Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 44595

Department for Business and Trade: Zero Hours Contracts

Tabled: 7 April 2025
Answered: 28 April 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department (a) employs staff and (b) uses contractors on zero hour contracts; and whether any (i) staff and (ii) contractors are paid less than the London Living Wage.

Answer

Justin Madders
The Department for Business and Trade does not use zero hours contracts for staff or contractors. Civil Servants are employed either as Senior Civil Servants or as one of the Delegated Grades with salaries determined by the relevant pay bands. The Departm...
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