The figures, released by the Office for National
Statistics (ONS), also show
the:
- proportion of lone parents in work is 67.4%, up
from 56.1% in 2010
- number of children in workless households is 1.3
million, down 598,000 since 2010 and 8,000 on the year
- number of households with at least one working
adult rises by 1.2 million since 2010 and 334,000 on
the year
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions said:
Children living in workless households are 5 times
more likely to be in poverty and less likely to do
well in school, compared to those growing up in
households where all the adults are working. That’s
why it’s so important to help parents into work.
It helps the individual too – it provides a wage,
personal fulfilment, a social life and a career.
With a record 3.1 million people moving into work
since 2010, this government is committed to helping
people into employment and supporting them on their
career path.
Recent employment figures show that there are a
near-record 32.14 million people in work, and the
unemployment rate (4.4%) is at a near 40-year-low.
More information
See the Working and
workless households in the UK: October to December
2017 figures.
This report provides new figures for October to
December 2017. ONS advise
that these estimates can only be compared to the same
October to December period in other years, to avoid
including seasonal effects. Therefore, historical
comparisons are possible, back only to October to
December 2004.
However, estimates for April to June 2017, previously
published by ONS and
repeated in today’s release, can be compared back as
far as April to June 1996, enabling the reader to
measure long-term records.
