Question follow-through · 28559
Public Sector: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the government is taking to ensure that that public contracts are not awarded to companies blacklisting workers.
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 17 Sept 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the government is taking to ensure that that public contracts are not awarded to companies blacklisting workers.
11 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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17 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010 prohibit the compilation, usage, sale or supply of blacklists of workers. Suppliers may be excluded for blacklisting offences under the exclusion regime in the Procurement Act in certain circ...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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