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Treasury;Office for National Statistics

Answer

Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many households without work for two years or more there were in each local authority area in Wales in each of the past 20 years; [140439] (2) how many children were living in workless households in each local authority area in Wales in each of the past 10 years. [140444] Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from John Pullinger to Mr. Ruane dated 20 November 2003 The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent questions about (i) households that have been without work for 2 years or more and (ii) children living in workless households. I am replying in his absence. (91600) The tables overleaf give the available information from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). These estimates are for the three- month period ending May of each year from 1999 to 2003. Comparable information is not available at local authority level for earlier years. The LFS sample size is too small to give reliable estimates of workless households for some local authorities in Wales. Number of dependent children1in workless working-age households2 in Wales, by local authority Thousands, not seasonally adjusted _________________________________________________________________________________________________. March to May 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Wales total 129 121 125 114 129 Anglesey Isle of * * * * * Gwynedd * * * * * Conwy * * * * * Denbighshire * * * * * Flintshire * * * * * Wrexham * * * * * Powys * * * * * Ceredigion * * * * * Pembrokeshire * * * * * Carmarthenshire * 10 * * * Swansea * * * 11 * Neath Port Talbot * * * * * Bridgend * * * * * The Vale of Glamorgan * * * * * Rhondda Cynon Taff * 17 14 16 16 Merthyr Tydfil * * * * * Caerphiliy 10 * * * 10 Blaenau Gwentt UA * * * * * Torfaen * * * * * Monmouthshire * * * * * Newport * * * * * Cardiff 12 15 15 11 11 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Dependent children are those aged under 16 and those aged 16-18 in full-time education. 2 Households with at least one person of working age, where no- one is in employment. Not adjusted for households with unknown economic activity. * Sample size too small for reliable estimate Note: These Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates have not been adjusted to take account of the Census 2001 results. Source: ONS Labour Force Survey Working age1households in Wales which have been workless for two year or more, by local authority Thousands, not seasonally adjusted _________________________________________________________________________________________________. March to May 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Wales total 130 142 146 142 127 Anglesey Isle of * * * * * Gwynedd * * * * * Conwy * * * * * Denbighshire * * * * * Flintshire * * * * * Wrexham 10 * * * * Powys * * * * * Ceredigion * * * * * Pembrokeshire * * * * * Carmarthenshire * * * * 10 Swansea 10 12 * 10 * Neath Port Talbot 10 10 * 10 * Bridgend * * * * * The Vale of Glamorgan * * * * * Rhondda Cynon Taff * 18 16 13 15 Merthyr Tydfil * * * * * Caerphilly * * 12 10 11 Blaenau Gwentt UA * * * * * Torfaen * * * * * Monmouthshire * * * * * Newport * * * * * Cardiff 11 13 13 15 14 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Households with at least one person of working age * Sample size too small for reliable estimate Note: These Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates have not been adjusted to take account of the Census 2001 result Source: ONS Labour Force Survey

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

413 c1337-9W;413 c1333-5W; 140439;140444

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Children Families Households Local government Long term unemployed people Wales Unemployment

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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