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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 Karen Dunnell:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions asking how many (a) males, (b) females and (c) single parents were (i) in employment and (ii) unemployment for at least a period in Peterborough in each of the last five years; what the average unemployment rate among the working age population in Peterborough was in each of the last five years; and how many people resident in Peterborough were in employment for at least a period in each of the last five years. (281666,281667 & 281668)""The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles labour market statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Survey (APS). Estimates of total unemployment for unitary and local authorities are produced from a statistical model, and follow International Labour Organisation (ILO) definitions.""Table 1 shows the number of males, females and total people aged 16 and over resident in Peterborough Local Authority (LA), who were employed in each of the last five years. The estimates have been compiled from the APS. The latest period for which data are available is October 2007 to September 2008. Numbers of males and females aged 16 and over resident in Peterborough LA, who were unemployed in each of the last five years have not been provided due to the unreliability of data for statistical purposes at this level of geography. The unemployment rates of people resident in Peterborough LA, in each of the last five years are also shown in Table 1.""Unemployment rates are calculated as the number of unemployed people 16+ as a percentage of the economically active population ""rather than as a percentage of the working age population, thus estimates provided are consistent with these definitions. Estimates for Peterborough LA are compiled from Model based estimates.""Table 2 shows the number of lone parents below state pension age with dependent children who were in employment and resident in Peterborough LA, for the calendar years 2004 to 2007. Estimates are derived from the APS household datasets and are only available for January to December for the years 2004 to 2007. Lone parent unemployment estimates for Peterborough LA cannot be provided as the sample size is too small and considered unreliable for practical purposes.""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"><thead><tr><th>Table 1: Number of persons employed and unemployed¹ and unemployment rate² for people resident in Peterborough local authority in each of the last five years</th></tr></thead><TR><TD></TD><TD>Employed (Thousand)</TD><TD>Unemployed (Thousand)</TD><TD>Unemployment rate (Percentage)</TD></TR><TR><TD>12-month period</TD><TD>Male</TD><TD>Female</TD><TD>Total</TD><TD>Male</TD><TD>Female</TD><TD>People³</TD></TR><TR><TD>January to December 2004</TD><TD>44</TD><TD>37</TD><TD>81</TD><TD>—</TD><TD>—</TD><TD>4.4</TD></TR><TR><TD>January to December 2005</TD><TD>43</TD><TD>37</TD><TD>79</TD><TD>—</TD><TD>—</TD><TD>4.9</TD></TR><TR><TD>January to December 2006</TD><TD>43</TD><TD>36</TD><TD>79</TD><TD>—</TD><TD>—</TD><TD>5.7</TD></TR><TR><TD>January to December 2007</TD><TD>44</TD><TD>35</TD><TD>78</TD><TD>—</TD><TD>—</TD><TD>5.9</TD></TR><TR><TD>October 2007 to September 20084</TD><TD>**43</TD><TD>***34</TD><TD>**77</TD><TD>****—</TD><TD>****—</TD><TD>6.3</TD></TR><tfoot><TR><td>¹ Levels of employed and unemployed are provided for persons aged 16 and over. The figures presented are weighted to population estimates published in 2007. ² Number of unemployed people aged 16 and over as a percentage of the economically active population. ³ Model based estimates. 4 Coefficients of Variation have been calculated for the latest period as an indication of the quality of the estimates. See Guide to Quality below. "—" Data are unreliable for practical purposes. Guide to Quality: 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 * 0 = CV<5 Estimates are considered precise ** 5 = CV <10 Estimates are considered reasonably precise *** 10 = CV <20 Estimates are considered acceptable **** CV ? 20 Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes Source: Annual Population Survey and Model Based Estimates.</td></TR></tfoot></Table><Table width="100%" summary="" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0"><thead><tr><th>Table 2: Number of lone parents¹ with dependent children² resident in Peterborough local authority, 2004 to 2007</th></tr></thead><TR><TD>12 month period</TD><TD>Peterborough local authority</TD></TR><TR><TD>In employment</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>January to December 2004</TD><TD>2</TD></TR><TR><TD>January to December 2005</TD><TD>3</TD></TR><TR><TD>January to December 2006</TD><TD>3</TD></TR><TR><TD>January to December 2007³</TD><TD>***3</TD></TR><TR><TD>Unemployed</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>January to December 2004</TD><TD>—</TD></TR><TR><TD>January to December 2005</TD><TD>—</TD></TR><TR><TD>January to December 2006</TD><TD>—</TD></TR><TR><TD>January to December 2007³</TD><TD>****—</TD></TR><tfoot><TR><td>¹ Men aged 16 to 64 and women aged 16 to 59. ² Dependent children are children aged under 16 and those 16 to 18 who are never-married and in full-time education. ³ Coefficients of Variation have been calculated for the latest period as an indication of the quality of the estimates. See Guide to Quality below. "—" Data are unreliable for practical purposes. Guide to Quality: 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 Key Coefficient of Variation (CV) (%) Statistical Robustness * 0 = CV<5 Estimates are considered precise ** 5 = CV <10 Estimates are considered reasonably precise *** 10 = CV <20 Estimates are considered acceptable **** CV ? 20 Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes Source: Annual Population Survey Household date sets.</td></TR></tfoot></Table> |