Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 197034

Unemployment: Newport West

Tabled: 1 September 2023
Answered: 7 September 2023

Question

Ruth Jones

LabourNewport West and Islwyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the number of people in Newport West constituency out of work due to (a) sickness and (b) disability since outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic.

Answer

Individuals who are out of work will be either economically inactive (where a person is not in work, nor looking for, or available for, work) or unemployed (not in work, but actively seeking work). Whilst data is held on a person’s main reason for being i...

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