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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 Roberts of Llandudno, dated November 2011. As Director-General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what are the most recent numbers and percentages of unemployed people between the ages of 16 and 25 in each local authority area in Wales. (HL13014) The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles unemployment statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Siurvey (APS) following International Labour Organisation (ILO) definitions. Unfortunately, the sample size does not support the requested analyses of unemployment levels for aged 16 to 25. As an alternative, in table 1, we have provided the number and percentage of people aged 16 to 24 claiming jobseeker's allowance (JSA) resident in each of the local authorities in Wales for September 2011. National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and JSA count are available on the Nomis website at http://www.nomisweb.co.uk

Table 1: Number and percentage of people aged 16 to 24 resident in local authorities in Wales claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, September 2011
	Level	Percentage
Isle of Anglesey	500	7.2
Gwynedd	640	3.6
Conwy	815	8.0
Denbighshire	785	7.9
Flintshire	1,050	6.8
Wrexham	1,135	7.8
Powys	650	5.4
Ceredigion	350	2.5
Pembrokeshire	725	6.1
Carmarthenshire	1,315	6.9
Swansea	2,020	5.8
Neath Port Talbot	1,410	9.3
Bridgend	1,330	9.4
The Vale of Glamorgan	1,075	7.8
Cardiff	3,495	5.5
Rhondda, Cynon, Taf	2,760	9.4
Merthyr Tydfil	840	12.5
Caerphilly	2,135	10.8
Blaenau Gwent	1,145	13.4
Torfaen	1,035	9.8
Monmouthshire	460	5.4
Newport	1,645	8.9

"Source: Jobcentre Plus Administrative System""Figures rounded to nearest 5""1. Computerised claims only. These currently account for approximately 99.7 per cent of all claims." "Figures rounded to nearest 5""1. Computerised claims only. These currently account for approximately 99.7 per cent of all claims." "1. Computerised claims only. These currently account for approximately 99.7 per cent of all claims."

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

13014; 732 c26-7WA

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Young people Wales Unemployment

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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