Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the change in the level of employment in the UK.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) produces labour market statistics from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), which is a survey of people resident in households in the UK.

Due to the impact of Covid-19 on the LFS, the ONS advise that current estimates of employment levels and changes in these levels should be used with caution, however employment rates are considered to remain robust.

An overview of the latest Labour Market Statistics is available from ONS at:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/february2021