HC Deb 28 January 1997 vol 289 cc146-8W
Mr. Hain

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will list the percentage of(a) workless non-pensioner households and (b) workless households with children together with the employment rate for (i) each European Union state and (ii) each Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development country for each year for which the figures are available since 1992; [10932]

(2) what are the most recent available percentage figures for (a) workless non-pensioner households, (b) workless households with children and (c) the unemployment rate for (i) each European Union state and (ii) each OECD country; and what are those figures for each year for which they are available since 1992. [11629]

Mrs. Angela Knight

[holding answer 22 January 1997]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Peter Hain, dated 28 January 1997: The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent questions (10932 and 11629) on the employment rates and the percentage of workless households in European Union and OECD countries. Information about employment and population for the European Union countries is published in Table 18 and Table 10 of Eurostat's Labour Force Survey Results for each year between 1992 and 1995. Information about employment and population for the OCED countries is published in OECD's annual Labour Force Statistics 1974–1994 and in Quarterly Labour Force Statistics; Number 4 1996. Information about population is published on page 18 to 21 of the annual publication and on page 82 of the quarterly publication. Information about employment is published on pages 26 and 34 of the annual publication and from page 8 onwards of the quarterly publication. Copies of these publications are available in the House of Commons Library. The available information for the United Kingdom about the percentage of non-pensioner household with no one in employment and non-pensioner households with children with no one in employment is shown in the attached table. This information is not available for the other countries requested.

Percentage of non-pensioner households with no one in employment
United Kingdom
All With dependent children1
Spring 1992 18.1 17.2
Spring 1993 19.4 18.1
Spring 1994 19.4 18.7
Spring 1995 18.2 18.5
Spring 1996 18.2 18.5
Summer 1996 17.9 18.1
Source:
ONS, Labour Force Survey.
1 Children aged 0–15 and 16–18 years old in non-advanced further education.

Mr. Hain

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what was the percentage change in employment between 1992 and the latest year for which figures are available for(a) each European Union state and (b) each Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development country; [10933]

(2) if he will list, as percentages, (a) the level and (b) the change in youth employment between 1992 and the latest year for which figures are available for (i) each European Union state and (ii) each Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development country; [10934]

(3) if he will list, as percentages, (a) the level and (b) the change in youth unemployment between 1992 and the latest year for which figures are available for (i) each European Union state and (ii) each Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development country; [10935]

(4) if he will list, as percentages, (a) the level and (b) the change in those unemployed for more than a year between 1992 and the latest year for which figures are available for (i) each European Union state and (ii) each Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development country; [10936]

(5) if he will list, as percentages, (a) the level and (b) the change in part-time employment between 1992 and the latest year for which figures are available for (i) each European Union state and (ii) each Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development country; [10937]

(6) if he will list, as percentages, (a) the level and (b) the change in full-time employment between 1992 and the latest year for which figures are available for (i) each European Union state and (ii) each Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development country; [10938]

(7) what was the percentage change in employment between 1992 and the latest year for which figures are available for (a) each European Union state and (b) each Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development country; [11630]

(8) what were the percentage figures for (a) the level and (b) the change in (i) youth employment and (ii) youth unemployment between 1992 and the latest year for which figures are available in (1) each European Union state and (2) each OECD country; [11631]

(9) what were (a) the percentage figures for those unemployed for more than a year and (b) the percentage change in these figures between 1992 and the latest year for which figures are available for (i) each European Union state an (ii) each OECD country; [11632]

(10) what were the percentage figures for (a) the level and (b) the change in (i) part-time employment and (ii) full-time employment between 1992 and the latest year for which figures are available for (1) each European Union state and (2) each OECD country. [11633]

Mrs. Angela Knight

[holding answer 22 January 1997]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Peter Hain, dated 28 January 1997: The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent questions (10933, 10934, 10935, 10936, 10937, 10938, 11630, 11631, 11632 and 11633) on full-time employment, part time-employment, youth employment, youth unemployment and long term unemployment in the European and OECD countries. Employment information for the European Union (EU) countries is published in Eurostat's Labour Force Survey Results at 1992 and 1995. Information by age group is published in Table 18 and information by full-time and part-time status in Table 50. Employment information for the OECD countries is published in OECD's Labour Force Statistics 1974–1994 and in Quarterly Labour Force Statistics; November 4 1996. However, these publications do not provide a breakdown by age group or by full-time and part-time status. International Labour Organisation (ILO) unemployment levels and rates by age and duration in each EU country are published in the Eurostat Labour Force Survey Results publication. For those OECD countries who are not members of the EU the available information is limited to unemployment rates analysed by age. These are published in the OECD's annual Labour Force Statistics 1974–1994. Because of minor technical differences in the detailed compilation of the figures, the statistics published by OECD may not exactly match those published by Eurostat. However, like Eurostat, the OECD follows the ILO guidelines on definitions. Copies of these publications are available in the House of Commons Library.