Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Insolvency Service will report on the formal and civil investigations into the circumstances surrounding the redundancies made by P&O Ferries in March 2022.

On 1 April, the Insolvency Service wrote to my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy confirming that, following its enquiries, it has commenced formal criminal and civil investigations into the circumstances surrounding the recent redundancies made by P&O Ferries. As these are ongoing investigations, it is not appropriate for the Insolvency Service to provide any comment or information before the investigations have concluded.