§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many workless households there were in each year since 1997; how many of these are lone parent households with dependent children; and how many(a) working age people and (b) dependent children lived in these households. [88220]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. David Willetts, dated 19 December 2002:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about workless households. (88220)The attached table gives the information requested for the March to May period of each year from 1997 to 2002. These estimates are from the Labour Force Survey (LFS).928W
Workless working-age households1, United Kingdom, March to May 1997 to 2002 Thousand2 March to May of each year Workless working age households1 Workless lone parent households with dependent children3 Working-age people in workless households Dependent children in workless households4 1997 3,271 732 4,719 2,163 1998 3,237 762 4,634 2,156 1999 3,158 751 4,491 2,086 2000 3,070 689 4,323 1,896 2001 3,063 684 4,333 1,830 2002 3,133 703 4,412 1,889 1 Households that include at least one person of working age (i.e. a woman aged 16–59 or a man aged 16–64) where no-one is in employment. Includes estimates for households with unknown economic activity. 2 Not seasonally adjusted 3 Households that include a lone parent family unit, with or without others. 4 Dependent children aged under 16. Note:
These Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates are Not Seasonally Adjusted (NSA) and have not been adjusted to take account of the recent Census 2001 results.
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey