Employment
(asked on 11th January 2017) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the level of employment.
This question was answered on 17th January 2017
The employment level currently stands at a historically high level of 31.8m, and has increased by 342,000 over the past year. This increase has been driven by full-time workers and by high and medium skill occupations, showing the recovery has been producing high quality employment helping to boost productivity and raise living standards across the country.