Written Question·Treasury·UIN 900223
Unemployment: Chronic Illnesses
Tabled: 27 August 2024
Answered: 3 September 2024
Named DayQuestion
Alison Bennett
Liberal Democrat — Mid Sussex
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of trends in the level of economic inactivity owing to ill-health.
Answer
Tulip SiddiqThere are 9.4 million working age people who are economically inactive in the UK, an increase of 860,000 since the start of the pandemic. Inactivity due to ill health is a major reason for economic inactivity and stands at a near-record high of 2.8 millio...
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