Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total rate of employment was for people aged 16 and over in the period between February and April 2010; and what the total rate of unemployment was for people aged 16 to 64 in that period.

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.