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<p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.</p><p>Letter from Jil Matheson, dated December 2013:</p><p>As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people aged 24 and under have been unemployed for over a year (a) at the most recent date for which data is available and (b) in each of the last 20 years. 179527</p><p>Information regarding youth unemployment is available from the Labour Force Survey. The number of 16 to 24 year olds who have been unemployed for over 12 months are included in the table.</p><p>Estimates are for the three month period July to September each year from 1993 to 2013.</p><p>As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty. These are indicated in the table provided.</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top">Longterm1 unemployment among people aged 16 to 24,July to September each year, UK, seasonallyadjusted<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">Level(thousand)<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">1993<br /></td><td valign="top">**285<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">1994<br /></td><td valign="top">237<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">1995<br /></td><td valign="top">185<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">1996<br /></td><td valign="top">157<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">1997<br /></td><td valign="top">136<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">1998<br /></td><td valign="top">86<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">1999<br /></td><td valign="top">72<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2000<br /></td><td valign="top">73<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2001<br /></td><td valign="top">67<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2002<br /></td><td valign="top">61<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2003<br /></td><td valign="top">***67<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2004<br /></td><td valign="top">66<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2005<br /></td><td valign="top">75<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2006<br /></td><td valign="top">103<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2007<br /></td><td valign="top">112<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2008<br /></td><td valign="top">121<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2009<br /></td><td valign="top">198<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2010<br /></td><td valign="top">218<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2011<br /></td><td valign="top">258<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2012<br /></td><td valign="top">266<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2013<br /></td><td valign="top">**282<br /></td></tr></tbody><tfoot><tr><td valign="top">1Unemployed for over 12 months. Source: Labour Force Survey(LFS)<br />Guide toQuality:<br />The Coefficient ofVariation (CV) indicates the quality of an estimate, the smaller the CVvalue the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within+/- twice the CV—for example, for an estimate of 200 with a CVof 5% we would expect the population total to be within the range180-220.<br />Key:<br />*0 = CV <5—Statistical Robustness: Estimates are consideredprecise<br />** 5 = CV<10—Statistical Robustness: Estimates are consideredreasonably precise<br />*** 10 = CV<20—Statistical Robustness: Estimates are consideredacceptable<br />**** CV ?20—Statistical Robustness: Estimates are considered toounreliable for practicalpurposes<br /></td></tr></tfoot></table></p> |