Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 60595

Courier Services and Taxis: Conditions of Employment

Tabled: 17 June 2025
Answered: 23 June 2025

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

Labour — Slough

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps she has taken to ensure adequate (a) working conditions and (b) pay for app-based (i) private hire drivers and (ii) couriers.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
In “Next Steps to Make Work Pay” the Department for Business and Trade committed to consulting on a simpler framework for employment status. As part of this consultation, it will also explore how to implement the targeted and specific manifesto commitment...
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