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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 July 2011:"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) 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 12 quarters for which figures are available. 63837""The requested information is provided in the attached table.""Labour market statistics published in the monthly Labour Market Statistical Bulletin previously described as working age (men aged 16-64 and women aged 16-59) have now been replaced with statistics based on those aged 16-64 for both men and women. Consequently, the estimates provided have been produced on this basis."

Employment levels and rates¹ for people aged 16 and over, by nationality and country of birth²—Three months ending March, June, September, December, 2008 to 2011—United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Thousands 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	Q2	27,138	60	25,729	60	2,306	63	1,084	70	1,222	58
2008	Q3	27,167	60	25,762	60	2,323	64	1,069	70	1,254	59
2008	Q4	27,008	59	25,565	60	2,383	64	1,075	69	1,307	60
2009	Q1	26,713	59	25,251	59	2,354	63	1,119	69	1,235	59
2009	Q2	26,494	58	25,063	58	2,311	62	1,104	69	1,207	57
2009	Q3	26,702	58	25,276	59	2,272	63	1,085	69	1,187	59
2009	Q4	26,671	58	25,236	58	2,297	62	1,070	68	1,228	58
2010	Q1	26,459	58	25,012	58	2,262	61	1,077	67	1,185	56
2010	Q2	26,502	58	25,053	58	2,414	62	1,182	69	1,232	57
2010	Q3	26,881	58	25,391	59	2,412	64	1,213	70	1,199	59
2010	Q4	26,777	58	25,278	58	2,414	64	1,218	70	1,196	58
2011	Q1³	26,636	58	25,089	58	2,501	63	1,308	70	1,193	57

Employment levels and rates¹ for people aged 16 to 64, by nationality and country of birth²—Three months ending March, June, September, December, 2008 to 2011—United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Thousands 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	Q2	26,461	73	25,088	73	2,288	68	1,073	78	1,214	61
2008	Q3	26,499	73	25,127	74	2,303	69	1,058	78	1,245	62
2008	Q4	26,323	73	24,912	73	2,362	68	1,062	77	1,300	63
2009	Q1	26,022	72	24,600	72	2,333	68	1,105	77	1,228	62
2009	Q2	25,788	71	24,399	71	2,287	66	1,086	76	1,201	59
2009	Q3	25,975	71	24,588	72	2,248	68	1,068	76	1,180	61
2009	Q4	25,923	71	24,529	72	2,279	67	1,058	76	1,221	61
2010	Q1	25,694	70	24,286	71	2,245	66	1,067	75	1,178	59
2010	Q2	25,701	71	24,287	71	2,391	67	1,169	76	1,222	60
2010	Q3	26,052	71	24,608	72	2,391	68	1,204	76	1,187	62
2010	Q4	25,927	71	24,468	71	2,391	68	1,206	77	1,185	61
2011	Q1³	25,770	71	24,277	71	2,480	68	1,296	77	1,184	60
¹ Includes self-employed and unpaid family workers.
² Excludes those whose nationality and/or country of birth 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 CV—for example, for an estimate of 200 with a CV of 5 per cent. 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

63837; 530 c1296-8W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Employment

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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