Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

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

Over 243,000 people have moved into employment this year. The number of people in employment has reached a record high of 34.5 million. The unemployment level has increased by 83,000 over the year. These figures show why we must continue supporting people into work with our Get Britain Working plan, which includes creating a new jobs and careers service, tackling economic inactivity due to ill health, and delivering our Youth Guarantee.