Personal Care Services: Qualifications
Commons · Question 21755 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory requirement for (a) hairdressers and (b) barbers to hold specified qualifications.
Answer
Answered by Kate Dearden, 8 Sep 2026
We have no current plans for additional regulation for hairdressers and barbers, but we remain open to evidence. The Hairdressers Registration Act 1964 provides for a UK register of qualified hairdressers and barbers, although registration remains volunta...