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Employment: 18-24 Year-olds

Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

Letter from Peter Fullerton, Director, Collection and Production Operations, Office for National Statistics, to Lord Willis of Knaresborough dated November 2013.

As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions asking:

a) for each of the last three years, how many 18–24 year olds in England on zero-hours contracts are in full-time education. HL3098

b) for the latest year for which figures are available, what were the average gross earnings of 18–24 year olds in England on zero-hours contracts who were (1) in full-time education, and (2) not in full-time education. HL3099

The requested information is not available. Information regarding people working on zero-hours contracts is available from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). However, full estimates of the total number of people in employment on such contracts are not available from this source. This is, in part, due to respondents being unable to identify their type of employment contract correctly. This prevents reliable estimates being produced by age.

From autumn 2013, one of ONS’s large-scale monthly business surveys will include some questions on zero-hours contracts so as to obtain robust data directly from employers. These will be asked on a quarterly basis with the first results expected to be published in early 2014.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL3099; 749 cc45-6WA

Session

2013-14

Subjects

Conditions of employment Education Young people Working hours Average earnings Zero hours contracts

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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