Employment Rights Advice Booklets (Hansard, 11 March 2004)

§ Lynne Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the expected annual cost savings to her Department are of its decision to cease production of hard copy prints of most of its employment rights advice booklets. [159683]

Mr. Sutcliiffe
We anticipate savings in the region of £380,000 per annum.
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§ Lynne Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to her answer of I March 2004,Official Report, column 630W, to the hon. Member for Northampton, North (Ms Keeble), on employment rights leaflets, which leading customers of her Department's information service were consulted in relation to the decision to cease production of hard copy prints of most of the service's employment rights advice booklets. [159685]

§ Mr. Sutcliffe
Ceasing production of hard copy documents was one of the recommendations of a review on how our information on employment rights could be better focused on users needs. A practitioner group was set up as the means of consultation. Listed are the groups invited to be part of that group:

CBI

Trade Unions Congress

Small Business Council

Commission for Racial Equality

NACAB

British Retail Consortium

Parents at Work

Equal Opportunities Commission

MaternityAlliance

Amicus

EEF

ACCA

West Midlands Employment and Low Pay Unit

Construction Confederation

British Hospitality Association

Canary Wharf Group PLC

Leo Abse and Cowen

LG Electronics

ACAS

Disability Rights Commission CIPD

British Chambers of Commerce

Federation of Small Business

An Employment Law Consultant

§ Lynne Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to her answer of 1 March 2004,Official Report, column 630W, to the hon. Member for Northampton, North (Ms Keeble), how many end users were surveyed during her Department's recent review of its information service; and how these end users were selected.[159686]

§ Mr. Sutcliffe
The review was conducted on the basis of consultation with users groups. A survey was not undertaken.

§ Lynne Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many paper copies of each of her Department's employment rights booklets were ordered by customers in the most recent annual period for which information is available. [159687]

§ Mr. Sutcliffe
I refer the hon. Member to the following list.
1679W

Employment Rights Publication Annual issues up to
5 September 2003

Industrial action ballots and notice to employers. PL962 (Rev 1) 1,202

Written statement of employment particulars. PL700 (Rev 5) 12,587

Trade Union political funds: a guide for trade unions, their members and others. PL868 (Rev 3) 752

Industrial action and the law: a guide for employees, trade union members and others. PL869 (Rev 4) 2,302

Industrial action and the law: a guide for employers, their customers and suppliers and others. PL870 (Rev 4) 1,135

Family emergency? your right to time off. PL506 9,224

Argyfwng teuluol? eich hawl I gael amser I ffwrdd 121

Benefit repayment: a guide for employers required to repay state benefit previously claimed by an employee who who won an employment tribunal award.PL720(Rev 4) 1,771

Trade union executive elections: a guide for trade unions, their members and others. PL866 (Rev 3) 516

Time off for public duties. PL702 (Rev 4) 3,230

Unjustifiable discipline by a trade union: a guide for trade unions, their members and others. PL865 (Rev2) 1.002

Access to workers during recognition and derecognition ballots. PL500 555

Guarantee payments. PL724 (Rev 2) 4,030

Union membership: rights of members and non-members. PL871 (Rev 7) 2,724

Hawliau mamolaeth: arweiniad I gyflogwyr a gweithwyr. PL958 (Diw 7) 158

Suspension from work on medical or maternity grounds under health and safety regulations. PL705 (Rev4) 1,402

Trade union funds and accounting records: a guide for trade unions, their members and others. PL867 (Rev 3) 732

Family emergency? Your right to time off (audiotape). PL506 74

Time off for dependants: a guide for employers and employees (audiotape. 60

Contracts of employment: changes, breach of contract and deductions from wages. PL810 (Rev 6) 18,420

Sunday shop and betting work: employees' rights. PL960 (Rev 1) 1,567

Contractau cyflogaeth: newidiadau, torri contract a thynn'u ol o gyflog. PL810 (Diw 6) 0

Disclosures in the public interest: protections for workers who 'blow the whistle'. PL502 (Rev 2) 3,444

Rights to notice and reasons for dismissal. PL707 (Rev 13) 10,256

Adoptive parents: rights to leave and pay when a child is placed for adoption in the UK (PL518) 2,848

Working fathers: rights to paternity leave and pay. A guide for employers and employees. PL517 20,935

Transfers of undertakings: a guide to the regulations. PL699 (Rev 6). 10,886

Dismissal: fair and unfair. A guide for employers. PL714 (Rev 10) 15,551

Hawliau unigol gweithwyr: arweiniad i gyflogwyr a gweithwyr. PL716 (Diw 9) 159

Parental leave: a guide for employers and employees. PL509 12

Parental leave: a short guide. PL510 235

Unfairly dismissed? PL712 (Rev 17) 8,621

Pay statements: what they must itemise. PL704 (Rev 5) 4,640

Maternity rights: a guide for employers and employees. PL958 (Rev 7) 3,310

Employment agencies: know your rights. PLS11 1,518

Industrial action and the law: citizen's right to prevent disruption. PL943 (Rev 1) 1,331

Rights to notice and reasons for dismissal (audiotape version). PL707 (Rev 13) 138

PL833 (REV 6) Redundancy Consultation and Notification 10,810

Limits on payments and awards. PL827 (Rev 8) 6.148

Maternity leave changes: a basic summary. PL507 (Rev 3) 21,833

Adoptive parents rights to leave and pay: a basic summary. PL515 (Rev 1) 14,154

Paternity leave and pay: a basic summary. PL514 (Rev 1). 23,814

Flexible working the right to request: a brief summary. PL516 (Rev 1) 24,298

Continuous employment and a week's pay: rules for calculation. PL711 (Rev 8) 7,431

Redundancy entitlement statutory rights: a guide for employees. PL808 (Rev 6) 28,733

Individual rights of employees: a guide for employers and employees. PL7J6 (Rev 10) 7,477

Maternity rights: a guide for employers and employees. Babies due on or after 6 April 2003. PL958 (Rev 9) 15,273

Picketing. PL928 (Rev 1) 1,090

The payment of union subscriptions through the check-off: a guide for employers, trade unions and their
members, taking account of legislation up to and including the Deregulation (Deduction from Pay of Union
Subscriptions) Order 1998. PL944 (Rev 1)
594

Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998: a guide to its provisions 345

Time off for dependants: a guide for employers and employees 8,441

Offsetting pensions against redundancy payments: a guide for employers. RPL1 293

Example form of a written statement of employment particulars. PL700A (Rev 1) 5,065

A short guide to the working time regulations 16,096

Your guide to the working time regulations: workers and employers. July 2003 7,537

Working Time Regulations Rheoliadau Amser 0

Your rights if your employer is insolvent: a guide for employers, employees and others. PL 718 (Rev 7) 45,215

National minimum wage: a short guide for young workers. (Somali) 18

The minimum wage and 'therapeutic work'. 0

A detailed guide to the national minimum wage (October 2001 edition). PL501 6,361

Isafswm cyflog cenedlaethol: canllaw byr I gyflogeion. (A short guide to the national minimum wage) 145

Isafswm cyflog cenedlaethol: canllaw byr I gyflogwyr. (A short guide to the national minimum wage) 96

National minimum wage: a short guide for employees 14,303

National minimum wage: A short guide for employees (Bengali) 254

National minimum wage: A short guide for employees (Chinese) 190

National minimum wage: A short guide for employees (Greek) 207

National minimum wage: A short guide for employees (Gujarati) 270

National minimum wage: A short guide for employees (Hindi) 248

National minimum wage: A short guide for employees (Punjabi) 259

National minimum wage: A short guide for employees (Somali) 162

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Employment Rights Publication Annual issues up to
5 September 2003

National minimum wage: A short guide for employees (Turkish) 205

National minimum wage: A short guide for employees (Urdu) 218

National minimum wage: A short guide for employees (Vietnamese version) 219

National minimum wage: a short guide for employers 12,467

National minimum wage: A short guide for employers (Bengali) 173

National minimum wage: A short guide for employers (Chinese) 133

National minimum wage: A short guide for employers (Greek) 120

National minimum wage: A short guide for employers (Gujarati) 170

National minimum wage: A short guide for employers (Hindi) 173

National minimum wage: A short guide for employers (Punjabi) 174

National minimum wage: A short guide for employers (Somali) 121

National minimum wage: A short guide for employers (Turkish) 120

National minimum wage: A short guide for employers (Urdu) 130

National minimum wage: A short guide for employers (Vietnamese) 173

National minimum wage: A short guide for young workers. PL 519 190

National minimum wage: A short guide for employees (Arabic) 163

National minimum wage: A short guide for employers (Arabic) 123

The minimum wage and therapeutic work. National minimum wage information note. PL508 (Rev 1) 564

The minimum wage and therapeutic work (Large print) 0

The minimum wage and therapeutic work (Braille) 11

The minimum wage and therapeutic work (Audio cassette) 33

Notes:

1. Publications in italics will remain in hard copy format.

Source:

Extract from DT1 Publications Full Title Usage Report 5 September 2003.

§ Lynne Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the(a) most regular users of her Department's distribution service and (b) the total number of employment rights booklets ordered by each such user in the most recent annual period for which information is available. [159688]

§ Mr. Sutcliffe
The following is a list of the organisations ordering the largest number of publications for the year ending 29 February 2004. Figures are for all booklets ordered by the organisation and not by subject matter.
Annual figures on employment rights booklets ordered by organisations are not readily available and would not be cost effective to produce.
Top 100 organisations ordering the highest number of publications
from the DTI distribution centre

Address number Organisation Total order quantity¹

558138 Bright Star Fireworks UK Ltd. 500,000

414998 Amey 135,000

326772 Redundancy Payments Service 111,515

563898 TNT Fireworks UK Ltd. 100,000

443440 Lewisham Fire Station 85,650

471697 Clearview Imaging Services Ltd. 69,125

473215 The Portergate 66,971

480222 Trading Standards 59,695

8813 Edinburgh RPO 58,948

206669 Cosmic Fireworks 51,000

439799 Quality Mark Scheme Helpdesk 50.876

1315868 The Insolvency Service 48,003

181100 Strathclyde Fire brigade HQ 45,010

582195 Department of Trade and Industry 40,980

607992 SGB Youngman 40,000

518183 IWM 2003 Exhibition and Conference 34,172

562459 Invest UK and Itu telecom World 33,193

295514 Renault Printing Co Ltd. 30,000

562496 HM Customs Excise 30,000

483912 Employment Tribunals Service 25,020

9106 ROSPA Info Centre 22,751

343898 Anton Group 20,000

139891 Department of Trade and Industry 20,000

¹ 31 January 2003 to 1 February 2004

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Employment Rights Publication	Annual issues up to 5 September 2003
Industrial action ballots and notice to employers. PL962 (Rev 1)	1,202
Written statement of employment particulars. PL700 (Rev 5)	12,587
Trade Union political funds: a guide for trade unions, their members and others. PL868 (Rev 3)	752
Industrial action and the law: a guide for employees, trade union members and others. PL869 (Rev 4)	2,302
Industrial action and the law: a guide for employers, their customers and suppliers and others. PL870 (Rev 4)	1,135
Family emergency? your right to time off. PL506	9,224
Argyfwng teuluol? eich hawl I gael amser I ffwrdd	121
Benefit repayment: a guide for employers required to repay state benefit previously claimed by an employee who who won an employment tribunal award.PL720(Rev 4)	1,771
Trade union executive elections: a guide for trade unions, their members and others. PL866 (Rev 3)	516
Time off for public duties. PL702 (Rev 4)	3,230
Unjustifiable discipline by a trade union: a guide for trade unions, their members and others. PL865 (Rev2)	1.002
Access to workers during recognition and derecognition ballots. PL500	555
Guarantee payments. PL724 (Rev 2)	4,030
Union membership: rights of members and non-members. PL871 (Rev 7)	2,724
Hawliau mamolaeth: arweiniad I gyflogwyr a gweithwyr. PL958 (Diw 7)	158
Suspension from work on medical or maternity grounds under health and safety regulations. PL705 (Rev4)	1,402
Trade union funds and accounting records: a guide for trade unions, their members and others. PL867 (Rev 3)	732
Family emergency? Your right to time off (audiotape). PL506	74
Time off for dependants: a guide for employers and employees (audiotape.	60
Contracts of employment: changes, breach of contract and deductions from wages. PL810 (Rev 6)	18,420
Sunday shop and betting work: employees' rights. PL960 (Rev 1)	1,567
Contractau cyflogaeth: newidiadau, torri contract a thynn'u ol o gyflog. PL810 (Diw 6)	0
Disclosures in the public interest: protections for workers who 'blow the whistle'. PL502 (Rev 2)	3,444
Rights to notice and reasons for dismissal. PL707 (Rev 13)	10,256
Adoptive parents: rights to leave and pay when a child is placed for adoption in the UK (PL518)	2,848
Working fathers: rights to paternity leave and pay. A guide for employers and employees. PL517	20,935
Transfers of undertakings: a guide to the regulations. PL699 (Rev 6).	10,886
Dismissal: fair and unfair. A guide for employers. PL714 (Rev 10)	15,551
Hawliau unigol gweithwyr: arweiniad i gyflogwyr a gweithwyr. PL716 (Diw 9)	159
Parental leave: a guide for employers and employees. PL509	12
Parental leave: a short guide. PL510	235
Unfairly dismissed? PL712 (Rev 17)	8,621
Pay statements: what they must itemise. PL704 (Rev 5)	4,640
Maternity rights: a guide for employers and employees. PL958 (Rev 7)	3,310
Employment agencies: know your rights. PLS11	1,518
Industrial action and the law: citizen's right to prevent disruption. PL943 (Rev 1)	1,331
Rights to notice and reasons for dismissal (audiotape version). PL707 (Rev 13)	138
PL833 (REV 6) Redundancy Consultation and Notification	10,810
Limits on payments and awards. PL827 (Rev 8)	6.148
Maternity leave changes: a basic summary. PL507 (Rev 3)	21,833
Adoptive parents rights to leave and pay: a basic summary. PL515 (Rev 1)	14,154
Paternity leave and pay: a basic summary. PL514 (Rev 1).	23,814
Flexible working the right to request: a brief summary. PL516 (Rev 1)	24,298
Continuous employment and a week's pay: rules for calculation. PL711 (Rev 8)	7,431
Redundancy entitlement statutory rights: a guide for employees. PL808 (Rev 6)	28,733
Individual rights of employees: a guide for employers and employees. PL7J6 (Rev 10)	7,477
Maternity rights: a guide for employers and employees. Babies due on or after 6 April 2003. PL958 (Rev 9)	15,273
Picketing. PL928 (Rev 1)	1,090
The payment of union subscriptions through the check-off: a guide for employers, trade unions and their members, taking account of legislation up to and including the Deregulation (Deduction from Pay of Union Subscriptions) Order 1998. PL944 (Rev 1)	594
Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998: a guide to its provisions	345
Time off for dependants: a guide for employers and employees	8,441
Offsetting pensions against redundancy payments: a guide for employers. RPL1	293
Example form of a written statement of employment particulars. PL700A (Rev 1)	5,065
A short guide to the working time regulations	16,096
Your guide to the working time regulations: workers and employers. July 2003	7,537
Working Time Regulations Rheoliadau Amser	0
Your rights if your employer is insolvent: a guide for employers, employees and others. PL 718 (Rev 7)	45,215
National minimum wage: a short guide for young workers. (Somali)	18
The minimum wage and 'therapeutic work'.	0
A detailed guide to the national minimum wage (October 2001 edition). PL501	6,361
Isafswm cyflog cenedlaethol: canllaw byr I gyflogeion. (A short guide to the national minimum wage)	145
Isafswm cyflog cenedlaethol: canllaw byr I gyflogwyr. (A short guide to the national minimum wage)	96
National minimum wage: a short guide for employees	14,303
National minimum wage: A short guide for employees (Bengali)	254
National minimum wage: A short guide for employees (Chinese)	190
National minimum wage: A short guide for employees (Greek)	207
National minimum wage: A short guide for employees (Gujarati)	270
National minimum wage: A short guide for employees (Hindi)	248
National minimum wage: A short guide for employees (Punjabi)	259
National minimum wage: A short guide for employees (Somali)	162

Address number	Organisation	Total order quantity¹
558138	Bright Star Fireworks UK Ltd.	500,000
414998	Amey	135,000
326772	Redundancy Payments Service	111,515
563898	TNT Fireworks UK Ltd.	100,000
443440	Lewisham Fire Station	85,650
471697	Clearview Imaging Services Ltd.	69,125
473215	The Portergate	66,971
480222	Trading Standards	59,695
8813	Edinburgh RPO	58,948
206669	Cosmic Fireworks	51,000
439799	Quality Mark Scheme Helpdesk	50.876
1315868	The Insolvency Service	48,003
181100	Strathclyde Fire brigade HQ	45,010
582195	Department of Trade and Industry	40,980
607992	SGB Youngman	40,000
518183	IWM 2003 Exhibition and Conference	34,172
562459	Invest UK and Itu telecom World	33,193
295514	Renault Printing Co Ltd.	30,000
562496	HM Customs Excise	30,000
483912	Employment Tribunals Service	25,020
9106	ROSPA Info Centre	22,751
343898	Anton Group	20,000
139891	Department of Trade and Industry	20,000
¹ 31 January 2003 to 1 February 2004