Written question asked by Stephanie Peacock (Labour) on Tuesday, 12 September 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 September 2017. It was answered by Lord Harrington of Watford (Conservative) on Monday, 18 September 2017 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Sellafield: Industrial Relations

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers of his Department and (c) Departmental officials have had with members of the management at Sellafield Ltd in West Cumbria in the last 18 months on industrial relations at Sellafield.

Answer: Sellafield industrial relations, including the current discussions on pay, are a matter to be resolved between the management at Sellafield Limited and its workforce. No meetings have taken place between the Sellafield management and Departmental Ministers on the matter of industrial relations in the last 18 months. Departmental officials engage with key stakeholders when developing policy proposals, and industrial relations have been a raised at meetings with the management of Sellafield Limited over the last 18 months, particularly whilst negotiating pension reform proposals.

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