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The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Jil Matheson, dated October 2009:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many people resident in (a) Vale of York constituency and (b) England were in receipt of jobseekers allowance on the latest date for which figures are available. (293179)""The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles the number of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) from the Jobcentre Plus administrative system. In September 2009 the number of persons claiming JSA who were resident in the Vale of York was 1,185. The number of persons claiming JSA who were resident in England was 1,329,140.""National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at: http://www. nomisweb.co.uk." |