§ Chris RuaneTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many young adults aged 16 to 24 years are unemployed by region expressed as(a) a percentage of population and (b) the total number, ranked in descending order according to percentage figures for the latest date available. [30594]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Chris Ruane, dated 30 January 2002:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about unemployed young adults. (30594)The Labour Force Survey (LFS) provides estimates of the number and percentage of people aged 15–24 years who are unemployed, as defined by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).362WThe latest available estimates are for autumn (September to November) 2001. These are given in the table below.
ILO unemployed people aged 16–24 by Government office region, autumn (September to November) 20011 Percentage2 Thousand UK 8.9 580 Scotland 11.0 63 London 11.0 97 West Midlands 10.9 63 North-east 9.9 29 Wales 9.2 30 North-west 9.0 68 Eastern 8.0 43 Northern Ireland 7.8 16 South-west 7.5 37 Yorkshire and Humberside 7.3 41 East Midlands 7.3 33 South-east 7.2 59 1Not seasonally adjusted 2ILO unemployed people aged 16–24 as a percentage of all persons aged 16–24 Source:
ONS—Labour Force Survey
§ Chris RuaneTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many households were without work for two years or more by region expressed as(a) a percentage and (b) the total number, ranked in descending order according to percentages for the latest date for which figures are available. [30590]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply
Letter from Len Cook to Chris Ruane, dated 30 January 2002:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about households that have been without work for two years or more. (30590)The Labour Force Survey (LFS) household datasets provide estimates of working-age households that have been workless for two years or more: that is, households that include at least one person of working age where everyone has been without work for two years or more.The LFS household datasets are available for the spring (March to May) and autumn (September to November) quarters of each year. The latest available estimates are for spring (March to May) 2001. These are given in the table below.363W
Working-age households without work for two years or more1,2,3by Government office region spring (March to May) 20014 Percentage5 Thousand UK 11.0 2,060 Northern Ireland 16.5 84 Wales 16.2 147 North-east 16.0 131 North-west 13.5 289 Scotland 12.7 216 London 11.9 287 Yorkshire and Humberside 11.8 190 West Midlands 11.2 185 East Midlands 9.0 119
Working-age households without work for two years or more1,2,3by Government office region spring (March to May) 20014 Percentage5 Thousand South-west 8.4 128 Eastern 7.3 126 South-east 6.4 159 1Households that include at least one person of working age (ie a man aged 16–64 or a woman aged 16–59) where everyone has been without work for two years or more. 2Excludes households where everyone of working age is a full-time student. 3Not adjusted for households with unknown economic activity 4Not seasonally adjusted 5Working-age households without work for two years or more as a percentage of all working-age households. Source:
ONS—Labour Force Survey