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1725519

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to maintain zero-hours contracts for people who prefer these to other employment options.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	2894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>As outlined in our Plan to Make Work Pay, we will end exploitative zero hours contracts by giving workers the right to a contract that reflects the number of hours they regularly work. We will also introduce a new right to reasonable notice of shifts, with compensation for shifts cancelled or curtailed at short notice.</p><p>We appreciate that zero hours contracts work well for some people. Those who are offered guaranteed hours will be able to remain on zero hours contracts if they wish. However we are committed to ending one-sided flexibility, and ensuring that if workers are not benefitting from the flexibility these contracts offer, they have a right to an alternative.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 09/09/2024 16:39:10 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1724050

registered interest
date	29/07/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of banning zero hours contracts.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Southall
tabling member printed	Deirdre Costigan
uin	2166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2024 answer text <p>As outlined in the <em>Plan to Make Work Pay, </em>we will end exploitative zero hours contracts by giving workers the right to a contract that reflects the number of hours they regularly work. We will also introduce a new right to reasonable notice of shift patterns and a right to reasonable notice of changes to shifts, with compensation for shifts cancelled or curtailed at short notice.</p><p>These measures will end one-sided flexibility, ensuring all jobs provide workers with a baseline level of security and predictability.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 03/09/2024 13:20:40 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
tabling member	5075

1722687

registered interest
date	22/07/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to page 20 of the King’s Speech Background Briefing Notes, published by the Prime Minister's Office on 17 July 2024, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of people who will be affected by the proposals to ban exploitative zero-hour contracts (a) nationally and (b) in Edinburgh North and Leith constituency.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Tracy Gilbert
uin	1134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (for January to March 2024) suggest that around 1,030,000 people (representing 3.1% of total employment) were employed on a zero-hours contract in the UK.</p><p>Over the same period there were approximately 71,000 people (equating to 2.7% of total employment) employed on a zero-hours contract in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 30/07/2024 09:46:47 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
tabling member	5188

1676932

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Answer of 24 October 2023 to Question 203453 on Zero Hours Contracts, what the absolute change in the number of people employed under zero hours contracts was between 2017 and 2022.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	6095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>Zero hours contracts (ZHCs) are an important part of the UK’s flexible labour market. They are useful where there is not a constant demand for staff, allowing flexibility for both employers and individuals.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals on ZHC’s represent a very small proportion of the workforce. The ONS publishes quarterly data on the number of individuals in work on ZHC’s in the UK. Absolute figures are unavailable, but the ONS estimates that between April – June 2023, 1,180,000 people aged 16 or over in employment in the UK were on a ZHC. This is up from 883,000 between April – June 2017.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 14/12/2023 11:46:18 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1666065

registered interest
date	19/10/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who were employed on zero hours contracts in each year between 2017 and 2022.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	203453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>Zero hours contracts are an important part of the UK’s flexible labour market. They are useful where there is not a constant demand for staff, allowing flexibility for both employers and individuals.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals on zero hours contracts represent a very small proportion of the workforce. The ONS publishes quarterly data on the number of individuals in work on zero hours contracts in the UK. The ONS estimates that between April – June 2023, 3.6% of people aged 16 or over in employment in the UK were on a zero hours contract. This is up from 2.8% between April – June 2017.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 24/10/2023 13:00:25 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1661339

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of people on zero hour contracts in (a) Ealing Central and Acton constituency and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	200056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2023 answer text <p>Zero hours contracts are an important part of the UK’s flexible labour market. They are useful where there is not a constant demand for staff, allowing flexibility for both employers and individuals – like carers, people studying, or retirees. For some, a zero hours contract may be the type of contract which works best for them.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals on zero hours contracts represent a very small proportion of the workforce. The ONS estimates that 155,000 people aged 16 and over were employed on a zero hours contract in London in April – June 2023, representing 3.3% of people in employment in the area.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 17/10/2023 14:58:56 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1646324

registered interest
date	21/06/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Office for National Statistics report entitled EMP17: People in employment on zero hours contracts, published in May 2023, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of data on the number of people on a zero hours contract.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	190571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>Zero hours contracts are an important part of the UK’s flexible labour market, they are useful where there is not a constant demand for staff, allowing flexibility for both employers and individuals – like carers, people studying, or retirees. For this small group, a zero hours contract may be the type of contract which works best for them.</p><p> </p><p>Research from CIPD found that 62% of zero hours contract workers are satisfied or very satisfied with their jobs, which is similar to the proportion of employees as a whole (66%) (2022).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 27/06/2023 14:14:37 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1646325

registered interest
date	21/06/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of people on zero hours contracts in (a) the North East and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	190572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>Zero hours contracts are an important part of the UK’s flexible labour market, they are useful where there is not a constant demand for staff, allowing flexibility for both employers and individuals – like carers, people studying, or retirees. For this small group, a zero hours contract may be the type of contract which works best for them.</p><p> </p><p>Research from CIPD found that 62% of zero hours contract workers are satisfied or very satisfied with their jobs, which is similar to the proportion of employees as a whole (66%) (2022).</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 27/06/2023 14:20:33 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1646386

registered interest
date	21/06/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions she has had with (a) businesses, (b) devolved administrations and (c) Trade Union Congress on methods to reduce the number of workers on zero-hour contracts.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	190586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>Zero hours contracts are an important part of the UK’s flexible labour market, they are useful where there is not a constant demand for staff, allowing flexibility for both employers and individuals – like carers, people studying, or retirees. For this small group, a zero hours contract may be the type of contract which works best for them.</p><p> </p><p>Research from CIPD found that 62% of zero hours contract workers are satisfied or very satisfied with their jobs, which is similar to the proportion of employees as a whole (66%)</p><p>(2022).</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 27/06/2023 14:39:44 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1646387

registered interest
date	21/06/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) young workers, (b) women and (c) workers not born in the UK that are subject to zero-hour contracts.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	190587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>Zero hours contracts are an important part of the UK’s flexible labour market, they are use-ful where there is not a constant demand for staff, allowing flexibility for both employers and individuals – like carers, people studying, or retirees. For this small group, a ze-ro hours contract may be the type of contract which works best for them.</p><p> </p><p>To support lower paid workers we have extended the ban on exclusivity clauses, which restrict staff from working for multiple employers, to contracts where the guaranteed weekly income is equivalent to or below the Lower Earnings Limit of £123 a week. On 1 April 2023, the Government increased the National Living Wage (NLW) for workers aged 23 years and over by 9.7% to £10.42.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 27/06/2023 14:44:24 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery