§ Shona McIsaacTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were(a) employed and (b) unemployed in the former area of South Humberside in each year since 1981. [113902]
§ 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 Shona McIsaac, dated March 2000:
The Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has been asked to reply to your recent question on employed and unemployed people in the former area of South Humberside since 1981. I am replying in Dr. Holt's absence.The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is the government's main source of labour market data on individuals. Data on levels of employment and unemployment are available from the LFS Annual Local Area Database. These data are available back to 1994.In addition, information on levels of employment can be obtained from the Annual Employment Survey (AES) for 1995 to 1997 and the Census of Employment from 1981, although this survey was not carried out every year. Information on levels of unemployment can be obtained from the claimant count (the number of people receiving unemployment-related benefits), from June 1983 onwards on a monthly basis.Information on the sub-region requested, the former area of South Humberside, is no longer available as this area is based on pre-1974 geographies. Information for the AES and claimant count by geographical areas is available from the Nomis database in the House of Commons Library and an approximate South Humberside region can be constructed using appropriate sub-regional geographical areas, or combinations of them.