§ Ms Oona KingTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many people aged under 25 years in(a) Newham, (b) Tower Hamlets, (c) Hackney, (d) Redbridge, (e) Waltham Forest, (f) Barking and Dagenham and (g) the United Kingdom have been unemployed for more than six months; and, in each case, what percentage this figure is of all economically active people aged under 25 years; [6811]
(2) how many people aged over 25 years in (a) Newham, (b) Tower Hamlets, (c) Hackney, (d) Redbridge, (e) Waltham Forest, (f) Barking and Degenham and (g) the United Kingdom have been unemployed for more than two years; and in each case, what percentage this figure is of all economically active people aged over 25 years. [6812]
§ Mrs. Liddell[holding answer 7 July 1997]: 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 given.
401WLetter from Tim Holt to Ms Oona King, dated 8 July 1997:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked use to reply as Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent questions on the duration of unemployment of under and over 25 year olds.The measure of unemployment, derived from the quarterly Labour Force Survey (LFS), is defined on a consistent and internationally recognised basis set out by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and counts as unemployed people who are: a) without a paid job; b) available to start work within the next two weeks and c) have either looked for work in the last four weeks or are waiting to start a job already obtained. However, largely because it is a sample survey, information is not available from the LFS in as much geographical detail as from the claimant count measure described below.ONS also publishes the monthly claimant count, which is based on the administrative system and includes all people claiming unemployment-related benefits (i.e. Jobseekers Allowance. Income Support or National Insurance credits) at Employment Service offices on the day of the monthly count, who on that day had signed on as unemployed and available to do any suitable work. Essentially, all people who attend an Employment Service office to sign are counted, irrespective of whether they are actually receiving benefit.The data you have requested for London local authority districts can only be derived from the claimant count, as the Labour Force Survey does not provide sufficient detail at this level. As the concept of "economically active" is an ILO one, it is not compatible with claimant count data, and therefore percentages are not given for claimant figures.The latest available data. April 1997, for under 25 year olds and over 25 year olds claiming unemployment-related benefits for over 6 months and 2 years respectively are shown in the attached table.The winter 1996/7 LFS shows there were 262,000 (5.7 per cent of economically active in the same age group) people aged 16–24 and 467,000 (1.9 per cent. of economically active in the same age group) people aged 25 and over who have been ILO unemployed for 6 months or more and 2 years or more respectively.
Claimant count, April 1997 Under 25 year old claimants Over 25 year old claimants Newham 1,844 2,839 Tower Hamlets 1,490 2,540 Hackney 2,046 4,516 Redbridge 728 1,523 Waltham Forest 1,195 2,363 Barking and Dagenham 615 1,085 United Kingdom 179,569 326,670
§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many(a) males and (b) females in the constituency of Stoke-on-Trent. North have been unemployed for (i) under six months, (ii) over six months. (iii) over 12 months and (iv) over 18 months. [6864]
§ Mrs. LiddellThe 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. Joan Walley, dated 8 July 1997:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question (6864) on the duration of unemployment of males and females in the Stoke-on-Trent North parliamentary constituency.402WThe data you have requested can only be derived from the monthly count of people claiming unemployment-related benefits (i.e. Jobseekers Allowance or National Insurance credits). Essentially, all people who attend an Employment Service office to sign on the designated day are counted.The figures in the table below are for April 1997, the latest date for which figures are available.
Stoke on Trent, North: Persons claiming unemployment-related benefits Males Females Claiming for under 6 months 770 226 Claiming for over 6 months 710 174 of which claiming for over 12 months 452 94 of which claiming for over 18 months 300 59
§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people aged 18 to 24 years have come off unemployment benefit in each of the last live years in the constituency of Stoke on Trent, North and into what activity they moved. [6865]
§ Mrs. LiddellThe 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 Joan Walley, dated 8 July 1997:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on how many people aged 18 to 24 years left the claimant count in each of the last five years in the parliamentary constituency of Stoke-on-Trent North, and the reasons why they left.The information requested is not available for the exact areas of parliamentary constituencies. The estimates provided refer to claimants who are registered at the two Employment Service jobcentres situated within the Stoke-on-Trent North parliamentary constituency area.Total numbers leaving the claimant count from 1992 to 1996 are shown in Tables 1 to 3, but information on the destination of leavers from the claimant count is not available for 1992 to 1994.For 1995 and 1996, numbers of leavers from the claimant count are shown in Tables 2 and 3 according to the claim end reason categories identified in those years. The percentages shown in these tables are expressed in terms of leavers with a known destination.
Table 1: Total number of leavers from the claimant count, aged 18–24 years, Burslem and Kidsgrove employment service
Jobcentres, 1992 to 1994
Total leavers 1992 2,298 1993 2,330 1994 2,172 Source:
NOMIS.
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Table 2: Reason for claim termination for claimants aged 18–24 years, Burslem and Kidsgrove employment service jobcentres,
1995
Reason for leaving Leavers As a percentage of those with a known destination Ceased claiming 45 3.0 Found work 1,157 76.4 Gone abroad 17 1.1
Table 2: Reason for claim termination for claimants aged 18–24 years, Burslem and Kidsgrove employment service jobcentres,
1995
Reason for leaving Leavers As a percentage of those with a known destination Claimed another benefit 32 2.1 Full-time education 43 2.8 Approved training 1— 0.1 Claimed sickness benefit 127 8.4 Transferred to government-supported training 92 6.1 Total known destination2 1,510 100.0 Not known 1— — Failed to attend 470 — Total leavers 1,990 Source:
JUVOS Leaving Marker File.
1 Less than 5 claimants.
2Totals are rounded.
Table 3: Reason for claim termination for claimants aged 18–24 years, Burslem and Kidsgrove employment service jobcentres,
1996
Reason for leaving Leavers As a percentage of those with a known destination Ceased claiming 52 4.0 Found work 1,010 77.3 Gone abroad 27 2.1 Claimed another benefit 28 2.1 Full-time education 26 2.0 Claimant deceased 1— 0.1 Claimed sickness benefit 95 7.3 Transferred to government-supported training 60 4.6 Working on average 16+ hours 1— 0.2 Claimed Incapacity Support 1— 0.1 Defective claim 1— 0.2 Total known destination2 1,310 100.0 Not known 16 — Failed to attend 471 — Total leavers 1,790 Source:
JUVOS Leaving Marker File.
1 Less than 5 claimants.
2 Totals are rounded.