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Unemployment: Older Workers

Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated January 2010:"As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many people over 50 years old in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) the North East and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency are on jobseeker's allowance. 311349.""The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles the number of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) from the Jobcentre Plus administrative system.""Table 1 shows the number of people aged 50 years and over, claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in the UK, England, the North East and Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland for November 2009, the latest date for which data is available.""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 1. Number of people aged 50 years and over claiming jobseeker's allowance
	Number
United Kingdom	239,545
England	201,675
North East	12,785
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	425
Note:
Data rounded to nearest five.
Source:
Jobcentre Plus administrative system.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

504 c53-4W; 311349

Session

2009-10

Transferred

Yes

Subjects

Jobseeker's allowance Older workers

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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