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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, dated September 2010:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many and what proportion of (a) UK nationals, (b) people born in the UK, (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 eight quarters. (15718)""You may like to be aware that, following consultation, our practice in respect of labour market statistics changed in August 2010 from regarding working age as men aged 16-64 and women aged 16-59 to statistics based on those aged 16-64 for both men and women.""The table provided shows Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates provided on this basis."

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, 2008-10. United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Thousand and percentage
	Aged over 16 years
	UK nationals	Rate (%)	UK born	Rate (%)	Foreign nationals	Rate (%)	Non-UK EU nationals	Rate (%)	Non-EU nationals	Rate (%)
2008 Q3	27,174	60	25,771	60	2,318	64	1,067	70	1,250	59
2008 Q4	27,026	59	25,585	60	2,377	64	1,074	69	1,303	60
2009 Q1	26,741	59	25,283	59	2,347	63	1,118	69	1,229	59
2009 Q2	26,526	58	25,095	58	2,303	62	1,104	68	1,199	57
2009 Q3	26,732	58	25,308	59	2,262	63	1,083	69	1,179	58
2009 Q4	26,691	58	25,259	58	2,288	62	1,069	68	1,219	58
2010 Q1	26,487	58	25,039	58	2,254	61	1,075	67	1,179	56
2010 Q2³	26,530	*58	25,080	*58	2,401	*62	1,178	*69	1,223	*57
Source:
Labour Force Survey (LFS)

Employment levels and rates for people aged 16 to 64 years in employment¹,² by nationality and country of birth. Three months ending March, June, September and December, 2008-10. United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Thousand and percentage
	Aged 16 to 64 years
	UK nationals	Rate (%)	UK born	Rate (%)	Foreign nationals	Rate (%)	Non-UK EU nationals	Rate (%)	Non-EU nationals	Rate (%)
2008 Q3	26,507	73	25,137	73	2,297	69	1,056	78	1,241	62
2008 Q4	26,342	73	24,933	73	2,357	69	1,062	77	1,296	63
2009 Q1	26,050	72	24,632	72	2,326	68	1,104	77	1,222	62
2009 Q2	25,821	71	24,432	71	2,279	66	1,085	76	1,193	59
2009 Q3	26,005	71	24,621	72	2,237	68	1,065	76	1,172	61
2009 Q4	25,942	71	24,552	72	2,269	67	1,057	75	1,213	61
2010 Q1	25,721	70	24,313	71	2,236	66	1,065	75	1,172	59
2010 Q2³	25,728	*71	24,314	*71	2,377	*67	1,164	*76	1,212	*60
¹ Includes self-employed and unpaid family workers.
² Excludes those whose nationality was not known.
³ 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 CV60 - 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 (LFS)

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

15718; 516 c286-8W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Employment

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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