Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

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

The information requested is published and available at: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp The estimated unemployment levels and rates can be found by selecting “Query data” on the NOMIS home page and selecting “Annual Population Survey/Labour Force Survey” and then “annual population survey (Dec 2004 to Mar 2026)” in the lists of data sources. The Geography will need to be set for the county from the menus, and then, in the Variable menu, Category set to “Unemployment rate” from the drop-down list to access 16-24 year old unemployment.

Recent trends in the 18 to 24 claimant count can be found under the Lincolnshire local authority profile Labour Market Profile - Nomis - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics

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