Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the consultation on rights of trade unions to access workplaces, how many responses did the consultation receive, and what percentage of those responses were from a) SMEs, b) other sized businesses, c) trade unions, and d) any other organisations.

The government is carefully reviewing responses to the consultation and will publish its formal response in due course. This will include a breakdown of respondents.