§ Mrs. BrintonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the wards in(a) Peterborough and (b) Cambridge ranked by average earnings. [109533]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Kidgell to Mrs. Helen Brinton, dated 14 February 2000:
The Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has been asked to reply to your parliamentary question regarding the average earnings of the wards in Peterborough and Cambridge. I am replying in Dr Holt's absence.The New Earnings Survey (NES) can only provide ward level earnings data based on where people work, rather than where they live. Additionally we can only provide data where we have a sufficiently large sample of employees, and have an acceptable level of accuracy.I have provided the only available data in the table below. These are based on the 1999 NES, the latest survey for which data are available.
New earnings survey, April 1999 (GB) All full-time employees Average (£) Cambridge — Trumpington 407.8 Newnham 377.4 Notes:
Employees on adult rates, whose pay for the survey period was unaffected by absence. Gross weekly earning (including overtime).
The NES is based on a one per cent sample of employees in the PAYE system and is therefore likely to under-represent relatively low paid staff earning below the tax threshold and in particular those who work part-time.
§ Mrs. BrintonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the population in(a) Peterborough and (b) Cambridge are from ethnic minority groups. [109534]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Pullinger to Mrs. Helen Brinton, dated 14 February 2000:
445WThe Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has been asked to reply to your parliamentary question on the percentage of the population in Peterborough and Cambridge who are from ethnic minority groups. I am replying in Dr Holt's absence.
The percentages of the resident population in ethnic groups other than 'White', from the 1991 Census are: Percentage Peterborough district 7.42 Cambridge district 5.89 These figures were published in Table 5 of the report 1991 Census Key Statistics for Local Authorities laid before Parliament in 1994. This report is available from the House of Commons Library.
§ Mrs. BrintonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many job vacancies currently exist in (a) Peterborough and (b) Cambridge. [109536]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Pullinger to Mrs. Helen Brinton, dated February 2000:
The Director of the Office for National Statistics has been asked to reply to your parliamentary question on how many job vacancies currently exist in Peterborough and Cambridge. I am replying in Dr. Holt's absence.In December 1999 the number of unfilled vacancies held by Jobcentres, unadjusted for seasonal patterns, was 1,317 in the Peterborough Jobcentre area and 920 in the Cambridge Jobcentre area. Jobcentre vacancies do not represent the total number of vacancies available in the economy. Latest estimates suggest that about a third of all vacancies nationally are notified to Jobcentres.
§ Mrs. BrintonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in (a) Peterborough and (b) Cambridge have been unemployed for longer than (i) six months, (ii) 12 months and (iii) 24 months. [109535]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Pullinger to Mrs. Helen Brinton, dated February 2000:
The Director of the Office for National Statistics has been asked to reply to your parliamentary question on the number of people in (a) Peterborough and (b) Cambridge who have been unemployed for longer than six months, twelve months and twenty four months. I am replying in Dr. Holt's absence.The ONS publish a monthly count of claimants of unemployment-related benefits. The claimant count consists of all people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or National Insurance credits at Employment Service local offices. They must declare that they are out of work, capable of, available for and actively seeking work during the week in which the claim is made.The information requested is in the table below.
Unadjusted claimant count by duration (computerised claims only) 1 December 1999 PCA Peterborough2 PCA Cambridge 2 Over 6 months 602 584 Over 12 months 317 330 Over 24 months 85 151 1 Claimant count flows are available for computerised claims only and do not include claims which are processed clerically, which make up about 1 per cent. of the total Claimant count. 2 Parliamentary Constituency