Question follow-through · 900511

Unemployment: Tees Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of economic inactivity in Teesside.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
12 Sept 2024
Target answer date
7 Oct 2024
Answer
7 Oct 2024 · 25 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of economic inactivity in Teesside.

  2. 7 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The Office for National Statistics estimate that 110 thousand working-age people in Tees Valley are economically inactive. This is similar to the pre-pandemic level. This government has ambitious plans to devolve more power to local areas to help more peo...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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