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<p>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 ‘zero hours’ contracts’). 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><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table: Level and rate of people aged 16 and over
on zero-hours contracts October to December each year</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="2"><p>UK, not seasonally adjusted</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Percentage
of people in employment on a zero-hours contract</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2"><p>Source: ONS Labour Force Survey</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>The
estimates for 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 are considered precise</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>ONS advise that the increased media coverage of zero-hours’ 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><p> </p><p>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><p><a
href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/emp17peopleinemploymentonzerohourscontracts/current"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/emp17peopleinemploymentonzerohourscontracts/current</a></p>
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