Question follow-through · 7622
Jobseekers Allowance and Universal Credit: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people not in education, employment or training do not claim Universal Credit or Jobseekers Allowance for the latest period for which data is available.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 8 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people not in education, employment or training do not claim Universal Credit or Jobseekers Allowance for the latest period for which data is available.
10 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Jun 2026
Answer published
The ‘Young people and work: interim report’ by Alan Milburn estimated that in England out of 678,000 18- to 24-year-olds not in education, employment or training, around 314,000 were not claiming any benefits in the financial year ending 2024, the latest ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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