Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the reason that people who are economically inactive and are not (a) students, (b) unable to work due to sickness, (c) looking after homes or caring for family members and (b) retired are not actively looking for work.

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.