HC Deb 02 March 2004 vol 418 cc819-20W
Mr. Tony Clarke

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the economic activity rate in the Northampton South constituency was in(a) 2002–03 and (b) 1996–97. [157008]

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. Tony Clarke, dated 2 March 2004: The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the economic activity rate in the Northampton South constituency. I am replying in his absence. (157008) The table below shows the working age economic activity rates for the Northampton South constituency, covering the twelve-month periods ending February 1997 and February 2002. Information for 2002/03 is not yet available.

Working age economic activity rates1 in the Northampton South

constituency
12 month period ending February each year Rates
1997 85.5
2002 84.4
1 Economically active as a percentage of men aged 16–64 and women aged 16–59.

As with any statistical sample survey, estimates from the Labour Force Survey are subject to sampling variability.