Employment: Pets
Commons · Question 4410 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Ruth Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 13 April 2026 to Question 122869 on Employment: Pets, what consideration he has given to measuring (a) companion animal ownership and (b) its impact on the UK labour mark
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 8 Jun 2026
DWP has made no plans to measure companion animal ownership or its impact on the UK Labour Market. The main household surveys DWP uses, such as the Labour Force Survey, are conducted by the Independent Office for National Statistics.