Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to enable GP practices to deliver MenB catch-up vaccination in the future, particularly practices serving populations at increased risk, such as those caring for large numbers of young people or university students.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS England will continue to review community pharmacy coverage and will support supplementary provision in areas with limited community pharmacy coverage.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has now also provided the Government with a recommendation and additional considerations for a future ongoing routine MenB adolescent vaccination programme. Any decisions on those recommendations will be announced in the normal way in due course, including in relation to operational delivery.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he considered allowing GP practices to participate in the MenB vaccination catch-up programme alongside community pharmacies.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS England will continue to review community pharmacy coverage and will support supplementary provision in areas with limited community pharmacy coverage.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has now also provided the Government with a recommendation and additional considerations for a future ongoing routine MenB adolescent vaccination programme. Any decisions on those recommendations will be announced in the normal way in due course, including in relation to operational delivery.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the use of offshoring by multinational companies to circumvent protections under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006.

Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)

The Government is committed to ensuring employees are appropriately protected when businesses change ownership or services transfer between employers through the TUPE regulations. The application of these protections depends on the circumstances of the individual transfer, including the relevant territorial requirements.

The Department has not undertaken a specific assessment of the extent to which multinational companies may use offshoring arrangements to circumvent TUPE protections, but the Government is currently analysing evidence from a Call for Evidence to better understand how TUPE operates in practice and identify opportunities to make improvements. The evidence received will inform future policy development.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of whether the definition of redundancy in section 139 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 remains adequate where the work continues but is relocated to an overseas jurisdiction.

Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)

Offshoring of roles are commercial matters for individual businesses, but when employees are made redundant because their jobs are moved overseas, they must be collectively consulted if the redundancies meet collective redundancy obligations in UK law.

The government is introducing an organisation wide threshold alongside the single establishment test, so employees will benefit from stronger collective redundancy protections.

We have also doubled the protective award from 90 to 180 day’s pay when employers ignore their obligations.

However, the department does not currently plan to carry out a specific assessment of the definition of redundancy in section 139 of the Employment Rights Act 1996.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen the enforcement of employment rights for workers affected by the offshoring of their roles.

Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)

Offshoring of roles are commercial matters for individual businesses, but when employees are made redundant because their jobs are moved overseas, they must be collectively consulted if the redundancies meet collective redundancy obligations in UK law.

The government is introducing an organisation wide threshold alongside the single establishment test, so employees will benefit from stronger collective redundancy protections.

We have also doubled the protective award from 90 to 180 day’s pay when employers ignore their obligations.

However, the department does not currently plan to carry out a specific assessment of the definition of redundancy in section 139 of the Employment Rights Act 1996.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to eliminate corridor care in emergency departments.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Further to the answer I gave on 16 July to Question 17438, which set out our approach to reducing pressures in emergency departments and ending the unacceptable practice of corridor care, NHS England is now publishing data for the first time to identify where pressure is greatest and is deploying expert teams into the most challenged trusts to improve performance. We are also investing in urgent and emergency care capacity, while recognising that there is much more work to do to reduce pressures and tackle the dangers created by overcrowding.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential financial impact of daily energy standing charges on pensioners and other low-income households who consume little or no energy; and what steps she is taking to help ensure such households benefit from the introduction of low and zero standing charge tariffs.

Answered by Polly Billington - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The Government knows that many people are concerned with the proportion of their bill that is made up of standing charges – that is why the Government made a commitment in its manifesto to reform them.

Earlier this year, the Government confirmed its intention that the costs of the Warm Home Discount should be moved from standing charges to unit rates, better aligning contributions to policy costs with energy use. Also, on 26 June 2026, Ofgem approved the first zero standing charge tariff trial, with other similar trials being launched.