Question follow-through · 50208
Pregnancy: Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to (a) understand and (b) mitigate the negative effects of night shift work on maternal health.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 6 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 May 2025
- Answer
- 12 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to (a) understand and (b) mitigate the negative effects of night shift work on maternal health.
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 May 2025
Answer published
Reducing ill health at work is an important area of focus for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) as outlined in their strategic objectives. One of the ways this is achieved is supporting employers to protect their workers’ health and keep them in the w...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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