategy to reduce workforce numbers either by redundancy or otherwise.
Written Question
Thursday 19th May 2022
Asked by:
Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of Insolvency Service staff started but did not complete Insolvency Service Investigator Programme training in each of the last three years; and what the associated costs were.
Answered by Paul Scully
The number of Insolvency Service staff beginning but not completing the investigator programme over the last three years was:
YEAR | NO OF LEARNERS ENROLLED | NO OF LEARNERS LEAVING WITHOUT COMPLETION | % | COST (£) |
2019/20 | 128 | 45 | 35 | 85,131 |
2020/21 | 74 | 9 | 12 | 38,214 |
2021/22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Written Question
Thursday 19th May 2022
Asked by:
Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent on Insolvency Service Investigator Programme training for staff in the Insolvency Service in each of the last three financial years.
Answered by Paul Scully
Spending on the Insolvency Service’s investigator programme over the last 3 years was:
YEAR | SPEND (£) |
2019/2020 | 242,151 |
2020/2021 | 314,213 |
2021/2022 | 115,336 |
Written Question
Thursday 19th May 2022
Asked by:
Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the gov.uk news story of 11 May 2022, Insolvency Service transitions to regional hubs as part of efficiency drive, what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost of (a) recruitment, (b) training and (c) development that will be required to replace staff as a result of the decision to close Insolvency Service offices.
Answered by Paul Scully
The Insolvency Service announced its transforming workplaces strategy on 11 May 2022. It is not the intention of that strategy to reduce workforce numbers either by redundancy or otherwise.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 May 2022
Fairness at Work and Power in Communities
"I have listened to the Minister’s speech so far. He is talking about business being dynamic, but of course there are rogue employers out there. He promised a Delegated Legislation Committee on 25 January that there would be an employment Bill in the Queen’s Speech—may I ask where it is?..."Chris Stephens - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 May 2022
Fairness at Work and Power in Communities
"The Minister is being generous in giving way. He says that, where employers adopt bad practices, the Government will act, but it has been nearly five years since the Taylor review reported on issues such as zero-hours contracts and short-term shift notices. Once again, may I ask where the employment …..."Chris Stephens - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 May 2022
Fairness at Work and Power in Communities
"My Unison comrade makes an excellent point. Does it not also apply to the Government’s ludicrous decision to close Department for Work and Pensions offices, and now to close Insolvency Service offices throughout the UK?..."Chris Stephens - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 May 2022
Fairness at Work and Power in Communities
"It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Enfield North (Feryal Clark). I will concentrate much of my speech on employment, which is ironic, given the collective industrial action that appears to be taking place on the Conservative Benches. I just hope that the ballot was conducted in …..."Chris Stephens - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 May 2022
Fairness at Work and Power in Communities
"I agree with the hon. Member. People who seek sanctuary in this country want to make a positive contribution across these islands. There should be a right to work...."Chris Stephens - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 May 2022
Fairness at Work and Power in Communities
"I thank the hon. Gentleman very much for that. I should say, if I have not already, that Roza is indeed a Unite activist and former member of the Scottish Trades Union Congress general council, Scotland’s workers’ parliament, and she was indeed in Cuba with him on a delegation.
The …..."Chris Stephens - View Speech
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