Unemployment: Chronic Illnesses

Treasury written question – answered at on 3 September 2024.

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Photo of Alison Bennett Alison Bennett Liberal Democrat, Mid Sussex

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of trends in the level of economic inactivity owing to ill-health.

Photo of Tulip Siddiq Tulip Siddiq The Economic Secretary to the Treasury

There are 9.4 million working age people who are economically inactive in the UK, an increase of 860,000 since the start of the pandemic. Inactivity due to ill health is a major reason for economic inactivity and stands at a near-record high of 2.8 million people. To tackle economic inactivity, we will publish a White Paper to Get Britain Working.

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