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Written Question
Unemployment: Tees Valley
Monday 7th October 2024

Asked by: Luke Myer (Labour - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of economic inactivity in Teesside.

Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

The Office for National Statistics estimate that 110 thousand working-age people in Tees Valley are economically inactive. This is similar to the pre-pandemic level. This government has ambitious plans to devolve more power to local areas to help more people get into work.