Oral QuestionDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 8 June 2023Answered: 14 June 2023

Asked by

Jeff Smith

LabourManchester Withington

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

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.