Universal Credit: Zero Hours Contracts

(asked on 8th January 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of universal credit claimants who are employed on a zero-hours contract.


Answered by
Priti Patel Portrait
Priti Patel
This question was answered on 13th January 2016

Universal Credit is paid on the basis of earnings. Information on types of contracts that claimants are on is not routinely collected.

Reticulating Splines