Written question asked by John Bercow (Conservative) on Monday, 17 December 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 8 January 2002. It was answered by Ruth Kelly (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 January 2002 on behalf of the Office for National Statistics.

Treasury;Office for National Statistics

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of working age people in the Buckingham constituency lived in a household where no adult worked in each year since 1997. - Inc text of letter from John Kidgell of the Office for National Statistics.

Answer: Mr. Bercow: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of working age people in the Buckingham constituency lived in a household where no adult worked in each year since 1997. [24846] Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply. Letter from John Kidgell to Mr. John Bercow, dated 8 January 2002: The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about the proportion of working age people living in workless households in the Buckingham constituency. I am replying in his absence.(24846) Information on households where no adult has worked in a given period is not compiled at constituency level.

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