Social Security Benefits: Young People

(asked on 26th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged 16 to 24 not in education, employment or training were in receipt of a) working-age and b) disability benefits in the most recent period for which data is available.


Answered by
Stephen Timms Portrait
Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government) (Equalities)
This question was answered on 3rd November 2026

The specific information requested is not included in datasets underpinning routine publication of official statistics. The latest available published data for 18- to 24-year-olds in England in 2023/24 was published alongside the Young people and work: interim report.

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