The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated February 2009:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many people aged between 18 and 24 years old were claiming jobseeker's allowance in each of the last five years in Sutton and Cheam. (255371)""Table 1 shows the number of 18-24 year olds, resident in Sutton and Cheam parliamentary constituency, who were claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance in each month from January 2004 to December 2008." Table 1: Number¹ of claimants of jobseeker's allowance aged 18 to 24 years in Sutton and Cheam parliamentary constituency Number January 2004 155 February 2004 170 March 2004 165 April 2004 140 May 2004 155 June 2004 145 July 2004 150 August 2004 155 September 2004 150 October 2004 155 November 2004 155 December 2004 150 January 2005 180 February 2005 190 March 2005 195 April 2005 175 May 2005 165 June 2005 170 July 2005 210 August 2005 220 September 2005 220 October 2005 240 November 2005 225 December 2005 215 January 2006 210 February 2006 220 March 2006 215 April 2006 230 May 2006 220 June 2006 215 July 2006 225 August 2006 205 September 2006 240 October 2006 215 November 2006 185 December 2006 160 January 2007 165 February 2007 180 March 2007 190 April 2007 185 May 2007 155 June 2007 150 July 2007 175 August 2007 185 September 2007 195 October 2007 175 November 2007 165 December 2007 150 January 2008 170 February 2008 175 March 2008 170 April 2008 135 May 2008 135 June 2008 140 July 2008 165 August 2008 200 September 2008 210 October 2008 205 November 2008 205 December 2008 235 ¹ Data are rounded to the nearest 5.