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To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many convicted child sex offenders are on list 99; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Brian Binley (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 February 2007

For answer on

19 February 2007

Answered on

21 February 2007

List 99 is a list of individuals whose employment in education and with children has been barred or restricted by the Secretary of State. It contains for each individual included the person's name, date of birth, national insurance number and, in the case of teachers, a teacher reference number. As the then Secretary of State, my right hon. Friend the Member for Bolton West, reported to the House on 19 January 2006 there were 4,045 individuals on List 99, Official Report column 967. A significant proportion of these have been barred as a result of child sexual offences. However, people may also be placed on the List because they have committed other relevant offences; as a result of allegations involving misconduct; or, on the grounds of ill health. The information about offences or allegations that have led to a person being barred or restricted by the Secretary of State is not included in List 99. The identification of all the cases where a person has been placed on the List as a result of a conviction for a sexual offence against a child would require each of the 4045 case files to be checked could be undertaken only at disproportionate cost.A check against List 99 will reveal to a prospective employer the fact that a person is barred or restricted from relevant employment. A standard or enhanced Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check will reveal the barred status of an individual to an employer together with details of any criminal convictions.I intend to make a further statement in the next few weeks in which I will update the House on List 99 and on developments concerning safeguarding.

Date

21 February 2007

Reference

457 c768-9W;457 c752-3W; 121647

House

House of Commons

Child Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people on List 99 have been given permission to teach in an establishment which does not admit female pupils.

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 May 2006

Reference

47285; 446 c1353-4W;446 c1354W

House

House of Commons

Child Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what progress has been made since the statement of 19 January in investigating the 13 cases of sex offenders in which information was not complete; and in what respect the data on two of these was inconsistent.

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 May 2006

Reference

47064; 446 c1353W

House

House of Commons

Child Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people on List 99 have been given permission to teach in schools but not to reside in a boarding school.

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 May 2006

Reference

47286; 446 c1354W;446 c1354-5W

House

House of Commons

List 99

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills under what exceptions people on List 99 have been allowed to teach children.

Asked by

Bob Spink (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 May 2006

Reference

43929; 446 c1369W;446 c1355W

House

House of Commons

List 99

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to her oral statement of 19 January 2006, Official Report, columns 966-70, on safeguarding children, for what reason each of the 210 people are on List 99; and what type of ban each person is under.

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 May 2006

Reference

45368; 446 c1369-70W;446 c1355W

House

House of Commons

Public Service Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the feasibility of making international comparisons of consumer empowerment and support for the purposes of measuring achievement against public service agreement target 3.

Asked by

Lord Hammond of Runnymede (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 December 2005

Reference

440 c1012W;440 c1012W; 30062

House

House of Commons

Patent Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many patent applications have been subject to secrecy orders in each of the last 10 years; and how many have subsequently been declassified.

Asked by

Lord Austin of Dudley (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

20 July 2005

For answer on

10 October 2005

Answered on

10 October 2005

A table of the figures requested is provided as follows. To put the figures in context, the Patent Office received 29,835 patent applications in 2003 and 28,223 in 2004.

Patent applications
	UK originated applications	Foreign applications	Total applications	Declassified
1996	87	25	112	6
1997	64	33	97	13
1998	51	19	70	21
1999	94	37	131	53
2000	67	20	87	43
2001	86	16	102	39
2002	117	10	127	46
2003	90	15	105	33
2004	73	4	77	26
2005	32	4	36	6
Total	761	183	944	286
⁽¹⁸⁾ To July.

Date

10 October 2005

Reference

15377; 437 c33W;437 c33W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what advice he has issued to social services departments following the recent judgement that the Children Act 1989 applies to children in prisons. - Including ref to booklet What To Do If You're Worried A Child Is Being Abused, published...

Asked by

Hilton Dawson (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 January 2004

Reference

144023; 416 c61-2W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of employees who are forced to work unpaid overtime as part of their contract of employment; what plans she has to introduce protection for employees not wishing to work unpaid...

Asked by

Lord Watts (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 June 2003

Reference

406 c628-9W;406 c628W; 117371;117372;117373

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what progress has been made over the past two years on her Department's review of the Business Transfer Regulations; what delays have been experienced; and if she will make a statement. - Includes ref to DWP/Treasury Green Paper 'Pensions and...

Asked by

Lord Bellingham (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 May 2003

Reference

113500; 405 c531-2W;405 c529-30W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on the remedies to UK employees of multinationals who have been made redundant without the required (a) process of consultation, (b) notice, (c) definition of the criteria for selection for redundancy and (d) evidence...

Asked by

Julian Lewis (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

12 February 2003

For answer on

25 February 2003

Answered on

25 February 2003

Dr. Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the remedies to UK employees of multinationals who have been made redundant without the required (a) process of consultation, (b) notice, (c) definition of the criteria for selection for redundancy and (d) evidence that the post has become surplus to requirements. [98251] Alan Johnson: [holding answer 24 February 2003]: There is legislation in place to protect employees if they are affected by redundancy. Employees can seek redress through the employment tribunals or, in some cases, the civil courts. (a) Consultation--Employers in the UK are under a statutory obligation to inform and consult employee representatives about proposed collective redundancies--that is, where they propose to make 20 or more redundancies at one establishment within a 90 day period. The consultation must be conducted in good faith, and must cover ways of avoiding the redundancies, or of reducing their numbers or mitigating their effects. Employee representatives may complain to an employment tribunal where they consider these obligations have not been fulfilled.., The tribunal can make a protective award of up to 90 days' pay to each affected employee. (b) Notice--depending on length of service both the employer and the employee are entitled to a minimum period of notice. Under the legislation this varies depending on how long the employee has been employed, from one week where he/she has been continuously employed for one month or more but less than two years, up to twelve weeks where continuously employed for 12 years or more. An individual employment contract may specify a longer period of notice. Employees who consider that they have incurred loss because they have not been given the minimum notice to which they are entitled under the legislation or under their contracts of employment, can bring actions for damages in the civil courts, or (if the employment has ended) in the employment tribunals. (c) Criteria for selection-- In, a collective redundancy case, the employer must disclose to employee representatives certain information in writing including the proposed method of selecting the employees who may be dismissed. Failure to do so is again enforceable through an employment tribunal. (d) Redundancy is in principle, a fair reason for dismissal. However, subject to meeting the qualifying conditions, employees can complain of unfair dismissal through an employment tribunal if they believe that they have been unfairly selected for redundancy, that the employer otherwise acted unreasonably in dismissing them or that redundancy was not in fact the genuine reason for dismissal. The remedies available in a case where a tribunal finds in the employee's favour are reinstatement or re-engagement or a monetary award of compensation.

Date

25 February 2003

Reference

98251; 400 c422-3W;400 c416W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will make a statement on her assessment of the relative susceptibility to being made redundant of employees of multinationals operating within the EU of (a) British, (b) Dutch, (c) French and (d) other EU companies.

Asked by

Julian Lewis (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

12 February 2003

For answer on

25 February 2003

Answered on

25 February 2003

Dr. Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on her assessment of the relative susceptibility to being made redundant of employees of multinationals operating within the EU of (a) British, (b) Dutch, (c) French and (d) other EU companies. [98252] Alan Johnson: [holding answer 24 February 2003]: Job losses due to restructuring or plant closure are reported all over Europe and recent examples of this include Dresdner Bank, Siemens and Mobilcom in Germany, HP-Compaq and Bull in France, Lucent Technologies in the Netherlands, Fiat in Italy, Alcatel in Belgium, and Santander in Spain. In some cases these job losses are part of European or global restructuring programmes, for example, Alcatel, Ericsson and Nokia. UK firms, like those on the Continent, are subject to legislation implementing the EC Directive on Collective Redundancies designed to protect employees affected by redundancies. This requires consultation of employee representatives before collective redundancies can be made. Consultation must be undertaken in good faith with a view to reaching agreement, and must include ways of avoiding the dismissals, reducing the number of employees to be dismissed, and mitigating the consequences of the dismissals. The detailed rules vary from country to country, for example, some EU countries have more lengthy consultation periods than others. The law in the UK provides greater protection in certain respects than that in other Member States. For example, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden do not, unlike the UK, have a statutory requirement for severance pay. And UK law treats workers more equally in the event of redundancy than workers in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Italy and Luxembourg where blue-collar workers receive lower levels of protection than white-collar workers. The system in the UK is relatively transparent and the costs involved for employers and the length of the process are predictable, unlike in many other EU countries. The Government believes that firms should not face excessive barriers to making redundancies that add to the uncertainty and time involved in what is a painful process. To do so could deter investment, and result in fewer jobs overall, not more.

Date

25 February 2003

Reference

98252; 400 c423-4W;400 c416-7W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when she will respond to the consultation on the reform of TUPE Regulations, with particular reference to the treatment of occupational pension rights; and if she will make a statement. - (Holding answer 19 December 2002).

Asked by

Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 January 2003

Reference

88046; 397 c157W

House

House of Commons

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the charter holiday industry

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the charter holiday industry.

Lead member

Frank Roy

Answering member

Alan Johnson

Department

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Adjournment debates

Date

23 July 2002

Reference

389 c231-8WH

House

House of Commons

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on consumer protection and the sale of holidays

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on consumer protection and the sale of holidays.

Lead member

Lord Beamish

Answering member

Alan Johnson

Department

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Adjournment debates

Date

21 May 2002

Reference

386 c63-8WH

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, when the Government intends to take action to ensure recompense for those affected by the UK breach of its Community obligations under the 1977 Acquired Rights Directive.

Asked by

Mike Weir (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 January 2002

Reference

27273; 378 c322W;378 c336W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to ensure recompense for those affected by the UK breach of its obligations under the 1977 Acquired Rights Directive.

Asked by

Mike Weir (Scottish National Party)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 December 2001

Reference

20890; 376 c669-70W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans she has to ensure that those employers who lost out because of the improper implementation of European Directive 77/187 in the TUPE regulations of 1981 will receive compensation; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by

Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 December 2001

Reference

376 c669-70W; 21938

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, What assessment he has made of the protection offered to (a) disabled and (b) elderly people purchasing and leasing mobility aids.

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 May 2001

Reference

367 c772W; 159073

House

House of Commons

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