§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the levels of long-term(a) adult and (b) youth employment in Oldham, West and Royton in the last seven years. [170947]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Michael Meacher, dated 6 May 2004:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about unemployment. (170947)
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 Oldham, West and Royton Parliamentary Constituency.
ONS also compiles statistics of those claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (ISA) for local areas including parliamentary constituencies.
The attached table gives the annual average number of people claiming JSA for over 12 months, and the annual average number of these claimants aged 18 to 24 years, in the Oldham, West and Royton constituency, for each year since 1997. The table also shows the annual average total number of JSA claimants in the constituency for these years.
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Annual average number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance (JSA), and number claiming for at least 12 months Claimants for at least 12 months1 Oldham, West and Royton parliamentary constituency, 1997–2003 All claimants All ages Aged 18–24 1997 2,615 664 107 1998 2,319 417 53 1999 2,364 388 14 2000 2,092 337 15 2001 2,033 267 8 2002 2,013 232 11 2003 1,868 175 9 1Computerised claims only. Source: Office for National Statistics.
§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were employed in tourism-related jobs in Oldham, West and Royton on the latest date for which figures are available. [170905]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Michael Meacher, dated 6 May 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about tourism-related jobs in Oldham, West and Royton. (170905)
The latest available data, from the 2002 Annual Business Inquiry, shows that the total number of jobs in tourism related industries in Oldham, West and Royton Parliamentary Constituency was 2,600. This total is obtained by combining figures for those working in the following industries, as identified by Standard Industrial Classification 2003:
- hotels
- restaurants
- bars
- activities of travel agencies
- library, archives, museums etc
- sporting activities
- other recreational activities.