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Dear Historic Royal Palaces,

Please provide the current number of employees working for Historic Royal Palaces who are employed on zero hours contracts.

Yours faithfully,

Richard

Dominique Phipp, Historic Royal Palaces

Dear Richard,

I write in response to your request, dated 10 February 2020, for
information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I’m sorry for the
delay in replying to you - one of our team was away.

Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) is the independent charity that looks after
The Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, The Banqueting House,
Kensington Palace, Kew Palace and Hillsborough Castle.  We receive no
funding from either the government or the Crown.  We raise all our own
funds and depend on the support of our visitors, members, donors, sponsors
and volunteers.

Our response to your request is as follows;

HRP currently employs 291 staff on zero-hours contracts. This number
reflects our compliance with the IR35 regulations. These staff support HRP
during busy periods at the palaces, such as school holidays and special
events, or join us for infrequent and niche consultancy work as needed.
There is no obligation for these staff members to accept any work that we
offer them, nor for us to offer them work. This arrangement suits both
parties, as many of these individuals are specialist consultants / skilled
workers, students, or retired past employees.  

Historic Royal Palaces has an internal review procedure. If you are not
happy with our response, you may request an internal review by writing to
The Head of Governance via post (The Head of Governance, Chief Executive’s
Office, Apt 39, Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, KT8 9AU) or via email
([1][Historic Royal Palaces request email]) explaining your reasons for seeking a review. If you
are then not happy with the outcome of the internal review, you may then
apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. 

The Information Commissioner’s Office can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Website: [2]www.ico.org.uk

 

Kind regards,

 

Dominique Phipp

Governance Assistant

Sent on behalf of the Head of Governance

 

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From: Richard <[3][FOI #645040 email]>
Sent: 10 February 2020 19:13
To: Rachael Gilleard <[4][email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Zero hours contract staff

Dear Historic Royal Palaces,

Please provide the current number of employees working for Historic Royal
Palaces who are employed on zero hours contracts.

Yours faithfully,

Richard

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Historic Royal Palaces is a registered charity (No 1068852),
correspondence details, Hampton Court Palace, Surrey KT8 9AU Historic
Royal Palaces Enterprises Ltd, a company registered in England (No
3418583) registered office Hampton Court Palace, Surrey KT8 9AU.

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