Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Huw Edwards (Labour), on Wednesday, 6 February 2002, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 52 members in total.

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UNITED REFORMED CHURCH REPORT ON JOBCENTRE VACANCIES

That this House congratulates the United Reformed Church and the Greater Manchester Low Pay Unit on publishing a report 'Worth Working For?' on the type and quality of jobs available in jobcentres in England, Scotland and Wales; commends the URC on engaging in contemporary social issues and its members for undertaking the research; notes the principal findings in that every jobcentre surveyed the number of vacancies recorded was only just over a third of the official total and that nearly nine in 10 jobs surveyed were paying more than the minimum wage; and calls on the Government to review the method of compiling official jobcentre statistics and to continue to combat social exclusion in the workplace through the national minimum wage, working family tax credit and policies to overcome regional variations in pay rates and the disadvantages faced by part time employees.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

824 

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Disadvantaged Employment Jobcentres Statistics Vacancies

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk