§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many new jobs have been created in Chorley since 1997. [161447]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Lindsay Hoyle, dated 16 March 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about new jobs created in Chorley since 1997. (161447)No information is explicitly available about numbers of new jobs created during this period.However, statistics from surveys enable comparisons to be made of net changes, from year to year.The attached table shows the number of jobs in Chorley Parliamentary Constituency (which covers the same area as Chorley Local Authority District) in each year from 1997 to 2002, the latest year for which information is available.422W
Number of jobs1 in Chorley parliamentary constituency, 1997–2002 Number 1997 30,400 1998 31,400 1999 31,900
Number of jobs1 in Chorley parliamentary constituency, 1997–2002 Number 2000 32,000 2001 37,500 2002 39,900 Change from 1997 to 2002 9.500 1 Employee jobs only, not self-employed jobs. Source:
1997: Annual Employment Survey, rescaled.
2002: Annual Business Inquiry (ABI).