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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what percentage of jobs advertised in jobcentres offered remuneration at the level of the national minimum wage on the latest date for which figures are available.

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Gordon Prentice (Labour)
Answering body
Jobcentre Plus
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 November 2008
Reference
482 c917W;482 c916-7W; 229298
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employers, having advertised vacancies with the Employment Service, have subsequently been found to have breached the minimum wage legislation. - Inc fact that information not available.

Asked by
Gordon Prentice (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 February 2002
Reference
27886; 379 c761W;379 c757W
House
House of Commons

If he will make it his policy in advance of the introduction of the national minimum wage to give jobcentre managers discretion to refuse a job advertisement where the wage rate is assessed to be unreasonably low.

Asked by
Gordon Prentice (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 June 1997
Reference
2996; 296 c48-9W
House
House of Commons

What representations she has received on the acceptance by job centres of advertisements for jobs paying less than £2 an hour. (Failed OPQ)

Asked by
Gordon Prentice (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
29 January 1997
Reference
11758; 289 c259W
House
House of Commons

How many complaints were received about the services provided by job centres in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale for the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available; what assessments DFEE has made of performance of these jobcentres in measured against charter standards in last 12 months. - Includes...

Asked by
Gordon Prentice (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 March 1996
Reference
273 c430W;273 c430-1W; 19628;19660
House
House of Commons

How many job centres have closed since 1990 where the nearest alternative office for signing-on is more than five miles away. - Text of letter from M E G Fogden of Employment Service Agency. Fig given.

Asked by
Gordon Prentice (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
8 November 1995
Reference
41679; 265 c957W
House
House of Commons

If he will make it his policy for job centres to establish with employers the minimum rate of pay for jobs they advertise when the rate is negotiable and to refuse to display advertisements for jobs paying £1 an hour or less; what discretion is allowed to job centre managers...

Asked by
Gordon Prentice (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
3 May 1995
Reference
259 c218W
House
House of Commons

What was the lowest hourly rate of pay for a job advertised at the job centres in Nelson and Colne for the latest 12 month period for which figures are available. - Text of letter from M E G Fogden of Employment Service Agency.

Asked by
Gordon Prentice (Labour)
Answering body
Employment Service
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
3 May 1995
Reference
259 c218-9W
House
House of Commons

If she will re-open the job centre in Barnoldswick, Lancashire; and if she will comment on the criteria used in deciding whether to re-open job centres. - Text of letter from M Fogden of Employment Service Agency.

Asked by
Gordon Prentice (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 February 1993
Reference
218 c160W;218 c159W
House
House of Commons

How many job vacancies currently notified to the job centres in Nelson and Colne are in occupations covered by the wages councils. - Text of letter from MEG Fogden of the Employment Service. Inc figures.

Asked by
Gordon Prentice (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 November 1992
Reference
213 c831W;213 c829W
House
House of Commons

Whether job centres accept vacancies from employers where the wages offered fall below the relevant Wages Council minimum. - Chief executive will write.

Asked by
Gordon Prentice (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 July 1992
Reference
211 c627W;211 c626W
House
House of Commons