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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 Questions asking how many people aged between 16 and 24 years in (a) Peterborough City Council area and (b) Peterborough constituency had been unemployed for over (i) six and (ii) 12 months in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available; and how many people aged between 16 and 24 years in (a) Peterborough City Council area and (b) Peterborough constituency were unemployed in (i) May 1997 and (ii) in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available. (295115 & 295116)""The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles unemployment statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Survey and its predecessor the annual Labour Force Survey (LFS) following International Labour Organisation (ILO) definitions.""However, estimates of unemployment for the requested age bands and geographies are not available. As an alternative, in Table 1 we have provided the number of persons, aged 16 to 24, claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, in the requested geographies, for (i) over 6 months and (ii) over 12 months in September 2009 and the previous 11 months. Table 2 contains the number of persons aged 16 to 24 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in the requested geographies for (i) May 1997 and (ii) September 2009 and the previous 11 months.""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 people aged 16 to 24 claiming jobseeker's allowance in Peterborough city council area and Peterborough parliamentary constituency for over six months and 12 months</th></tr></thead><TR><TD></TD><TD>Peterborough city council</TD><TD>Peterborough constituency</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Claiming over six months</TD><TD>Claiming over 12 months</TD><TD>Claiming over six months</TD><TD>Claiming over 12 months</TD></TR><TR><TD>October 2008</TD><TD>110</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>75</TD><TD>5</TD></TR><TR><TD>November 2008</TD><TD>80</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>55</TD><TD>5</TD></TR><TR><TD>December 2008</TD><TD>95</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>65</TD><TD>5</TD></TR><TR><TD>January 2009</TD><TD>105</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>70</TD><TD>5</TD></TR><TR><TD>February 2009</TD><TD>115</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>75</TD><TD>5</TD></TR><TR><TD>March 2009</TD><TD>145</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>90</TD><TD>5</TD></TR><TR><TD>April 2009</TD><TD>160</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>95</TD><TD>5</TD></TR><TR><TD>May 2009</TD><TD>205</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>135</TD><TD>5</TD></TR><TR><TD>June 2009</TD><TD>220</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>150</TD><TD>5</TD></TR><TR><TD>July 2009</TD><TD>205</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>140</TD><TD>5</TD></TR><TR><TD>August 2009</TD><TD>270</TD><TD>10</TD><TD>175</TD><TD>5</TD></TR><TR><TD>September 2009</TD><TD>315</TD><TD>15</TD><TD>210</TD><TD>10</TD></TR><tfoot><TR><td>Notes:</td></TR><TR><td>1. Data has been rounded to the nearest five.</td></TR><TR><td>2. People claiming for over 12 months are included in the counts of people claiming for over six months.</td></TR><TR><td>Source:</td></TR><TR><td>Jobcentre Plus administrative system.</td></TR></tfoot></Table><Table width="100%" summary="" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0"><thead><tr><th>Table 2: Number of people aged 16 to 24 claiming jobseeker's allowance in Peterborough city council area and Peterborough parliamentary constituency</th></tr></thead><TR><TD></TD><TD>Peterborough city council</TD><TD>Peterborough constituency</TD></TR><TR><TD>May 1997</TD><TD>1,275</TD><TD>925</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>October 2008</TD><TD>925</TD><TD>630</TD></TR><TR><TD>November 2008</TD><TD>990</TD><TD>675</TD></TR><TR><TD>December 2008</TD><TD>1,080</TD><TD>740</TD></TR><TR><TD>January 2009</TD><TD>1,205</TD><TD>815</TD></TR><TR><TD>February 2009</TD><TD>1,545</TD><TD>1,035</TD></TR><TR><TD>March 2009</TD><TD>1,655</TD><TD>1,105</TD></TR><TR><TD>April 2009</TD><TD>1,685</TD><TD>1,110</TD></TR><TR><TD>May 2009</TD><TD>1,685</TD><TD>1,115</TD></TR><TR><TD>June 2009</TD><TD>1,705</TD><TD>1,110</TD></TR><TR><TD>July 2009</TD><TD>1,560</TD><TD>1,035</TD></TR><TR><TD>August 2009</TD><TD>1,650</TD><TD>1,110</TD></TR><TR><TD>September 2009</TD><TD>1,705</TD><TD>1,145</TD></TR><tfoot><TR><td>Note:</td></TR><TR><td>Data has been rounded to nearest five.</td></TR><TR><td>Source:</td></TR><TR><td>Jobcentre Plus administrative system.</td></TR></tfoot></Table> |