Constituency data: businesses and industries
Use the interactive dashboard to explore constituency-level data on businesses and jobs by industry.
Women and the UK economy
This briefing covers women’s participation in business and the labour market, including breakdowns by industry, occupation, region, ethnicity and disability.
The cultural heritage of market towns
There will be a Westminster Hall debate on the cultural heritage of market towns on 4 March 2025. The debate will be opened by Mr Bayo Alaba MP.
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Research Briefing
People claiming unemployment benefits by constituency
This paper provides figures for the number of people claiming unemployment benefits (the “claimant count”) for the UK and by parliamentary constituency.
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Research Briefing
Youth unemployment statistics
This briefing presents the latest statistics on youth unemployment in the UK as well as comparisons with other OECD countries.
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Research Briefing
Apprenticeship statistics for England
In the 2023/24 academic year, there were 736,500 people participating in an apprenticeship in England, with 339,600 apprenticeship starts and 178,200 apprenticeship achievements.
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Debate Pack
Public perception of trades and apprenticeship completion rates
There will be a debate on public perception of trades and apprenticeship completion rates on 17 December 2024 at 14:30 in Westminster Hall, led by Amanda Martin MP.
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Data dashboards
Constituency data: Apprenticeships
Use the interactive dashboard to find constituency-level data on apprenticeships
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Research Briefing
Financial services in the UK
An overview of the UK's financial services sector and key statistics including economic output, jobs, trade and tax.
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Research Briefing
Business statistics
Statistics on the number of businesses in the UK including breakdowns by size, region, industry and the diversity of business leaders.
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Debate Pack
Support for pubs and the hospitality sector
There will be a debate in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 22nd October on support for pubs and the hospitality sector.
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Research Briefing
Employment Rights Bill 2024-25
This briefing sets out the background, effect and commentary on the Employment Rights Bill 2024-25, listed for second reading on Monday 21 October 2024
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Debate Pack
Scotland’s economy
There will be a Westminster Hall debate on Scotland's economy on Tuesday 15th October at 9:30am. The debate will be opened by John Grady MP.
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Research Briefing
Cost of a bank holiday
The latest government estimate is that an additional bank holiday would cost the economy £2.4 billion.
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Research Briefing
Unemployment by ethnic background
This short paper summarises trends in unemployment rates and looks at how rates vary by ethnicity, age and sex.