Question follow-through · 74886
Retail Trade: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential health and safety risks associated with increased lone working in retail.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential health and safety risks associated with increased lone working in retail.
9 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has the policy lead for workplace health and safety in Great Britain. However, the primary responsibility for managing risk to health and safety lies with employers. An employer is the person or organisation that is l...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Retail Trade: Health and Safety
10 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 74887 on Retail Trade: Health and Safety, how his Department assesses whether (a) employers and (b) local authorities are effectively managing risk
Retail Trade: Health and Safety
10 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 74887 on Retail Trade: Health and Safety, whether his Department has received representations from (a) trade unions, (b) retail employers and (c) l
Co-operative Group: Health and Safety
10 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 74887 on Retail Trade: Health and Safety, whether (a) he and (b) the Health and Safety Executive has had recent discussions with the Secretary of S
Employment: Young People
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take through the benefit system to incentivise young people to work additional hours in Lancashire.
Jobcentres
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of Jobcentre Plus services for people who are in work and seeking (a) alternative employment and (b) career progression.
Jobcentres: Standards
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what metrics his Department uses to measure the success of Jobcentre Plus services for people already in work.
Youth Guarantee
13 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any sanctions will apply to young people who decline a work placement under the Youth Guarantee scheme.
Winter Fuel Payment: Fraud
15 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness among pensioners of winter fuel payment scams.
Connect to Work
16 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have participated in the Connect to Work programme since its inception.
Connect to Work
16 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any local authority areas submitted unsuccessful bids for Connect to Work funding during this expansion round.
General Practitioners and Mental Health Services: Connect to Work
16 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) GP surgeries and (b) mental health teams have Connect to Work employment advisers embedded in their services.
Connect to Work
16 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of regional variation in uptake of the Connect to Work programme.