§ Chris RuaneTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what percentage of people in each ward in each principal seaside town in England and Wales had a limiting long-standing illness on the latest date for which figures are available, listed in descending order with Welsh seaside town clusters disaggregated; and if he will make a statement. [154950]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Chris Ruane, dated 23 February 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning limiting long-standing illness in seaside towns. (154950)
The latest source of information on this topic is the 2001 Census of Population and Housing. Data on the number of people with a limiting long-term illness in England and Wales was released in Table KS08 of the Census Key Statistics. The table showing information for wards in England and Wales can be viewed from the National Statistics web site at: http://neighbourhood. statistics.gov.uk/Downloads.asp?nsid = false&CE = True&SE = True&T = D&dsid = 2919
I am placing in the House of Commons Library a table that shows the figures for all wards which are situated on the coast, and ordered by the percentage of people with a limiting long-term illness. There is no definitive list of principal seaside towns so this table includes those wards in England and Wales which have a boundary on the coast.
§ Chris RuaneTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the economic inactivity rate in the UK was in the latest month for which figures are available; what percentage of the population of each ward in each principal seaside town in England and Wales was economically inactive in the latest month for which 121W figures are available, listed in descending order, with figures for Welsh seaside town clusters disaggregated; and if he will make a statement. [154965]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Chris Ruane, dated 23 February 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question on what the economic inactivity rate in the UK was in the latest month for which figures are available; what percentage of the population of each ward in each principal seaside town in England and Wales was economically inactive in the latest month for which figures are available, listed in descending order, with figures for Welsh seaside town clusters disaggregated. (154965)
The economic inactivity rate in the UK for people for the period October—December 2003, the latest date for which information is available, was 21.5 per cent. The data are seasonally adjusted and relate to all people aged between 16 and normal retirement age (64 for men, 59 for women).
The most recent data on economic inactivity rates by ward are taken from the 2001 Census. They are based on the number of people aged between 16 and 74 who were retired, students, looking after home or family, permanently sick or disabled, or otherwise economically inactive at April 2001 as a proportion of all people aged 16–74 at that date. The average rate of economic inactivity at April 2001 for England and Wales as a whole was 33.5 per cent. on this basis. This figure is not on a comparable basis with that quoted above because the census based measure includes more retired people.
Data on the number of people who were economically inactive in England and Wales was released in Table KS09a of the Census Key Statistics. The table showing information for wards in England and Wales can be viewed from the National Statistics web site at http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/Downloads. asp'?nsid = false&CE = True&SE = True&T = D&dsid = 2891
I am placing in the House of Commons Library a table, which shows the figures for all wards which are situated on the coast, and ordered by the unemployment rate as measured by the 2001 Census.