Asked by: Luke Hall (Conservative - Thornbury and Yate)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
What steps she is taking to ensure that universal credit supports people in progressing at work and increasing their earnings.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
Universal Credit provides us with the opportunity to support people to progress in work and we are currently developing the evidence base on how best to do this.
Building on our existing suite of trials, which includes a large scale Randomised Control Trial on in-work progression, we have committed an additional £8m to testing different approaches to supporting people to progress.
Asked by: Luke Hall (Conservative - Thornbury and Yate)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reduce the length of time that unemployed people spend out of work.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
As of the quarter October-December 2017, UK unemployment was 1.47 million people. This is 1.039 million lower than for the quarter February-April 2010.
Jobcentre Plus has a flexible support model to provide support and District Managers have discretion on how to target interventions. The model has three elements: a core regime of regular face-to-face meetings; flexible work coach support; and a flexible menu of support options.
Where Jobcentre Plus District Managers identify gaps in skills or other provision they have discretion to purchase extra support to meet particular needs using the Flexible Support Fund.
Jobcentre Plus work coaches can advise claimants on the localised provision and support available, either by employment sector or skills/employability.
Asked by: Luke Hall (Conservative - Thornbury and Yate)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of unemployment in the Thornbury and Yate constituency since 2010.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
The level of unemployment in South Gloucestershire, estimated using the Annual Population Survey, was 5,700 for the year to September 2010. For the latest period (the year to September 2017) the level of unemployment was estimated at 6,200. This rise was not statistically significant.
Data from the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Labour Force Survey shows that since the 2010 General Election (the quarter to April 2010), the level and rate of unemployment has fallen in every region and country of the UK. The level of unemployment in the South West currently stands at 107,000 (the quarter to December 2017) – down by 51,000 since the 2010 election.
Note:
The sub-regional data is estimated by the ONS, using the Annual Population Survey.
The level of unemployment in Thornbury and Yate was estimated at 1,400 in the year to September 2017. This figure is subject to a high degree of statistical uncertainty due to very small sample sizes. This means we cannot make a reliable comparison with the 2010 estimate of 2,000.
Asked by: Luke Hall (Conservative - Thornbury and Yate)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she made of trends in the level of unemployment in South Gloucestershire since 2010.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
The level of unemployment in South Gloucestershire, estimated using the Annual Population Survey, was 5,700 for the year to September 2010. For the latest period (the year to September 2017) the level of unemployment was estimated at 6,200. This rise was not statistically significant.
Data from the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Labour Force Survey shows that since the 2010 General Election (the quarter to April 2010), the level and rate of unemployment has fallen in every region and country of the UK. The level of unemployment in the South West currently stands at 107,000 (the quarter to December 2017) – down by 51,000 since the 2010 election.
Note:
The sub-regional data is estimated by the ONS, using the Annual Population Survey.
The level of unemployment in Thornbury and Yate was estimated at 1,400 in the year to September 2017. This figure is subject to a high degree of statistical uncertainty due to very small sample sizes. This means we cannot make a reliable comparison with the 2010 estimate of 2,000.
Asked by: Luke Hall (Conservative - Thornbury and Yate)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has she made of trends in the level of unemployment in the South West since 2010.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
The level of unemployment in South Gloucestershire, estimated using the Annual Population Survey, was 5,700 for the year to September 2010. For the latest period (the year to September 2017) the level of unemployment was estimated at 6,200. This rise was not statistically significant.
Data from the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Labour Force Survey shows that since the 2010 General Election (the quarter to April 2010), the level and rate of unemployment has fallen in every region and country of the UK. The level of unemployment in the South West currently stands at 107,000 (the quarter to December 2017) – down by 51,000 since the 2010 election.
Note:
The sub-regional data is estimated by the ONS, using the Annual Population Survey.
The level of unemployment in Thornbury and Yate was estimated at 1,400 in the year to September 2017. This figure is subject to a high degree of statistical uncertainty due to very small sample sizes. This means we cannot make a reliable comparison with the 2010 estimate of 2,000.
Asked by: Luke Hall (Conservative - Thornbury and Yate)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has she made of trends in the level of female unemployment in the Thornbury and Yate constituency since 2010.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
The level of female unemployment in South Gloucestershire, estimated using the Annual Population Survey, was 2,200 for the year to September 2010. For the latest period (the year to September 2017) the level of female unemployment was 2,500. This rise was not statistically significant.
The level of female unemployment in the South West, estimated using the Labour Force Survey, stands at 59,000 in the quarter to December 2017 – down from 66,000 before the 2010 election (the quarter to April 2010).
The female employment rate is 70.8% - a joint record high – and there are now over 15 million women employed in the UK.
Note:
The sub-regional data is estimated by the ONS, using the Annual Population Survey.
The information requested for Thornbury and Yate constituency is not available because the level of female unemployment in Thornbury and Yate constituency was unpublished due to very small disclosive sample sizes.
Asked by: Luke Hall (Conservative - Thornbury and Yate)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has she made of trends in the level of female unemployment in South Gloucestershire since 2010.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
The level of female unemployment in South Gloucestershire, estimated using the Annual Population Survey, was 2,200 for the year to September 2010. For the latest period (the year to September 2017) the level of female unemployment was 2,500. This rise was not statistically significant.
The level of female unemployment in the South West, estimated using the Labour Force Survey, stands at 59,000 in the quarter to December 2017 – down from 66,000 before the 2010 election (the quarter to April 2010).
The female employment rate is 70.8% - a joint record high – and there are now over 15 million women employed in the UK.
Note:
The sub-regional data is estimated by the ONS, using the Annual Population Survey.
The information requested for Thornbury and Yate constituency is not available because the level of female unemployment in Thornbury and Yate constituency was unpublished due to very small disclosive sample sizes.
Asked by: Luke Hall (Conservative - Thornbury and Yate)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of female unemployment in the South West since 2010.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
The level of female unemployment in South Gloucestershire, estimated using the Annual Population Survey, was 2,200 for the year to September 2010. For the latest period (the year to September 2017) the level of female unemployment was 2,500. This rise was not statistically significant.
The level of female unemployment in the South West, estimated using the Labour Force Survey, stands at 59,000 in the quarter to December 2017 – down from 66,000 before the 2010 election (the quarter to April 2010).
The female employment rate is 70.8% - a joint record high – and there are now over 15 million women employed in the UK.
Note:
The sub-regional data is estimated by the ONS, using the Annual Population Survey.
The information requested for Thornbury and Yate constituency is not available because the level of female unemployment in Thornbury and Yate constituency was unpublished due to very small disclosive sample sizes.
Asked by: Luke Hall (Conservative - Thornbury and Yate)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of youth unemployment in the Thornbury and Yate constituency since 2010.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
Data from the Office for National Statistics shows that in the quarter to December 2017 youth unemployment in the South West was 37,000, down by over 25,000 since the 2010 election (the quarter to April 2010). Nationally, youth unemployment is down by over 390,000 since the 2010 election (the quarter to April 2010) – to stand at 547,000.
Note:
The youth unemployment data is estimated by the ONS, using the Annual Population Survey.
The level of youth unemployment in South Gloucestershire was estimated at 2,500 in the year to September 2017. This figure is subject to a high degree of statistical uncertainty due to very small sample sizes. This means we cannot make a reliable comparison with the 2010 estimate of 2,400.
The information requested for the Thornbury and Yate constituency is not available because the level of youth unemployment in Thornbury and Yate constituency was unpublished due to very small disclosive sample sizes.
Asked by: Luke Hall (Conservative - Thornbury and Yate)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has she made of trends in the level of youth unemployment in South Gloucestershire since 2010.
Answered by Alok Sharma - COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
Data from the Office for National Statistics shows that in the quarter to December 2017 youth unemployment in the South West was 37,000, down by over 25,000 since the 2010 election (the quarter to April 2010). Nationally, youth unemployment is down by over 390,000 since the 2010 election (the quarter to April 2010) – to stand at 547,000.
Note:
The youth unemployment data is estimated by the ONS, using the Annual Population Survey.
The level of youth unemployment in South Gloucestershire was estimated at 2,500 in the year to September 2017. This figure is subject to a high degree of statistical uncertainty due to very small sample sizes. This means we cannot make a reliable comparison with the 2010 estimate of 2,400.
The information requested for the Thornbury and Yate constituency is not available because the level of youth unemployment in Thornbury and Yate constituency was unpublished due to very small disclosive sample sizes.