§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the average length of time that currently unemployed men aged(a) 50 to 54, (b) 55 to 59 and (c) 60 to 64 years have remained unemployed. [19249]
§ Mrs. Angela Knight[holding answer 10 March 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 be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Ms Harriet Harman, dated 18 March 1997:
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 that currently unemployed men, by varying age groups, have remained unemployed.The information you requested is given in the table below of median durations of spells of unemployment which were uncompleted in January 1997. Figures are not available for the 60–64 age band, and those for 60 and over are shown instead.
Median durations of male claimant unemployment in the UK in January 1997 Age Median duration of unemployment (weeks) 50–54 46.6 55–59 56.4 60 and over 20.3
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many(a) men, (b) women and (c) men and women aged (i) 16 and 17 years, (ii) 18 and 19 years, (iii) 20 to 24 years and (iv) over 24 years have never had a paid job since leaving school.[19586]
§ Mrs. Angela Knight[holding answer 10 March 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 be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Alan Milburn, dated 18 March 1997:
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, broken down by age and sex, have not had a paid job since leaving school.Estimates from the Labour Force Survey are shown in the attached table.To help put the information into context I have provided an additional table which shows the total broken down by educational and economic status. For example, you can see that of the total of 1,675,000 nearly 80 per cent (1,329,000) were economically 549W inactive, that is they had not looked for work in the past four weeks or were not available to start work in the next two weeks or were not waiting to start a job they had already obtained.These breakdowns are probably very seasonal especially for the younger age groups.
People who have not had a paid job since leaving school by age and sex Great Britain, summer 1996 thousands Not seasonally adjusted Total Male Female Total 1,675 624 1,051 16–17 308 170 138 18–19 267 130 137 20–24 431 205 227 25+ 669 120 549 Source:
ONS, Labour Force Survey.
People who have not had a job since leaving school by educational and economic status Great Britain, summer 1996 thousands Not seasonally adjusted All (of which:) Full-time student (not at school) Not full-time student All (of which:) 1,675 438 1,237 ILO unemployed 346 68 279 Economically inactive 1,329 371 958 Source:
ONS, Labour Force Survey.