Use of unpaid work trials
There will be Westminster Hall debate on the use of unpaid work trials on Wednesday 29 March 2023 at 4.30pm. The debate will be led by Mr Stewart Malcolm McDonald MP.

This paper contains labour market figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest national and regional statistics.
Unemployment by Constituency May 2013 (3 MB , PDF)
• The number of people claiming jobseekers allowance decreased by 7,300 between March and April 2013, to 1.52 million people aged 18 or over.
• The ILO measure of unemployment was 2.52 million people in the January-March 2013 period, up 15,000 from the prior quarter but down 92,000 from January-March 2012. The unemployment rate was 7.8%.
• The number of people in employment was 29.71 million in January-March 2013, down 43,000 from October-December 2012 but up 434,000 on the previous year. The employment rate (the proportion of the population aged 16-64 in work) was 71.4%, down from a peak of 73.0% in March-May 2008.
• The number of economically inactive people aged 16-64 was 9.00 million in January-March 2013, up 47,000 compared to the last quarter and down 212,000 compared to the previous year
Unemployment by Constituency May 2013 (3 MB , PDF)
There will be Westminster Hall debate on the use of unpaid work trials on Wednesday 29 March 2023 at 4.30pm. The debate will be led by Mr Stewart Malcolm McDonald MP.
This briefing, based on responses from other parliamentary libraries, gives an overview of the right to strike across Europe including any minimum service laws
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