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 employment in Nottinghamshire since 2010.

There were 64,800 people aged 16-24 in employment across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire in 2010, and 71,000 in 2018.

The number of young people claiming unemployment-related benefits across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Local Authorities has fallen by 65.8% in the last six years and stands at 3,696 as at February 2019.

And, the overall level of employment across the East Midlands is now 2.343 million, an increase of just under a quarter of a million since 2010.

Across the UK, around 6.0 million (86.4%) 16-24 year olds are in full-time education (FTE) or work.