questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's consultation document entitled Make Work Pay: ending one-sided flexibility – reforms of zero hours and similar contracts, published on 2 June 2026, what definition his Department uses of "income security" for the purpose of determining an hours threshold.
answerText: Our focus is on giving income security to people who do not have it: particularly those with zero hours and similar contracts, who lack security and predictability. The government’s preference is for the hours threshold for the right to guaranteed hours t...
heading: Working Hours