Long Term Unemployed People

(asked on 21st May 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

What recent assessment she has made of trends in long-term unemployment.


Answered by
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Lord Sharma
COP26 President (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 21st May 2018

The number of long term unemployed (over 12 months) stood at 358,000 in the 3 months to March 2018, down by nearly 30,000 in the past year. It has fallen by 430,000 since 2010, a decrease of 54.5%.

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