Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 75381
Retail Trade: Costs
Tabled: 5 September 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025
Question
Lee Anderson
Reform UK — Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will have discussions with retailers on the potential impact of trends in the level of business costs on (a) staffing levels and (b) lone working practices.
Answer
Blair McDougallStaffing levels and business lone working policies are commercial matters for individual businesses to decide. An employer must identify the risks to lone workers and put control measures in place to protect them. It is for the employer to determine the b...
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