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Treasury;Office for National Statistics

Answer

Roger Casale: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many new jobs have been created in Wimbledon since 1997. [224243] Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been ask to reply. Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Roger Casale, dated 4 April 2005: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about the number of jobs created in Wimbledon. (224243) While statistics of new jobs created are not available explicitly, statistics from surveys enable comparisons to be made of net changes in numbers of jobs from year to year. The attached table shows the number of jobs in Wimbledon from 1997 to 2003 and the net change over that period. This is the latest period for which information is available. The Annual Business Inquiry and Annual Employment Survey, are sample surveys and therefore the estimates used in this answer are subject to sampling variability. The small change in the number of jobs in Wimbledon from 1997 to 2003 should therefore be treated with caution. Number of employee jobs and change in jobs1,2 in the parliamentary constituency of Wimbledon: 1997 to 2003 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 1997 43,000 1998 45,000 1999 48,000 2000 50,000 2001 48,000 2002 46,000 2003 43,000 Change3 in number of jobs since 1997 -1,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Excludes self-employed jobs. 2 These figures are aggregates from which agriculture class 0100 (1993 SIC) have been excluded. 3 The change from 1997 to 2003 has been rounded to the nearest thousand separately from rounded levels. Source: 1997: Annual Employment Survey, rescaled. 1998-2002: Annual Business Inquiry

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c1172-3W; 224243

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Employment Job creation Wimbledon

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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