Treasury<p>The employment rate is currently at a record high of 75.8%.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently a record 32.5 million people in work. Over the last year, employment growth has been driven almost entirely by high skilled jobs and full-time workers.</p><p> </p><p>Since the 2010 election we’ve seen over 3.5 million more people in employment – equivalent to an average of over 1,000 extra people in work every single day.</p><p> </p><p>This is alongside an unemployment rate which has not been lower since 1975, wages growing at the fastest pace in over a decade, and 9 consecutive months of real wage growth.</p>SalisburyJohn Glen2019-02-27false2019-02-27T12:38:42.747Z14TreasuryTreasury2019-02-19Employment1House of CommonsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the employment rate in the UK.falseWindsorAdam Afriyie22349510011