§ Helen JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the number of people employed on term-time only contracts whose wages, annualised over the year, are below the level of the statutory minimum wage. [147151]
§ Mr. Alan JohnsonThe National Minimum Wage Regulations include special provisions for workers who work only during term-time and whose pay is annualised over the year ensuring that the minimum wage is applied to such cases in a way that is both flexible and fair. I have made no estimate of the number of workers on term-time only contracts who are paid below the national minimum wage.