Question follow-through · 906018
Unemployment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of unemployment.
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
- 21 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 27 Oct 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of unemployment.
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Oct 2025
Answer published
The number of economically active people - which is people either in work or actively looking for work - has increased and stands at a record high. Even if it takes them a little while to find a job, we want to support people back into the labour market a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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