Question follow-through · 93010
Universities: Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken to protect university workers' terms and conditions when they are transferred to a subsidiary company.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 20 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 25 Nov 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots · 15 Jul 2026
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
20 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken to protect university workers' terms and conditions when they are transferred to a subsidiary company.
25 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Nov 2025
Answer published
When a business changes its owner, its employees may be protected under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE). TUPE may also apply when a service transfers to a new provider. If TUPE applies, the employees’ jobs usuall...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Franchises
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Franchises
18 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of protections for franchisees from changes to their terms and conditions made by franchisors.
British Franchise Association
12 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 101404, what assessment he has made of the British Franchise Association's effectiveness at enforcing its Code of Ethics.
Quality Franchise Association
12 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 101404, what assessment he has made of the Quality Franchise Association's effectiveness at enforcing its Code of Conduct.
Conditions of Employment
12 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken to move towards a single status of worker.
Conditions of Employment
12 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he plans to launch a consultation on introducing a single status of worker.
Trade Unions: Ballots
12 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to introduce the draft code of practice on electronic and workplace balloting for statutory union ballots.
Trade Unions: Ballots
12 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reason the introduction of electronic and workplace balloting was moved from April to August 2026.
Trade Union Recognition: Ballots
12 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to introduce consultation on the reduction of membership threshold from 10% for statutory union recognition ballots.
Conditions of Employment
12 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to set out the timelines for the introduction of a (a) consultation on and (b) implementation of secondary legislation contained in Section 24 of the Employment Rights Act 2025.
Fair Work Agency
12 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making the Fair Work Agency a prescribed body under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998.