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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Employment: East Midlands (9 February 2017)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the number of people in work in the East Midlands.

Asked by:
Sir Edward Leigh (Conservative)

Answer

The number of people in employment in the East Midlands has increased by 37,000 over the past year. At 75.7%, the employment rate is close to a record high for the region.


Answered by:
Damian Hinds (Conservative)
20 February 2017

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