Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 900511

Unemployment: Tees Valley

Tabled: 12 September 2024

Answered: 7 October 2024

Named Day

Question

Luke Myer

Labour — Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of economic inactivity in Teesside.

Answer

Alison McGovern

The Office for National Statistics estimate that 110 thousand working-age people in Tees Valley are economically inactive. This is similar to the pre-pandemic level. This government has ambitious plans to devolve more power to local areas to help more peo...

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