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Unemployment: Young People

Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 24 April 2008:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many (a) UK and (b) UK born 16 to 24 year olds were unemployed in each quarter since 1997; and what was the employment rate in each category in the same period. [201004]""The attached table gives estimates of the number of unemployed people and the employment rate for the categories requested for the three month periods ending June and ""December each year from 1997 to 2007, derived the Labour Force Survey (LFS). Comparable estimates for 1998 and 2000 are not available.""It should be noted that the estimate provided is weighted to population estimates consistent with those published in 2003. Reweighted analyses using the latest population estimates, published in summer 2007, will available from 14 May 2008.""As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty."

ILO unemployment¹ level and employment rate² of people aged 16 to 24. by country of birth, three months ending June and December, 1997 to 2007—United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
		Total UK	UK born
		Unemployment level (thousand)	Employment rate (percentage)	Unemployment level (thousand)l	Employment rate (percentage)
1997	Q2	631	61	594	62
	Q4	571	63	529	64
1998	Q2	³—	³—	³—	³—
	Q4	³—	³—	³—	³—
1999	Q2	548	61	517	62
	Q4	530	64	490	65
2000	Q2	³—	³—	³—	³—
	Q4	³—	³—	³—	³—
2001	Q2	478	62	445	63
	Q4	544	63	501	64
2002	Q2	498	61	461	62
	Q4	546	63	504	64
2003	Q2	520	60	474	61
	Q4	526	62	487	63
2004	Q2	517	60	476	61
	Q4	565	61	512	63
2005	Q2	550	59	499	60
	Q4	622	58	560	60
2006	Q2	630	57	568	58
	Q4	648	59	576	60
2007	Q2	648	56	574	57
	Q4	638	58	576	60
¹ Number of unemployed people measured using the internationally agreed definition recommended by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
² Number of people aged 16 to 24 in employment as a percentage of all 16 to 24-year-old people.
³ Data unavailable.
Notes:
1. It should be noted that the estimates:
exclude certain people who have been resident in the UK for less than six months.
exclude students in halls of residence who do not have a UK resident parent.
exclude people in most types of communal establishment (e.g. hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites etc.).
are grossed to population estimates that only include migrants staying 12 months or more.
are grossed to population estimates consistent with those published in spring 2003 which are significantly lower than the latest population estimates as used in the Labour Market Statistics First Release.
2. Comparable data not available for 1998 and 2000.
Source:
Labour Force Survey (LFS)

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

474 c2205-6W; 201004

Session

2007-08

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