Oral Question·Department for International Trade
“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 25 August 2020Answered: 3 September 2020
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for International Trade
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Employment (Alison McGovern)
The latest provisional statistics, taken from Stat-Xplore, show that in July 2025, there were 768,000 people aged 16 to 24 on universal credit. About a quarter of those young people—around 180,000—are on universal credit and in work.