Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 15912

Employment Rights Bill: Social Security Benefits

Tabled: 25 November 2024
Answered: 29 November 2024

Question

Danny Kruger

Reform UKEast Wiltshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on the number of people claiming (a) Universal Credit and (b) other benefits.

Answer

Justin Madders
The Employment Rights Bill Impact Assessments show that by boosting protections and the quality of work for the lowest paid in the labour market, who are concentrated in more deprived areas of the UK, the package will help to raise living standards across...

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