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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 1 March 2010, Official Report, columns 995-6W, on unemployment, how many economically inactive people of working age who were long-term sick or disabled wanted employment in (a) each of the last 10 years and (b) each of...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 1 March 2010, Official Report, columns 995-6W, on unemployment, how many economically inactive people of working age who were long-term sick or disabled wanted employment in (a) each of the last 10 years and (b) each of...
Asked by
James Clappison
(Conservative)
Answered by
Baroness Smith of Basildon
(Labour)
Answering body
United Kingdom Statistics Authority
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
8 March 2010
For answer on
10 March 2010
Answered on
16 March 2010
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated March 2010:"As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many economically inactive people of working age who were long-term sick or disabled wanted employment in (a) each of the last 10 years and (b) each of the last eight quarters. (321641)""Estimates of economic inactivity are available from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). In accordance with the International Labour Organization (ILO) definition, people are classed as economically inactive if they are neither in employment nor unemployed. The estimates provided comprise those who have not been looking for work in the last four weeks, but who say they would like a regular paid job, plus those who have been looking for work but who were unable to start within two weeks.""These estimates are published in the Labour Market Statistical Bulletin Historical Supplement which is available on the National Statistics website via the following link:"http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_labour/LMS_FR_HS/WebTable13.xls"As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty. Indications of the sampling variability of LFS aggregate estimates are provided in the Statistical Bulletin."
| Economically inactive, long-term sick or disabled people of working age¹ who want a job², United Kingdom, seasonally adjusted | |
|---|---|
| Total (thousand) | |
| October to December quarter: | |
| 2000 | 744 |
| 2001 | 753 |
| 2002 | 752 |
| 2003 | 670 |
| 2004 | 634 |
| 2005 | 615 |
| 2006 | 611 |
| 2007 | 618 |
| Latest eight quarters: | |
| 2008 | |
| January to March | 664 |
| April to June | 658 |
| July to September | 653 |
| October to December | 628 |
| 2009 | |
| January to March | 599 |
| April to June | 618 |
| July to September | 659 |
| October to December | 676 |
| ¹ Men aged 16 to 64 and women aged 16 to 59. | |
| ² Those who had not been looking for work in the four weeks prior to interview but who said they would like a regular paid job, plus those who had been looking for work but had been unable to start within two weeks. | |
| Source: | |
| ONS Labour Force Survey |
Subjects
Disability; Unemployment
Date
16 March 2010
Reference
507 c813-4W; 321641
House
House of Commons
The question is how successful the Government's policies have been and how well they have kept their promises. They came to power in 1997, saying that they would get 250,000 young unemployed off benefits and into work. Is the Secretary of State aware that there are now 250,000 more unemployed young people than there were in 1997, that there were more unemployed young people before the recession began than there were in 1997 and that the number of unemployed young people has been going up since about 2001? Is it not time for some fresh thinking to give chances to our young people, or is the Secretary of State going to tell us at exactly what point since 1997 the Government claim to have kept their promise?
The question is how successful the Government's policies have been and how well they have kept their promises. They came to power in 1997, saying that they would get 250,000 young unemployed off benefits and into work. Is the Secretary of State aware that there are now 250,000 more unemployed young people than there were in 1997, that there were more unemployed young people before the recession began than there were in 1997 and that the number of unemployed young people has been going up since about 2001? Is it not time for some fresh thinking to give chances to our young people, or is the Secretary of State going to tell us at exactly what point since 1997 the Government claim to have kept their promise?
Asked by
James Clappison
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
15 March 2010
In fact, the new deal for young people helped huge numbers into work and off benefits. Indeed, the 250,000 figure of young people helped into work was met more than 10 years ago, exactly as a result of the support we put in. Young people have been more heavily affected than older workers as a result of the recession. That is why we think it right to put in additional support to guarantee them that extra help to get back to work, but if the fresh thinking the hon. Gentleman is calling for involves cutting £5 billion of help for the unemployed and abolishing the future jobs fund, which is helping huge numbers of young people to get good career opportunities, I have to say that that it is not a form of fresh thinking that Government Members are interested in.
Subjects
Young people; Unemployment
Date
15 March 2010
Reference
507 c593
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 22 February 2010, Official Report, columns 167-68W, on unemployment, how many economically inactive people of working age wanted employment in (a) each of the last 10 years and (b) each of the last eight quarters.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 22 February 2010, Official Report, columns 167-68W, on unemployment, how many economically inactive people of working age wanted employment in (a) each of the last 10 years and (b) each of the last eight quarters.
Asked by
James Clappison
(Conservative)
Answered by
Baroness Smith of Basildon
(Labour)
Answering body
United Kingdom Statistics Authority
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 February 2010
For answer on
25 February 2010
Answered on
1 March 2010
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.Letter from Dennis Roberts, dated February 2010:"The Director General for the Office for National Statistics has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many economically inactive people of working age wanted employment in (a) each of the last ten years and (b) each of the last eight quarters. I am replying in his absence. (318949)""Estimates of economic inactivity are available from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). In accordance with the International Labour Organization (ILO) definition, people arc classed as economically inactive if they are neither in employment nor unemployed.""The estimates provided in the attached table are for economically inactive people of working age who wanted a job. They comprise those who have not been looking for work in the last four weeks, but who say they would like a regular paid job, plus those who have been looking for work but who were unable to start within two weeks. The estimates have been seasonally adjusted.""These estimates are published in Table 13 of the monthly Labour Market Statistical Bulletin.""As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty. Indications of the sampling variability of LFS aggregate estimates are provided in the Statistical Bulletin."
| Economically inactive people of working age¹ who want a job², United Kingdom, seasonally adjusted | |
|---|---|
| Total (thousand) | |
| October to December quarter: | |
| 2000 | 2,228 |
| 2001 | 2,260 |
| 2002 | 2,243 |
| 2003 | 2,123 |
| 2004 | 2,014 |
| 2005 | 2,062 |
| 2006 | 2,095 |
| 2007 | 2,096 |
| Latest eight quarters: | |
| 2008 | |
| January to March | 2,144 |
| April to June | 2,168 |
| July to September | 2,129 |
| October to December | 2,103 |
| 2009 | |
| January to March | 2,082 |
| April to June | 2,144 |
| July to September | 2,251 |
| October to December | 2,326 |
| ¹ Men aged 16 to 64 and women aged 16 to 59. ² Those who had not been looking for work in the four weeks prior to interview but who said they would like a regular paid job, plus those who had been looking for work but had been unable to start within two weeks. Source: ONS Labour Force Survey. |
Subjects
Unemployment
Date
1 March 2010
Reference
506 c995-6W; 318949
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of people aged between 16 and 24 years were not in education, employment or training in each region in each of the last eight quarters for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of people aged between 16 and 24 years were not in education, employment or training in each region in each of the last eight quarters for which figures are available.
Asked by
James Clappison
(Conservative)
Answered by
Iain Wright
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
18 November 2009
For answer on
23 November 2009
Answered on
22 February 2010
Official estimates of the number and proportion of young people of academic age 16 to 18¹ who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) are published by the Department in a Statistical First Release (SFR) each June and can be found on the Department's website:"http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000849/index.shtml"Estimates from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) of the number and proportion of people of academic age 16 to 24 who were NEET in each region in England in each of the last eight quarters are shown in the following tables.
Estimates from the Labour Force Survey and will include pregnant mothers, those caring for children or relatives, people with a disability or suffering from ill health, and those waiting for a course or job to start, including those on a gap year. It should also be noted that the estimates are subject to survey error, and should therefore be treated with caution. The 95 per cent. confidence interval for a regional estimate of NEET using the Labour Force Survey is typically around plus or minus 2-3 percentage points.We are committed to ensuring that young people NEET do not become a "lost generation" and have taken decisive action to strengthen existing provision and put in place new support, training and jobs for young people. Through the September Guarantee, we are offering all 16 and 17-year-olds a suitable place to continue in learning, and announced on 18 November plans to extend the Guarantee to 16 and 17-year-olds who are NEET in January. Budget 2009 announced the Young Person's Guarantee of a job, training or a place in the Community Task Force for 18 to 24-year-olds who are approaching 12 months on jobseeker's allowance. Already 95,000 jobs under the Future Jobs Fund have been approved and some young people have started work.In July, the Government launched 'Backing Young Britain' to bring together businesses, charities and Government to create opportunities for young people giving them a better start on the career ladder.By offering schemes such as volunteering, work experience and apprenticeships we will ensure that young people get the start they deserve to get on the career ladder."¹ Academic age refers to the age at the start of the academic year, 31 August."
| Q4 2007 | Q1 2008 | Q2 2008 | Q3 2008 | |||||
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
| North East | 49,000 | 15 | 52,000 | 16 | 56,000 | 17 | 65,000 | 20 |
| North West | 120,000 | 14 | 136,000 | 16 | 139,000 | 16 | 151,000 | 18 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 82,000 | 12 | 75,000 | 11 | 101,000 | 15 | 119,000 | 18 |
| East Midlands | 70,000 | 13 | 69,000 | 13 | 71,000 | 13 | 86,000 | 16 |
| West Midlands | 93,000 | 15 | 95,000 | 15 | 98,000 | 16 | 119,000 | 19 |
| East of England | 74,000 | 12 | 87,000 | 14 | 77,000 | 13 | 82,000 | 13 |
| London | 123,000 | 14 | 129,000 | 15 | 132,000 | 15 | 149,000 | 16 |
| South East | 116,000 | 13 | 104,000 | 12 | 111,000 | 12 | 131,000 | 14 |
| South West | 56,000 | 10 | 63,000 | 11 | 55,000 | 10 | 71,000 | 13 |
| England | 782,000 | 13 | 810,000 | 14 | 840,000 | 14 | 973,000 | 16 |
| Q4 2008 | Q1 2009 | Q2 2009 | Q3 2009 | |||||
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
| North East | 54,000 | 17 | 57,000 | 18 | 69,000 | 21 | 74,000 | 23 |
| North West | 142,000 | 17 | 156,000 | 18 | 155,000 | 18 | 183,000 | 21 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 92,000 | 14 | 107,000 | 16 | 121,000 | 19 | 126,000 | 19 |
| East Midlands | 68,000 | 13 | 69,000 | 13 | 75,000 | 14 | 90,000 | 17 |
| West Midlands | 105,000 | 16 | 126,000 | 20 | 131,000 | 21 | 123,000 | 19 |
| East of England | 79,000 | 13 | 83,000 | 14 | 82,000 | 13 | 92,000 | 15 |
| London | 131,000 | 15 | 127,000 | 14 | 120,000 | 13 | 164,000 | 17 |
| South East | 122,000 | 13 | 130,000 | 14 | 142,000 | 15 | 144,000 | 16 |
| South West | 63,000 | 11 | 78,000 | 14 | 66,000 | 12 | 86,000 | 16 |
| England | 857,000 | 14 | 935,000 | 16 | 959,000 | 16 | 1,082,000 | 18 |
Subjects
Young people; Unemployment
Date
22 February 2010
Reference
506 c322-3W; 300822
House
House of Commons
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many economically inactive people of working age wanted employment in the most recent year for which figures are available.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many economically inactive people of working age wanted employment in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Asked by
James Clappison
(Conservative)
Answered by
Baroness Smith of Basildon
(Labour)
Answering body
United Kingdom Statistics Authority
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 February 2010
For answer on
22 February 2010
Answered on
22 February 2010
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated February 2010:"As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many economically inactive people of working age wanted employment in the most recent year for which figures are available. (317339)""Estimates of economic inactivity are available from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). In accordance with the International Labour Organization (ILO) definition, people are classed as economically inactive if they are neither in employment nor unemployed.""The most recent estimates are for the three-month period September-November 2009 and show that 2.308 million seasonally adjusted economically inactive people of working age wanted a job. This estimate comprises those who have not been looking for work in the last four weeks, but who say they would like a regular paid job, plus those who have been looking for work but who were unable to start within two weeks.""These estimates are published in Table 13 of the Labour Market Statistical Bulletin.""As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty. Indications of the sampling variability of LFS aggregate estimates are provided in the Statistical Bulletin."
Subjects
Unemployment
Date
22 February 2010
Reference
506 c167-8W; 317339
House
House of Commons
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many and what proportion of people aged between 16 and 24 years were not in education, employment and training in the fourth quarter of 2009.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many and what proportion of people aged between 16 and 24 years were not in education, employment and training in the fourth quarter of 2009.
Asked by
James Clappison
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Brennan of Canton
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
14 January 2010
For answer on
18 January 2010
Answered on
26 January 2010
Labour Force Survey data, used to estimate the number of people not in employment, education or training, is not yet available for quarter 4 2009.The Department for Children Schools and Families (DCSF) publishes the above estimates every quarter and the latest information can be found at the following website:"http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/STR/d000890/NEETQtrBriefQ32009.pdf"Estimates for quarter 4 2009 will be published on 25 February 2010.
Subjects
Young people; Unemployment
Date
26 January 2010
Reference
504 c848W; 311731
House
House of Commons
Was not the pledge of Labour in 1997 to get 250,000 under-25s off benefits and into work? Is it not the case that today there are 300,000 more under-25s out of work than there were in 1997, and that that figure has been rising for many years? Was it not higher before the recession took hold than it was in 1997? Is there not a problem of structural youth unemployment today, and do we not need some fresh thinking rather than the failed policies of the Government?
Was not the pledge of Labour in 1997 to get 250,000 under-25s off benefits and into work? Is it not the case that today there are 300,000 more under-25s out of work than there were in 1997, and that that figure has been rising for many years? Was it not higher before the recession took hold than it was in 1997? Is there not a problem of structural youth unemployment today, and do we not need some fresh thinking rather than the failed policies of the Government?
Asked by
James Clappison
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
7 December 2009
I am afraid that that is more rubbish from the Conservative party. The pledge on the famous pledge cards in 1997 was about long-term youth unemployment and what would be delivered through the new deal. As the noble Lord Freud said a year ago, that was a huge success. We were able to tackle long-term claimant youth unemployment, which is currently an 18th of what it was in 1997. It has been slashed, thanks to the imaginative ideas of the Government. The problems that we have now are in relation to short-term levels of unemployment.
Subjects
Unemployment
Date
7 December 2009
Reference
502 c9
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many and what proportion of people aged between 16 and 24 years were not in education, employment and training in (a) each year since 1992 and (b) the latest quarter for which figures are available.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many and what proportion of people aged between 16 and 24 years were not in education, employment and training in (a) each year since 1992 and (b) the latest quarter for which figures are available.
Asked by
James Clappison
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Brennan of Canton
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
18 November 2009
For answer on
23 November 2009
Answered on
24 November 2009
Table 1 shows the number and percentage of people aged 16 to 24¹ in England who are not in employment, education or training in quarter four of each year since 2000. Due to incomplete data, estimates are not available prior to 2000.These estimates are from the Labour Force Survey and will include pregnant mothers, those caring for children or relatives, people with a disability or suffering from ill health, and those waiting for a course or job to start, including those on a gap year."¹ Age is based on academic age, which is defined as the age of the respondent at the preceding 31 August"
In the latest quarter available, Q3 2009, there were 1,082,000 (18 per cent.) people aged 16 to 24 not in employment, education and training compared with 973,000 in Quarter 3 of 2008. It must be noted that a direct comparison between consecutive quarters cannot be made as quarterly NEET estimates from the LFS display a strong seasonal pattern.Estimates for quarter three are always considerably higher than in quarter 4 because of the number of young people who are either between courses or who have recently left education.Estimates for every quarter since 2005 have been produced by the Department for Children Schools and Families and are available here: NEET quarterly brief
| Table 1: Number and percentage of 16 to 24 years-olds not in employment, education or training | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Percentage (of all 16 to 24 years) | |
| 2000 | 629,000 | 12.3 |
| 2001 | 664,000 | 12.6 |
| 2002 | 659,000 | 12.2 |
| 2003 | 667,000 | 12.1 |
| 2004 | 744,000 | 13.2 |
| 2005 | 837,000 | 14.6 |
| 2006 | 808,000 | 13.8 |
| 2007 | 782,000 | 13.1 |
| 2008 | 857,000 | 14.2 |
Subjects
Young people; Unemployment
Date
24 November 2009
Reference
501 c77W; 300486
House
House of Commons
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many and what proportion of young people aged between (a) 16 and 17 and (b) 18 and 24 years were unemployed in each (i) year since 1987 and (ii) of the last four quarters for which figures are available; and what...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many and what proportion of young people aged between (a) 16 and 17 and (b) 18 and 24 years were unemployed in each (i) year since 1987 and (ii) of the last four quarters for which figures are available; and what...
Asked by
James Clappison
(Conservative)
Answered by
Dawn Butler
(Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
18 November 2009
For answer on
23 November 2009
Answered on
23 November 2009
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply to the hon. Member. A copy of their response will be placed in the Library.
Subjects
Young people; Unemployment
Date
23 November 2009
Reference
501 c39-40W; 300824
House
House of Commons
Will it not have been depressing for a newly unemployed person to have heard the Secretary of State's response in today's exchanges? Her first response to the unemployment crisis is to reach for the history books and rewrite the statistics from the 1990s. May I take the Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform back to the question that his colleague failed to answer about the young person's guarantee? Does not that guarantee take effect at 10 months—his policy and her policy is for 10 months—not 12 months, as she seems to think? [Interruption.] Is it not far too long for a young person to have to wait until they have been out of work for 10 months before they get the help they need? Would it not be far more appropriate for a young person to receive specialised individual help after six months?
Will it not have been depressing for a newly unemployed person to have heard the Secretary of State's response in today's exchanges? Her first response to the unemployment crisis is to reach for the history books and rewrite the statistics from the 1990s. May I take the Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform back to the question that his colleague failed to answer about the young person's guarantee? Does not that guarantee take effect at 10 months—his policy and her policy is for 10 months—not 12 months, as she seems to think? [Interruption.] Is it not far too long for a young person to have to wait until they have been out of work for 10 months before they get the help they need? Would it not be far more appropriate for a young person to receive specialised individual help after six months?
Asked by
James Clappison
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
19 October 2009
The hon. Gentleman will know that a range of things are available to people from day one, such as basic skills training and referral to experts in respect of CV writing and so on, and that the young person's guarantee come in to force at 12 months. The future jobs fund, which his party opposes, comes into play at 10 months—so, of course, the Secretary of State was right. He should know that the Tories are the party of unemployment; in this recession, they oppose measures that the International Labour Organisation says saved between 7 million and 11 million jobs worldwide—500,000 in this country—and they are proposing measures that would put the level of unemployment up to 5 million. Time and again the Conservatives have moved people off unemployment and on to incapacity payments—we are reversing that.
Subjects
Unemployment
Date
19 October 2009
Reference
497 c623
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2009, Official Report, column 1018W, on young people: unemployed, how many and what proportion of people aged 16 to 24 years old were not in education, employment or training in each region...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2009, Official Report, column 1018W, on young people: unemployed, how many and what proportion of people aged 16 to 24 years old were not in education, employment or training in each region...
Asked by
James Clappison
(Conservative)
Answered by
Iain Wright
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
14 July 2009
For answer on
16 July 2009
Answered on
21 July 2009
Quarterly estimates of the number of people aged 16-24 who were not in education, employment or training are produced from the labour force survey (LFS). The LFS data relating to the second quarter of 2009 is not available until 12 August 2009.
Subjects
Young people; Unemployment
Date
21 July 2009
Reference
496 c1453W; 288021
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of people aged 16 to 24 years were not in education, employment or training in each region in the first quarter of 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of people aged 16 to 24 years were not in education, employment or training in each region in the first quarter of 2009.
Asked by
James Clappison
(Conservative)
Answered by
Iain Wright
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
15 June 2009
For answer on
17 June 2009
Answered on
9 July 2009
The following table shows estimates taken from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) of the number and proportion of people of academic age¹ 16 to 24 who were not in education, employment or training in the first quarter of 2009, by region."¹ Academic age is defined as age at the start of the academic year, 31 August."
| 16 to 24-year-olds not in employment, education or training by region, Q1 2009 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Proportion (percentage) | |
| North East | 57,000 | 18 |
| North West | 156,000 | 18 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 107,000 | 16 |
| East Midlands | 69,000 | 13 |
| West Midlands | 126,000 | 20 |
| East of England | 83,000 | 14 |
| London | 127,000 | 14 |
| South East | 130,000 | 14 |
| South West | 78,000 | 14 |
| Note: | ||
| It is important to note that as with all survey estimates these estimates from the LFS are subject to sampling error. The confidence interval for regional estimates of NEET is typically plus or minus 2 to 3 percentage points. Figures should therefore be treated with caution. | ||
| Source: | ||
| Labour Force Survey |
Subjects
Young people; Unemployment
Date
9 July 2009
Reference
495 c1018W; 280896
House
House of Commons
Ministers continually talk about the extra money they say they are spending, but they consistently fail to put in place the help that people need at the time when they need it. Given the figures that the Minister has just revealed, which show a significant increase in the number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance—it is now up to 1.5 million—it is sadly very likely that there will be an increase in the number of long-term unemployed people by next summer. We have learned that existing contracts to help the long-term unemployed run out at the end of June, while the flexible new deal, apparently, does not begin until October. First, will the Minister assure us that a system of referrals will be in place to help the long-term unemployed throughout the whole country from June until this October? Secondly, will he give a guarantee that the flexible new deal will start as planned this October? We want a guarantee, please.
Ministers continually talk about the extra money they say they are spending, but they consistently fail to put in place the help that people need at the time when they need it. Given the figures that the Minister has just revealed, which show a significant increase in the number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance—it is now up to 1.5 million—it is sadly very likely that there will be an increase in the number of long-term unemployed people by next summer. We have learned that existing contracts to help the long-term unemployed run out at the end of June, while the flexible new deal, apparently, does not begin until October. First, will the Minister assure us that a system of referrals will be in place to help the long-term unemployed throughout the whole country from June until this October? Secondly, will he give a guarantee that the flexible new deal will start as planned this October? We want a guarantee, please.
Asked by
James Clappison
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
11 May 2009
I am afraid that the hon. Gentleman's starting premise is entirely wrong. We are deliberately ensuring that the almost £5 billion we are investing in Jobcentre Plus and employment opportunities goes across the piece. It is helping before redundancies, with our rapid response services. It is helping people who, unfortunately, find themselves unemployed and for whom the experience is brand new. It is helping people through the more enhanced packages for those with three months' unemployment, six months' unemployment—packages to which all long-term unemployed people will be referred from June and October and beyond—and 12 months' unemployment.
The hon. Gentleman is quite right to imply that we have had to adjust things. After 10, 11 or 12 very fruitful years in terms of the labour market and employment, when the focus has been on the longer-term unemployed, we have had to bring much of that support forward to much earlier in the process. That is precisely what is happening. There is no reason at all to suggest that the FND will be introduced at any time other than in October, as planned.
Subjects
Unemployment
Date
11 May 2009
Reference
492 c541
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Evidence from all quarters now suggests that there are many more jobseekers than there are vacancies advertised in jobcentres or vacancies in the economy as a whole—not least in the Secretary of State's own constituency, where there are 18 jobseekers for every vacancy in the jobcentres.
I welcome the fact that Ministers have now given up on the complacent assertions that they were making until recently about the number of vacancies in the economy. I include the Secretary of State, who was making such assertions until very recently. Now that those Ministers have woken up to the reality that is faced by so many of our constituents who are having to visit jobcentres, may I invite them to give jobseekers the best possible opportunity to fill vacancies by making available to them the personalised employment programme that we have said should be provided at a much earlier stage in the handling of a claim than it does under the Government's plans?
Evidence from all quarters now suggests that there are many more jobseekers than there are vacancies advertised in jobcentres or vacancies in the economy as a whole—not least in the Secretary of State's own constituency, where there are 18 jobseekers for every vacancy in the jobcentres.
I welcome the fact that Ministers have now given up on the complacent assertions that they were making until recently about the number of vacancies in the economy. I include the Secretary of State, who was making such assertions until very recently. Now that those Ministers have woken up to the reality that is faced by so many of our constituents who are having to visit jobcentres, may I invite them to give jobseekers the best possible opportunity to fill vacancies by making available to them the personalised employment programme that we have said should be provided at a much earlier stage in the handling of a claim than it does under the Government's plans?
Asked by
James Clappison
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
16 March 2009
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I are more than aware of the reality facing people in this country. If there is any complacency, assertion and smugness, it resides on the Opposition Benches, whose Members indulge in fantasy politics and put no money up.
Subjects
Unemployment
Date
16 March 2009
Reference
489 c644
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of people aged 16 to 24 years were not in education, employment or training in (a) 1997 and (b) each of the last eight quarters for which figures are available, broken down by region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of people aged 16 to 24 years were not in education, employment or training in (a) 1997 and (b) each of the last eight quarters for which figures are available, broken down by region.
Asked by
James Clappison
(Conservative)
Answered by
Sion Simon
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
2 February 2009
For answer on
4 February 2009
Answered on
9 March 2009
I have been asked to reply.The following tables show estimates of the number and percentage of people aged¹ 16 to 24 not in education, employment or training (NEET) for regions in England. These estimates are from the labour force survey (LFS).We are unable to provide NEET estimates for 1997 as all the data necessary to produce them is not available on datasets prior to quarter 2 2000, therefore we have given the earliest data possible for reference."¹ Age used is the respondent's academic age, which is defined as their age at the preceding 31 August."
| Not in education, employment or training (NEET) by region, age 16 to 24 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | |||||||||
| Q2 2000 | Q1 2007 | Q2 2007 | Q3 2007 | Q4 2007 | Q1 2008 | Q2 2008 | Q3 2008 | Q4 2008 | |
| England | 655,000 | 828,000 | 833,000 | 909,000 | 782,000 | 810,000 | 840,000 | 973,000 | 857,000 |
| North East | 62,000 | 48,000 | 47,000 | 52,000 | 49,000 | 52,000 | 56,000 | 65,000 | 54,000 |
| North West | 93,000 | 127,000 | 134,000 | 144,000 | 120,000 | 136,000 | 139,000 | 151,000 | 142,000 |
| Yorks and Humber | 74,000 | 97,000 | 92,000 | 105,000 | 82,000 | 75,000 | 101,000 | 119,000 | 92,000 |
| East Midlands | 60,000 | 72,000 | 66,000 | 81,000 | 70,000 | 69,000 | 71,000 | 86,000 | 68,000 |
| West Midlands | 75,000 | 111,000 | 107,000 | 111,000 | 93,000 | 95,000 | 98,000 | 119,000 | 105,000 |
| East of England | 52,000 | 76,000 | 84,000 | 92,000 | 74,000 | 87,000 | 77,000 | 82,000 | 79,000 |
| London | 130,000 | 119,000 | 130,000 | 136,000 | 123,000 | 129,000 | 132,000 | 149,000 | 131,000 |
| South East | 67,000 | 107,000 | 112,000 | 125,000 | 116,000 | 104,000 | 111,000 | 131,000 | 122,000 |
| South West | 42,000 | 70,000 | 61,000 | 63,000 | 56,000 | 63,000 | 55,000 | 71,000 | 63,000 |
| Percentage | |||||||||
| Q2 2000 | Q1 2007 | Q2 2007 | Q3 2007 | Q4 2007 | Q1 2008 | Q2 2008 | Q3 2008 | Q4 2008 | |
| England | 12.8 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 15.4 | 13.1 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 16.2 | 14.2 |
| North East | 22.6 | 15.2 | 14.6 | 16.4 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 17.4 | 19.6 | 16.7 |
| North West | 13.2 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 17.3 | 14.2 | 16.1 | 16.2 | 17.6 | 16.8 |
| Yorks and Humber | 14.3 | 14.5 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 15.1 | 17.8 | 13.6 |
| East Midlands | 13.7 | 13.8 | 12.8 | 15.1 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 15.9 | 12.8 |
| West Midlands | 13.6 | 18.0 | 17.4 | 17.6 | 14.7 | 15.0 | 15.6 | 18.7 | 16.4 |
| East of England | 10.2 | 12.8 | 14.1 | 15.2 | 12.1 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 12.9 |
| London | 14.9 | 13.8 | 15.1 | 15.7 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 14.6 |
| South East | 8.5 | 12.0 | 12.4 | 14.0 | 12.8 | 11.5 | 12.1 | 14.4 | 13.2 |
| South West | 9.2 | 12.7 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 9.8 | 10.9 | 9.7 | 12.7 | 11.1 |
Subjects
Unemployment
Date
9 March 2009
Reference
489 c203-6W;489 c205-6W; 254534
House
House of Commons
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, columns 500-1W, on the unemployed, how many people aged 16 to 24 years were unemployed in each region (a) in each year since 1997 and (b) in each of the last...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, columns 500-1W, on the unemployed, how many people aged 16 to 24 years were unemployed in each region (a) in each year since 1997 and (b) in each of the last...
Asked by
James Clappison
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Brennan of Canton
(Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 February 2009
For answer on
12 February 2009
Answered on
25 February 2009
[holding answer 12 February 2009]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated February 2009:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking pursuant to the answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, columns 500-1W, on unemployed, how many people aged 16 to 24 years were unemployed in each region (a) each year since 1997 and (b) in each of the last eight quarters. (256672)""The requested information is shown in the attached table. Estimates for October-December 2008 have also been included as these have become available since the previous answer was provided.""The estimates are derived from the Labour Force Survey. As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.""The figures in the table are derived from the LFS microdata which are weighted using the official population estimates published in autumn 2007. Consequently the estimates from Q3 2006 are not entirely consistent with the figures published in the monthly Labour Market Statistics First Release, which are weighted using more up-to- date population estimates."
| Unemployed people aged 16-24, by region, Quarter 3 1997 to 2006; all calendar quarters from quarter 4 2006 to quarter 4 2008, United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thousand | ||||||||
| North East | North West | Yorkshire and Humberside | East Midlands | West Midlands | Eastern | London | ||
| 1997 | Q3 | 39 | 93 | 60 | 42 | 74 | 54 | 118 |
| 1998 | Q3 | 34 | 87 | 67 | 44 | 61 | 46 | 105 |
| 1999 | Q3 | 44 | 84 | 56 | 53 | 65 | 46 | 85 |
| 2000 | Q3 | 45 | 74 | 61 | 44 | 63 | 35 | 99 |
| 2001 | Q3 | 29 | 74 | 49 | 40 | 59 | 54 | 99 |
| 2002 | Q3 | 28 | 69 | 63 | 40 | 73 | 47 | 97 |
| 2003 | Q3 | 39 | 80 | 52 | 43 | 74 | 46 | 105 |
| 2004 | Q3 | 36 | 76 | 60 | 40 | 80 | 48 | 118 |
| 2005 | Q3 | 44 | 78 | 64 | 42 | 63 | 49 | 117 |
| 2006 | Q3 | 42 | 96 | 81 | 62 | 86 | 59 | 122 |
| 2006 | Q4 | 29 | 81 | 71 | 59 | 72 | 49 | 99 |
| 2007 | Q1 | 33 | 78 | 67 | 61 | 68 | 51 | 93 |
| 2007 | Q2 | 37 | 78 | 60 | 49 | 72 | 51 | 96 |
| 2007 | Q3 | 40 | 106 | 68 | 66 | 85 | 72 | 104 |
| 2007 | Q4 | 29 | 87 | 64 | 51 | 54 | 48 | 100 |
| 2008 | Q1 | 30 | 82 | 52 | 56 | 64 | 54 | 95 |
| 2008 | Q2 | 36 | 85 | 72 | 57 | 64 | 58 | 96 |
| 2008 | Q3 | 50 | 120 | 95 | 69 | 82 | 63 | 116 |
| 2008 | Q4¹ | ***42 | **112 | ***72 | ***50 | **80 | ***63 | **110 |
| Thousand | |||||||
| South East | South West | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland | Total | ||
| 1997 | Q3 | 74 | 40 | 38 | 69 | 23 | 724 |
| 1998 | Q3 | 74 | 47 | 43 | 72 | 19 | 698 |
| 1999 | Q3 | 64 | 37 | 38 | 63 | ²— | 651 |
| 2000 | Q3 | 58 | 38 | 39 | 64 | ²— | 631 |
| 2001 | Q3 | 64 | 39 | 32 | 69 | 20 | 628 |
| 2002 | Q3 | 74 | 41 | 30 | 72 | 17 | 649 |
| 2003 | Q3 | 75 | 36 | 34 | 70 | ²— | 669 |
| 2004 | Q3 | 68 | 40 | 36 | 62 | ²— | 681 |
| 2005 | Q3 | 81 | 46 | 37 | 66 | ²— | 701 |
| 2006 | Q3 | 88 | 49 | 38 | 60 | ²— | 797 |
| 2006 | Q4 | 72 | 45 | 39 | 50 | ²— | 676 |
| 2007 | Q1 | 73 | 51 | 33 | 51 | ²— | 669 |
| 2007 | Q2 | 75 | 39 | 42 | 62 | ²— | 675 |
| 2007 | Q3 | 98 | 53 | 38 | 60 | ²— | 806 |
| 2007 | Q4 | 92 | 34 | 30 | 57 | ²— | 663 |
| 2008 | Q1 | 70 | 40 | 28 | 56 | ²— | 642 |
| 2008 | Q2 | 76 | 35 | 29 | 54 | ²— | 676 |
| 2008 | Q3 | 96 | 52 | 49 | 55 | ²— | 864 |
| 2008 | Q4¹ | **92 | ***48 | ***49 | ***55 | ****²— | *793 |
| ¹ Coefficients of Variation have been calculated for the latest period as an indication of the quality of the estimates, as described below: | |||||||
| ² Sample size too small for reliable estimate. | |||||||
| Guide to Quality: | |||||||
| The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of an estimate, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV - for example, for an estimate of 200 with a CV of 5 per cent. we would expect the population total to be within the range 180-220. | |||||||
| Key Coefficient of Variation (CV) (%) Statistical robustness | |||||||
| * 0 = CV [le] 5 Estimates are considered precise. | |||||||
| ** 5 = CV [le] 10 Estimates are considered reasonably precise. | |||||||
| *** 10 = CV [le] 20 Estimates are considered acceptable. | |||||||
| **** CV = 20 Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes. | |||||||
| Note: | |||||||
| It should be noted that the estimates exclude people in most types of communal establishment (e.g. hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites etc). |
Notes
Question originally printed on 12.01.2009 at 486 c500-1W.
Subjects
Unemployment
Date
25 February 2009
Reference
488 c826-8W; 256672
House
House of Commons
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how the UK ranks against other EU member states in terms of (a) the change in the rate of unemployment and (b) the change in the rate of unemployment for 16 to 24 year olds in the last year for which...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how the UK ranks against other EU member states in terms of (a) the change in the rate of unemployment and (b) the change in the rate of unemployment for 16 to 24 year olds in the last year for which...
Asked by
James Clappison
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Brennan of Canton
(Labour)
Answering body
United Kingdom Statistics Authority
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
2 February 2009
For answer on
4 February 2009
Answered on
11 February 2009
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Karen Dunnell, Dated February 2009:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how the UK ranks against other EU member states in terms of (a) the change in the rate of unemployment and (b) the change in the rate of unemployment for 16 to 24 year olds in the last year for which figures are available. (254489)""Comparable unemployment rates for EU Member States are estimated and published by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, using data derived from the Labour Force Survey in each country. The latest quarterly estimates and annual changes are provided in the attached two tables. Countries are ranked in order of the size of the annual change in each case.""The Eurostat definition of unemployed persons includes those aged 15. Estimates excluding 15 year olds are not readily available for most countries. Therefore the figures provided include those aged 15 for all countries except the UK and Spain."
| Unemployment rates, by EU member state and age, seasonally adjusted | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Table 1: People aged 15 to 74¹, ranked in order of change on year | ||||
| Country | Latest period | Unemployment rate² (percentage) | Change on year (percentage points) | |
| Spain | Q4 | 2008 | 13.7 | 5.1 |
| Estonia | Q4 | 2008 | 8.5 | 4.4 |
| Latvia | Q4 | 2008 | 9.3 | 3.8 |
| Ireland | Q4 | 2008 | 7.8 | 3.1 |
| Lithuania | Q4 | 2008 | 7.2 | 3.0 |
| Denmark | Q4 | 2008 | 4.2 | 0.9 |
| Sweden | Q4 | 2008 | 6.8 | 0.9 |
| Luxembourg | Q4 | 2008 | 4.7 | 0.6 |
| United Kingdom | Q3 | 2008 | 5.8 | 0.6 |
| Italy | Q3 | 2008 | 6.7 | 0.5 |
| Hungary | Q4 | 2008 | 8.2 | 0.5 |
| Cyprus | Q4 | 2008 | 4.0 | 0.2 |
| France | Q4 | 2008 | 8.0 | 0.2 |
| Portugal | Q4 | 2008 | 7.9 | 0.1 |
| Belgium | Q4 | 2008 | 7.1 | 0.0 |
| Finland | Q4 | 2008 | 6.5 | -0.1 |
| Netherlands | Q4 | 2008 | 2.8 | -0.1 |
| Austria | Q4 | 2008 | 3.8 | -0.3 |
| Czech Republic | Q4 | 2008 | 4.5 | -0.3 |
| Malta | Q4 | 2008 | 5.8 | -0.3 |
| Slovenia | Q4 | 2008 | 4.3 | -0.3 |
| Romania | Q3 | 2008 | 5.8 | -0.6 |
| Greece | Q3 | 2008 | 7.5 | -0.7 |
| Germany | Q4 | 2008 | 7.2 | -0.8 |
| Bulgaria | Q4 | 2008 | 5.3 | -0.9 |
| Slovakia | Q4 | 2008 | 9.2 | -1.4 |
| Poland | Q4 | 2008 | 6.5 | -2.0 |
| ¹ People aged 16 to 74 for the UK and Spain. | ||||
| ² The unemployment rate is the number of people unemployed as a percentage of the total number of people employed and unemployed. | ||||
| Source: | ||||
| Eurostat |
| Table 2: People aged 15 to 24¹, ranked in order of change on year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Latest period | Unemployment rate² (percentage) | Change on year (percentage points) | |
| Estonia | Q4 | 2008 | 21.9 | 14.4 |
| Lithuania | Q4 | 2008 | 18.1 | 10.7 |
| Spain | Q4 | 2008 | 28.7 | 9.9 |
| Ireland | Q4 | 2008 | 17.7 | 8.3 |
| Latvia | Q4 | 2008 | 16.7 | 8.1 |
| Denmark | Q4 | 2008 | 10.5 | 4.2 |
| Sweden | Q4 | 2008 | 22.1 | 3.3 |
| France | Q4 | 2008 | 20.8 | 2.7 |
| Hungary | Q4 | 2008 | 21.6 | 2.2 |
| Czech Republic | Q4 | 2008 | 10.9 | 1.8 |
| Luxembourg | Q4 | 2008 | 17.1 | 1.7 |
| Slovakia | Q4 | 2008 | 20.9 | 1.4 |
| United Kingdom | Q3 | 2008 | 15.3 | 1.0 |
| Finland | Q4 | 2008 | 17.0 | 0.8 |
| Cyprus | Q4 | 2008 | 10.3 | 0.5 |
| Italy | Q3 | 2008 | 20.6 | 0.4 |
| Netherlands | Q4 | 2008 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
| Portugal | Q4 | 2008 | 16.2 | 0.0 |
| Slovenia | Q4 | 2008 | 11.5 | 0.0 |
| Belgium | Q4 | 2008 | 18.0 | -0.2 |
| Malta | Q4 | 2008 | 11.9 | -0.7 |
| Greece | Q3 | 2008 | 21.9 | -0.8 |
| Austria | Q4 | 2008 | 7.0 | -0.9 |
| Germany | Q4 | 2008 | 9.8 | -1.0 |
| Romania | Q3 | 2008 | 18.9 | -1.5 |
| Poland | Q4 | 2008 | 17.1 | -1.7 |
| Bulgaria | Q4 | 2008 | 11.7 | -3.0 |
| ¹ People aged 16 to 24 for the UK and Spain. | ||||
| ² The unemployment rate is the number of people unemployed as a percentage of the total number of people employed and unemployed. | ||||
| Source: | ||||
| Eurostat |
Subjects
Unemployment
Date
11 February 2009
Reference
487 c2060-2W; 254489
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many economically inactive people of working age wanted employment in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many economically inactive people of working age wanted employment in each of the last five years.
Asked by
James Clappison
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Brennan of Canton
(Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
2 February 2009
For answer on
4 February 2009
Answered on
9 February 2009
I have been asked to reply.The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated February 2009:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many economically inactive people of working age wanted employment in each of the last five years. (254493)""The information requested is provided in the attached table. The estimates are consistent with those published in Table 13 of the Labour Market Statistics First Release Historical Supplement, which is available on the National Statistics website via the following link:""http://www.statistics.gov.uk/OnlineProducts/LMS_FR_HS.asp""The estimates are derived from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty."
| Economically inactive people¹ of working age² who want a job—three month period ending November, 2004 to 2008—United Kingdom, seasonally adjusted | |
|---|---|
| Total (thousand) | |
| 2004 | 2,016 |
| 2005 | 2,053 |
| 2006 | 2,102 |
| 2007 | 2,093 |
| 2008³ | *2,102 |
| ¹ Economically inactive people are neither in employment nor unemployed. The number of economically inactive people who want a job comprises: those who have not been looking for work in the last four weeks but who say that they would like to have a regular paid job; plus, those that have been looking for work but who were unable to start work within two weeks. | |
| ² Men aged 16-64 and women aged 16-59. | |
| ³ Coefficients of Variation have been calculated as an indication of the quality of the estimates, as described below: | |
| Guide to Quality: | |
| The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of an estimate, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV—for example, for an estimate of 200 with a CV of 5 per cent. we would expect the population total to be within the range 180-220. | |
| Key Coefficient of Variation (CV) (%) Statistical robustness | |
| * 0 = CV <5 Estimates are considered precise. | |
| ** 5 = CV <10 Estimates are considered reasonably precise. | |
| *** 10 = CV <20 Estimates are considered acceptable. | |
| **** CV = 20 Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes. | |
| Note: | |
| It should be noted that the above estimates exclude people in most types of communal establishment (e.g. hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites etc.) | |
| Source: | |
| Labour Force Survey |
Subjects
Unemployment
Date
9 February 2009
Reference
487 c1645-6W; 254493
House
House of Commons
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people aged 16 to 24 years in each region (a) in total and (b) per 100,000 population were unemployed in (i) last quarter for which figures are available and (ii) the same quarter of the previous year, in rank...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people aged 16 to 24 years in each region (a) in total and (b) per 100,000 population were unemployed in (i) last quarter for which figures are available and (ii) the same quarter of the previous year, in rank...
Asked by
James Clappison
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Brennan of Canton
(Labour)
Answering body
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
29 January 2009
For answer on
2 February 2009
Answered on
5 February 2009
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated February 2009:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions asking how many people aged 16 to 24 years in each region (a) in total and (b) per 100,000 population were unemployed in (i) last quarter for which figures are available and (ii) the same quarter of the previous year, in rank order from highest to lowest. 254173""The requested information is shown in the attached table. The estimates are derived from the Labour Force Survey. As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.""The figures in the table are derived from the LFS microdata which are weighted using the official population estimates published in autumn 2007. Consequently the estimates from Q3 2006 are not entirely consistent with the figures published in the monthly Labour Market Statistics First Release, which are weighted using more up-to-date population estimates."
| Unemployed people aged 16-24, by region, three month period ending September, 2007 and 2008, United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted | ||
|---|---|---|
| Thousand | ||
| Region | 2008¹ | 2007 |
| North West | **120 | 106 |
| London | **116 | 104 |
| South East | **96 | 98 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | **95 | 68 |
| West Midlands | **82 | 85 |
| East Midlands | ***69 | 66 |
| Eastern | ***63 | 72 |
| Scotland | ***55 | 60 |
| South West | ***52 | 53 |
| North East | ***50 | 40 |
| Wales | ***49 | 38 |
| Northern Ireland | ****— | — |
| Total | *864 | 806 |
| Source: | ||
| Labour Force Survey |
| Unemployed people per 100,000 population aged 16-24, by region, three month period ending September, 2007 and 2008, United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted | ||
|---|---|---|
| Thousand | ||
| Region | 2008 | 2007 |
| North East | 15 | 12 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 14 | 10 |
| North West | 14 | 12 |
| Wales | 13 | 11 |
| East Midlands | 13 | 12 |
| London | 13 | 12 |
| West Midlands | 13 | 13 |
| South East | 10 | 11 |
| Eastern | 10 | 12 |
| Scotland | 9 | 10 |
| South West | 9 | 9 |
| Northern Ireland | — | — |
| Total | 12 | 11 |
| Coefficients of Variation have been calculated as an indication of the quality of the estimates, as described below: | ||
| Guide to Quality: | ||
| The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of an estimate, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV - for example, for an estimate of 200 with a CV of 5% we would expect the population total to be within the range 180-220. | ||
| Key Coefficient of Variation (CV) (%) Statistical robustness | ||
| * 0 = CV <5 Estimates are considered precise. | ||
| ** 5 = CV <10 Estimates are considered reasonably precise. | ||
| *** 10 = CV <20 Estimates are considered acceptable. | ||
| **** CV 20 Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes and have not been provided | ||
| It should be noted that the above estimates exclude people in most types of communal establishment (e.g. hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites etc.) | ||
| Source: | ||
| Labour Force Survey |
Subjects
Unemployment
Date
5 February 2009
Reference
487 c1453-4W; 254173
House
House of Commons
Do we not have to put the figures that the right hon. Gentleman gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Banbury (Tony Baldry) against the background that the number of UK workers in work went down last year, while the number of non-UK workers has gone up, with most coming from outside the EU? Is it not the case that we need effective control over work permits for workers coming from outside the EU? We also need an effective welfare-to-work policy for the nearly 2 million people who are unemployed, and for the additional 2 million economically inactive people who want to work, but who have been left to languish on benefits. Can we have less spin, less dithering and some fresh thinking please?
Do we not have to put the figures that the right hon. Gentleman gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Banbury (Tony Baldry) against the background that the number of UK workers in work went down last year, while the number of non-UK workers has gone up, with most coming from outside the EU? Is it not the case that we need effective control over work permits for workers coming from outside the EU? We also need an effective welfare-to-work policy for the nearly 2 million people who are unemployed, and for the additional 2 million economically inactive people who want to work, but who have been left to languish on benefits. Can we have less spin, less dithering and some fresh thinking please?
Asked by
James Clappison
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
2 February 2009
I am surprised that the hon. Gentleman has the front to say ““less spin”” at the end of that question. He does make some serious points, but let us be clear: about 8 per cent. of those in employment are foreign nationals and UK nationals account for more than nine out of 10 people in employment. Well over half of the increase in employment since 1997 is accounted for by UK citizens.
Through the points-based system, we are improving considerably the situation regarding work permits. Broadly speaking, the hon. Gentleman and his colleagues agree that there should be a focus on the economy and the skills shortage in the migration process, but he must be careful when using the other figures that he bandies about. Either he is conflating the International Labour Organisation and incapacity benefit figures, or he is—[Interruption.] It is not possible to use them to arrive at the figure cited by the right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs. May) of more than 5 million, giving the impression that they are all economically inactive, without including—at least in part—those on disability living allowance, many of whom are in work, and carers, to whom it is a complete insult to suggest that they are in such a position.
Subjects
Unemployment
Date
2 February 2009
Reference
487 c572-3
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons