§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the rate of unemployment in each(a) county and (b) Lancashire constituency was in each year since 1995; and if he will make a statement. [153510]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Lindsay Hoyle, dated 10 February 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about unemployment rates in Lancashire. (153510)The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics of unemployment from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) following the standard International Labour Organisation definitions. Table 1 gives unemployment rates for the administrative county of Lancashire for the twelve month period ending February of
Table 2—Percentage of resident working age population claiming JSA annual averages1 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Administrative county Lancashire 4.2 3.2 2.8 2.7 2.4 2.1 2.0 1.9 Parliamentary constituencies2 Blackpool North and Fleetwood3 5.9 4.7 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.2 2.8 2.6 Burnley 3.6 2.9 2.6 2.9 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.0 Chorley 3.8 2.6 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.4 Fylde 2.7 1.9 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.2 Hyndburn 3.6 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.0 Lancaster and Wyre 3.6 2.8 2.4 2.3 2.0 1.7 1.5 1.3 Pendle 3.8 2.8 2.6 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.2 2.1 Preston 7.1 5.5 4.6 4.3 3.9 3.4 3.3 3.1 Ribble Valley 2.2 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 Rossendale and Darwen4 3.3 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.2 2.0 1.9 1.7 South Ribble 3.2 2.2 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.3 West Lancashire 5.8 4.6 4.3 4.2 3.5 3.1 3.1 2.9 1 The percentage of resident working age population of an area. The population denominators are based on output area data from the 2001 census. 2 Based on 1995 constituency boundaries available from January 1996 3 Part in Blackpool Unitary Authority 4 Part in Blackburn with Darwen Unitary Authority Note:
The data are not seasonally adjusted
Source:
Jobcentre Plus administrative system