§ Chris RuaneTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many long-term youth unemployed there were in each year since 1979, broken down by constituency within each region. [175127]
§ 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 27 May 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about unemployment. (175127)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics of unemployment from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) following International Labour Organisation
definitions.
Table 1 gives estimated of the numbers of people aged 16 to 24 who were unemployed for 12 months or longer in the twelve months periods ending in February of each year from 2000 to 2003. Comparable information is not available for earlier periods. The LFS sample size is too small to give reliable information for each Parliamentary Constituency. As with any statistical sample survey, estimates for the LFS are subject to sampling variability.
ONS also compiles statistics of those claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) for local areas including Parliamentary Constituencies. Table 2 gives the number of people aged 18 to 24 years who had been claiming JSA for over 12 months, by Government Office Regions, for April each of year from 1986 to 2003. The data are not seasonally adjusted. Data at regional level are not available for earlier years.
This information is also available for Parliamentary Constituencies within each Government Office Region from the Nomis (r) database at the House of Commons Library.
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Table 2: Number of people aged 18 to 24 years claiming1 Jobseeker's Allowance for more than 12 months Government Office Regions, April2 of each year from 1986–2004
Number North East North West Yorkshire and Humberside East Midlands West Midlands Eastern 1996 8,379 16,274 12,429 8,131 12,776 7,744 1997 5,947 11,815 8,743 5,262 8,621 5,199 1998 3,761 6,706 5,277 2,579 5,309 2,525 1999 926 2,100 1,138 886 2,172 698 2000 438 800 406 268 1,004 296 2001 285 531 295 220 602 198 2002 261 752 407 279 581 260 2003 221 847 349 293 436 312 2004 258 802 363 508 637 479
Number London South East South West Wales Scotland Northern Ireland 1986 33,871 17,572 14,147 19,250 37,216 3— 1987 29,281 14,434 11,276 13,953 34,268 3— 1988 20,753 8,022 6,506 8,686 24,414 3— 1989 14,216 3,554 3,857 5,855 17,552 3— 1990 8,691 2,319 2,470 3,833 13,683 3— 1991 10,903 4,017 3,767 4,582 12,049 3— 1992 23,225 12,362 10,071 8,399 15,709 3— 1993 32,129 19,357 13,853 9,957 17,488 3— 1994 30,582 17,269 11,783 9,042 15,024 3— 1995 27,848 12,564 9,074 7,027 12,152 3— 1996 24,657 10,002 7,623 6,246 9,815 5,636 1997 16,467 6,468 5,150 4,642 7,705 4,372 1998 8,707 2,743 2,201 2,570 4,251 3,193 1999 3,482 652 506 534 1,740 1,226 2000 1,251 285 165 209 414 725 2001 791 151 132 127 263 657 2002 1,065 202 191 155 251 559 2003 1,248 304 205 195 288 369 2004 1,410 497 265 191 338 338 1Computerised claims only. 2The data are not seasonally adjusted. 3Data not available. Source:
Jobcentre Plus administrative system.