§ Lynne JonesTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were(a) in employment and(b) unemployed, expressed as a percentage of the total population in(i) Birmingham, (ii) the West Midlands region and (iii) London region in each of the past 10 years. [82865]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Lynne Jones, dated 26 November 2002:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about employment and unemployment in Birmingham, the West Midlands and London. (82865)The attached tables give estimates of employment and unemployment expressed as a percentage of the total population aged 16 and over resident in the Birmingham Local Authority District, the West Midlands and London for each of the past 10 years. These estimates are from the Labour Force Survey (LFS).
Table 1: Employment as a percentage of all persons aged 16 and over; resident in the Birmingham local authority district. West Midlands and London; June to August 1993 to 2002; not seasonally adjusted Percentage Birmingham West Midlands London 1993 1— 56.0 55.5 1994 52.5 57.8 55.9 1995 49.8 57.6 56.7 1996 52.4 57.8 57.1 1997 53.7 58.8 58.7 1998 54.6 59.6 59.4 1999 52.1 59.5 61.0 2000 51.4 59.0 60.6 2001 51.2 59.6 60.8 2002 54.2 59.9 60.5 1 Data not available Note:
These Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates are not seasonally adjust (NSA) and have not been adjusted to take account of the recent Census 2001 results. ONS are working toward producing reweighted LFS estimates based on the findings of the 2001 Census, which will be available from summer 2003.
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey
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Table 2: Unemployment as a percentage of all persons aged 16 and over; resident in the Birmingham local authority district, West Midlands and London; June to August 1993 to 2002; not seasonally adjusted Percentage Birmingham West Midlands London 1993 1— 7.4 8.9 1994 9.5 6.3 8.3 1995 8.6 5.6 8.0
Table 2: Unemployment as a percentage of all persons aged 16 and over; resident in the Birmingham local authority district, West Midlands and London; June to August 1993 to 2002; not seasonally adjusted Percentage Birmingham West Midlands London 1996 7.7 5.7 7.5 1997 7.9 4.8 6.3 1998 5.8 4.1 5.3 1999 6.1 4.4 5.0 2000 6.3 3.7 4.8 2001 4.9 3.4 4.3 2002 6.6 3.8 4.6 1 Data not available Note:
These Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates are not seasonally adjust (NSA) and have not been adjusted to take account of the recent Census 2001 results. ONS are working toward producing reweighted LFS estimates based on the findings of the 2001 Census, which will be available from summer 2003.
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey
§ Lynne JonesTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the numbers of jobs that have been created in the past six years in(a) Birmingham,(b) the West Midlands region and(c) the London region. [82866]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Lynne Jones, dated 26 November 2002:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question about the number of jobs that have been created in the last 6 years in(a) Birmingham,(b) West Midlands region and(c) London region. (82866)There are no figures for jobs created but an indication can be obtained by comparing the annual surveys of employee jobs. The Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) gives an estimate of the number of employee jobs in December of each year and the latest year for which figures are available is 2000. The ABI was preceded (prior to 1998) by the Annual Employment Survey (AES) which estimated employee jobs in September of each year, and comparisons can only be made if the AES data is rescaled. The earliest year for which rescaled AES figures are available is 1995.Between 1995 and 2000 the AES/ABI data show net increases in the number of employee jobs in the 3 specified areas of:
- a) Birmingham: 11,000
- b) West Midlands region: 150,000
- c) London region: 602,000
§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the working age employment rate was for(a) each Government office region and nation of the UK and(b) each ward of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne at(i) April 2000, (ii) April 2001 and (iii) April 2002. [83243]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Cousins, dated 26 November 2002:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question about working age employment rates. (83243)149WThe attached table gives estimates of working age employment and rates for each Government Office Region and nation of the UK, and for Newcastle Upon Tyne Local Authority District, for the three month periods ending May 2001 and May 2002.LFS estimates are available for three month periods; they are not available for calendar months. Estimates at ward level are not available.
Working age1 employment rates2 by area of residence; United Kingdom; spring (March to May) 2001 and 2002; not seasonally adjusted Percentage Government office region and countries of the UK March to May 2001 March to May 2002 England 75.3 75.1 North East 68.4 68.5 Newcastle upon Tyne 66.4 63.2 North West 72.9 72.0 Yorkshire and Humberside 73.3 72.9 East Midlands 75.6 76.5 West Midlands 74.1 74.3 Eastern 79.8 79.2 London 71.1 70.9 South East 80.3 80.1 South West 78.8 79.0 Wales 68.1 68.5 Scotland 73.4 73.1 Northern Ireland 67.1 67.5 1 Men aged 16–64 and women aged 16–59. 2 Working age people in employment as a percentage of the working age population. 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. ONS are working toward producing reweighted LFS estimates based on the findings of the 2001 Census, which will be available from summer 2003.
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey
§ Peter BottomleyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in how many constituencies unemployment has(a) risen and(b)(i) risen and (ii) fallen by more than 30 per cent, in the past year. [83234]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Peter Bottomley dated 26 November 2002:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question asking for the number of constituencies unemployment has(a) risen and(b) risen and fallen by more than 30 per cent in the past year. (83294)The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics for unemployment from surveys following the internationally standard International Labour Organisation definition. However, by parliamentary constituency the survey sample size is too small to provide estimates. ONS also compiles statistics of claimants of the Jobseeker's Allowance working age benefit.Between October 2001 and October 2002 there were 285 parliamentary constituencies out of a total 659 which showed an increase in the levels of claimant count over the year. In the same period, 24 parliamentary constituencies showed a rise of more than 30 per cent while none fell by more than 30 per cent.