Written question asked by Ian Lucas (Labour) on Friday, 13 April 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 17 April 2012. It was answered by Nick Hurd (Conservative) on Wednesday, 18 April 2012 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

Employment: Younger People

Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what proportion of people aged 18 to 24 years who re-entered the workplace following a period claiming jobseeker's allowance found employment with (a) small and medium-sized enterprises, (b) other businesses and (c) public sector organisations in Wrexham in each of the last five years.

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 April 2012:"As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what proportion of people aged 18 to 24 who re-entered the workplace following a period claiming jobseeker's allowance found employment with (a) small and medium-sized enterprises, (b) other businesses and (c) public sector organisations in Wrexham in each of the last five years. (103694)""Claimant count data comes from information supplied by Jobcentre Plus. When terminating a JSA claim, data is only collected for generic categories e.g, found work, claiming another benefit and gone into full time education etc., and not on the size or type of business. Therefore it is not possible to provide the requested information"

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