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Mr. Dobson
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the number and percentage of (a) l8-year-olds, (b) 17-year-olds, (c) 16-year-olds in spring 1991 and 1992 and winter 1992–93 labour force surveys who were (i) in employment, (ii) International Labour Organisation unemployed and (iii) economically inactive and (d) the economic activity rate.
Miss Widdecombe
[holding answer 8 July 1993]: The available information from the Labour Force survey is given in the table.
Economic activity by age Great Britain | |||
(Thousands) | |||
Age | Spring 1991 | Spring 1992 | Winter 1992–93 |
16 years old | |||
In employment | 294 | 245 | 223 |
ILO unemployed | 72 | 56 | 57 |
Economically inactive | 328 | 354 | 355 |
Economic activity rate | 52·7 | 46·0 | 44·1 |
17 years old | |||
In employment | 422 | 387 | 360 |
ILO unemployed | 57 | 66 | 68 |
Economically inactive | 196 | 232 | 237 |
Economic activity rate | 71·0 | 66·1 | 64·4 |
18 years old | |||
In employment | 466 | 422 | 381 |
ILO unemployed | 77 | 74 | 90 |
Economically inactive | 179 | 213 | 223 |
Economic activity rate | 75·1 | 70·0 | 67·9 |
Source: Labour Force Survey (not seasonally adjusted).