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Unemployment

Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply. Letter from Stephen Penneck, Director General for ONS, to Lord Bradley, dated October 2011. As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions asking: how many people are unemployed in each constituency in Greater Manchester (HL12771); how many (a) men, and (b) women, are unemployed in each constituency in Greater Manchester (HL12772); how many people under the age of 21 are unemployed in each constituency in Greater Manchester (HL12773); and what percentage of the potential workforce are unemployed in each constituency in Greater Manchester (HL12774) The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles unemployment statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Survey (APS) following International Labour Organisation (ILO) definitions. Unfortunately, the sample size does not support the requested analyses of unemployment levels for parliamentary constituency areas. As an alternative, in Table 1, we have provided the total number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), along with the number of males and females claiming JSA resident in each of the parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester for September 2011. Data are not available for the number of people under the age of 21 claiming JSA. As an alternative, Table 1 also shows the number of people claiming JSA under the age of 20. Table 2 shows the unemployment rate (unemployed as a percentage of economically active) for each parliamentary constituency in Greater Manchester for 12 month period ending March 2011 from APS, which are the latest data 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 resident in parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, September 2011
	Male	Female	Total	Aged under 20
Altrincham and Sale West	925	465	1,390	105
Ashton-under-Lyne	1,935	1,015	2,950	305
Blackley and Broughton	3,145	1,495	4,635	385
Bolton North East	2,195	950	3,145	280
Bolton South East	2,410	1,170	3,580	330
Bolton West	1,370	695	2,065	200
Bury North	1,480	625	2,105	215
Bury South	1,220	620	1,840	250
Cheadle	775	410	1,185	85
Denton and Reddish	1,680	775	2,450	235
Hazel Grove	930	460	1,390	145
Heywood and Middleton	2,240	1,150	3,385	355
Leigh	1,905	920	2,825	300
Makerfield	1,555	725	2,280	260
Manchester Central	3,860	1,805	5,665	385
Manchester, Gorton	3,005	1,410	4,415	305
Manchester, Withington	1,770	910	2,680	165
Oldham East and Saddleworth	2,270	1,125	3,395	355
Oldham West and Royton	2,545	1,185	3,735	390
Rochdale	2,980	1,390	4,370	450
Salford and Eccles	2,555	1,130	3,690	280
Stalybridge and Hyde	1,935	935	2,870	310
Stockport	1,900	815	2,715	255
Stretford and Urmston	1,865	875	2,740	240
Wigan	2,200	1,055	3,255	315
Worsley and Eccles South	2,250	1,045	3,290	355
Wythenshawe and Sale East	2,405	1,145	3,550	335

"Source: Jobcentre Plus Administrative System""Figures rounded to nearest 5" "Figures rounded to nearest 5"

Table 2: Unemployment rate for parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester for period April 2010 to March 2011
	Unemployment Rate %
Altrincham and Sale West	6.6
Ashton-under-Lyne	12.6
Blackley and Broughton	19.9
Bolton North East	10.2
Bolton South East	6.2
Bolton West	4.8
Bury North	6.4
Bury South	8.4
Cheadle	4.6
Denton and Reddish	8.7
Hazel Grove	4.5
Heywood and Middleton	7.7
Leigh	7.5
Makerfield	7.5
Manchester Central	11.6
Manchester, Gorton	8.3
Manchester, Withington	7.5
Oldham East and Saddleworth	11.3
Oldham West and Royton	9.4
Rochdale	7.6
Salford and Eccles	8.2
Stalybridge and Hyde	11.0
Stockport	8.0
Stretford and Urmston	7.6
Wigan	6.1
Worsley and Eccles South	10.7
Wythenshawe and Sale East	9.1

"Source: ONS Annual Population Survey"

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

12773; 731 c255-7WA

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Greater Manchester Young people Unemployment

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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