Unemployment Statistics (London) (Hansard, 27 March 2001)

§ Miss Melanie Johnson

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician.I have asked him to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Ms Harriet Harman, dated 26 March 2001:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your parliamentary question about children from families where no one is in work in each London Borough. (155008).

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) provides information on the number of dependent children in families where neither parent is in work. The table gives this information for London Boroughs for autumn (September-November) 2000. Estimates are not available by Borough for 1996.

Children¹ in workless families in London by borough—autumn 1996 and autumn 2000 not seasonally adjusted
		Thousand
	1996	2000
Greater London	442	419
Inner London	237	222
Outer London	205	196
City of London	²—	³—
Barking and Dagenham	²—	12
Barnet	²—	11
Bexley	²—	³—
Brent	²—	11
Bromley	²—	³—
Camden	²—	13
Croydon	²—	12
Ealing	²—	17
Enfield	²—	19
Greenwich	²—	15
Hackney	²—	21,
Hammersmith and Fulham	²—	³—
Haringey	²—	23
Harrow	²—	³—
Havering	²—	³—
Hillingdon	²—	11
Hounslow	²—	³—
Islington	²—	20
Kensington and Chelsea	²—	³—
Kingston upon Thames	²—	³—
Lambeth	²—	12
Lewisham	²—	16
Merton	²—	³—
Newham	²—	38
Redbridge	²—	19
Richmond upon Thames	²—	³—
Southwark	²—	27
Sutton	²—	³—
Tower Hamlets	²—	26
Waltham Forest	²—	12
Wandsworth	²—	³—
Westminster	²—	³—
¹Children aged under 16, and those aged 16–18 in full-time education
²Figure not available
³Figure too small for reliable estimate

Source:

ONS Labour Force Survey