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1608717

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published on 15 March 2023, when and in what way the Government plans to introduce the right to request flexible working from the first day of employment.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	176680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government response to the “making flexible working the default” consultation was published on 5 December 2022. It sets out that the Government will make the right to request flexible working a ‘day one’ entitlement, by removing the existing 26-week qualifying period. This change will be delivered through secondary legislation, using existing powers in the Employment Rights Act 1996.</p><p>We are committed to introducing this change alongside the measures included in the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill, which is currently progressing through Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 17/04/2023 11:58:56 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1608718

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transforming Support: The Health and Disability White Paper, published on 15 March 2023, what requirements his Department will place on employers to consult with employees before accepting or rejecting a flexible working request; and in what way the Government will ensure that those requirements are enforced.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	176681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government is pleased to support the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill which will introduce a requirement for employers to consult with an employee before rejecting their statutory flexible working request. The Bill does not specify what form the consultation should take.</p><p>The Government will work with both the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service and the Flexible Working Taskforce to develop appropriate guidance on each of the measures that the Bill will introduce.</p><p>If an employer does not handle a request as required by Part 8A of the Employment Rights Act 1996, an employee may be able to bring a claim to an Employment Tribunal.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 17/04/2023 12:11:05 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1601607

registered interest
date	06/03/2023
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	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to help promote flexible working.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	158930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade works with a number of other Departments to promote flexible working. Several of them are members of the Department for Business and Trade / Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development co-chaired Flexible Working Taskforce, alongside business and family representative groups. In December 2022 the Government announced plans[1] to make the right to request flexible working a day one right, alongside other changes to make flexible working more accessible to all employees. The Government is pleased to support the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Private Members’ Bill[2] which will deliver several of these changes.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/making-flexible-working-the-default" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/making-flexible-working-the-default</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3198" target="_blank">https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3198</a></p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 09/03/2023 17:38:46 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1564558

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
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	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2022 to Question 106436, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the rate of acceptance for flexible working requests.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	117655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>In December, the Government published its response to a consultation that considered changes to the right to request flexible working. The response commits to a range of measures that will help to maintain and increase acceptance rates. These include:</p><ul><li>making the right to request flexible working a day one right;</li><li>introducing a new requirement for employees to consult with the employee when they intend to reject their flexible working request; and</li><li>allowing two statutory requests in any 12-month period (rather than the current one).</li></ul><p> </p><p>The response also commits to developing guidance on how to make and administer temporary requests for flexible working.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 16/01/2023 15:41:34 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1563633

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
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	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a day one right to request flexible working from job offer rather than first day of employment.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	114734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government consulted on whether all employees should be given a ‘day one’ right to request flexible working in 2021. Having reviewed consultation responses from a range of stakeholders, the Government decided to proceed with plans to extend the right to all employees from their first day of employment.</p><p> </p><p>This conclusion was set out in our response to the consultation “Making Flexible Working the Default”, which was published in September 2022.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 13/01/2023 11:56:34 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1552547

registered interest
date	16/12/2022
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	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he has taken to support flexible working arrangements for (a) parents, (b) people with disabilities and (c) older people.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	112114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>On 5 December the Government published the response to the consultation “Making flexible working the default”[1]. This committed to make a number of changes to the existing Right to Request Flexible Working, including making it apply from the first day of employment. It also committed the Government to issue a call for evidence on non-contractual and ad hoc flexible working. These steps will support parents, people with disabilities and older workers who wish to remain in or return to work.</p><p> </p><p><em>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/making-flexible-working-the-default" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/making-flexible-working-the-default</a></em></p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 09/01/2023 15:24:02 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1549840

registered interest
date	08/12/2022
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	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his planned timetable is for the implementation of the policies set out in the Written Ministerial Statement entitled Employment Rights, HCWS411, published on 5 December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	106435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>On 5 December the Government set out its position on flexible working and published the response to the consultation “making flexible working the default”, including plans for legislation.</p><p>The Government is pleased to support the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill which gives effect to many of the measures, and is currently progressing through Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 13/12/2022 14:02:39 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1549841

registered interest
date	08/12/2022
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	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who have had requests for flexible working refused in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	106436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>In September 2021, the Government published a Post Implementation Review of the 2014 Flexible Working Regulations. This considered evidence from a range of different sources, including the Management and Wellbeing Practices Survey.</p><p> </p><p>The survey found that in 83% of workplaces, where a request had been made, the request was granted, with 9% of employers reporting turning down a flexible working request in 2018-19 (the remaining proportion had an unknown outcome). These numbers remain broadly unchanged since the right to request flexible working legislation was extended in 2014.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 13/12/2022 14:02:46 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1544688

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
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	Flexible Working
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to publish their response to the Making Flexible Working the Default consultation about proposals relating to a legislative framework for flexible working hours.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL3636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government consultation on making flexible working the default closed in December 2021, with over 1,600 responses received. These have been carefully considered, and we will publish our response in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 06/12/2022 17:23:28 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1538772

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of placing a legal duty on employers to make information about flexible working accessible to their employees.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	77506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government consulted on whether employers should be required to publish information about their flexible working policies in 2019. Having reviewed consultation responses from a range of stakeholders and taken account of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government decided not to take forward a legislative requirement. This conclusion was set out in “Making Flexible Working the Default”, which was published in September 2021.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 09/11/2022 17:02:34 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq