§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the unemployment rate in Liverpool; what is the long-term unemployment rate; how many children live in households where no parent works; and what are the corresponding national figures. [18944]
§ Mr. OppenheimThe available information is given in the following tables:
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Table 1: Claimant unemployment (unadjusted for seasonality) Claimant unemployment rate percentage 1Claimants unemployed over one year as a percentage of the workforce Liverpool Travel-to-Work Area January 1995 13.1 6.0 February 1995 12.8 n/a
Table 1: Claimant unemployment (unadjusted for seasonality) Claimant unemployment rate percentage 1Claimants unemployed over one year as a percentage of the workforce United Kigdom January 1995 8.9 3.3 February 1995 8.7 n/a 1 Data by duration are available only every quarter in Jan, Apr, July and October.
Table 2: ILO unemployment—labour force survey, unadjusted for seasonality ILO unemployment rate Percentage ILO unemployed over one year as a percentage of the economically active Merseyside Autumn 1994 13.8 8.1 Great Britain Autumn 1994 8.9 3.9
Table 3: Children living in households where the parents are (1) ILO unemployed or (2) not in employment1 Autumn 1994, unadjusted for seasonality Merseyside Great Britain In households where: Parent(s) ILO unemployed 31,000 316,000 Parent(s) not in employment1 110,000 2,700,000 Source:
Labour Force Survey.
Notes:
1. Figures refer to two-parent families where both parents are ILO unemployed/not in employment, or one-parent families where the parent is ILO unemployed/not in employment.
1 ILO unemployed or economically inactive.