Zero Hours Contracts
Commons · Question 1134 · Tabled 22 Jul 2024 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Question
Asked by Tracy Gilbert
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to page 20 of the King’s Speech Background Briefing Notes, published by the Prime Minister's Office on 17 July 2024, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of people w
Answer
Answered by Justin Madders, 30 Jul 2024
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (for January to March 2024) suggest that around 1,030,000 people (representing 3.1% of total employment) were employed on a zero-hours contract in the UK.Over the same period there were approximat...