Question follow-through · 1432
Unemployment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2024 to Question 706 on Unemployment, what the headline level of economic inactivity was in (a) March-May 2010 and (b) the latest period for which data is available.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 23 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 26 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 26 Jul 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2024 to Question 706 on Unemployment, what the headline level of economic inactivity was in (a) March-May 2010 and (b) the latest period for which data is available.
26 Jul 2024
Target answer date
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26 Jul 2024
Answer published
The headline UK economic inactivity level was 9.433 million in March-May 2010 (based on people aged between 16 and 64). In March-May 2024 (the latest month for which figures are available) the UK economic inactivity level was 9.383 million. The headline U...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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