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Written question asked by David Davis (Conservative) on Monday, 17 December 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 December 2012. It was answered by Sajid Javid (Conservative) on Thursday, 20 December 2012 on behalf of the Treasury.

Employment

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the rate of job growth was in (a) Haltemprice and Howden constituency, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England in each year since 1997; and what estimate he has made of such growth in each of the next three years.

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Answer

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) employment statistics for Haltemprice and Howden are not available back to 1997. Table 1 shows growth in the employment level each year from the year to June 2005. Estimates of employment at the constituency level are more volatile than estimates for larger geographic areas, reflecting the small sample size for survey respondents. Employment increased in Haltemprice and Howden by 10.1% between the year to June 2011 and the year to June 2012.

Employment increased by 3.9% in Yorkshire and the Humber over the year to the three months to October 2012 and by 1.9% in England (Table 2).

The Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) is responsible for employment forecasts, which are only available at the UK level. Employment is projected to rise in every year of the OBR's December 2012 economic and fiscal outlook. In the next three financial years employment in the UK is forecast to increase from 29.6 million in this financial year to 30 million in 2015-16.

Table 1: Growth in employment level, age 16+
Percentage
Haltemprice and Howden
Year to June 2005 to Year to June 2006
 -11.2
Year to June 2006 to Year to June 2007
 1.6
Year to June 2007 to Year to June 2008
 0.8
Year to June 2008 to Year to June 2009
 -1.5
Year to June 2009 to Year to June 2010
 12.0
Year to June 2010 to Year to June 2011
 -5.6
Year to June 2011 to Year to June 2012
 10.1
Source:
ONS
Table 2: Growth in employment level, age 16+
Percentage
Yorkshire and The Humber
 England
Three months to October 1997 to three months to October 1998
 0.9
 1.3
Three months to October 1998 to three months to October 1999
 1.7
 1.2
Three months to October 1999 to three months to October 2000
 1.3
 1.2
Three months to October 2000 to three months to October 2001
 -0.2
 0.7
Three months to October 2001 to three months to October 2002
 1.8
 0.9
Three months to October 2002 to three months to October 2003
 1.7
 0.6
Three months to October 2003 to three months to October 2004
 2.2
 0.8
Three months to October 2004 to three months to October 2005
 0.6
 1.2
Three months to October 2005 to three months to October 2006
 0.5
 0.8
Three months to October 2006 to three months to October 2007
 1.1
 0.7
Three months to October 2007 to three months to October 2008
 0.1
 0.2
Three months to October 2008 to three months to October 2009
 -1.7
 -1.5
Three months to October 2009 to three months to October 2010
 -0.3
 0.9
Three months to October 2010 to three months to October 2011
 0.2
 -0.1
Three months to October 2011 to three months to October 2012
 3.9
 1.9
Source:
ONS

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
134635; 555 cc918-9W
Session
2012-13
Subjects
Employment
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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