Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 29 April 2024.
Owen Thompson
SNP Chief Whip
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people under the age of 25 have claimed jobseeker's allowance for more than (a) one and (b) two years in each year since 2019 in Midlothian Constituency.
Jo Churchill
The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions
Statistics for the number of people on jobseeker's allowance by age, duration of claim and parliamentary Constituency, are published every three months on Stat-Xplore, and are currently available to August 2023.
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Yes1 person thinks so
No1 person thinks not
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Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
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