Employment and labour market This report includes the latest figures from the Labour Force Survey for October to December 2017, first published in February 2018, as well as new estimates from the survey of businesses for November 2017.
The November 2017 survey of businesses indicated that there were 1.8 million contracts that did not guarantee a minimum number of hours, where work had actually been carried out under those contracts, 6% of all employment contracts. Their share of total contracts used is unchanged from November 2016. The comparison between November 2016 and November 2017 needs to be treated with caution as the survey was changed from a voluntary survey to a compulsory survey between these two periods.
According to the LFS, the number of people employed on "zero-hours contracts" in their main job during October to December 2017 was 901,000, representing 2.8% of all people in employment. This latest estimate is 4,000 lower than that for October to December 2016 (905,000 or 2.8% of people in employment).
People on "zero-hours contracts" are more likely to be young, part-time, women or in full-time education when compared with other people in employment. Just over one-quarter of people (25.3%) on a "zero-hours contract" want more hours, with most wanting them in their current job, as opposed to a different job that offers more hours. In comparison, 7.3% of other people in employment wanted more hours.
The figures in this release include those from the latest survey of businesses. After reviewing the survey we intend to discontinue it, retaining the data from LFS. The article outlines more fully the reasons behind this decision, but to summarise we have decided that, with much wider public awareness of "zero-hours contracts", the LFS is now in a position to meet a wide variety of needs in terms of information on these contracts, and that on balance the business survey can therefore be discontinued. | 
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