Question follow-through · 82031
Unemployment: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make and assessment of the potential impact of AI related job losses on the level of unemployment benefit.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 14 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 22 Oct 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
14 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make and assessment of the potential impact of AI related job losses on the level of unemployment benefit.
16 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Oct 2025
Answer published
The number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits is falling. 1.69 million people claimed unemployment-related benefits in September 2025 – down 73,000 on a year earlier.The government is committed to ensuring that people have access to good, me...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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