Unemployment

(asked on 12th December 2023) - 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 64 were economically inactive in the period between February and April 2010; and how many people aged 16 to 24 were (a) in employment and (b) unemployed in that period.


Answered by
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Jo Churchill
This question was answered on 14th December 2023

Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity data for various age groups is published and available at:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/summaryoflabourmarketstatistics

  • The headline measure of the UK employment level is for people aged 16+ whereas the headline measure of the employment rate is for people aged 16-64.
  • The headline measure of the UK unemployment level and the unemployment rate is for people aged 16+.
  • The headline measure of the UK economic inactivity level is for people aged 16-64.
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