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registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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 recent estimate the Government has made of the number of workless households in (a) Crawley constituency and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	188170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics use the Labour Force Survey to provide estimates for workless households in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>However, the percentage and number of workless households in Crawley are unavailable due to small sample sizes.</p><p> </p><p>For April-June 2018, there were 331,000 workless households in the South East region, which was 11.8% of households in the region.</p><p> </p><p>For April-June 2018, there were 2,391,000 workless households in England, which was 13.7% of all English households.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/11/2018 14:37:05 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

999279

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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 the level of unemployment was in (a) May 2010 and (b) May 2018.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	186299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The level of unemployment in the quarter March-May 2010 was 2,508,000. This contrasts with the quarter March-May 2018 where the figure was 1,411,000 which was a decrease of over 40%.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics are from the ONS Labour Force Survey and the data is collected quarterly, so the data for May alone is not held. As with all survey data, the statistics are subject to a degree of uncertainty.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 09/11/2018 10:49:03 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

993701

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Unemployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to reduce unemployment in constituencies with high levels of unemployment.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	182762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>Our economic plan, reducing the deficit whilst investing in infrastructure and supporting businesses to grow, has delivered growth in the economy, growth in employment and growth in wages. The unemployment rate currently stands at 4.0%, down from 8% in 2010 and the lowest rate since the 1970s. The jobs recovery has benefitted the whole of the UK, and more than 70% of the increase to employment since 2010 has been outside of London.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 26/10/2018 11:58:46 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

983299

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Unemployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people are not better off out of work than in work.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	176066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>Work is the best route out of poverty and the government is ensuring that work always pays. Increases in the National Living Wage (NLW) have handed full-time minimum wage workers a pay rise of over £2,000 since the introduction of the NLW, and changes to the personal allowance will see 1.2m individuals taken out of income tax altogether by 2018-19 (compared to 2015-16).</p><p> </p><p>We have also made sure the welfare system is fairer and rewards work. Universal Credit (UC) replaces six benefits with one and applies a single taper to claimants’ benefit awards, removing the poor incentives of the old system to ensure that it always pays more to be in work than out of work.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s childcare offer is also ensuring parents are supported into work. UC provides support for childcare costs worth up to £1108 per month for two or more children. Eligible working families in England are also entitled to 30 hours free childcare for three and four-year olds, worth up to £5000 per year. A lone parent only has to earn around £6,500 a year to be able to access this entitlement and a couple just over £13,000, making work pay for parents.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/10/2018 15:40:59 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

964760

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Unemployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the effect on the rate of unemployment of the removal of the gig economy.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	169078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The flexibility of the UK labour market has helped businesses create jobs in record numbers, supporting many millions into work. The gig economy and platform-based working can provide genuine two-way flexibility and opportunities for those who may not be able to work in more conventional ways. This should be protected while ensuring fairness for those who work through these platforms and those who compete with them.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/09/2018 14:24:12 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

932169

registered interest
date	28/06/2018
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 she is taking to reduce unemployment in (a) Oldham West and Royton constituency and (b) the rest of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	158782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The rate of unemployment in the Oldham Local Authority District – using the Annual Population Survey (APS) – was estimated to be 10.0% for the year to December 2010. By comparison the estimate for the year to December 2017 was 5.9%, a reduction of 4.1%. Nationally, the UK unemployment rate, currently at 4.2%, has fallen by 3.8 percentage points since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>In the Oldham West and Royton constituency the Department offers a range of support to help more people move into work and to progress in work. These include ‘Super ESOL’ courses, which focus on the needs of claimants with little or no English speaking skills and ‘Your Experience Matters’ workshops, which are aimed at our older claimants. Through the Jobcentre Plus ‘Support for Schools’ initiative, Oldham Jobcentre is engaged with seven secondary schools in Oldham; supporting careers sessions, careers fairs and ‘mock interview’ days.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, we continue to work with a range of partners to ensure customers are referred to appropriate services such as Mind, Raise and Groundwork according to their individual needs, and we are working closely with Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council as part of the Universal Support offer to claimants. Jobcentres across the country offer similar support.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/07/2018 10:28:12 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

906360

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
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, if she will make an estimate of the amount of funding her Department has allocated to support workless households in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	145403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold expenditure data on the basis of workless households. However, in 2016/17 DWP spent £575m on Employment Programmes.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 24/05/2018 10:51:05 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

856016

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Unemployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2018 to Question 129428, what assessment he has made of the recent trends in (a) unemployment overall and (b) the number of unemployed women recorded in the figures from the Office for National Statistics published in February 2018.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	131182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The ONS estimates of short term changes to unemployment are subject to some uncertainty. As such it is more meaningful to look at longer term trends.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010 total unemployment has fallen by one million, and unemployment for women has fallen by 0.3 million. Alongside this, female employment has risen by around 1.5 million to a joint record of 15.1 million, and total employment has increased by 3 million.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/03/2018 12:32:43 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

851633

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
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 she is taking to reduce the length of time that unemployed people spend out of work.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	130396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>As of the quarter October-December 2017, UK unemployment was 1.47 million people. This is 1.039 million lower than for the quarter February-April 2010.</p><p>Jobcentre Plus has a flexible support model to provide support and District Managers have discretion on how to target interventions. The model has three elements: a core regime of regular face-to-face meetings; flexible work coach support; and a flexible menu of support options.</p><p>Where Jobcentre Plus District Managers identify gaps in skills or other provision they have discretion to purchase extra support to meet particular needs using the Flexible Support Fund.</p><p>Jobcentre Plus work coaches can advise claimants on the localised provision and support available, either by employment sector or skills/employability.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 08/03/2018 16:33:11 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

847752

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Unemployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in (a) unemployment overall and (b) the number of unemployed women recorded in the figures from the Office for National Statistics published in February 2018.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	129428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The long-term trends in the labour market are clear: since 2010, total unemployment has fallen by one million, and unemployment for women has fallen by 0.3 million. Alongside this, female employment has risen by around 1.5 million, and total employment has increased by 3 million.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 28/02/2018 13:25:42 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell