Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of unemployment in the West Midlands.

The information requested is published and available at:

https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp

Guidance for users can be found at:

https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp

The estimated unemployment levels can be found by selecting “Query data” on the NOMIS home page and selecting “Annual Population Survey/Labour Force Survey” and then “labour force survey – national and regional – headline indicators (seasonally adjusted) (May 1992 to Sep 2025)” in the lists of data sources. The Geography will need to be set for the relevant region (West Midlands) from the menu. The economic activity Variable needs to be set to “Total unemployed” (16 and over). The rate also needs to be selected in the ‘people/rate’ section.