Oral Question·Department for Transport
“What steps he is taking to improve the condition of roads in England.”
Tabled: 27 January 2022Answered: 3 February 2022
Asked by
Gareth Bacon
Conservative — Orpington
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Transport
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.