Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) 16, (2) 17, (3) 18, and (4) 19, year-olds registered for unemployment-related benefits in the months of (a) September, and (b) October.
Numbers of people claiming unemployment-related benefits by single year age band are publicly available through the department’s Stat Xplore website.
The table below shows the number of people nationally aged 16, 17, 18 and 19 years old in the Universal Credit (UC) searching for work conditionality group – for people claiming UC whom are closest to the labour market - in September and October 2020.
| Age | September 2020 | October 2020 |
| 16 | 861 | 940 |
| 17 | 4630 | 4563 |
| 18 | 49828 | 51602 |
| 19 | 70483 | 71766 |
| Total | 125795 | 128878 |
The number of people nationally aged 16, 17, 18 and 19 years old and are claiming Jobseekers’ Allowance – a legacy unemployment-related benefit - are published quarterly by DWP on Stat Xplore. However, the latest data available is May 2020.
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| Age | May 2020 |
| 16 | Negligible or nil number of claimants |
| 17 | 25 |
| 18 | 452 |
| 19 | 972 |
| Total | 1450 |