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	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Unemployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of children in workless households.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	910855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>There are an estimated 1.2 million children living in workless households in the UK, down 67,000 on the year and down 665,000 since 2010. There are now a third less children living in workless households than in 2010.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/05/2019 14:55:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1081721

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Unemployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has undertaken any recent assessment on trends in the level of economic inactivity in socio-economic groups.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	uin	228060
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The latest available data, covering Oct-Dec 2018, shows the rate of economic inactivity being 20.9% – a record low. This rate has fallen since 2010 for every region and country of the UK. These statistics are for the 16-64 age group, which is the Office for National Statistics’ headline rate for economic inactivity.</p><p> </p><p>The ONS does not publish statistics on economic inactivity split by socioeconomic group.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/03/2019 16:36:57 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1027356

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Unemployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help people that are unable to find full-time employment.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	202850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2018 answer text <p>Jobcentre Plus work coaches offer all claimants, including those unable to find full-time employment, a comprehensive package of support, including skills provision and job search support. Work coaches are further supported by specialist expertise, both in-house and external, to help claimants with more complex barriers to enter employment.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit is helping claimants to find work by providing an enhanced level of tailored support. This includes back to work support, such as volunteering opportunities, skills support and work experience. Claimants may also be able to access the Flexible Support Fund, which is a flexible and discretionary fund which provides non-repayable support to claimants, in financial need, to move into work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 27/12/2018 11:50:07 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel