Question follow-through · 2676

Economic Growth: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of trends in the number of young people not in employment, education or training on economic growth in Lincolnshire.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
19 May 2026
Target answer date
21 May 2026
Answer
28 May 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of trends in the number of young people not in employment, education or training on economic growth in Lincolnshire.

  2. 21 May 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 May 2026

    Answer published

    This government will not leave an entire generation of young people, including in Lincolnshire, behind. We have committed a further £1 billion investment in young people, taking total additional investment into the Youth Guarantee and the Growth and Skill...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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