Employment: Carers

(asked on 16th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of unpaid caring responsibilities on the level of workforce participation and economic inactivity.


Answered by
Andrew Western Portrait
Andrew Western
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 26th October 2026

The independent Office for National Statistics publish data on the levels of workforce participation, economic inactivity and reasons for economic inactivity in the UK. This can be found here: A01: Summary of labour market statistics - Office for National Statistics.

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