Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
What recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of employment.
The latest ONS statistics published on 15th December show UK employment is at 32.5 million, or 75.2 per cent. At every stage of this pandemic we have looked to provide support to those impacted, particularly the most vulnerable – this includes £280bn of interventions – such as the furlough scheme.
Updated statistics will be released tomorrow.