Question follow-through · 125080

Industry: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 119566 on Industry: Working Hours, when he plans to publish the public consultation on guaranteed hours.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
10 Apr 2026
Target answer date
14 Apr 2026
Answer
20 Apr 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 119566 on Industry: Working Hours, when he plans to publish the public consultation on guaranteed hours.

  2. 14 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The government will consult on the right to guaranteed hours in due course, to be sure to get the detail of the regulations right for both workers and employers across all sectors.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Visas: Skilled Workers

24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of the subsidisation of visa fees for certain high skilled visa applications.

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Visas: Skilled Workers

24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what alternative options he considered to the subsidisation of fees for certain high skilled visa applications.