Working Hours
(asked on 24th October 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people that worked less than 15 hours a week in each (a) country and (b) region of the UK in each year since 2010.
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.
Table: People working fewer than 6 hours, and 6 to 15 hours for April to June each year
| fewer than 6 Hours | 6 up to 15 hours | ||
| level (thousands) | % of total people in employment | level (thousands) | % of total people in employment |
Apr-Jun 2010 | 417 | 1.5 | 2,011 | 7.1 |
Apr-Jun 2011 | 473 | 1.7 | 1,959 | 6.9 |
Apr-Jun 2012 | 469 | 1.6 | 2,034 | 7.1 |
Apr-Jun 2013 | 445 | 1.5 | 2,033 | 7.0 |
Apr-Jun 2014 | 463 | 1.6 | 2,034 | 6.9 |
Apr-Jun 2015 | 487 | 1.6 | 1,899 | 6.3 |
Apr-Jun 2016 | 474 | 1.5 | 2,058 | 6.7 |
Apr-Jun 2017 | 424 | 1.4 | 2,048 | 6.6 |
Apr-Jun 2018 | 426 | 1.4 | 2,043 | 6.5 |
Apr-Jun 2019 | 471 | 1.5 | 2,066 | 6.5 |
Source: Table HOUR02NSA, ONS, Labour Force Survey
At UK level people in full-time work have made up over three quarters of the overall increase in employment since 2010.