HC Deb 16 December 2003 vol 415 cc811-2W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the rate of(a) unemployment, (b) long-term unemployment and (c) youth unemployment in each borough of London was in each of the last six years; and how many individuals this represented in each case. 143995]

Headcount FTE
Population: Sick absence Staff-in-post Average sick absence Staff-in-post Average sick absence1
DTI HQ including SBS
Year ending March 2003 37,107 5,412 6.9 5,254.54 7.1
Year ending March 2002 35,870 5,263 6.8 5,122.70 7.0
Year ending March 2001 32,920 4,998 6.6 4,867.03 6.8
Year ending 31 March 2000 32,717 4,934 6.6 4,820.63 6.8
Year ending 31 March 1999 34,715 4,892 7.1 4,788.22 7.3
1 Full time equivalent

Ruth Kelly

[holding answer 15 December 2003]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Simon Hughes, dated 16 December 2003:

As the National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about redundant workers. (144171)

The attached table gives estimates, from the Labour Force Survey, of the number of people resident in London who were made redundant in the three months prior to their LFS interview, and who were in employment again at the time of interview. These estimates are for the twelve month period ending August each year from 1998 to 2003. The LFS does not collect information about respondents' labour market status three months after their interview. As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS arc subject to sampling error.

People resident in Greater London who were made redundant in the three months prior to their LFS interview and who were in employment again at the time of interview, by age
Thousands
September to August Total 16–34 35 or over
1997–98 29 14 15
1998–99 28 12 16
1999–2000 30 19 12
2000–01 34 19 14
2001–02 34 20 14
2002–3 23 14 —

— Sample size too small for reliable estimate

Note:

These LFS estimates have not been interim-adjusted to reflect the 2001 Census results

Source:

ONS Labour Force Survey