Tulip Siddiq – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-02-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many calls the Pay and Work Rights helpline received in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16; and how much funding that helpline received in each year between 2010-11 and 2013-14.
Nick Boles
Table 1: Total enquiries to the Pay and Work Rights Helpline, 2009/10 to 2014/15.
|
2009/10 |
2010/11 |
2011/12 |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
|
|
Total |
66,300 |
50,500 |
47,500 |
41,300 |
42,900 |
41,500 |
Source: Pay and Workers Rights Helpline
Notes: 1. Reporting years are based on April to March, with the exception of 2009/10 as the Helpline opened in May 2009.
Since 1 April 2015, the Acas Helpline has, in addition to its usual services, been answering queries previously handled by the Pay and Work Rights Helpline (PWRH). Between April 2015 and January 2016, the latest period for which data is available, Acas have handled 768,849 calls on workplace relations and employment law. This figure is not directly comparable to the number of calls received by the PWRH in previous years as Acas handle a much wider range of enquiries on employment matters. It is not possible to specifically identify the number of calls received by Acas that would previously have been handled by the PWRH.
The allocated funding for the PWRH was as follows:
|
2010/11 |
2011/12 |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
|
|
Total |
£588,185 |
£588,185 |
£655,760 |
£802,500. |
Notes: 2. Reporting years are based on April to March with the exception of 2010/11 and 2011/12 which are based on 11 May to 10 May.
All figures are ex-VAT.
