Asked by: Graeme Morrice (Labour - Livingston)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on the deduction of trade union subscriptions from payroll in the Civil Service.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
This is matter that is delegated to individual Departments in the Civil Service.
This information is a matter for departments.
Asked by: Graeme Morrice (Labour - Livingston)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to prevent employers who engage in blacklisting receiving Government contracts.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The blacklisting of employees is an unacceptable and unlawful practice, and Government takes any such allegations very seriously.
Asked by: Graeme Morrice (Labour - Livingston)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contracts the Government holds with (a) Johnson & Johnson, (b) Ethicon and (c) BARD; and what the value was of contracts with each such company.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
Since January 2011, as part of the Government's transparency programme, details of contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder at:
https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder
Asked by: Graeme Morrice (Labour - Livingston)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has any plans to end the employee trade union membership dues check-off system.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Leicester South on 2 April 2014 (Official Report) Column Ref: 721W.
Asked by: Graeme Morrice (Labour - Livingston)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings his Department has had for which the check off system of paying trade union fees was on the agenda.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
As was the case under the previous administration, details of internal meetings are not normally published.
Details of Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published at:https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications.