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Personal Care Services: Operating Costs

Commons · Question 28629 · Tabled 9 Sep 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · Official record

Answered 21 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Ben Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to prevent increases in employment costs from discouraging small salon businesses from (i) employing, and (ii) training people.

Answer

Answered by Kate Dearden, 21 Sep 2026

Our Plan to Make Work Pay is supporting good jobs and helping responsible businesses grow. We are phasing in reforms and rolling out an online resource offering practical guidance on what the changes mean so that uncertainty doesn’t hold back hiring.Our a...