Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 197034
Unemployment: Newport West
Tabled: 1 September 2023
Answered: 7 September 2023
Question
Ruth Jones
Labour — Newport 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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