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Written Question
Unemployment: Young People
Monday 26th January 2015

Asked by: Paul Uppal (Conservative - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of trends in youth unemployment.

Answered by Esther McVey

Youth unemployment has fallen 175,000 since 2010, and the youth claimant count is the lowest since the 1970s.

In Wolverhampton South West, the youth claimant count has nearly halved since 2010 – falling by over 400.