Question follow-through · 27639
Public and Commercial Services Union: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Public and Commercial Services trade union on the proposed industrial action by workers in his Department.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 30 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Public and Commercial Services trade union on the proposed industrial action by workers in his Department.
5 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) trade union members involved in industrial action are employees of G4S and ISS.The Government Property Agency (an executive agency of the Cabinet Office) is the contracting authority for the facilities management s...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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