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The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to replyLetter from Karen Dunnell, dated July 2009:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions asking how may people were self-employed in (a) Hemel Hempstead, (b) Dacorum and (c) Hertfordshire in each year since 1997; and how many people have claimed jobseeker's allowance in (a) Hemel Hempstead, (b) Dacorum and (c) Hertfordshire in each year since 1997. (287860, 287857)""The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles labour market statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Survey (APS) and its predecessor the Annual Labour Force Survey (LFS). The number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance is compiled from Jobcentre Plus administrative data.""Table 1 shows the number of self-employed people resident in Hertfordshire in each year. Estimates for self-employed people for Hemel Hempstead and Dacorum are not available.""Table 2 shows the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance resident in the requested areas for June of each year since 1997.""National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment and unemployment, are available from the NOMIS website at:""http://www.nomisweb.co.uk"<Table width="100%" summary="" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0"><TR><TD>Table 1: Number of self-employed¹ people resident in Hertfordshire in each year since 1997</TD></TR><TR><TD>Thousand</TD></TR><TR><TD>12 months ending:</TD><TD>Hertfordshire</TD></TR><TR><TD>February 1998</TD><TD>69</TD></TR><TR><TD>February 1999</TD><TD>75</TD></TR><TR><TD>February 2000</TD><TD>68</TD></TR><TR><TD>February 2001</TD><TD>68</TD></TR><TR><TD>February 2002</TD><TD>69</TD></TR><TR><TD>February 2003</TD><TD>72</TD></TR><TR><TD>February 2004</TD><TD>80</TD></TR><TR><TD>December 2004</TD><TD>79</TD></TR><TR><TD>December 2005</TD><TD>76</TD></TR><TR><TD>December 2006</TD><TD>78</TD></TR><TR><TD>December 2007</TD><TD>86</TD></TR><TR><TD>December 2008²</TD><TD>**91</TD></TR><tfoot><TR><td>¹ People in employment who are self employed aged 16 and over.</td></TR><TR><td>² Coefficients of Variation have been calculated for the latest period as an indication of the quality of the estimates. See Guide to Quality following.</td></TR><TR><td>Guide to Quality:</td></TR><TR><td>The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of an estimate, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV—for example, for an estimate of 200 with a CV of 5 per cent. we would expect the population total to be within the range 180-220</td></TR><TR><td>Key Coefficient of Variation (CV) (%) Statistical Robustness</td></TR><TR><td>* 0 [le] CV <5 Estimates are considered precise</td></TR><TR><td>** 5 [le] CV <10 Estimates are considered reasonably precise</td></TR><TR><td>*** 10 [le] CV <20 Estimates are considered acceptable</td></TR><TR><td>**** CV = 20 Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes</td></TR><TR><td>Source:</td></TR><TR><td>Annual Labour Force Survey and Annual Population Survey</td></TR></tfoot></Table><Table width="100%" summary="" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0"><thead><tr><th>Table 2: Number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance resident in Hemel Hempstead, Dacorum and Hertfordshire</th></tr></thead><TR><TD>Thousand</TD></TR><TR><TD>As at June each year</TD><TD>Hemel Hempstead</TD><TD>Dacorum</TD><TD>Hertfordshire</TD></TR><TR><TD>1997</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>14</TD></TR><TR><TD>1998</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>10</TD></TR><TR><TD>1999</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>9</TD></TR><TR><TD>2000</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>8</TD></TR><TR><TD>2001</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>7</TD></TR><TR><TD>2002</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>8</TD></TR><TR><TD>2003</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>9</TD></TR><TR><TD>2004</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>8</TD></TR><TR><TD>2005</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>9</TD></TR><TR><TD>2006</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>10</TD></TR><TR><TD>2007</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>9</TD></TR><TR><TD>2008</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>8</TD></TR><TR><TD>2009</TD><TD>2</TD><TD>3</TD><TD>19</TD></TR><tfoot><TR><td>Source:</td></TR><TR><td>Jobcentre Plus administrative system</td></TR></tfoot></Table> |