Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 84600
Employment Tribunals Service: Enforcement
Tabled: 23 October 2025
Answered: 31 October 2025
Question
Andy McDonald
Labour — Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to improve the enforcement regime for payment of awards made in the employment tribunal.
Answer
Kate DeardenWorkers 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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