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Jobseeker's Allowance: Fife

Answer

I have been asked to reply.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 Question asking how many people in North East Fife constituency had been claiming jobseeker's allowance for (a) less then six months, (b) between six and 12 months, (c) between 12 months and 2 years and (d) more than two years on the latest date for which information is available. (293975)""Table 1, attached, shows the number of computerised claims of Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) for people, aged 16 or over resident in the North East Fife constituency on 10 September 2009, broken down by the duration of the claim.""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.nomiswcb.co.uk"

Table 1: Number of claimants of jobseeker's allowance resident in North East Fife constituency by duration of claim (10 September 2009)
Duration	Number
Up to 26 weeks	740
Over 26 weeks up to 52 weeks	210
Over 52 weeks up to 104 weeks	80
Over 104 weeks	5
Note:
Data rounded to nearest 5.
Source:
Jobcentre plus administrative system

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

497 c1604-6W; 293975

Session

2008-09

Subjects

Unemployment Fife

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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