Oliver Dowden MP: written questions

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Written questions

Personal Care Services: Off-payroll WorkingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and HMRC of the number of people currently practicing in the hair and beauty sector using disguised employment practices.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade does not hold this information. However, we are clear that disguised employment practices such as false self-employment are unacceptable. Employers should never seek to deny people their employment rights and avoid th...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
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Personal Care ServicesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33923More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department has taken to support the hair and beauty sector.
Answer: This Government recognises the significant economic and social value of the hair and beauty industry.That is why we have committed to reforming business rates from 2026-27 with a permanently lower multiplier for retail, leisure and hospitality properties,...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
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Personal Care Services: Minimum WageDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11006More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of recent increases in the minimum wage for 18-21 year olds on the financial sustainability of the hair and beauty sector.
Answer: We know this is a difficult time for businesses and workers alike, the Low Pay Commission are independent experts who conducts extensive consultation, analysis and evidence gathering when recommending the minimum wage rates.We asked the LPC to make progre...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
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Department or topic	Published records
Cabinet Office	2
Department for Business and Trade	3
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	4
Department for Education	7
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	4
Department for Transport	6
Department for Work and Pensions	3
Department of Health and Social Care	14
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	5
Home Office	11
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	57
Ministry of Justice	1
Treasury	6

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