Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 94247

Supermarkets: Technology

Tabled: 25 November 2025

Answered: 3 December 2025

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op) — Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the number of self service check outs at supermarkets and convenience stores on the number of jobs in those sectors since 2015.

Answer

Kate Dearden

The Department for Business and Trade has no plans to assess the impact of self-service checkouts on employment levels in the retail sector since 2015. Decisions about in-store services in supermarkets, including provision of staffed and self-checkout til...

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