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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 in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency had been claiming jobseeker's allowance for (a) less then six months, (b) between six and 12 months, (c) between 12 months and two years and (d) more than two years on the latest date for which figures are available. (294261)""Table 1, attached, shows the number of computerised claims of Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) for people, aged 16 or over resident in the Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency on 10 September 2009, broken down by the duration of the claim.""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.ca.uk"<Table width="100%" summary="" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0"><thead><tr><th>Table 1: Claimants' of jobseeker's allowance resident in Bexleyheath and Crayford parliamentary constituency by duration of claim, 10 September 2009</th></tr></thead><TR><TD>Duration</TD><TD>Number</TD></TR><TR><TD>Up to 26 weeks</TD><TD>1,315</TD></TR><TR><TD>Over 26 weeks up to 52 weeks</TD><TD>395</TD></TR><TR><TD>Over 52 weeks u p to 104 weeks</TD><TD>130</TD></TR><TR><TD>Over 104 weeks</TD><TD>10</TD></TR><tfoot><TR><td>Notes: 1. Data rounded to nearest 5. 2. Duration is only available for computerised claims, which account for 99.7 per cent. of all claims. Source: Jobcentre Plus administrative system.</td></TR></tfoot></Table> |