Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 78913

Uber

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Liz Jarvis

Liberal DemocratEastleigh

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of whether the processes used by Uber to deactivate drivers from its platform complies with UK employment law.

Answer

Kate Dearden
The Government does not make individual assessments of companies' compliance with employment law. The Supreme Court's 2021 ruling on Uber drivers established that many drivers should be classified as workers with corresponding rights under UK employment l...

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