Delivery Services: Standards

(asked on 2nd November 2026) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he will assess the potential merits of applying a set of minimum enforceable standards to all final-mile parcel delivery drivers regardless of employment status.


Answered by
Kate Dearden Portrait
Kate Dearden
Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)
This question was answered on 10th November 2026

It is important that the parcel delivery market works for businesses and customers as well as workers. The government is committed to further exploring employment practices across the sector alongside options for improvement.

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