§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which five regions had(a) the lowest and (b) the highest employment rates in each year since 1997; and what their respective rates were. [110683]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from C. Mowl to Mr. Frank Field, dated 7 May 2003:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about employment rates. I am replying his absence. (110683)
The attached table gives the information requested for the twelve month periods ending December of each year from 1997 to 2002. These estimates are from the Labour Force Survey (LFS).
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Working age1 employment rates2 by region and country in the UK—Average for January to December each year Employment rate (Percentage) Five Government Office Regions with highest employment rates 1997 South East 78.4 South West 77.1 East 76.6 East Midlands 75.6 West Midlands 73.2 1998 South East 79.4 South West 77.8 East 77.7 East Midlands 76.1 West Midlands 74.2 1999 South East 79.8 South West 78.4 East 78.1 East Midlands 76.4 West Midlands 73.7 2000 South East 80.3 South West 78.9 East 78.8 East Midlands 76.3 Yorkshire and Humberside 73.7 2001 South East 80.1 East 79.3 South West 78.9 East Midlands 75.8 West Midlands 73.9 2002 South East 79.7 South West 79.0 East 79.0 East Midlands 76.4 West Midlands 74.2
Working age1 employment rates2 by region and country in the UK—Average for January to December each year Employment rate (Percentage) Five Government Office Regions with lowest employment rates 1997 Northern Ireland 67.1 North East 67.3 Wales 68.2 London 69.9 North West 70.2 1998 North East 66.6 Northern Ireland 67.0 Wales 68.0 North West 70.2 London 70.5 1999 North East 66.6 Northern Ireland 67.0 Wales 68.8 North West 71.4 Scotland 71.6 2000 Northern Ireland 66.4 North East 68.1 Wales 69.3 London 70.8 North West 72.3 2001 Northern Ireland 67.3 North East 68.4 Wales 68.5 London 71.0 North West 72.2 2002 Northern Ireland 67.7 North East 68.4 Wales 69.8 London 70.5 North West 72.3 1 Men aged 16–64 and women 16–59. 2 Working age people in employment as a percentage of the Working age population. Source: ONS Labour Force Survey
§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which 100 local authority words have(a) the lowest and (b) the highest employment rates; and what the rates are in each case. [110684]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Frank Field, dated 7 May 2003
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question about employment rates in local authority wards. (110684)
I regret to inform you that the data you requested are not available form the Labour Force Survey. However, Census data on employment will be available at ward level on 30 June.