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.

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.