§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the 50 local authority areas with(a) the lowest and (b) the highest rates of economic inactivity. [88215]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. David Willetts, dated 19 December 2002:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question on economic inactivity rates. (88215)The attached table lists (a) the 50 local authority areas with the lowest economic inactivity rates and (b) the 50 local authority areas with the highest economic inactivity rates, for the twelve month period ending August 2002. These estimates are from the Labour Force Survey (LFS).919W
Economic inactivity rates1 by local authority area; United Kingdom—Average of September 2001 to August 2002 Inactivity rate (per cent.) 50 local authority areas with the lowest inactivity rates Test Valley 9.6 Welwyn Hatfield 10.0 Salisbury 10.1 Tandridge 10.5 Eastleigh 10.6 Cherwell 11.1 Blaby 11.1 Runnymede 11.2 920W
Economic inactivity rates1 by local authority area; United Kingdom—Average of September 2001 to August 2002 Inactivity rate (per cent.) Milton Keynes 11.2 West Oxfordshire 11.6 Crawley 12.2 Rushmoor 12.5 Spelthorne 12.5 Chichester 12.6 South Somerset 12.7 Broadland 12.8 Tewkesbury 12.9 Harrogate 12.9 South Staffordshire 13.0 Hambleton 13.2 Swindon 13.2 East Hertfordshire 13.3 South Kesteven 13.3 East Staffordshire 13.3 Reigate and Banstead 13.4 Vale of White Horse 13.4 Kingston upon Thames 13.5 East Hampshire 13.5 Winchester 13.5 South Derbyshire 13.6 Dacorum 13.6 North West Leicestershire 13.7 South Gloucestershire 13.8 Erewash 13.9 Northampton 13.9 Dudley 14.0 Bracknell Forest 14.0 Mid Sussex 14.0 South Cambridgeshire 14.1 Perth and Kinross 14.1 Fareham 14.1 Taunton Deane 14.3 West Berkshire 14.3 Woking 14.3 North Kesteven 14.4 Aylesbury Vale 14.4 Sutton 14.4 Wyre Forest 14.5 Rugby 14.5 Chelmsford 14.5 50 local authority areas with the highest inactivity rates Newham 39.6 Ceredigion 38.8 Tower Hamlets 38.5 Hackney 35.7 Liverpool 35.0 Torfaen 33.8 Neath Port Talbot 33.6 Hartlepool 33.3 Glasgow City 32.9 Manchester 32.8 Wear Valley 32.5 Westminster 32.4 Anglesey Isle of 31.6 Barrow-in-Furness 30.7 Pembrokeshire 30.3 Haringey 30.2 Easington 30.1 Newcastle upon Tyne 30.1 Knowsley 30.1 Nottingham 29.9 Blaenau Gwent 29.6 Islington 29.6 Leicester 29.4 Barnsley 29.3 Clackmannanshire 29.3 Carmarthenshire 29.2 Rhondda Cynon Taff 29.2 Redcar and Cleveland 29.1
Economic inactivity rates1 by local authority area; United Kingdom—Average of September 2001 to August 2002 Inactivity rate (per cent.) Greenwich 28.9 Durham 28.7 Caerphilly 28.5 Northern Ireland 28.3 Southwark 28.2 Kingston upon Hull City of 28.2 Kensington and Chelsea 28.1 Merthyr Tydfil 28.0 Stockton-on-Tees 27.9 Ashfield 27.9 Cardiff 27.7 Birmingham 27.7 Sunderland 27.7 Inverclyde 27.6 Darlington 27.6 Burnley 27.4 Barking and Dagenham 27.3 Stoke-on-Trent 27.3 Wrexham 27.1 Scarborough 27.0 Wansbeck 27.0 Great Yarmouth 26.9 1 Total economically inactive as a percentage of the resident population of working age. Note:
These Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates have not yet been adjusted to take account of the recent 2001 Census results.
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey