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This information is not available in the format requested.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4362", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Edward Argar"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Charnwood"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Edward Argar"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-11-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-11-04T14:41:17.33Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-10-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Surgery: Waiting Lists"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting times were for surgical procedures for (a) knee replacements, (b) hip replacements, (c) melanomas and (d) cataracts in each region in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2019.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/534", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Ruane"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Vale of Clwyd"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chris Ruane"} ], "uin" : "7643"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167461", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167461/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to PQ 4936 in which I give details, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), of the number of people whose usual weekly hours are less than six hours, and between 6 and 15 hours. Details are not available for the number of people working less than 16 hours who wanted to work more in each of the last 10 years.<\/p>

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ONS does publish some related data: 1) the number of people in employment who want to work more hours, are available for work and are currently working below the hours threshold (40 hours a week for those under 18, 48 hours a week for those aged 18 or over), and 2) people working part-time who gave the reason as \u201ccould not find full-time job\u201d as reason for working part-time. The tables below give extracts from the ONS published data, however, both these data series will include both those working less than, and more than, 16 hours a week.<\/p>

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Table 1: The number of people in employment who want to work more hours, are available for work and are currently working below the hours threshold<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p>

Date<\/p><\/td>

Level<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2010<\/p><\/td>

2,754<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2011<\/p><\/td>

2,841<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2012<\/p><\/td>

3,061<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2013<\/p><\/td>

3,090<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2014<\/p><\/td>

2,977<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2015<\/p><\/td>

2,786<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2016<\/p><\/td>

2,601<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2017<\/p><\/td>

2,460<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2018<\/p><\/td>

2,390<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2019<\/p><\/td>

2,479<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Source: Table EMP16, ONS, Labour Force Survey<\/p>

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Table 2: Part-time workers who gave the reason as \u201ccould not find full-time job\u201d as reason for working part-time<\/strong><\/p>

Date<\/p><\/td>

Level<\/p><\/td>

% of all Part Time Employed<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2010<\/p><\/td>

1,084<\/p><\/td>

14.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2011<\/p><\/td>

1,275<\/p><\/td>

16.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2012<\/p><\/td>

1,438<\/p><\/td>

17.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2013<\/p><\/td>

1,467<\/p><\/td>

18.3<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2014<\/p><\/td>

1,347<\/p><\/td>

16.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2015<\/p><\/td>

1,285<\/p><\/td>

15.7<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2016<\/p><\/td>

1,149<\/p><\/td>

13.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2017<\/p><\/td>

1,019<\/p><\/td>

12.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2018<\/p><\/td>

968<\/p><\/td>

11.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2019<\/p><\/td>

907<\/p><\/td>

10.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Source: Table EMP01NSA, ONS, Labour Force Survey<\/p>

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At UK level people in full-time work have made up over three quarters of the overall increase in employment since 2010.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4513", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mims Davies"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Eastleigh"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mims Davies"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-11-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-11-04T18:07:40.27Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-10-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Part-Time Employment"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people working less than 16 hours who wanted to work more in each of the last 10 years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/534", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Ruane"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Vale of Clwyd"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chris Ruane"} ], "uin" : "7645"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167098", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167098/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

Hardship payments provide financial protection for claimants whose benefit is reduced by a Fraud Loss of Benefit penalty or a Benefit Sanction.<\/p>

<\/p>

For a) and b), the information requested is not readily available at a country or constituency level and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.<\/p>

<\/p>

For c) the requested data is provided for Great Britain in the following two tables for Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) respectively. Please note, figures supplied are derived from data which has not been quality assured to Official Statistics publication standard. These results can change retrospectively as further information is received. They should therefore be treated with caution. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 1,000.<\/p>

<\/p>

JSA - Number of hardship payments awarded as a result of a sanction<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2015<\/p><\/td>

2016<\/p><\/td>

2017<\/p><\/td>

2018<\/p><\/td>

2019 (year to Aug 19)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

120,000<\/p><\/td>

58,000<\/p><\/td>

29,000<\/p><\/td>

10,000<\/p><\/td>

Fewer than 1,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

ESA - Number of hardship payments awarded as a result of a sanction<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2015<\/p><\/td>

2016<\/p><\/td>

2017<\/p><\/td>

2018<\/p><\/td>

2019 (year to Aug 19)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

4,000<\/p><\/td>

2,000<\/p><\/td>

1,000<\/p><\/td>

Fewer than 1,000<\/p><\/td>

Fewer than 1,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

For Universal Credit, the data cannot be disaggregated to identify the hardship payments that have been directly attributed to the application of a benefit sanction from those resulting from a fraud penalty.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4513", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mims Davies"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Eastleigh"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mims Davies"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-11-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-11-04T18:04:16.877Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-10-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Social Security Benefits: Disqualifications"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of hardship payments made by her Department which have been directly attributed to the imposition of benefit sanctions in (a) Vale of Clwyd parliamentary constituency, (b) Wales and (c) the UK in each of the last four years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/534", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Ruane"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Vale of Clwyd"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chris Ruane"} ], "uin" : "7077"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167099", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167099/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

Fuel poverty is a devolved issue, with each nation in the UK having its own fuel poverty definition, targets and policies to tackle the issue.<\/p>

<\/p>

The number of households in fuel poverty in England between 2003 and 2017 (latest data) can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fuel-poverty-trends-2019<\/a>.<\/p>

<\/p>

For Scotland, data from 2011 to 2017 (latest data) can be found here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-house-condition-survey-2017-key-findings/pages/6/<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

ForWales, latest published data (for 2018) can be found here: https://gov.wales/fuel-poverty-estimates-wales-2018<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

For Northern Ireland, data for 2006, 2009 and 2011 can be found here: https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/SearchResults.aspx?sk=fuel;poverty<\/a>; Latest available figures (for 2016) can be found here: https://www.nihe.gov.uk/getmedia/1f9e55a1-66c2-46b7-bf92-9ee192ce355f/estimates-of-fuel-poverty-northern-ireland-2017-and-2018-revised.pdf.aspx?ext=.pdf<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

The number of households in fuel poverty for each region in England can be found in Table 4 here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fuel-poverty-trends-2019<\/a>.<\/p>

<\/p>

Please note that due to both definition and methodological differences, the figures should not be combined.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4134", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Spelthorne"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Kwasi Kwarteng"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-11-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-11-04T13:58:58.277Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-10-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Fuel Poverty"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate she has made of the number of households in fuel poverty in each (a) nation and (b) region of the UK in each of the last 10 years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/534", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Ruane"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Vale of Clwyd"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chris Ruane"} ], "uin" : "7078"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167100", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167100/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1609", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chloe Smith"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Norwich North"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Chloe Smith"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167100/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "PQ7079.pdf"} , "title" : "UKSA Response"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-11-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-11-04T14:11:45.813Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "53"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-10-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Weather: Death"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of excess winter deaths in each (i) nation and (ii) region of the UK and (b) proportion of those excess winter deaths that have been directly attributed to fuel poverty in each of the last 10 years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/534", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Ruane"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Vale of Clwyd"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chris Ruane"} ], "uin" : "7079"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167102", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167102/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Home Office and key partners continue to build understanding of the drivers of hate crime through research and evaluation of hate crime programmes, and consultation with subject matter experts including the Independent Advisory Group and local practitioners. Alongside the Hate Crime Action Plan refresh in October 2018 the Government published a thematic review of the current evidence base \u2013 this can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hate-crime-action-plan-2016<\/a>.<\/p>

<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4399", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Victoria Atkins"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Louth and Horncastle"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Victoria Atkins"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-11-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-11-04T17:12:52.487Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-10-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Hate Crime"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2019 to Question 4283 on Hate Crime, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the (a) language and tone of public statements made by and (b) the actions of public figures on trends in the level of recorded hate crime.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/534", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Ruane"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Vale of Clwyd"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chris Ruane"} ], "uin" : "7080"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1156208", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1156208/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

In February-April 2010 there were 9.5 million economically inactive people in the UK. This number has dropped to 8.7 million people for the period June-August 2019. These statistics are for the 16-64 age group, which is the Office for National Statistic\u2019s headline rate for economic inactivity.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4513", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mims Davies"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Eastleigh"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mims Davies"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-10-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-10-29T16:34:09.55Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-10-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Unemployment"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were economically inactive in the UK in (a) 2010 and (b) the most recent year for which figures are available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/534", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Ruane"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Vale of Clwyd"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chris Ruane"} ], "uin" : "4934"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1156209", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1156209/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

Since 18 September 2017, data on Sure Start children\u2019s centres has been supplied by local authorities via the department\u2019s Get Information about Schools database portal at: https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/<\/a>.<\/p>

Based on information supplied by local authorities as at end June 2019, the number of children\u2019s centres open to families and children each year and the number of children\u2019s centres closed each year since 2010 is set out in the attached table[1]:<\/p>

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[1]Figures in the table are based on information supplied by local authorities as at end June 2019. Since local authorities can update historical data at any time, figures may be different to previous answers, and are likely to change again in future. (Closures reported since June 2019 have not been included in the table to enable consistency with a statistical publication with further analysis of children\u2019s centre numbers, which is due to be published on 7 November \u2013 for completeness a total of 9 closures have not been included in the table.) The department holds some of its information on children\u2019s centre numbers for previous years manually. The numbers of children\u2019s centres open each year have been treated as estimates and rounded to the nearest 10.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4530", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Michelle Donelan"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Chippenham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Michelle Donelan"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1156209/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "4935_table_showing_children's_centres_opened_and_closed_since_2010.doc"} , "title" : "4935_table"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-11-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-11-01T11:44:18.197Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-10-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Children's Centres: Closures"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start centres have closed in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/534", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Ruane"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Vale of Clwyd"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chris Ruane"} ], "uin" : "4935"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1156210", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1156210/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The independent Office for National Statistics (ONS) uses the Labour Force Survey (LFS) to provide estimates for the usual weekly hours of work for people. The table below sets out data ONS publishes on those working fewer than 6 hours, and between 6 and 15 hours. Breakdowns for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and regional breakdowns, are not provided because of small sample sizes. Estimates are based on the number of people who report the numbers of hours worked.<\/p>

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Table: People working fewer than 6 hours, and 6 to 15 hours for April to June each year<\/strong><\/p>

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<\/p><\/td>

fewer than 6 Hours<\/p><\/td>

6 up to 15 hours<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/p><\/td>

level (thousands)<\/p><\/td>

% of total people in employment<\/p><\/td>

level (thousands)<\/p><\/td>

% of total people in employment<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2010<\/p><\/td>

417<\/p><\/td>

1.5<\/p><\/td>

2,011<\/p><\/td>

7.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2011<\/p><\/td>

473<\/p><\/td>

1.7<\/p><\/td>

1,959<\/p><\/td>

6.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2012<\/p><\/td>

469<\/p><\/td>

1.6<\/p><\/td>

2,034<\/p><\/td>

7.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2013<\/p><\/td>

445<\/p><\/td>

1.5<\/p><\/td>

2,033<\/p><\/td>

7.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2014<\/p><\/td>

463<\/p><\/td>

1.6<\/p><\/td>

2,034<\/p><\/td>

6.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2015<\/p><\/td>

487<\/p><\/td>

1.6<\/p><\/td>

1,899<\/p><\/td>

6.3<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2016<\/p><\/td>

474<\/p><\/td>

1.5<\/p><\/td>

2,058<\/p><\/td>

6.7<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2017<\/p><\/td>

424<\/p><\/td>

1.4<\/p><\/td>

2,048<\/p><\/td>

6.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2018<\/p><\/td>

426<\/p><\/td>

1.4<\/p><\/td>

2,043<\/p><\/td>

6.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-Jun 2019<\/p><\/td>

471<\/p><\/td>

1.5<\/p><\/td>

2,066<\/p><\/td>

6.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Source: Table HOUR02NSA, ONS, Labour Force Survey<\/p>

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At UK level people in full-time work have made up over three quarters of the overall increase in employment since 2010.<\/p>

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The independent Office for National Statistics (ONS) use the Labour Force Survey (LFS) to provide estimates for the number of people in employment on contracts that do not guarantee minimum hours (known as \u2018zero hours\u2019 contracts\u2019). This data is available for the Oct-Dec quarter only for each year from 2010 to 2018 and is set out in the table below.<\/p>

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Table: Level and rate of people aged 16 and over on zero-hours contracts October to December each year<\/p>

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UK, not seasonally adjusted<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Percentage of people in employment on a zero-hours contract<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010<\/p><\/td>

0.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011<\/p><\/td>

0.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012<\/p><\/td>

0.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013<\/p><\/td>

1.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2014<\/p><\/td>

2.3<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2015<\/p><\/td>

2.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2016<\/p><\/td>

2.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2017<\/p><\/td>

2.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2018<\/p><\/td>

2.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Source: ONS Labour Force Survey<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

The estimates for 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 are considered precise<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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ONS advise that the increased media coverage of zero-hours\u2019 contracts arrangements in the latter half of 2013 may have affected the response to this question by raising awareness of this existing type of contractual arrangement. The ONS therefore advise not to compare pre- and post-2013 data.<\/p>

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Data for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and the English regions has been published every six months by ONS for since 2016. However, because the data is drawn from a survey, many of these sub-UK breakdowns are considered too unreliable for practical purposes. Regional data and guidance on its reliability can be found in tab 4 of table EMP17 published here:<\/p>

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