HC Deb 21 April 2004 vol 420 cc500-1W
Peter Bradley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many(a) men and (b) women are employed in The Wrekin; [166720]

(2) how many (a) men and (b) women in The Wrekin are in (i) full and (ii) part-time employment. [166722]

Ruth Kelly

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. Peter Bradley, dated 21 April 2004: The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions about employment in the Wrekin Parliamentary Constituency. I am replying in his absence. (166720, 166722) The table below gives estimates of the number of men and women who are in full and part-time employment in the Wrekin Parliamentary Constituency in the twelve month period ending February 2002, the latest data for which information is available.

Men and women who are in full and part-time employment in the Wrekin parliamentary constituency
Men Women
In employment 22,000 19,000
Part-time 1 10,000
Full-time 21,000 9,000
1 Sample size too small for reliable estimate.

As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to sampling variability.

Mr. Kilfoyle

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many new(a) full-time and (b) part-time jobs were created between 1997 and 2003 in Liverpool, Walton; [166968]

(2) how many jobs were lost in each year between 1997 and 2003 in Liverpool, Walton. [166969]

Ruth Kelly

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Peter Kilfoyle dated 21 April 2004:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions about full-time and part-time jobs, and number of jobs lost in Liverpool, Walton. (166968, 166969)

While no statistics of new jobs created or of jobs lost are available explicitly, statistics from surveys enable comparisons to be made of net changes, from year to year.

The attached table shows the number of full-time and part-time employee jobs in Liverpool, Walton Parliamentary Constituency in each year from 1997 to 2002, the latest year for which information is available.

Number of full-time and part-time jobs in Liverpool, Walton2; 1997–2002
Number of jobs
Full-time Part-time Total
1997 13,900 9,900 23,900
1998 15,400 9,700 25,100
1999 14,600 8,400 23,000
2000 17,400 9,700 27,000
2001 19,000 11,800 30,800
2002 21,600 12,900 34,500
Net change 1997-2002 + 7,700 + 3,000 + 10,700
Notes:
1 Employee jobs only, not self-employed jobs.
2 Parliamentary constituency area.
Source:
1997; Annual Employment Survey, resealed 1998–2002; Annual Business Inquiry (ABI).