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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, dated June 2012:

As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many unemployed (a) men and (b) women of Somali origin there were in (i) England and Wales and (ii) Milton Keynes in the latest period for which figures are available. (115075)

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles unemployment statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Survey (APS) following International Labour Organisation (ILO) definitions.

Due to small sample sizes estimates are not available of the number of unemployed Somali men and women in England and Wales or Milton Keynes. However, the estimated total number of people born in Somalia who were unemployed in England and Wales was 11,000 from the April 2011 to March 2012 Annual Population Survey.

As with any sample survey, estimates from the APS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.

National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at:

http://www.nomisweb.co.uk

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

115075; 547 c498W

Session

2012-13

Subjects

Unemployment Somalia

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk