Question follow-through · 90143

Unemployment: Sutton Coldfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of unemployment in Sutton Coldfield constituency.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
17 Nov 2025
Answer
18 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of unemployment in Sutton Coldfield constituency.

  2. 17 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The information requested is published and available at:https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp Guidance for users can be found at:https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp The estimated unemployment levels can be found by selecting “Query data” on the N...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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