Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 99163

Agency Workers and Self-employed

Tabled: 11 December 2025
Answered: 19 December 2025

Question

Damian Hinds

ConservativeEast Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he expects any shift from direct waged or salaried employment towards (a) self employment and (b) use of temp and staffing agencies as a result of measures in the Employment Rights Bill.

Answer

Kate Dearden
The Government published a comprehensive package of analysis on the impact of the Employment Rights Act and this is available here: http://www.gov.uk/guidance/employment-rights-bill-impact-assessments This includes analysis on wider impacts, and considers...

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