Question follow-through · 14007

Part-time Employment: Young People

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

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
2 Jul 2026
Answer
2 Jul 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    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

  2. 2 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Jul 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. This includes consideration of the potential impact of the right to guaranteed hours on employment fo...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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