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date	30/06/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Flexible Working Regulations 2014 on workers with zero hours contracts.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	203174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Under the new regulations, which were brought into force on the 30 June, all employees with 26 continuous weeks of service have the right to request flexible working from their employer. Individuals on zero hours contracts, and who are employees, can request a change in their contracts which could also include a request to move to a fixed hours contract.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Individuals on zero hours contracts may be employees or workers, depending on the contract agreed between them and their employer. The Government does not keep records on the proportion of individual zero hours contracts workers on either employee or worker contracts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>While individuals on zero hour contracts, and who are not employees, do not have a statutory right to request flexible working, they can make an informal request to their employer to vary their hours or their working pattern. An employer can also choose to offer contractual rights that are more generous than those provided for in statute.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 03/07/2014 14:45:09 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

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date	30/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many calls the Pay and Work Rights Helpline received in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	202979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>I have been asked to respond on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.</p><p>Calls to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>25,958</p></td><td><p>21,307</p></td><td><p>26,893</p></td><td><p>34,285</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>1,882</p></td><td><p>1,537</p></td><td><p>2,171</p></td><td><p>2,961</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>1,249</p></td><td><p>1,075</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,793</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>N Ireland</p></td><td><p>453</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>707</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>14,019</p></td><td><p>17,698</p></td><td><p>17,466</p></td><td><p>11,737</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>43,561</p></td><td><p>42,007</p></td><td><p>48,435</p></td><td><p>51,483</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The ‘unknown' figure refers to callers who either did not wish to say where they were calling from, or rang off before they could be asked.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 08/07/2014 16:04:14 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash