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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 26 Nov 2025
Young People not in Education, Employment or Training

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I declare an interest as the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on further education and lifelong learning. This debate matters deeply to my constituency. Hartlepool has one of the highest levels of young people not in education, employment …..."
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Written Question
Personal Independence Payment: Hartlepool
Monday 16th June 2025

Asked by: Jonathan Brash (Labour - Hartlepool)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of PIP recipients are in employment in Hartlepool.

Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

At the end of March 2024, 14% of PIP recipients in Hartlepool were in employment.

Notes:

- HMRC data is used to determine whether a claimant was in employment. HMRC data covers up to the end of the tax year 2023/24, therefore March 2024 has been provided as the latest data available.

- Self-employment data from the financial year 2023/24 is not available until the end of the 2024/25 financial year, so self-employment data for the financial year 2022/23 has been used as a proxy for 2023/24 instead.

- The data provided includes both normal rules and special rules for end of life claimants.