§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the level of unemployment was in each year since 1997 in Crosby. [160531]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mrs. Curtis-Thomas dated 15 March 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about unemployment in Crosby. (160531)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 Crosby Parliamentary Constituency.ONS does also compile statistics of those claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (ISA) for local areas including parliamentary constituencies.The table below gives the annual average number of JSA claimants for the Crosby Parliamentary Constituency for each year since 1997.
Average annual number of JSA claimants in the Crosby Parliamentary Constituency, 1997–2003 Average number of claimants 1997 2,151 1998 1,804 1999 1,645 2000 1,452 2001 1,243 2002 1,155 2003 1,142