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Waste Disposal: Industrial Disputes

Commons · Question 94674 · Tabled 26 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 4 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

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

Answered by Alison McGovern, 4 Dec 2025

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.