Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 81376

Agency Workers: Conditions of Employment

Tabled: 13 October 2025

Answered: 21 October 2025

Question

Saqib Bhatti

Conservative — Meriden and Solihull East

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that requirements on agencies to offer guaranteed hours contracts do not reduce flexibility; and if he will consider reforms to allow such contracts to be

Answer

Kate Dearden

The Government believes agency workers should be able to access a contract which reflects the hours they regularly work. Agency workers who prefer a more flexible arrangement can reject any guaranteed hours offer.It will generally be hirers’ responsibilit...

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