Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 90702

Unemployment: West Midlands

Tabled: 13 November 2025
Answered: 18 November 2025

Question

Wendy Morton

Conservative — Aldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of unemployment in the West Midlands.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
The ONS publish headline indicators for the West Midlands here: HI05 Regional labour market: headline indicators for the West Midlands - Office for National Statistics