Question follow-through · 23021

Department for Work and Pensions: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what industrial disputes are ongoing within (a) their Department and (b) each of the arm’s length bodies connected to their Department; how many (i) staff and (ii) contractors are involved in each dispu

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About this written question

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
9 Jan 2025
Target answer date
13 Jan 2025
Answer
16 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what industrial disputes are ongoing within (a) their Department and (b) each of the arm’s length bodies connected to their Department; how many (i) staff and (ii) contractors are involved in each dispu

  2. 13 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    There are currently no ongoing disputes within DWP or arm’s length bodies connected to the Department.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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