Question follow-through · 15087
Unemployment: Newbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce unemployment among people aged 50 to 65 in Newbury constituency.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 19 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 21 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 25 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce unemployment among people aged 50 to 65 in Newbury constituency.
21 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Nov 2024
Answer published
Improving employment outcomes for people of all ages will play an important part in the government’s economic growth and opportunity missions. We are reforming jobcentres, so they match people, including older workers, to the right job and combine employm...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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