Order questions to the Prime Minister.

Erin Lumley.

Number one, Mr Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further such meetings later today.

Karen Lumley.

Thank you.

With unemployment falling by over 60% and over 5,000 new apprenticeships, Redditch is doing

well.

And I'm holding my third jobs fair in the next few weeks with 25 companies taking part.

Would my right and honourable friend Friend agree with me we've made

a good start, but we must not be complacent and through the Midlands engine continue to get

good quality jobs into our business?

I'm very much agree with what my Honourable Friend said. If we look at the West Midlands

and take today's unemployment figures, we can see that the claimant count has come down in the West Midlands and take today's unemployment figures, we can see that the

claimant count has come down in the West Midlands since 2010 by 91,000 people.

I'm sure the House would welcome an update on the unemployment figures out today.

Employment in our country had a new record high of 31.4 million people.

Compared with 2010, there are now 2,370,000 more people

in work than when I became Prime Minister, and the claimant count today down 18,000

in the last month. Figures that I'm sure will be welcomed right across the House.

Jeremy Corbyn.

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