Oral Question·Department for Work and Pensions
“What assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of recent trends in the level of unemployment.”
Tabled: 17 June 2025Answered: 23 June 2025
Asked by
Sir Ashley Fox
Conservative — Bridgwater
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Torsten Bell)
We all know the importance of work, and since the election we have seen employment rise by 500,000, but Britain is a country that has too few young adults in work or education, and where the post-pandemic employment recovery has taken too long. That is why we will continue our reforms to support more people into work.