§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will list the proportion of male and female unemployed for(a) one year and (b) two years among the total unemployed for the latest period, and for the same period in 1995, 1994 and 1993 in (a) the London borough of Lewisham, (b) the SOLOTEC area, (c) the wider centre area, (d) Greater London and (e) the rest of the south-east; [2304]
(2) if he will list the proportion of 17 to 19-year-olds unemployed for the latest period, and the same period in 1995, 1994 and 1993 in (a) the London borough of Lewisham, (b) the SOLOTEC area, (c) the wider central area, (d) Greater London and (e) the rest of southern England. [2303]
§ Mrs. Angela KnightThe information falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
166WLetter from Tim Holt to Mrs. Bridget Prentice, dated 12 November 1996:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent questions on the proportion of the population who are unemployed in the South East.Published information on the numbers of people unemployed by duration and sex for the areas requested is restricted to claimant unemployment. The corresponding analyses from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), on unemployment on the internationally standard ILO basis are not available for TEC areas such as SOLOTEC which do not match local authority boundaries. In addition figures are not available for Lewisham because they are unreliable at this level of geographical disagregation.The LFS provides ILO unemployment rates covering all the years requested for 16–19 year olds for Greater London and ROSE but not for the other areas listed. Claimant unemployment rates at this level of disagregation are only available for travel-to-work areas and unitary authorities and are not calculated for different age groups.The available data can be assessed through NOMIS and the LFS Database in the House of Commons Library.
§ Ms ChurchTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many people(a) in total and (b) in the age bands (i) 16 to 24 years, (ii) 25 to 34 years, (iii) 35 to 44 years, (iv) 45 to 54 years, (v) 55 to 64 years and (vi) 65 years and over, have experienced at least one spell of unemployment since 1992, in each parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, taking the new constituency boundaries, (1) as an absolute figure and (2) as a percentage of the number of people employed in the constituency using the 1993 figures in the absence of the 1995 figures in the relevant age band; [1907]
(2) what is the average length of time between claims for a claimant since 1992 (a) in total and (b) in the age bands (i) 16 to 24 years, (ii) 25 to 34 year, (iii) 35 to 44 years, (iv) 45 to 54 years, (v) 55 to 64 years and (vi) 65 years and over, in each parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom; [1912]
(3) what is the average number of claimants, in each constituency of the United Kingdom, (a) in total and (b) in the age bands (i) 16 to 24 years, (ii) 25 to 34 years, (iii) 35 to 44 years, (iv) 45 to 54 years, (v) 55 to 64 years and (vi) 65 years and over, whose duration of unemployment became more than 12 months in each month since January 1992;[1892]
(4) how many people (a) in total and (b) in the age bands (i) 16 to 24 years, (ii) 25 to 34 years, (iii) 35 to 44 years, (iv) 45 to 54 years, (v) 55 to 64 years and (vi) 65 years and over, have experienced (1) two, (2) three, (3) four and (4) five spells of unemployment, since 1992, in each parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, taking the new parliamentary constituency boundaries, (x) as an absolute figure and (y) as a percentage of the number of people employed in the constituency using the 1993 figures in the absence of the 1995 figures; [1914]
(5) what is the average number of claims made by a claimant since 1992 (a) in total and (b) the age bands (i) 16 to 24 years, (ii) 25 to 34 years, (iii) 35 to 44 years, (iv) 45 to 54 years, (v) 55 to 64 years and (vi) 65 years and over, in each parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom; [1911]
(6) what is the number of claimants, in each parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, (a) in total and (b) in the age bands (i) 16 to 24 years, (ii) 25 to 34 years, (iii) 35 to 44 years, (iv) 45 to 54 years, (v) 55 167W to 64 years and (vi) 65 years and over, who have cumulatively claimed for 12 months or over, since 1992, in either one continuous claim or several separate claims (1) as an absolute figure, (2) as a percentage of the economically active work force in the relevant age band and (3) as a percentage of claimants in the relevant age band. [1889]
§ Mrs. Knight[holding answer 7 November 1996]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Ms Judith Church, dated 12 November 1996:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent questions (1889, 1892, 1907, 1911, 1912 and 1914) on unemployment spell details by parliamentary constituency.The information requested is unavailable as the JUVOS unemployment cohort does not hold data by parliamentary constituency.
§ Ms ChurchTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many claimants, who had been claiming for 52 weeks or more in the United Kingdom,(a) in total and (b) overall and (1) in the age bands (i) 16 to 24 years, (ii) 25 to 34 years, (iii) 35 to 44 years, (iv) 45 to 54 years, (v) 55 to 64 years and (vi) 65 years and over, left the count for a job, in the year to June 1996 (1) in absolute terms and (2) as a percentage of all those who had been claiming for 52 weeks or more, in the year to June 1996. [1895]
§ Mrs. Knight[holding answer 7 November 1996]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Ms Judith Church, dated 12 November 1996:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on how many claimants, who had been claiming unemployment-related benefits for 52 weeks or more in the United Kingdom left the count for a job.The figures requested are shown in the tables below.
Number of leavers from claimant unemployment with a known destination, who had been claiming for 52 weeks or more, by destination of leaver and age Thousands Age band (year) Found work Destination of leaver Other known destination Total 16–24 66.0 55.2 121.2 25–34 84.1 76.6 160.7 35–44 48.3 50.6 98.8 45–54 37.4 47.0 84.5 55–64 12.0 47.6 59.5 65 and over 0.0 0.6 0.6 All ages 247.8 277.6 525.4 Leavers over the year to June 1996.
United Kingdom.
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Percentage of leavers from claimant unemployment with a known destination, who had been claiming for 52 weeks or more, by destination of leaver and age Percentage Age band(year) Found work Destination of leaver Other known destination Total 16–24 54 46 100 25–34 52 48 100 35–44 49 51 100 45–54 44 56 100 55–64 20 80 100 65 and over 2 98 100 Total 47 53 100 Leavers over the year to June 1996.
United Kingdom.
You should note that for about a quarter of leavers we do not know their destination.
§ Ms ChurchTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the average length of time between claims for a claimant since 1992(a) in total and (b) in the age bands (i) 16 to 24 years, (ii) 25 to 34 years, (iii) 35 to 44 years, (iv) 45 to 54 years, (v) 55 to 64 years and (vi) 65 years and over in the United Kingdom. [1909]
§ Mrs. Knight[holding answer 7 November 1996]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Ms Judith Church, dated 12 November 1996:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on the average length of time between claims for claimants since 1992, by age.The available data are shown in the following table. Data are only available for Great Britain.
Average length of time between claims by age band, for claims since January 1992 Age band (years) Average length of time between claims (days) 16–24 195 25–34 204 35–44 204 45–54 193 55–64 177 65 and over 0 All ages 198 Great Britain.It is not possible to calculate proportions as a percentage of the economically active workforce because the corresponding number of people who have never been economically active over the period is not known—only point in time estimates of the latter are available.
§ Ms ChurchTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how may people in the United Kingdom(a) in total and (b) in the age bands (i) 16 to 24 years, (ii) 25 to 34 years, (iii) 35 to 44 years, (iv) 45 to 54 years, (v) 55 to 64 years and (vi) 65 years and over, leaving the claimant count in the year to June 1996, went to (1) jobs and (2) other destinations; and if he will give (3) as a percentage of those leaving the claimant count in each age band.[1890]
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§ Mrs. Knight[holding answer 7 November 1996]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Ms Judith Church, dated 12 November 1996:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on how many people in the United Kingdom leaving the claimant count in the year to June 1996, went to jobs and other destinations, by age.The figures requested are shown in the tables below.
Number of leavers from claimant unemployment with a known destination, by destination and age Thousands Destination of leaver Age band (years) Found work Other known destination Total 16–24 526.1 191.0 717.1 25–34 465.3 186.5 651.8 35–44 283.0 117.3 400.3 45–54 241.4 111.3 352.7 55–64 80.3 95.9 176.2 65 and over 0.1 3.0 3.1 All ages 1596.2 705.0 2301.2 Leavers over the year to June 1996.
United Kingdom.
Percentage of leavers from claimant unemployment with a known destination, by destination of leaver and age Percentage Age band (years) Found work Destination of leaver Other known destination Total 16–24 73 27 100 25–34 71 29 100 35–44 71 29 100 45–54 68 32 100 55–64 46 54 100 65 and over 2 98 100 Total 69 31 100 Leavers over the year to June 1996.
United Kingdom.
You should note that for about a quarter of leavers we do not know their destination.
§ Ms ChurchTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many people in each parliamentary consistency in the United Kingdom(a) in total and (b) in the age bands (i) 16 to 24 years, (ii) 25 to 34 years, (iii) 35 to 44 years, (iv) 45 to 54 years, (v) 55 to 64 years and (vi) 65 years and over, leaving the claimant count in the year to June 1996, went to (1) jobs and (2) other destinations; and if he will give (2) as a percentage of those leaving the claimant count in each relevant age band; [1891]
(2) how many claimants, who had been claiming for 52 weeks or more, in each constituency in the United Kingdom (a) in total and (b) in the age bands (i) 16 to 24 years, (ii) 25 to 34 years, (iii) 35 to 44 years, (iv) 45 to 54 years, (v) 55 to 64 years and (vi) 65 years and over, left the count for a job in the year to June 1996 (1) in 170W absolute terms (2) as a percentage of all those who had been claiming for 52 weeks or more in the year to June 1996. [1922]
§ Mrs. Knight[holding answer 7 November 1996]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Ms Judith Church, dated 12 November 1996:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent questions (1891 and 1914) on the destination of those leaving the claimant count in each parliamentary constituency.The information on the destination of leavers from claimant unemployment is not available by parliamentary constituency.
§ Ms ChurchTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the number of claimants in the United Kingdom(a) in total and (b) in the age bands (i) 16 to 24 years, (ii) 25 to 34 years, (iii) 35 to 44 years, (iv) 45 to 54 years, (v) 55 to 64 years and (vi) 65 years and over who have cumulatively claimed for 12 months or over, since 1992, in either one continuous claim or several separate claims (1) as an absolute figure, (2) as a percentage of the economically active work force in the relevant age band and (3) as a percentage of claimants in the relevant age band. [1921]
§ Mrs. Knight[holding answer 7 November 1996]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Ms Judith Church, dated 12 November 1996:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on the number of claimants in the United Kingdom who have cumulatively claimed for 12 months and over, since 1992, in either one continuous claim or several claims, by age.The available data are shown in the following table. Data are only available for Great Britain.171W
Number of claimants within each age band, who have cumulatively claimed for 12 months or more, since January 1992 Thousands Age band (years) Average length of time between claims (days) 16–24 1,457.1 25–34 1,065.6 35–44 683.9 45–54 587.4 55–64 248.2 65 and over 0 All ages 4,042.3
Percentage of all claimants within each age band, who have cumulatively claimed for 12 months or more, since January 1992 Age band (years) Percentage of claimants 16–24 38 25–34 41 35–44 40 45–54 40 55–64 34 65 and over 9 All ages 39 Great Britain.
It is not possible to calculate proportions as a percentage of the economically active work force because the corresponding number of people who have never been economically active over the period is not known—only point in time estimates of the latter are available.
§ Ms ChurchTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the average number of claims made by a claimant since 1992(a) in total and (b) in the age bands (i) 16 to 24 years, (ii) 25 to 34 years, (iii) 35 to 44 years, (iv) 45 to 54 years, (v) 55 to 64 years and (vi) 65 years and over in the United Kingdom. [1908]
§ Mrs. Knight[holding answer 7 November 1996]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Ms Judith Church, dated 12 November 1996:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on the average number of claims by claimants since 1992, by age.The available data are shown in the following table. Data are only available for Great Britain.
Average number of claims made by claimants since January 1992 Age band (years) Average number of claims 16–24 2.2 25–34 2 35–44 1.92 45–54 1.8 55–64 1.45 65 and over 1.05 All ages 1.99 Great Britain.