§ Mr. BentonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the levels of long-term(a) adult and (b) youth employment in Bootle over the last seven years. [177714]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Joe Benton, dated 9 June 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about unemployment. (177714)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics of unemployment from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) following International Labour Organisation definitions. However, the LFS sample size is too small to give reliable estimates of unemployment in the Bootle Constituency.
ONS also compiles statistics of those claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) for local areas including parliamentary constituencies.
The table gives total JSA claimants claiming for over 12 months and those aged 18 to 24-years-old claiming for over 12 months for the Bootle constituency. The figures are annual averages for each year since 1997. The data are not seasonally adjusted.
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All ages 18–24 years 1997 1,932 377 1998 1,406 254 1999 1,078 54 2000 912 16
All ages 18–24 years 2001 754 10 2002 693 14 2003 622 20 Note: Computerised claims only.
§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the level of unemployment was in each year since 1997 in Stoke-on-Trent, North. [177638]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Ms Joan Walley, dated 9 June 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about unemployment. (177638)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics of unemployment from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) following International Labour Organisation definitions. However, the LFS sample size is too small to give reliable estimates of unemployment in the Stoke-on-Trent North Constituency.
ONS also compiles statistics of those claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (ISA) for local areas including parliamentary constituencies.
The table gives the annual average number of JSA claimants for the Stoke-on-Trent North constituency for each year since 1997.
Number 1997 1,750 1998 1,554 1999 1,669 2000 1,396 2001 1,367 2002 1,330 2003 1,281