Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 19420

Unemployment: Young People

Tabled: 11 December 2024

Answered: 19 December 2024

Question

Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of youth unemployment since 2010.

Answer

Alison McGovern

Youth unemployment in 2010 was high following the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent recession. The unemployment rate for 16 to 24-year-olds for Jul-Sep 2024 is 14.8% (4.5 percentage points lower than in Jul-Sep 2010). In recent quarters the youth unemp...

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