§ Lord Hardy of Wathasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many young people have secured employment during the last three years; and by what percentage this differs from the number recorded in the preceding three years. [HL4580]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from the National Statistician, Len Cook, dated 22 November 2000.
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question on the number of young people who have secured employment during the last three years; and by what percentage this differs from the number recorded in the preceding three years.
Estimates on the number of young people who have secured employment during the last three years are not available. However, the number of young people who were employed in spring (March to May) 1994, 1997 and 2000 and the percentage change in these years have been shown in the attached table.
The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is the main source of labour market data on individuals used by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The measure of employment derived from the LFS is defined as people aged 16 or over (a) who did some paid work in the reference week (whether as an employee or self-employed) (b) who had a job that they were temporarily away from (on holiday, for example) (c) on Government-supported training and employment programmes and (d) those doing unpaid family work.
Young people aged 16–24 years in employment, spring each year; United Kingdom Total (thousands) Spring 1994 3,990 Spring 1997 3,899 Spring 2000 3,919 Changes Spring 1994—Spring 1997 -91 Spring 1994—Spring 1997(%) -2.3 Spring 1997—Spring 2000 20 Spring 1997—Spring 2000(%) 0.5 Source:
ONS—Labour Force Survey.