Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 25525

Unemployment

Tabled: 21 January 2025

Answered: 24 January 2025

Named Day

Question

Laurence Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 19420 on Unemployment: Young People, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the ongoing data quality problems with the ONS Labour

Answer

Alison McGovern

The independent Office for National Statistics (ONS) are responsible for the LFS, which is an important source of labour market information for the Department. In order to monitor the department's progress towards an 80% employment rate we need a robust L...

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