HC Deb 11 March 2003 vol 401 cc185-6W
Mr. Flook

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when his Department will report on the investigation it has been making into the rise in employer liability insurance. [100697]

Mr. Nicholas Brown

[holding answer 4 March 2003]: I refer the hon. Member to the written ministerial statement I gave on 12 December 2002, Official Report, columns 23–24WS, which said that the review will report to Ministers in the spring.

Mr. Wyatt

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the review of the Employers' Liability Compulsory Insurance scheme will be published. [100243]

Mr. Nicholas Brown

[holding answer 3 March 2003]: I refer the hon. Member to the written ministerial statement I gave on 12 December 2002, Official Report, columns 23–24W, which said that the review will report to Ministers in the spring.

Mr. Dismore

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the progress of his review of employers' liability insurance. [99612]

Mr. Nicholas Brown

I refer my hon. Friend to the written ministerial statement I gave on 12 December 2002,Official Report, columns 23–24W. Contributions to the review are now being considered and the review will report to Ministers in the spring.

Mr. Gardiner

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department's review of employers' liability insurance will assess whether the health and safety assessments carried out as part of the Department of Trade and Industry's Quality Mark scheme could be extended to other sectors. [101349]

Mr. Nicholas Brown

I refer my hon. Friend to the written ministerial statement I gave on 12 December 2002,Official Report, columns 23–24W. Contributions to the review are now being considered and the review will report to Ministers in the spring.