Asked
What assessment the Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a Statutory Sick Pay rebate or reimbursement scheme for small and medium-sized employers following the changes introduced on 6 April 2026.
Reply
Awaiting answer.
The Westminster lensArchive · Written questions · 210 tabled · 185 answered
Written questions by Griffiths.
Every parliamentary written question tabled by Alison Griffiths this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
Department:All (210)Department for Business and Trade (56)Department of Health and Social Care (37)Treasury (21)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (19)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (18)Department for Transport (11)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (10)Department for Education (8)Department for Work and Pensions (6)Ministry of Justice (6)Home Office (4)Cabinet Office (3)
Showing 1–6 of 6 · Department for Work and Pensions
Asked
What estimate the Department has made of the additional annual cost to employers arising from the removal of the Statutory Sick Pay waiting period and Lower Earnings Limit, broken down by (a) business size and (b) industrial sector.
Reply
Awaiting answer.
Asked
Whether his Department has modelled the potential impact of recent changes in employment costs on trends in the level of apprenticeship recruitment by small and medium-sized enterprises.
Reply
The government has committed a further £1 billion investment in young people, taking total additional investment into the Youth Guarantee and the Growth and Skills Levy to £2.5 billion over the next three years. This investment will support almost one mil...
Asked
Whether his Department has made an assessment of the extent to which the additional funding for apprentices aged under 25 offsets changes in the level of (a) employer National Insurance contributions, (
Reply
The government has committed a further £1 billion investment in young people, taking total additional investment into the Youth Guarantee and the Growth and Skills Levy to £2.5 billion over the next three years. This investment will support almost one mil...
Asked
When she plans to respond to the letter of 16 April 2025 from the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, ref. MC2025/35782.
Reply
I replied to the Hon. Member on 17 June.
Asked
Whether his Department offers protection to staff from unfair dismissal from their first working day.
Reply
The protections for staff within the Department for Work and Pensions against unfair dismissal include the application of a fair, published, accessible discipline procedure, formal appeal of the decision to an independent appeal manager and an ability for the trade unions to raise with the central HR team any dismissal decisions they are concerned about. These rights can be exercised by staff from their first day of working. Where staff externally make a claim of unfair dismissal to the Employment Tribunal, the rules of the tribunal apply and this is outside DWP’s control.
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