Employment: Young People
(asked on 9th October 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of trends in youth employment.
This question was answered on 17th October 2017
Employment amongst 16 to 24 year olds in the UK is up by 200,000 since 2010 to reach 3.915 million. Unemployment amongst this age group has fallen by over 40% since 2010 to reach 528,000 – close to its lowest level on record.