Department for Business and Trade written question – answered at on 16 March 2026.
Grahame Morris
Labour, Easington
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will provide a response to the recommendation in the National Minimum Wage: Low Pay Commission Report 2022 CP 758 that seafarers be exempted from the Accommodation Offset.
Grahame Morris
Labour, Easington
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport regarding employer deductions from seafarers’ wages for accommodation costs.
Kate Dearden
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) continues to consider the recommendations from the Low Pay Commission (LPC)'s report on the accommodation offset, including the recommendation about its application to seafarers. As part of this work we are engaging with the Department for Transport. We anticipate responding to the LPC's recommendations regarding the accommodation offset in due course.
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