Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 94674

Waste Disposal: Industrial Disputes

Tabled: 26 November 2025
Answered: 4 December 2025

Question

Wendy Morton

ConservativeAldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has undertaken a risk review of the contractual arrangements underpinning the use of agency workers in local authority waste services, and whether such arr

Answer

Alison McGovern
Local authorities are independent employers responsible for the management and organisation of their own workforces, including the decision to use agency workers to fill vacancies and the accompanying contractual arrangements.