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date	28/01/2016
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
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answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	House of Lords: Employment Agencies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees how many agency staff are employed by the House of Lords; and whether those staff are paid the London Living Wage.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The House currently employs approximately 34 agency staff in each sitting week. The majority of these staff are deployed in Catering and Retail Services.</p><p>The House of Lords is accredited by Citizens UK (CUK) as a London Living Wage Employer. The terms of its accreditation licence require that contractors and sub-contractors with dedicated staff who are based on parliamentary premises are paying those staff at least the London Living Wage.</p><p>In accordance with the terms of the accreditation licence, all agency staff are paid at least the London Living Wage rate from day 1 of week 9 if they are working on parliamentary premises and employed for at least two hours of work in a week, for 8 consecutive weeks in a year.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 11/02/2016 17:59:00 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

448848

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
answering dept id	200
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
hansard heading	House of Lords: Zero Hours Contracts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees how many people are employed by the House of Lords on zero-hours contracts.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The House of Lords does not employ any staff on zero-hours contracts on an exclusive basis. It employs 21 staff on zero-hours contracts in the Catering and Retail Services department, primarily for banqueting events. These are roles where staffing demands vary significantly week to week and are often unpredictable. The House also employs 23 freelance Hansard reporters.</p><p>Zero-hours staff employed by the House of Lords are free to turn down shifts offered by the House. They have equivalent employment rights to full-time staff including pension and holiday pay entitlements, which are better than those of most agency staff. All staff in the House of Lords, including those on these contracts, are paid at least the London Living Wage.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 11/02/2016 17:59:32 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey