Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 78438

Courier Services and Taxis: Conditions of Employment

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

LabourSlough

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies on employment law of the adequacy of working rights of app-based (a) private hire drivers and (b) couriers.

Answer

Kate Dearden
On Monday 21 October 2024, the Government published a comprehensive package of analysis on the impact of the Employment Rights Bill.This is available at: http://www.gov.uk/guidance/employment-rights-bill-impact-assessments.