HL Deb 06 October 2003 vol 653 c41WA
Lord Oakshott of Seagrove Bay

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What were the percentage employment rates for working age people in each of the standard regions and nations of the United Kingdom for each spring since 1992. [HL4598]

Lord Mclntosh of Haringey

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from the National Statistician, Len Cook, to Lord Oakshott of Seagrove Bay, dated 6 October 2003.

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question concerning employment rates in each of the standard regions and nations of the United Kingdom for each spring since 1992. (HL4598)

The attached table gives the information requested for three month periods ending in May of each year from 1997 to 2003. These estimates are from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). Information about employment rates by region is not currently available on a consistent basis for earlier years.

The LFS estimates provided have been interim adjusted to take account of the recent 2001 Census results.These estimates are seasonally adjusted and they are for the three month period ending May of each year from 1997 to 2003. However, interim census-adjusted LFS estimates are not available in a format suitable for publication for the LFS years 1992 to 1996.

Working age1 employment rates2 by region
Per cent, seasonally adjusted
March to May each year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
North East 67.2 67.2 65.5 67.9 68.9 68.7 68.3
NorthWest 70.3 69.5 71.0 72.6 72.6 71.8 73.3
Yorkshire & the
Humber 70.8 72.1 72.6 73.8 73.5 73.0 74.1
East Midlands 75.4 76.2 76.0 76.8 75.6 76.4 76.1
West Midlands 73.0 74.1 73.8 73.2 74.2 74.2 74.0
East 75.9 77.8 76.0 78.2 79.6 79.2 78.4
London 70.3 69.7 71.4 71.2 71.0 70.9 69.9
South East 77.9 78.9 79.7 80.5 80.2 80.0 79.3
SouthWest 77.2 77.8 76.2 76.6 79.0 79.0 76.6
England 73.4 74.9 74.6 76.2 76.3 76.1 74.9
Wales 68.5 67.7 68.7 69.6 68.3 66.7 73.0
Scotland 70.4 71.7 71.1 72.3 73.8 73.3 74.6
Great Britain 72.9 73.5 73.9 74.6 74.8 74.6 74.8
N Ireland 66.6 67.4 67.0 65.4 67.7 67.9 69.7
United Kingdom 72.7 73.3 73.7 74.4 74.6 74.4 74.7
Labour Force Survey (ONS)
1 Men aged 16–64 and women aged 16–59 yers.
2 Working age people in employment as a percentage of the working age population.

These estimates have been interim adjusted to account of the 2001 Census results.