You asked
Please provide a breakdown of the employment figures being quoted by the Tory party. Specifically, how many are:
- employed full time
- employed part time
- on zero hours contracts
We said
The number of people in employment in the UK is estimated by the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The LFS also provides estimates of full-time employees, part-time employees, and those on zero-hour contracts. The most recent published estimates are linked below.
Full-time/Part-time Employees: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/summaryoflabourmarketstatistics
Zero Hour Contracts: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/emp17peopleinemploymentonzerohourscontracts