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Working Hours

Asked by Michael WheelerLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 16 June 2026UIN 8781

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's consultation document entitled Make Work Pay: ending one-sided flexibility – reforms of zero hours and similar contracts, published on 2 June 2026, how many workers would be brought into scope of the right to guaranteed hours under thresholds of (a) 8, (b) 12, (c) 16, (d) 20, (e) 24 and (f) 30 guaranteed hours per week.

Answered by Kate Dearden

The government has published its consultation on zero hours and similar contracts which will run until 25 August 2026, to understand further the impacts that different options could have on employers and workers.

We will publish further analysis in due course as we implement the measures.

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