Question follow-through · 1289
Unemployment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of trends in the levels of gender disparities in the unemployment rate.
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
- 14 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 26 May 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of trends in the levels of gender disparities in the unemployment rate.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 May 2026
Answer published
The unemployment rate in Jan-Mar 2026 was 5.0%. This has fallen by 0.2%pts on the quarter. The unemployment rate for men in Jan-Mar 2026 was 5.3% and was 4.7% for women. The gender unemployment rate gap is 0.6%pts and has increased by 0.3%pts on the year....
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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