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date	23/04/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Universal Service Obligation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment her Department has made of the viability of the universal service obligation; and if she will hold discussions with the Leader of the House on making parliamentary time to debate the universal service obligation.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	23318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government’s objective continues to be ensuring the provision of a sustainable, accessible, and affordable universal postal service. It is the responsibility of Ofcom, as the independent regulator of postal services, to ensure the provision of a financially sustainable and efficient universal postal service.</p><p>Ofcom recently published a discussion document setting out potential options to reform the service, to ensure it remains affordable and sustainable in the future as well as meeting consumers’ needs. The Government will consider any recommendations that Ofcom puts forward, but Ministers are not currently minded to introduce new legislation to change the obligations on postal deliveries.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 29/04/2024 13:29:11 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1568117

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason it is his policy that the national minimum wage for workers aged under 23 is lower than that for other workers.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	126830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>For younger workers, the priorities in those first years are to secure work and gain experience which has always been reflected in the National Minimum Wage rate structure. The Government is committed to increasing the National Minimum Wage as much as possible without damaging employment prospects for younger workers. This is why on 1 April 2023, Government will increase the National Minimum Wage rates for workers under 18 by 9.7% to £5.28, 18-20 year olds by 9.7% to £7.49 and 21-23 year olds by 10.9% to £10.18. The Government is also committed to reducing the age threshold for the National Living Wage to 21 and over by 2024.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 26/01/2023 15:54:01 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1541887

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Business: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to take steps to support businesses that want to implement a 32-hour four-day working week.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	86618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>There is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to work arrangements. The Government supports flexible working in all its forms, where it has benefits for, and is agreed between, both individuals and employers.</p><p> </p><p>The existing legal framework provides a statutory right to request flexible working, where employees can request a change to their hours, pattern or place of work. Between September and December 2021, the Government consulted on changes to this framework to better support the uptake of flexible working arrangements. We will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 22/11/2022 17:08:30 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson