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78221

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Conditions of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 722W, on conditions of employment, whether current guidelines allow claimants through Jobcentre Plus to be found zero-hours contract jobs which include exclusivity clauses.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	206038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>No claimants are required to sign up for zero hour contracts which require exclusivity.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/07/2014 15:17:37 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

79127

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Conditions of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 722W, what information his Department (a) holds and (b) has commissioned on the number of jobseekers moving into zero-hours contract jobs.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	206778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Information on jobseekers moving into zero-hours contract jobs is not held nor has it been commissioned. Information published by the Office for National Statistics suggests zero-hours contracts make up a relatively small part of the overall labour market, accounting for about 2% of all people in work.</p><p> </p><p>Jobseekers claiming Jobseekers Allowance are not required to apply for zero-hours contract vacancies, they will not be sanctioned as a result of not applying. UC claimants who refuse to accept a zero hours contract job offer, without good reason, can be subject to a sanction. However a UC claimant will not be sanctioned for refusing to take a zero hours contract with an exclusivity clause.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit automatically adjusts benefit payments depending on the number of hours a person works – whatever the type of contract. Where Universal Credit claimants refuse to apply for role, including a Zero Hours Contract role when mandated to do so or refuse to accept a job offer, they can be sanctioned. People on Universal Credit will not be required to sign up to zero hours contracts which require exclusivity, so they will always have the opportunity to gain more hours elsewhere.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/09/2014 16:26:41 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

223080

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many apprentices employed by (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	225079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>Since 2010 the following number of apprenticeship places has been offered in DWP.</p><p> </p><p>2010 – 75 apprentices</p><p>2011 - 108 apprentices</p><p>2012 - 237 apprentices</p><p>2013 - 262 apprentices</p><p>2014 - 395 apprentices</p><p> </p><p>All DWP apprentices are aged between 18 and 24.</p><p> </p><p>A further breakdown on age or previous employment without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/02/2015 16:38:53 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna