Written question asked by Brian Wilson (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 22 March 2005. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Tuesday, 22 March 2005 on behalf of the Office for National Statistics.

Treasury;Office for National Statistics

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people resident in each parliamentary constituency (a) in June 1997 and (b) on the latest date for which information is available were in employment.

Answer: Mr. Wilson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people resident in each parliamentary constituency (a) in June 1997 and (b) on the latest date for which information is available were in employment. [222844] Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply. Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. Brian Wilson, dated 22 March 2005: The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about employment in each Parliamentary Constituency in the UK. I am replying in his absence. (222844) The attached three tables show the estimates of the numbers of people in employment, in each Parliamentary Constituency, respectively in England, Wales and Scotland in 1997 and 2004, the latest date for which information is available. These estimates from the Labour Force Survey are, as with any sample survey, subject to sampling variability. Since the information in these tables is so extensive, copies have been placed in the House of Commons Library. Similar information for Parliamentary Constituencies in Northern Ireland is not available.

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