§ Mrs. HumbleTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the economic activity rate in the Blackpool, North and Fleetwood constituency was in(a) 1996–97 and (b) 2002–03. [157501]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mrs. Joan Humble, dated 5 March 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question on the economic activity rate in the Blackpool North and Fleetwood constituency. (157501)
The table below shows the working age economic activity rates for the Blackpool North and Fleetwood constituency, covering the twelve-month periods ending February 1997 and February 2002. Information for the twelve month ending February 2003 is not yet available.
Working age economic activity rates1 in the Blackpool North and Fleetwood Constituency
12 month period ending February each year per cent 1996–97 71.8 2001–02 75.2 1 Economic activity as a percentage of men aged 16–64 and women aged 16–59. As with any statistical sample survey, estimates for the LFS are subject to sampling variability.