Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 1432

Unemployment

Tabled: 23 July 2024

Answered: 26 July 2024

Named Day

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2024 to Question 706 on Unemployment, what the headline level of economic inactivity was in (a) March-May 2010 and (b) the latest period for which data is available.

Answer

Alison McGovern

The headline UK economic inactivity level was 9.433 million in March-May 2010 (based on people aged between 16 and 64). In March-May 2024 (the latest month for which figures are available) the UK economic inactivity level was 9.383 million. The headline U...

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