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Written question asked by Richard Graham (Conservative) on Wednesday, 17 January 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 19 January 2024. It was answered by Jo Churchill (Conservative) on Tuesday, 23 January 2024 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Employment and Unemployment

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) aged 16 to 64 who were economically inactive between February and April 2010, (b) aged 16 to 24 who were employed between February and April 2010 and (c) aged 16 to 24 who were unemployed between February and April 2010.

Answer

The 16-64 UK economic inactivity level was 9.5 million between February and April 2010. The 16-24 employment level was 3.7 million between February and April 2010 and the 16-24 unemployment level was 0.9 million.

Employment and unemployment data is published and available at:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/summaryoflabourmarketstatistics


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
10092
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Employment Unemployment
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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