Oral QuestionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

What steps his Department is taking to support local authorities to introduce employment strategies in response to covid-19 related unemployment.

Tabled: 9 June 2020Answered: 15 June 2020

Asked by

Seema Malhotra

Labour (Co-op)Feltham and Heston

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade (Justin Madders)

The Government are committed to supporting microbusinesses to comply with the general product safety regulation. For Northern Ireland, we have published additional guidance for businesses, and we will publish an update in the coming weeks, in the light of feedback we have received. We will continue to engage with businesses to ensure that they can trade freely across the UK. Businesses targeting the EU market may use the Government’s export support service. Since October 2024, the Department’s export academy has delivered eight free online GPSR training sessions to almost 5,000 attendees.