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Treasury;Office for National Statistics

Answer

Mr. Byers: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a breakdown of the skills and qualifications held by those people unemployed in (a) Welwyn and Hatfield and (b) Hertfordshire. [21308] Mrs. Angela Knight: [holding answer 20 March 1997]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given. Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Stephen Byers, dated 21 March 1997: The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on the skills and qualifications held by those people unemployed in (a) Welwyn and Hatfield and (b) Hertfordshire. According to 1995 Labour Force Survey Local Area Database, the estimated number of people in Welwyn and Hatfield unemployed under the standard International Labour Office (ILO) definition was less than 6,000. Only estimates above 6,000 are considered reliable enough to be released. Therefore no information can be made available about the skills or qualifications of the unemployed in Welwyn and Hatfield. The available breakdown of those ILO unemployed in Hertfordshire by highest qualification is shown in the table below: ILO unemployed in Hertfordshire by highest qualification (thousands) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number NVQ level 4 and equivalents and above{1} 6 Below NVQ level 4 21 No qualifications 9 All{2} 37 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: {1} Higher Education qualifications. {2} Total includes those who did not state their qualifications. Source: ONS, 1995 LFS Local Area Database. The LFS Local Area Database can be accessed via the House of Commons Library.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

21308; 292 c971-2W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Qualifications Vocational education Unemployed people Hertfordshire