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Redundancy

Asked by Gareth SnellLabour (Co-op)Department for Business and TradeTabled Answered 29 April 2026UIN 129691

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department takes to share data from HR1 redundancy notices with the Department for Work and Pensions to help ensure rapid response support is available for affected workers.

Answered by Blair McDougall

The Redundancy Payments Service (RPS), acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, collects information from HR1 submissions and distributes it on a daily basis to the appropriate government departments and agencies who offer job brokering services and/or training services.

These agencies include The Department for Work and Pensions who provide rapid response services in England and Wales and the Scottish Government’s Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE) who provide these services in Scotland.

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