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To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what (a) meetings and (b) discussions his Department has had with representatives of SSI Ltd on its proposed purchase of Tata Steel Europe's Teesside Cast Products business.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what (a) meetings and (b) discussions his Department has had with representatives of SSI Ltd on its proposed purchase of Tata Steel Europe's Teesside Cast Products business.
Asked by
Ian Swales
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Mark Prisk
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 November 2010
For answer on
25 November 2010
Answered on
29 November 2010
On 8 November I met with Win Viriyaprapaikit, President of Sahaviriya Steel Industries public company limited (SSI).In addition, since the announcement of the Memorandum of Understanding on the potential sale of Teesside Cast Products was announced on 27 August, the British embassy in Bangkok has had a number of discussions with SSI officials. The new UK ambassador has subsequently met with Mr Viriyaprapaikit here in the UK on 29 October and in Bangkok on 16 November. The ambassador will also be accompanying the Thai Minister for Foreign Affairs on a visit to Teesside Cast Products on 27 November.Furthermore BIS officials held an introductory meeting with representatives of SSI and their consultants on 26 October and have continued to maintain contact with them as necessary.
Subjects
Teesside Cast Products
Date
29 November 2010
Reference
26587; 519 c609-10W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has for the distribution of the remainder of the grant allocated by his Department to Corus TCP in December 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has for the distribution of the remainder of the grant allocated by his Department to Corus TCP in December 2009.
Asked by
Tom Blenkinsop
(Labour)
Answered by
Mark Prisk
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
20 October 2010
For answer on
25 October 2010
Answered on
26 October 2010
[holding answer 25 October 2010]: The previous Government announced the provision of £5 million of training support to Tata Steel (then Corus) in June 2009. £2.5 million of that funding was delivered by the Regional Development Agencies (Yorkshire Forward and One North East) in December 2009. A further £2.5 million was also earmarked to be provided to the company in those regions through Train to Gain. The offer of assistance was intended to contribute to training the workforce, retain capacity in the UK and to help the company through the downturn and to recover more strongly as economic conditions improved.Almost 100 learners at Corus TCP undertook training in Business Improvement Techniques, using Train to Gain funding, with learning delivered by Gateshead College in 09/10. The Skills Funding Agency continues to work constructively with Tata Steel across a number of its sites in different regions to identify training opportunities that are eligible within the current Train to Gain rules and within future funding arrangements, and which are consistent with state aid requirements.
Subjects
Government assistance; Teesside Cast Products
Date
26 October 2010
Reference
19429; 517 c271W
House
House of Commons
Type
Select Committee reports (Government responses);
Command papers
Author
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Laid on
7 April 2010
Subjects
Closures; Manufacturing industries; Skilled workers; Factories; Corus; Teesside Cast Products
Date
7 April 2010
Reference
Cm 7868
House
House of Commons
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what requests for assistance his Department has received from Corus in relation to Teesside Cast Products.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what requests for assistance his Department has received from Corus in relation to Teesside Cast Products.
Asked by
Dari Taylor
(Labour)
Answered by
Pat McFadden
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 March 2010
For answer on
11 March 2010
Answered on
24 March 2010
The Government have created a fiscal stimulus in areas of public spending that will directly increase demand for steel and feed through the supply chain. Along with its partners in local government and the regions, the Government have brought forward billions of pounds worth of infrastructure spending across the UK.We also committed £400 million to the car scrappage scheme to underpin the vitally important automotive sector, another very large user of steel. However these measures were aimed at boosting domestic markets more generally and therefore were not specifically targeted at assisting Teesside Cast Products, whose output of slab was sold almost entirely for export.Corus requested the following assistance from the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills in relation to Teesside Cast Products:"Subsidies for short time working—this request was initially made, through the CBI, on 27 November 2008 and was in relation to all Corus UK sites and not just Teesside Cast Products. The Government declined this request on the grounds that we have extensively examined the economic case for UK wage subsidies and concluded that this is not a feasible, cost effective or sustainable option, nor would it guarantee that plants, like Teesside Cast Products would stay open in the long term.""Export subsidies—Coras raised the issue for potential export subsidies in July 2009 to help bridge the gap between cost of producing slab at Teesside Cast Products and the price that could be achieved for the product on the world market. The Government refused this request as export subsidies would be illegal under the EU state aid rules."
Subjects
Teesside Cast Products
Date
24 March 2010
Reference
508 c406W; 321881
House
House of Commons
On steel and energy, will the Secretary of State support the view of the Community union that the carbon credits for Tata's Teesside plant should be held in trust until the company agrees to talk with the Government and the union on resuming work there? Will he also meet me and colleagues to look at an over-rigorous interpretation of an EU regulation that might seriously damage electric arc furnace steel making in the UK?
On steel and energy, will the Secretary of State support the view of the Community union that the carbon credits for Tata's Teesside plant should be held in trust until the company agrees to talk with the Government and the union on resuming work there? Will he also meet me and colleagues to look at an over-rigorous interpretation of an EU regulation that might seriously damage electric arc furnace steel making in the UK?
Asked by
Denis MacShane
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Topical questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
25 February 2010
I am sure that we can arrange a meeting with my right hon. Friend on the second question that he raised. On his first question, I should say that the Teesside issue is important. My right hon. Friend Lord Mandelson continues to be in discussions about the serious matter of what can be done at the plant. We will continue to take those discussions forward.
Subjects
Teesside Cast Products; Energy; Meters
Date
25 February 2010
Reference
506 c444
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I shall take the figures that the hon. Lady has given me and ask the Transport Minister to look into that very matter. It is important that we have a strong motorcycling industry in this country, and it is important that her question about the specifics of the tests be answered.
I shall take the figures that the hon. Lady has given me and ask the Transport Minister to look into that very matter. It is important that we have a strong motorcycling industry in this country, and it is important that her question about the specifics of the tests be answered.
Answered by
Gordon Brown
(Labour)
Asked by
Anne Main
(Conservative)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Type
Oral answers to questions
Since 2008 and the introduction of new rules on motorcycling and tests, the number of people taking the test has declined by 62 per cent. and the number of people passing the test has declined by 58 per cent. The motorbiking industry is extremely important in the UK. What will the Prime Minister do to rectify what is obviously a very poor system?
Subjects
Teesside Cast Products
Date
24 February 2010
Reference
506 c298
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Since 2008 and the introduction of new rules on motorcycling and tests, the number of people taking the test has declined by 62 per cent. and the number of people passing the test has declined by 58 per cent. The motorbiking industry is extremely important in the UK. What will the Prime Minister do to rectify what is obviously a very poor system?
Since 2008 and the introduction of new rules on motorcycling and tests, the number of people taking the test has declined by 62 per cent. and the number of people passing the test has declined by 58 per cent. The motorbiking industry is extremely important in the UK. What will the Prime Minister do to rectify what is obviously a very poor system?
Asked by
Anne Main
(Conservative)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Prime Minister's questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
24 February 2010
I shall take the figures that the hon. Lady has given me and ask the Transport Minister to look into that very matter. It is important that we have a strong motorcycling industry in this country, and it is important that her question about the specifics of the tests be answered.
Subjects
Driving tests; Motorcycles; Teesside Cast Products
Date
24 February 2010
Reference
506 c298
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
My right hon. Friend knows that the whole of Teesside is waiting for news about Corus. That company, whose order book was 80 per cent. full in December, has now been mothballed and 1,700 people have been made unemployed. Will the Prime Minister tell the House this afternoon what his Ministers are doing to secure and help to secure a purchase, and whether it is the case that Tata is unprepared to sell the company and speak to British Ministers?
My right hon. Friend knows that the whole of Teesside is waiting for news about Corus. That company, whose order book was 80 per cent. full in December, has now been mothballed and 1,700 people have been made unemployed. Will the Prime Minister tell the House this afternoon what his Ministers are doing to secure and help to secure a purchase, and whether it is the case that Tata is unprepared to sell the company and speak to British Ministers?
Asked by
Dari Taylor
(Labour)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Prime Minister's questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
24 February 2010
First, I share my hon. Friend's anger about what has happened on Teesside, and the loss of 1,700 jobs in any area is unacceptable. The loss of 1,700 jobs in an area that has depended on that industry for years and had a contract that would have guaranteed future work for many future years is more unacceptable, and we have to look at that very carefully. As I think the House knows, there was a contract involving four companies which would have guaranteed the output of the plant. That contract broke down through the partners in it disagreeing among themselves about the future.
We are doing everything that we can to find a buyer for the plant. I have personally talked to Mr. Tata and to the chief executive of Corus, and I have met people in the area who are concerned about what is happening to the jobs and the prospects for young people there. As we look for a potential buyer, we have also put £60 million into the Teesside area so that we can create new jobs, new training opportunities for jobs and new developments in the area that will provide jobs in the future. But I share with my hon. Friend my anger at what happened, and I am determined that our Government will do everything that we can to make sure that people who lose jobs get jobs in the future, and, if we can avoid it, that people do not lose jobs at all.
Subjects
Teesside Cast Products
Date
24 February 2010
Reference
506 c297-8
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
First, I share my hon. Friend's anger about what has happened on Teesside, and the loss of 1,700 jobs in any area is unacceptable. The loss of 1,700 jobs in an area that has depended on that industry for years and had a contract that would have guaranteed future work for many future years is more unacceptable, and we have to look at that very carefully. As I think the House knows, there was a contract involving four companies which would have guaranteed the output of the plant. That contract broke down through the partners in it disagreeing among themselves about the future.
We are doing everything that we can to find a buyer for the plant. I have personally talked to Mr. Tata and to the chief executive of Corus, and I have met people in the area who are concerned about what is happening to the jobs and the prospects for young people there. As we look for a potential buyer, we have also put £60 million into the Teesside area so that we can create new jobs, new training opportunities for jobs and new developments in the area that will provide jobs in the future. But I share with my hon. Friend my anger at what happened, and I am determined that our Government will do everything that we can to make sure that people who lose jobs get jobs in the future, and, if we can avoid it, that people do not lose jobs at all.
First, I share my hon. Friend's anger about what has happened on Teesside, and the loss of 1,700 jobs in any area is unacceptable. The loss of 1,700 jobs in an area that has depended on that industry for years and had a contract that would have guaranteed future work for many future years is more unacceptable, and we have to look at that very carefully. As I think the House knows, there was a contract involving four companies which would have guaranteed the output of the plant. That contract broke down through the partners in it disagreeing among themselves about the future.
We are doing everything that we can to find a buyer for the plant. I have personally talked to Mr. Tata and to the chief executive of Corus, and I have met people in the area who are concerned about what is happening to the jobs and the prospects for young people there. As we look for a potential buyer, we have also put £60 million into the Teesside area so that we can create new jobs, new training opportunities for jobs and new developments in the area that will provide jobs in the future. But I share with my hon. Friend my anger at what happened, and I am determined that our Government will do everything that we can to make sure that people who lose jobs get jobs in the future, and, if we can avoid it, that people do not lose jobs at all.
Answered by
Gordon Brown
(Labour)
Asked by
Dari Taylor
(Labour)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Type
Oral answers to questions
My right hon. Friend knows that the whole of Teesside is waiting for news about Corus. That company, whose order book was 80 per cent. full in December, has now been mothballed and 1,700 people have been made unemployed. Will the Prime Minister tell the House this afternoon what his Ministers are doing to secure and help to secure a purchase, and whether it is the case that Tata is unprepared to sell the company and speak to British Ministers?
Subjects
Teesside Cast Products
Date
24 February 2010
Reference
506 c297-8
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Asked by
Dari Taylor
(Labour)
Answered by
Gordon Brown
(Labour)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Prime Minister's questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Answered on
24 February 2010
Notes
Lead question not printed
Subjects
Teesside Cast Products
Date
24 February 2010
Reference
506 c297-8; 317420
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Type
Select Committee reports; House of Commons papers;
Parliamentary committees
Committee
North East Regional Committee
Witnesses
Trades Union Congress; Unite; Innovation and Skills Department for Business; Corus; One NorthEast; Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council; GMB; Teesside Cast Products; Nicholas Brown; Community; Vera Baird; Tees Valley Joint Strategy Unit; Ray Mallon
Subjects
Iron and steel; Manufacturing industries; North East; Corus; One NorthEast; Teesside Cast Products; Tata Steel
Date
23 February 2010
Reference
HC 279 2009-10
House
House of Commons
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the incidence of illegal disposal of recovered waste oils following the closure of the Corus plant in Teesside.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the incidence of illegal disposal of recovered waste oils following the closure of the Corus plant in Teesside.
Asked by
Earl of Selborne
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Davies of Oldham
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
4 February 2010
The amount of recycled fuel oil (RFO) used by Corus has reduced significantly in the last two years due to a combination of contractual and operational issues. Between 5 December 2008 and 25 August 2009, no RFO was used on the blast furnace and use ceased again on 12 January 2010 in preparation for mothballing of the blast furnace. The peak usage of RFO was approximately 150,000 tons in 2006 and 2007. This fell to about 16,000 tons in 2009.
The Environment Agency's pollution prevention and control (PPC) compliance team on Teesside which regulates the Corus facility is not aware of any incident involving the illegal disposal of RFO resulting from this reduction in use by Corus. If there is any evidence of such an incident the Environment Agency will investigate it fully.
Subjects
Fuel oil; Waste disposal; Teesside Cast Products
Date
4 February 2010
Reference
1705; 717 c62-3WA
House
House of Lords
To ask Her Majesty's Government what meetings have taken place between Ministers and Tata Steel about the future of the Teesside Cast Products plant.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what meetings have taken place between Ministers and Tata Steel about the future of the Teesside Cast Products plant.
Asked by
Lord Bates
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Davies of Abersoch
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
1 February 2010
My right honourable friend the Prime Minister, my noble friend Lord Mandelson and other Ministers from my department have regularly met or spoken to senior representatives of Corus and Tata Steel as well as local MPs, trade unions and regional offices about the situation at Teesside.
Subjects
Teesside Cast Products
Date
1 February 2010
Reference
1613; 717 c13WA
House
House of Lords
To ask Her Majesty's Government what meetings have taken place between Ministers and potential buyers of the Teesside Cast Products plant.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what meetings have taken place between Ministers and potential buyers of the Teesside Cast Products plant.
Asked by
Lord Bates
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Davies of Abersoch
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
1 February 2010
There have been no ministerial meetings with potential buyers but the Government continue to explore the opportunities and scope for Corus to find the strategic partner it regards as necessary.
Subjects
Teesside Cast Products
Date
1 February 2010
Reference
1614; 717 c13-4WA
House
House of Lords
Type
House of Commons papers; Select Committee oral evidence;
Parliamentary committees
Committee
North East Regional Committee
Subjects
Iron and steel; Manufacturing industries; North East; Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; Minister for the North East; Government Office for the North East; Teesside Cast Products; Brown, Nicholas; Baird, Vera
Date
19 January 2010
Reference
HC 279-ii 2009-10
House
House of Commons
Type
House of Commons papers; Select Committee oral evidence;
Parliamentary committees
Committee
North East Regional Committee
Subjects
Iron and steel; Manufacturing industries; Trades Union Congress; North East; Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; Corus; One NorthEast; Minister for the North East; Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council; Government Office for the North East; Teesside Cast Products
Date
15 January 2010
Reference
HC 279-i 2009-10
House
House of Commons
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance they will give to Corus steelworks in Redcar, Teesside, and to the workers there who are facing redundancy.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance they will give to Corus steelworks in Redcar, Teesside, and to the workers there who are facing redundancy.
Asked by
Archbishop of York
(Bishops (affiliation))
Answered by
Lord Young of Norwood Green
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
12 January 2010
We have maintained a close dialogue with Corus at the highest level whilst it tries to find solutions that safeguard as many jobs as possible and create new jobs on the Teesside Cast Products site.
The Corus Response Group, led by the regional development agency and involving Jobcentre Plus amongst others, enables these bodies to work together to offer the best assistance to those who may be made redundant. I understand they have been meeting regularly with Corus management and contingency plans are already in place. These will ensure that the full range of information, advice and guidance is available to redundant workers to help them with job search skills, advice on self-employment and other relevant issues such as pensions and tax matters. A resource centre has already been set up at the site to ensure that information is readily available to the workers.
On 8 December, my right honourable and noble friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills announced over £60 million of investment in the North East to support the region's industrial transition to low-carbon and advanced manufacturing. This has been done with record speed and in full co-operation with local agencies. It will be part funded by One North East and will secure long-term employment in sustainable manufacturing in the region.
It combines direct and immediate help for the workers who face losing their jobs at Teesside Cast Products with investment in projects which will help underpin the future economy of the Tees valley. It will create around 3,000 jobs and sustain over 10,000 in the long term.
EU state aid rules for the steel industry are stricter than for other sectors and therefore any practical financial measures that the Government could take to help Teesside Cast Products stay open are likely to be declared illegal by the Commission.
Subjects
Government assistance; Redundancy; Redcar; Teesside Cast Products
Date
12 January 2010
Reference
716 c139-40WA; 967
House
House of Lords
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with trade unions representing workers at Teesside Cast Products about the decision to curtail production at the Teesside plant in January.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with trade unions representing workers at Teesside Cast Products about the decision to curtail production at the Teesside plant in January.
Asked by
Lord Brookman
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Mandelson
(Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Procedure
Topical questions (HL)
For answer on
10 December 2009
Answered on
10 December 2009
My Lords, I have spoken to representatives of the unions, community and Unite about the very regrettable situation at Teesside, as well as to local government representatives and Redcar’s Member of Parliament. Earlier this week, I announced, with the regional development agency One North East, a £60 million programme of support that will help to create jobs and promote enterprise and innovation and contribute powerfully to the region’s and to Teesside's industrial future.
Subjects
Closures; Teesside Cast Products
Date
10 December 2009
Reference
715 c1148
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I have spoken to representatives of the unions, community and Unite about the very regrettable situation at Teesside, as well as to local government representatives and Redcar’s Member of Parliament. Earlier this week, I announced, with the regional development agency One North East, a £60 million programme of support that will help to create jobs and promote enterprise and innovation and contribute powerfully to the region’s and to Teesside's industrial future.
My Lords, I have spoken to representatives of the unions, community and Unite about the very regrettable situation at Teesside, as well as to local government representatives and Redcar’s Member of Parliament. Earlier this week, I announced, with the regional development agency One North East, a £60 million programme of support that will help to create jobs and promote enterprise and innovation and contribute powerfully to the region’s and to Teesside's industrial future.
Answered by
Lord Mandelson
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Brookman
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with trade unions representing workers at Teesside Cast Products about the decision to curtail production at the Teesside plant in January.
Subjects
Closures; Teesside Cast Products
Date
10 December 2009
Reference
715 c1148
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, of course I share my noble friend’s sentiment about the loss of jobs at the plant, but he will know that the reason for the company’s decision is the loss of a 10-year contract with a consortium of companies for the supply of the plant’s product—steel slab—and its inability to agree the sale of the plant to one of the companies in the consortium, as it had been attempting. I am not giving up on the plant—of course not. However, in my view it was necessary for the Government to move quickly to build up alternative industrial development and enterprise and sources of development, rather than simply to sit on our hands and to hope for the best.
My Lords, of course I share my noble friend’s sentiment about the loss of jobs at the plant, but he will know that the reason for the company’s decision is the loss of a 10-year contract with a consortium of companies for the supply of the plant’s product—steel slab—and its inability to agree the sale of the plant to one of the companies in the consortium, as it had been attempting. I am not giving up on the plant—of course not. However, in my view it was necessary for the Government to move quickly to build up alternative industrial development and enterprise and sources of development, rather than simply to sit on our hands and to hope for the best.
Answered by
Lord Mandelson
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Brookman
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, I declare an interest as a general secretary, a long time ago, of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation—the union now called Community. I warmly welcome and sincerely thank my noble friend the Minister for his reply and the prompt action that he has taken this week. I can do no more at this stage than to quote Mr Michael Leahy, the general secretary of Community, who said that, ""Tata Corus are making a premature decision"—"
without consultation, may I say—and that there is still time to avoid what would be a disaster for the workforce and the community at large. Does my noble friend agree that mothballing, which is the position that Tata holds, is not the answer? Finally, although he has come forward with the £60 million, which is to be gladly received, saving the plant is a top priority for the unions. Does he agree with that?
Subjects
Closures; Teesside Cast Products
Date
10 December 2009
Reference
715 c1148-9
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords