Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the level of youth unemployment was in (a) May 2010 and (b) May 2018.
Answered by Lord Sharma
The level of unemployment for people aged 16-24 in the quarter March-May 2010 was 939,000. This contrasts with the quarter March-May 2018 where the corresponding figure was 524,000.
In the most recent data (June-August 2018) shows that youth unemployment is at a record low of 464,000 – down by over 50% (475,000) since the 2010 election.
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.
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the level of unemployment was in (a) May 2010 and (b) May 2018.
Answered by Lord Sharma
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%.
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.
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the level of youth unemployment was in Suffolk in (a) May 2010 and (b) May 2018.
Answered by Lord Sharma
Labour market data at a local level is collected using the ONS Annual Population Survey. Statistics on youth unemployment for Suffolk are unavailable or unreliable due to small sample sizes. Youth unemployment in the East of England was 199,000 in the quarter March-May 2010, compared to 111,000 in the quarter March-May 2018. This was a decrease by over 40%.
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the level of unemployment was in Suffolk in (a) May 2010 and (b) May 2018.
Answered by Lord Sharma
The level of unemployment in Suffolk for the year July 2009-June 2010 was 24,100, while for the year July 2017-June 2018 it was 13,600. This was a decrease of over 40%. The data is collated annually so data for May alone is not held.
The data is from the ONS: Annual Population Survey. The sample sizes for this data are very small and so there is uncertainty around the reliability and accuracy of the Suffolk county data.
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have a work-place pension as a result of auto-enrolment in Central Suffolk and North Ipswich constituency.
Answered by Guy Opperman
In the Central Suffolk and North Ipswich constituency, since 2012, approximately 11,000 eligible jobholders have been automatically enrolled and 1,820 employers have met their duties.
Automatic enrolment is a great success story with more than 9.6 million workers enrolled into pension saving and over 1.2 million employers meeting their duties to date.