Question follow-through · 76377

Retail Trade: Health and Safety

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

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
10 Sept 2025
Target answer date
15 Sept 2025
Answer
22 Sept 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    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

  2. 15 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The Health and Safety Executive have not had any discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade or received any representations from trade unions concerning Project Lunar. Project Lunar is an internal policy that the Co-op is introducing, ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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