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Trading Standards: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to increase the recruitment and retention of trading standards officers within local councils.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
7 May 2025
Target answer date
12 May 2025
Answer
14 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to increase the recruitment and retention of trading standards officers within local councils.

  2. 12 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 May 2025

    Answer published

    Local authorities are independent employers responsible for the recruitment and retention of their own workforces.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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