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Employment

Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Stephen Penneck:"As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many and what proportion of (a) UK nationals, (b) UK-born people, (c) foreign nationals, (d) non-UK EU nationals and (e) non-EU nationals (i) aged over 16 years and (ii) of working age were in employment in the UK in each of the last four quarters for which figures are available; and what the percentage change in each category was in each of the last 16 quarters. (5172)""The information requested is shown in the attached table. The estimates are derived from the Labour Force Survey. As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty. This is described in a footnote to the table.""The figures in the table are derived from the LFS microdata which are weighted using the official population estimates published in autumn 2009. These estimates are consistent with the figures published in the monthly Labour Market Statistical Bulletin."

Employment levels and rates for people aged over 16 years in employment¹,² by nationality and country of birth—Three months ending March, June, September and December, 2006 to 2010,United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Thousands and percentage
	Aged over 16 years
	UK nationals	Rate	Annual % change in level	UK born	Rate	Annual % change in level	Foreign Nationals	Rate	Annual % change in level
2006 Q2	26,881	61	—	25,556	61	—	2,009	57	—
2006 Q3	27,023	61	—	25,729	61	—	2,074	57	—
2006 Q4	26,915	61	—	25,606	61	—	2,066	56	—
2007 Q1	26,946	61	—	25,620	60	—	2,019	62	—
2007 Q2	27,208	61	1	25,614	60	0	2,141	63	7
2007 Q3	27,259	61	1	25,815	60	0	2,150	64	4
2007 Q4	27,259	61	1	25,867	60	1	2,206	63	7
2008 Q1	27,120	61	1	25,737	60	0	2,286	64	13
2008 Q2	27,140	61	0	25,734	60	0	2,299	64	7
2008 Q3	27,174	61	0	25,771	60	0	2,318	64	8
2008 Q4	27,026	60	-1	25,585	60	-1	2,377	64	8
2009 Q1	26,741	60	-1	25,283	59	-2	2,347	64	3
2009 Q2	26,526	59	-2	25,095	58	-2	2,303	62	0
2009 Q3	26,732	59	-2	25,308	59	-2	2,262	64	-2
2009 Q4	26,691	59	-1	25,259	59	-1	2,288	63	-4
2010 Q14	26,487	59	*-1	25,039	59	*-1	2,254	61	*-4

Thousands and percentage
	Aged over 16 years
	Non-UK EU nationals	Rate	Annual % change in level	Non-EU nationals	Rate	Annual % change in level
2006 Q2	732	64	—	1,144	61	—
2006 Q3	775	65	—	1,183	62	—
2006 Q4	855	66	—	1,154	60	—
2007 Q1	922	68	—	1,098	57	—
2007 Q2	989	69	35	1,153	59	1
2007 Q3	990	70	28	1,159	59	-2
2007 Q4	1,028	70	20	1,178	58	2
2008 Q1	1,085	70	18	1,201	59	9
2008 Q2	1,082	70	9	1,218	70	6
2008 Q3	1,067	70	8	1,250	60	8
2008 Q4	1,074	69	4	1,303	61	11
2009 Q1	1,118	70	3	1,229	60	2
2009 Q2	1,104	69	2	1,199	57	-2
2009 Q3	1,083	70	1	1,179	59	-6
2009 Q4	1,069	68	0	1,219	58	-6
2010 Q14	1,075	68	*-4	1,179	57	*-4

Employment levels and rates for people of working age³ in employment¹,² by nationality and country of birth—Three months ending March, June, September and December, 2006 to 2010, United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Thousands and percentage
	Working age³
	UK nationals	Rate	Annual % change in level	UK born	Rate	Annual % change in level	Foreign Nationals	Rate	Annual % change in level
2006 Q2	25,938	75	0	24,670	75	—	1,946	67	—
2006 Q3	26,084	75	0	24,848	76	—	2,008	67	—
2006 Q4	25,989	75	0	24,742	76	—	1,946	65	—
2007 Q1	25,791	75	—	24,527	75	—	1,977	62	—
2007 Q2	25,782	75	-1	24,507	75	-1	2,101	68	8
2007 Q3	26,014	75	0	24,686	76	-1	2,111	69	5
2007 Q4	26,036	76	0	24,706	76	0	2,171	68	12
2008 Q1	25,849	75	0	24,528	75	0	2,250	69	14
2008 Q2	25,882	75	0	24,507	75	0	2,261	69	8
2008 Q3	25,898	75	0	24,552	76	-1	2,274	69	8
2008 Q4	25,725	75	-1	24,528	76	-1	2,302	68	6
2009 Q1	25,431	74	-2	24,043	74	-2	2,334	70	4
2009 Q2	25,201	73	-3	23,849	73	-3	2,256	67	0
2009 Q3	25,387	73	-2	24,043	74	-2	2,200	68	-3
2009 Q4	25,325	73	-2	23,974	74	-2	2,242	67	-3
2010 Q14	25,102	72	*-1	23,731	73	*-1	2,207	66	*-5

Thousands and percentage
	Working age³
	Non-UK EU nationals	Rate	Annual % change in level	Non-EU nationals	Rate	Annual % change in level
2006 Q2	712	76	—	1,126	64	—
2006 Q3	753	77	—	1,162	65	—
2006 Q4	828	77	—	1,137	63	—
2007 Q1	897	77	—	1,080	60	—
2007 Q2	968	77	36	1,133	59	1
2007 Q3	968	78	29	1,143	62	-2
2007 Q4	1,009	79	22	1,162	61	2
2008 Q1	1,066	79	19	1,184	62	10
2008 Q2	1,062	79	10	1,199	62	6
2008 Q3	1,043	79	8	1,231	63	8
2008 Q4	1,049	78	4	1,284	64	10
2009 Q1	1,094	78	3	1,208	62	2
2009 Q2	1,075	77	1	1,180	60	-2
2009 Q3	1,052	77	1	1,159	62	-6
2009 Q4	1,045	76	0	1,197	61	-7
2010 Q14	1,052	75	*-4	1,155	60	*-4
¹ Includes self-employed and unpaid family workers.
² Excludes those whose nationality was not known.
³ Men aged 16-64 and women aged 16-59.
4 Coefficients of Variation have been calculated for the latest period as an indication of the quality of the estimates, as described below:
Guide to Quality:
The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of an estimate, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV—for example, for an estimate of 200 with a CV of 5% we would expect the population total to be within the range 180-220.
Key:
* 0 = CV<5%—Statistical Robustness: Estimates are considered precise
** 5 = CV <10%—Statistical Robustness: Estimates are considered reasonably precise
*** 10 = CV <20%—Statistical Robustness: Estimates are considered acceptable
**** CV = 20%—Statistical Robustness: Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes
CV = Coefficient of Variation
Note:
It should be noted that the above estimates exclude people in most types of communal establishment (e.g. hotels, boarding houses, hostels mobile home sites etc.).
Source:
Labour Force Survey.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

5172; 513 c429-34W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Employment

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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