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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what analysis has been undertaken regarding the potential impact of guaranteed-hours requirements on recruitment practices.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 5 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 15 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what analysis has been undertaken regarding the potential impact of guaranteed-hours requirements on recruitment practices.
9 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jun 2026
Answer published
The government has published a comprehensive assessment of the potential impacts from the zero hours contract measures in the Employment Rights Act 2025 and will publish further analysis in due course as we implement these measures. This includes consider...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress he has made on implementing recommendations from the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices on (a) self-employment and (b) independent work.
Part-time Employment: Young People
29 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the guaranteed hours provisions of the Employment Rights Act 2025 on the availability of part-time and entry-level roles for people aged 16 to 2
Employment: Young People
29 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Young people and work: Interim report finding that 84% of NEETs do want to work, what steps is he taking to ensure that the guaranteed hours provisions do not constrain access to
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
29 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the impact of further CPTPP enlargement on UK businesses.
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8 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the budget for the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme is over the Spending Review period.
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8 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many businesses in Fylde constituency will be impacted by the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme in each year of its operation.