Tag: Kevin Brennan

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevin Brennan on 2015-10-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a scheme for naming and shaming employers who fail to pay an employment tribunal award.

Nick Boles

The Government believes that naming schemes can be a useful tool for encouraging compliance with legislation. For example, a naming scheme for non-compliance with the National Minimum Wage has been in place since October 2013 and has named 285 employers to date.

The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 introduced a new financial penalty for non-payment of employment tribunal awards to encourage the full and prompt payment of awards. The Government is considering what other levers could be used to support the effectiveness of this measure, including the potential of a naming scheme.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevin Brennan on 2015-10-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many financial penalties have been imposed on respondent employers under section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 to date; and how many such penalties (a) have been paid and (b) remain unpaid.

Nick Boles

Eight financial penalties have been imposed on employers for aggravated breach of employment law, under section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, since its introduction on 6 April 2014.

To date, two penalties have been paid and six remain unpaid although all penalties were imposed this year and further action is being considered.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevin Brennan on 2015-10-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days were taken to process and grant each application for readmission of employment tribunal fees that have been (a) granted and (b) partially granted since the introduction of those fees.

Mr Shailesh Vara

I have treated your question as asking for the average number of days taken to process remission applications since the introduction of fees. The information on remissions granted both fully and partially is available within the Ministry of Justice Official Tribunal Statistics and can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevin Brennan on 2015-01-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will publish the data gathered through the Property Data Survey Programme before the end of February 2015.

Mr David Laws

The Property Data Survey provides us with the most detailed picture to date of the condition of the school estate. The survey will be used to help ensure that the Department for Education, and those responsible for the maintenance and improvement of schools, are targeting investment most effectively.

Those responsible for schools have been sent copies of their survey data in draft, and our intention is to share final survey data with them later this year.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevin Brennan on 2014-07-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the responsibilities will be of the Minister of State in her Department, the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton.

Mr Edward Timpson

The full list of Ministerial responsibilities will be published on www.gov.uk in due course.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevin Brennan on 2014-06-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which organisations have received grants through the Sponsor Capacity Fund to date; when any such grant was awarded; how much was so awarded; and whether each organisation subsequently sponsored any academies.

Mr Edward Timpson

Details of the organisations that have received grants of £25,000 or more through the Sponsor Capacity Fund are published online at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-department-and-executive-agency-spend-over-25-000

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevin Brennan on 2014-06-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department takes to (a) monitor how the grants awarded through the Sponsor Capacity Fund are used and (b) recoup grants from the Sponsor Capacity Fund where the recipients do not go on to sponsor any academies or use the money in an inappropriate way.

Mr Edward Timpson

Academy sponsors who receive the Sponsor Capacity Fund are required to sign a Grant Funding Agreement, agreeing to adhere to the terms and conditions of grant. They are required to submit an Annual Certification of Expenditure, signed by their auditors, and a final report detailing what has been achieved through use of the grant.

If they fail to comply with any of the conditions of grant, or are deemed to be in breach of it, they are required to return the grant to the Department.