§ Mr.WareingTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many job vacancies there were in Liverpool, West Derby constituency in(a) 1989, (b) 1997 and (c) 2003. [173673]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Wareing dated 17 May 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about job vacancies in Liverpool, West Derby. (173673)
According to Jobcentre Plus administrative records the numbers of unfilled vacancies in the Liverpool travel-to-work area on average for the year 1989 was 2,967 and in 1997 it was 4,330. These figures represent only a proportion of all the vacancies available, as not all vacancies are notified to Jobcentres.
Figures are not available for Liverpool, West Derby alone because the vacancies are allocated to local Jobcentres, not according to constituency boundaries, and because of the practice of notifying some vacancies centrally with one Jobcentre taking vacancies for others in the same district.
Jobcentre vacancy statistics were withdrawn from National Statistics in September 2001 as a result of distortions to the data, which occurred following the introduction of new administrative procedures by Jobcentre Plus. Comparable figures for vacancies in 2003 are therefore unavailable.
Results from the ONS Vacancy Survey were released as National Statistics from July 2003, but are not available for local areas.
§ Mr. BentonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many new jobs have been created in Bootle since 1997; [173146]
(2) what the (a) change and (b) percentage change was in full-time permanent jobs in Bootle from 1997 to 31 December 2003. [173147]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. Benton dated 17 May 2004:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions about full-time jobs and jobs created in Bootle. I am replying in his absence. (173146, 173147)While statistics of jobs created are not available explicitly, statistics from surveys enable comparisons to be made of net changes in numbers of jobs from year to year.The attached table shows the information requested, relating to all jobs and full-time jobs in Bootle for 1997 and 2002, which is the latest year for which figures are available.Information is not available about whether the jobs were permanent.746W
Number of full-time employees and total number of employees1 in Bootle Parliamentary Constituency: 1997 and 2002 Percentage Full-Time Total Number of employees 1997 22,200 29,666 2002 28,196 39,017 Change from 1997 to 2002 Absolute 5,996 9,351 Percentage 27.0 31.5 1Employee jobs only, not self-employed jobs Source: 1997; Annual Employment Survey, resealed 2002; Annual Business Inquiry (ABI)