§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of people of working age(a) with 308W disabilities, (b) aged over 50 years, (c) of ethnic minority background and (d) who are single parents, have been in employment for each of the last 10 years in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) Somerset and (iv) Yeovil constituency; and if he will make a statement. [1389]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Pullinger to Mr. David Laws, dated 4 July 2001:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your parliamentary question about various groups of people employed for last 10 years in UK, England, Somerset and Yeovil. I am replying in his absence. (1389)Estimates of the number of people in employment in the various groups that you requested are available from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). It has not been possible to supply estimates for the Yeovil constituency in any of the tables as the sample size for this area would be too small to provide a reliable estimate.Table 1 below shows the proportions of disabled people of working age in employment, from spring 1998 to spring 2000, estimates are not available prior to this. Table 2 shows the proportion of people between 51 arid working age in employment from spring 1991 to spring 2000, however the regional breakdown is only available for the latest quarter. The proportion of the ethnic minority population of working age in employment is shown in Table 3 below. The sample size is too small to provide reliable estimates for the regional breakdown. Table 4 shows the proportion of lone parents of working age in employment. This table shows data for spring 1990 and then spring 1992 to spring 2000 as data for 1991 are not available on a consistent basis. Estimates for Somerset are not available from 1991 to 1999 and the sample size is too small to provide a reliable estimate for spring 2000.
Table 1: Proportions of disabled people of working age1 in employment; spring 1998 to spring 2000; not seasonally adjusted Percentage UK England Somerset Spring 1998 43.1 45.2 60.3 Spring 1999 45.8 47.8 60.2 Spring 2000 46.4 48.6 53.2 1 Men aged 16–64 and women aged 16–59 Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey
Table 2: Proportion of people aged 51–59/64 years in employment; spring l991 to spring 2000; not seasonally adjusted Percentage UK England Somerset Spring 1991 63.4 64.7 1— Spring 1992 61.9 62.8 1— Spring 1993 60.4 61.6 1— Spring 1994 61.2 62.2 1— Spring 1995 61.6 62.8 1— Spring 1996 62.2 63.4 1— Spring 1997 62.7 64.0 1— Spring 1998 63.8 65.3 1— Spring 1999 64.8 66.1 1— Spring 2000 65.6 67.0 68.8 1 Data not available Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey
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Table 3: Proportion of the ethnic minority population of working age1 in employment; spring 1991 to spring 2000; not seasonally adjusted Percentage UK England Somerset Spring 1991 2— 57.3 2— Spring 1992 54.8 54.8 3— Spring 1993 52.7 52.6 3— Spring 1994 51.4 51.6 3— Spring 1995 52.5 52.6 3— Spring 1996 53.5 53.5 3— Spring 1997 56.5 56.6 3— Spring 1998 56.4 56.4 3— Spring 1999 56.2 56.4 3— Spring 2000 57.5 57.5 3— 1 Men aged 16–64 and women aged 16–59 2 Data not available 3 Sample size too small for reliable estimate Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey
Table 4: Proportion of lone parents of working age1 in employment with dependent children; spring 1990 to spring 2000; not seasonally adjusted Percentage UK England Somerset Spring 1990 44.6 45.1 2— Spring 1992 43.0 43.5 2— Spring 1993 42.8 43.4 2— Spring 1994 44.0 44.3 2— Spring 1995 44.0 44.4 2— Spring 1996 43.7 43.8 2— Spring 1997 44.7 45.4 2— Spring 1998 46.1 46.6 2— Spring 1999 46.9 47.1 2— Spring 2000 49.7 50.5 3— 1 Men aged 16–64 and women aged 16–59 2 Data not available 3 Sample size too small for reliable estimate
§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the(a) male and (b) male and female working age population have been in (i) full-time employment and (ii) part-time or full-time employment in each year since 1975; and if he will make a statement. [1388]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Pullinger to Mr. David Laws, dated 4 July 2001:
310WThe National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question about the proportion of males and males and females in full and part-time employment since 1975 (1388). I am replying in his absence.Estimates of the proportion of the working age population in employment are available from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The table below shows non-seasonally adjusted LFS estimates of the proportion of the working age population in employment and full-time employment from spring 1984 to spring 2000. Estimates for 1979 to 1983 are not available on a consistent basis and prior to this there is no LFS data available.
Proportions of the working age1 population in employment and in full-time employment; United Kingdom; spring 1984 to spring 2000—not seasonally adjusted Percentage2 All persons (male and female) Males Spring In full or part-time employment3 In full-time4 employment In full or part-time employment3 In full-time4 employment 1984 68.3 55.0 77.4 74.7 1985 69.2 55.5 77.9 75.0 1986 69.4 55.5 77.4 74.2 1987 70.1 55.6 77.7 74.1 1988 72.4 57.6 80.1 76.3 1989 74.2 59.1 81.8 78.1 1990 74.7 59.4 82.1 78.1 1991 73.0 57.8 79.6 75.5 1992 71.1 55.4 76.3 71.8 1993 70.2 54.4 74.8 70.1 1994 70.6 54.3 75.3 70.2 1995 71.1 54.9 76.4 70.8 1996 71.6 54.7 76.4 70.6 1997 72.6 55.4 77.5 71.3 1998 73.1 55.9 78.1 71.9 1999 73.6 56.2 78.4 72.1 2000 74.3 56.7 79.1 72.7 1 Men aged 16–64 and women aged 16–59 2 Percentages include those who did not state whether working full/part-time 3 Includes unpaid family workers from spring 1992 4 The classification as full-time is based on respondents' self-assessment Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey