HC Deb 23 March 1994 vol 240 cc245-6W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the correlation coefficient, lagged or otherwise, between the rate of exchange and(a) the percentage of adult males of working age in work and (b) the rate of unemployment since 1964.

Mr. Nelson

The correlation coefficients can be calculated from information available in the House of Commons Library. Population, employment, and unemployment figures from 1981 are available on the NOMIS database. Employment and unemployment figures before 1981 are published in theEmployment Gazette. Population figures before 1981 are available from the population estimates unit of the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Figures for sterling exchange rates index are published, for example, in Economic Trends.

Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the correlation coefficient, lagged or otherwise, between the rate of inflation and(a) the percentage of adult males of working age in work and (b) the rate of unemployment since 1964.

Mr. Nelson

The correlation coefficients can be calculated from information available in the House of Commons Library. Population, employment, and unemployment figures from 1981 are available on the NOMIS database. Employment and unemployment figures before 1981 are published in theEmployment Gazette. Population figures before 1981 are available from the population estimates unit of the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Figures for the Retail Prices Index are published in Economic Trends.