Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 84613

Employment Tribunals Service

Tabled: 23 October 2025
Answered: 31 October 2025

Question

Andy McDonald

LabourMiddlesbrough and Thornaby East

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the proposed budget for the Fair Work Agency for tackling non-payment of tribunal awards.

Answer

Kate Dearden
Workers should receive the payments they are entitled to. As part of the Plan for Change we will look at ways of strengthening enforcement options, including the Employment Tribunal Penalty scheme which will move to the Fair Work Agency (FWA) once establi...

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