Lord Aberdare

HL8562 • ISG Limited: Insolvency

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the Written Answer by Lord Timpson on 30 October 2024 (HL1966), how many subcontractors to ISG Limited the Ministry of Justice has been in contact with; what assistance the department has provided or may be able to provide to subcontractors whose payments were not available in the relevant project bank account; and what has been the outcome of the department's work with EY to establish whether the sums remaining in project bank accounts were correct.

HL8563 • ISG Limited: Insolvency

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the Written Answer by Lord Timpson on 30 October 2024 (HL1966), what actions they have considered to compensate contractors who have not received payments due to them as a result of failures in the procurement process.

HL5759 • Lifelong Education

To ask His Majesty's Government whether providers which currently receive educational oversight from Ofsted for their level 5 and 6 provision will have a proportional third category route to registration with the Office for Students during the implementation of the Lifelong Learning Entitlement.

HL5760 • Lifelong Education

To ask His Majesty's Government what support they will give to the Office for Students (1) to allow more providers to complete the registration process ahead of the introduction of the Lifelong Learning Entitlement, and (2) to support submissions from small specialist providers that currently receive educational oversight from Ofsted for their eligible level 5 and 6 provision.

HL5049 • Sports: Young People

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to promote heart screening for young people engaged in sport, and (2) to increase the availability of such screening.

HL5050 • Sports: Young People

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the experience of other countries (including Italy, the United States of America, France, Greece, Spain, Luxembourg, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Poland and Israel) in promoting or requiring heart screening for young people engaged in sport, including its impact in reducing sudden cardiac deaths.

HL5051 • Woodworking: Apprentices and Training

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote training and apprenticeship provision in the woodworking and joinery sector, particularly among small and medium-sized enterprises.

HL5052 • Woodworking: Training

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans Skills England have to ensure that the proposed Growth and Skills Levy will (1) address the skills and training needs of the woodworking and joinery sector, and (2) be fully accessible to small and medium-sized enterprises in that sector across the UK.

HL5053 • Sports: Young People

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend the requirement for heart screening for young people engaged in sport beyond organisations which already require and provide such screening.

HL1964 • Private Education: VAT

To ask His Majesty's Government whether, in light of their guidance published on 10 October on charging and reclaiming VAT on goods and services related to private school fees, providers offering Level 6 qualifications which are funded through the Dance and Drama Award scheme will be affected by the changes to VAT.

HL1965 • ISG Limited: Project Bank Accounts

To ask His Majesty's Government whether project bank accounts (PBAs) were in place on all public sector projects undertaken by ISG Limited for Government departments, in line with the Government's Construction Playbook which states that PBAs “should be used unless there are compelling reasons not to”; and if not, which such projects did not use PBAs, and why.

HL1966 • ISG Limited: Insolvency

To ask His Majesty's Government whether certified payments will be paid to companies who have worked on projects run by ISG Limited on behalf of the Ministry of Justice where there are no funds in the project bank account (PBA); and whether there is a risk that PBAs will have failed to shield some parts of the supply chain from this insolvency event.

HL1967 • ISG Limited: Insolvency

To ask His Majesty's Government whether certified payments owed to suppliers of ISG Limited for contracts undertaken on behalf of the Ministry of Justice will be paid directly to those suppliers when expected monies have not been deposited into project bank accounts; how many suppliers have not yet received certified payments owed to them by the Ministry of Justice; and what is the estimated amount of these certified payments.

HL1968 • ISG Limited: Insolvency

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to pay for works completed on Ministry of Justice projects undertaken by ISG Limited, before it went into administration, to companies in the supply chain working on projects for which project bank accounts (PBAs) were in place; when and why the Ministry of Justice stopped paying the sums due into these PBAs; and whether this cessation of payment took place before the formal announcement of ISG administration.

HL1969 • ISG Limited: Insolvency

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the value of retention payments which (1) have been withheld, (2) have been released to suppliers, and (3) are still being held in relation to completed projects undertaken by ISG Limited for the Ministry of Justice.