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Unemployment: Women

Asked by Mims DaviesConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 29 April 2026UIN 129509

The question

To ask the Secretary for Work and Pensions, with reference to the ONS document Female unemployment rate (aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted): %, published on 21 April 2026, what steps he is taking to tackle the increase in female unemployment.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

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