(2) how many people are employed to work fewer than 30 hours per week;
(3) how many people aged 16 to 18 years are in (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 28 March 2007:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Questions asking (1) how many people aged under 25 years are in full-time employment, (2) how many people aged 16 to 18 years are in (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment and (3) how many people are employed to work less than 30 hours per week and. Responses to these questions have been combined in this reply. (130192, 130193, 130194)
Table 1, attached, gives estimates of the numbers of men and women, in full-time and part-time employment for the age bands, 16 to 17 and 16 to 24. Table 2 shows those who work less than 31 hours and 31 or more hours per week, for the three months ending December 2006. These estimates are not seasonally adjusted.
Each month the Office for National Statistics publishes estimates of the number of people working full-time and part-time in the UK, in table 3 of the Labour Market Statistics First Release available in the attached link:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_labour/LMS_FR_HSAVebTable03.xls.
Similarly, estimates of usual weekly hours are available from Table 8 of the same release:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/lmsuk0307.pdf.
Estimates are taken from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
Thousand Age Three months ending December 2006 16-24 16-17 18-24 All persons Total in employment1 4,036 594 3,442 Full-time2 2,584 140 2,445 Part-time2 1,448 454 994 Male Total in employment1 2,061 277 1,784 Full-time2 1,486 90 1,396 Part-time2 573 186 387 Female Total in employment1 1,976 318 1,658 Full-time2 1,098 50 1,049 Part-time2 875 268 607 1 Includes those who did not state whether they worked full or part-time. 2 Full and part time is based on respondents' self assessment, not on hours worked. Source: ONS Labour Force Survey (LFS)
Thousand Three months ending December 2006 All persons Male Female Total in employment1 28,519 15,274 13,246 Less then 30 hours2 7,422 1,751 5,671 31+ hours2 20,349 13,061 7,288 1 Includes those who did not state the hours they usually work. 2 Based on total hours usually worked and includes paid/unpaid overtime. Source: ONS Labour Force Survey (LFS)