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Unemployment: Foreign Nationals

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 22 May 2025UIN 52074

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information her Department holds on the proportion of jobseekers from overseas with limited English language skills that remain unemployed 12 months after their arrival in the UK.

Answered by Georgia Gould

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 13th May is attached.

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