Question follow-through · 24696
Employment: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of young adults obtain their first job in (a) the hospitality sector, (b) the entertainment sector and (c) the service sector.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 14 Sept 2026 · 17 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of young adults obtain their first job in (a) the hospitality sector, (b) the entertainment sector and (c) the service sector.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Sept 2026
Answer published
The DWP does not hold the requested analysis on what proportion of young people obtain their first job in different industrial sectors.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Access to Work Programme: Self-employed
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