Universal Credit provides us with the opportunity to support people to progress in work and we are currently developing the evidence base on how best to do this.<\/p>
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Building on our existing suite of trials, which includes a large scale Randomised Control Trial on in-work progression, we have committed an additional £8m to testing different approaches to supporting people to progress.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4014", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Reading West"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alok Sharma"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-03-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-03-26T16:15:15.123Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-03-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Credit"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "What steps she is taking to ensure that universal credit supports people in progressing at work and increasing their earnings.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4450", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Luke Hall"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Thornbury and Yate"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Luke Hall"} ], "uin" : "904567"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/851640", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/851640/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The level of female unemployment in South Gloucestershire, estimated using the Annual Population Survey, was 2,200 for the year to September 2010. For the latest period (the year to September 2017) the level of female unemployment was 2,500. This rise was not statistically significant.<\/p>
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The level of female unemployment in the South West, estimated using the Labour Force Survey, stands at 59,000 in the quarter to December 2017 \u2013 down from 66,000 before the 2010 election (the quarter to April 2010).<\/p>
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The female employment rate is 70.8% - a joint record high \u2013 and there are now over 15 million women employed in the UK.<\/p>
<\/strong><\/p> Note:<\/strong><\/p> <\/p> The sub-regional data is estimated by the ONS, using the Annual Population Survey.<\/p> <\/p> The information requested for Thornbury and Yate constituency is not available because the level of female unemployment in Thornbury and Yate constituency was unpublished due to very small disclosive sample sizes.<\/p>"}
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