§ Mr. Ben ChapmanTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the level of unemployment was in each year since 1997 in Wirral, South. [170276]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Dennis Roberts to Ben Chapman, dated 5 May 2004:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about unemployment. I am replying in his absence. (170276)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics of unemployment from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) following International Labour Organisation definitions. However, the LFS sample size is too small to give reliable estimates of unemployment in the Wirral South Constituency.
ONS also compiles statistics of those claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) for local areas including parliamentary constituencies.
The table below gives the annual average number of JSA claimants for the Wirral South constituency for each year since 1997.
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Annual average number of JSA claimants Wirral South constituency, 1997–2004
Number of claimants 1997 1,860 1998 1,433 1999 1,335 2000 1,229 2001 1,008 2002 923 2003 848
§ Mr. LoveTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the unemployment figures were in the constituency of Edmonton for(a) 1991–92, (b) 2001–02 and (c) 2003. [169302]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Dennis Roberts to Mr. Andrew Love, dated 5 May 2004:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about unemployment. I am replying in his absence. (169302)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics of unemployment from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) following International Labour Organisation definitions. However, the LFS sample size is too small to give reliable estimates of unemployment in the Edmonton Parliamentary Constituency.
ONS also compiles statistics of those claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) for local areas including parliamentary constituencies.
The table below gives the annual average number of JSA claimants for the Edmonton constituency for the years 1991, 1992 and 2001 to 2003.
Annual average number of JSA claimants, Edmonton constituency, years as shown
Number of claimants 1991 4,118 1992 5,468 2001 2,284 2002 2,185 2003 2,301