§ Mr. RuffleyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many unpaid carers there are in(a) England, (b) Suffolk, (c) Norfolk, (d) Cambridgeshire and (e) Essex; and what percentage of unpaid carers are working over 50 hours per week. [120417]
§ John HealeyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. David Ruffley, dated 25 June 2003:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking how many unpaid carers there are in (a) England, (b) Suffolk, (c) Norfolk, (d) Cambridgeshire and (e) Essex; and what percentage of unpaid carers are working over 50 hours per week.
The number of people providing unpaid care and percentage of people who provide unpaid care for 50 or more hours a week recorded in the 2001 Census is shown in Table KS08 of the 2001 Census Report on Key Statistics for Local Authorities in England and Wales, which was published on 13 February. A copy of this report was placed in the House of Commons library and is also available or the National Statistics website at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk statbase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D6565.xls(Table KS08 Health and Provision of unpaid care).
I have extracted the following figures from the published table.
Provision of unpaid care in the 2001 Census Number of people who provide unpaid care Percentage of people who provide unpaid care, who do so for 50 or more hours a week (a) England 4,877,060 20.48 (b)Suffolk 66,486 18.92 (c)Norfolk 81,653 20.62 (d)Cambridgeshire 50,673 17.01 (e)Essex 129,236 18.71 source:
2001 Census Report on Key Statistics for Local Authorities in England and Wales, Table KS08, ONS