Question follow-through · 678

Grievance Procedures

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has plans to simplify the process for employees to raise grievances against (a) their employer and (b) fellow staff.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
18 Jul 2024
Target answer date
22 Jul 2024
Answer
23 Jul 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has plans to simplify the process for employees to raise grievances against (a) their employer and (b) fellow staff.

  2. 22 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    The Acas statutory Code of Practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures provides basic practical guidance to employers, employees and their representatives and sets out principles for handling disciplinary and grievance situations in the workplace. A...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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Conditions of Employment

30 Aug 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on (a) SMEs and (b) other employment.

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Post Offices: Compensation

10 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many full-time civil servants are working on compensation for postmasters.

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Horizon IT System: Compensation

4 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many civil servants are working only on compensation for postmasters.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Employment Rights Bill

15 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to publish the impact assessment for the Employment Rights Bill.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Horizon IT System

22 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many and what proportion of her Department’s full time equivalent staff have been allocated to working on its response to failures of the Horizon Post Office IT system in each month of the last two

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Horizon IT System

22 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the response to issues arising from the failures of the Horizon IT System on his Department's capacity to deal with other issues.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Horizon IT System: Costs

22 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the cost of replacing the Post Office Horizon IT system.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Horizon IT System: Compensation and Public Inquiries

31 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to paragraph 4.91 of the Autumn Budget 2024, what proportion of the additional funding will be used to (a) administer the compensation scheme and (b) fund the public inquiry.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Competition and Markets Authority: Costs

9 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the annual cost was of the Competition and Markets Authority’s Sustainability Taskforce in 2024–25, including a) staff costs, b) external consultancy costs and c) other programme expenditure.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Competition and Markets Authority: Finance

13 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2026 to Question 118863, what the annual estimated cost of the Competition and Markets Authority’s Sustainability Taskforce is in (a) 2025-26, (b) 2026-27, (c) 2027-2

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Batteries: Manufacturing Industries

17 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of current and projected gigafactory battery production capacity in Europe; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of that capacity for UK automotive demand.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Competition and Markets Authority: Costs

23 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 18 March 2026 to question 120645, whether an estimate has been made of the overall expected resource requirements of the Competition and Markets Authority’s Sustainability Tas