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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 under 25 year olds in Norwich North constituency claimed jobseekers allowance in (a) 1997 (b) 2007 (c) 2008 and (d) 2009. (296343)""The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles the number of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) from the Jobcentre Plus administrative system. Table 1 shows the number of persons under 25 years old, in the Norwich North constituency, who were claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in September 2009, the latest data available, and the same month in 2008, 2007 and 1997.""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."<Table width="100%" summary="" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0"><thead><tr><th>Table 1: Number of persons¹ under 25-years-old resident in Norwich North constituency claiming jobseeker's allowance</th></tr></thead><TR><TD></TD><TD>Number²</TD></TR><TR><TD>September 1997</TD><TD>670</TD></TR><TR><TD>September 2007</TD><TD>350</TD></TR><TR><TD>September 2008</TD><TD>410</TD></TR><TR><TD>September 2009</TD><TD>715</TD></TR><tfoot><TR><td>¹ Age data are only available for computerised claims, which account for 99.7 per cent. of all claims.</td></TR><TR><td>² Data rounded to nearest 5.</td></TR><TR><td>Source:</td></TR><TR><td>Jobcentre Plus administrative system</td></TR></tfoot></Table> |