§ Mr. Tony ClarkeTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people aged over 65 years have been in work in Northampton, South in each year since 1997. [186463]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Tony Clarke, dated 8 September 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about employment. (186463)The attached table gives the available estimates of the number of people aged 65 and over in employment in the Northampton South Parliamentary Constituency for the twelve months ending February in 1997 and each year from 1999 to 2003. However, these estimates are subject to a higher degree of sampling and rounding error than usual, and for this reason the table also includes estimates for the East Midlands region.Estimates are taken from the Office for National Statistics Labour Force Survey (LFS). As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to sampling variability.
Estimated number of people aged 65 and over in employment, East Midlands region and Northampton South constituency, 12 months ending February of 1997 and of each year from 1999 to 2003 Thousand Year1 East Midlands Northampton, South2 1997 29 1 1999 29 1 2000 29 0 2001 33 2 2002 29 1 2003 33 2 1 Data not available for 1998. 2 Estimates are based on small sample sizes and are subject to a higher than usual degree of sampling variability. They should therefore be treated with caution. Source: ONS Labour Force Survey.