To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which five regions had (a) the lowest and (b) the highest employment rates in each year since 1997; and what their respective rates were. [110683]
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from C. Mowl to Mr. Frank Field, dated 7 May 2003:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about employment rates. I am replying his absence. (110683)
The attached table gives the information requested for the twelve month periods ending December of each year from 1997 to 2002. These estimates are from the Labour Force Survey (LFS).
Working age1 employment rates2 by region and country in the UK—Average for January to December each year
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Employment rate (Percentage)
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Five Government Office Regions with highest employment rates
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1997
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| South East | 78.4 |
| South West | 77.1 |
| East | 76.6 |
| East Midlands | 75.6 |
| West Midlands | 73.2 |
1998
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| South East | 79.4 |
| South West | 77.8 |
| East | 77.7 |
| East Midlands | 76.1 |
| West Midlands | 74.2 |
1999
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| South East | 79.8 |
| South West | 78.4 |
| East | 78.1 |
| East Midlands | 76.4 |
| West Midlands | 73.7 |
2000
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| South East | 80.3 |
| South West | 78.9 |
| East | 78.8 |
| East Midlands | 76.3 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 73.7 |
2001
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| South East | 80.1 |
| East | 79.3 |
| South West | 78.9 |
| East Midlands | 75.8 |
| West Midlands | 73.9 |
2002
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| South East | 79.7 |
| South West | 79.0 |
| East | 79.0 |
| East Midlands | 76.4 |
| West Midlands | 74.2 |
Working age1 employment rates2 by region and country in the UK—Average for January to December each year
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Employment rate (Percentage)
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Five Government Office Regions with lowest employment rates
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1997
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| Northern Ireland | 67.1 |
| North East | 67.3 |
| Wales | 68.2 |
| London | 69.9 |
| North West | 70.2 |
1998
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| North East | 66.6 |
| Northern Ireland | 67.0 |
| Wales | 68.0 |
| North West | 70.2 |
| London | 70.5 |
1999
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| North East | 66.6 |
| Northern Ireland | 67.0 |
| Wales | 68.8 |
| North West | 71.4 |
| Scotland | 71.6 |
2000
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| Northern Ireland | 66.4 |
| North East | 68.1 |
| Wales | 69.3 |
| London | 70.8 |
| North West | 72.3 |
2001
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| Northern Ireland | 67.3 |
| North East | 68.4 |
| Wales | 68.5 |
| London | 71.0 |
| North West | 72.2 |
2002
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| Northern Ireland | 67.7 |
| North East | 68.4 |
| Wales | 69.8 |
| London | 70.5 |
| North West | 72.3 |
1 Men aged 16–64 and women 16–59. | |
2 Working age people in employment as a percentage of the Working age population. | |
Source:
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| ONS Labour Force Survey | |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which 100 local authority words have (a) the lowest and (b) the highest employment rates; and what the rates are in each case. [110684]
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Frank Field, dated 7 May 2003:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question about employment rates in local authority wards. (110684)
I regret to inform you that the data you requested are not available form the Labour Force Survey. However, Census data on employment will be available at ward level on 30 June.