Retail Trade: Costs
Commons · Question 75381 · Tabled 5 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 16 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will have discussions with retailers on the potential impact of trends in the level of business costs on (a) staffing levels and (b) lone working practices.
Answer
Answered by Blair McDougall, 16 Sep 2025
Staffing levels and business lone working policies are commercial matters for individual businesses to decide. An employer must identify the risks to lone workers and put control measures in place to protect them. It is for the employer to determine the b...