Written question asked by David Evennett (Conservative) on Thursday, 20 January 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 24 January 2011. It was answered by Lord Grayling (Conservative) on Wednesday, 23 March 2011 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Unemployment: Bexley

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of people in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency who have been out of work for more than 12 months.

Answer: This is a matter for the Office for National Statistics (ONS), however I have been asked to reply.ONS compiles unemployment statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Survey following International Labour Organisation (ILO) definitions. However, due to sample size estimates of unemployment for the requested duration and geography are not available. As an alternative ONS have provided the number of persons claiming jobseeker's allowance for the Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency.There were 250 people resident in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency in receipt of jobseeker's allowance for over 12 months in January 2011.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"

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