The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 12 October 2006:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about the movement of people from unemployment to employment, and from economic inactivity to employment since 2002. (92780)
The Longitudinal Labour Force Survey (LLFS) gives information on the flows over two quarters between the three main economic activity categories of employment, unemployment and inactivity. In any quarter, only around 6 per cent of respondents change their economic activity status. The attached table shows the proportion of the working age population in each of the economic activity categories compared to the previous quarter from 2002 to 2005 for the UK, Due to the small number of respondents who do change their economic activity status, meaningful estimates of the number of people and estimates by country and region are not available These estimates from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) are, as with any sample survey, subject to sampling variability.
Percentage1 No change of status between quarters Stayed in employment Stayed unemployed Stayed inactive Winter/spring 2002 71.7 2.2 19.0 Spring/summer2002 71.7 2.1 13.0 Summer/autumn 2002 71.8 2.1 18.9 Autumn/winter 2002 71.8 2.1 19.9 Winter/spring 2003 71.9 2.1 18.8 Spring/summer 2003 71.9 2.1 18.9 Summer/autumn 2003 72..0 2.1 18.9 Autumn/winter 2003 72.0 2.0 18.0 Winter/spring 2004 72.0 2.0 16.9 Spring/summer 2004 72.0 1.9 18,9 Summer/autumn 2004 72.1 1.9 18.9 Autumn/winter 2004 71.7 1.9 18.8 Winter/spring 2005 72.1 1.9 18.9 Spring/summer 2005 72.1 1.9 18.9 Summer/autumn 2005 72.1 2.0 189 Autumn/winter 2005 72.0 2.0 18.7
Changed status between quarters Unemployed to employed Inactive to employed Inactive to unemployed Employed to unemployed Employed to inactive Unemployed to inactive Total Winter/spring 2002 1.2 1.3 0.9 1.0 1.4 0.7 too Spring/summer 2002 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.0 14 0.7 100 Summer/autumn 2002 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.0 14 0.8 100 Autumn/winter 2002 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.0 14 0.8 100 Winter/spring 2003 1.2 1.3 0.9 1.0 14 0.8 100 Spring/summer 2003 1.2 1.3 0.9 0.9 14 0.8 100 Summer/autumn 2003 1.2 1.3 0.9 0.9 14 0.7 100 Autumn/winter 2003 1.2 1.3 0.9 0.9 1.5 0.7 100 Winter/spring 2004 1.2 1.4 0.9 0.9 1.5 0.8 100 Spring/summer 2004 1.2 1.4 1.0 0.9 15 0.7 100 Summer/autumn 2004 1.2 1.4 1.0 0.9 15 0.8 100 Autumn/winter 2004 1.1 1.4 1.0 0.9 15 0.8 100 Winter/spring 2005 1.2 1.4 1.0 0.9 14 0.8 100 Spring/summer 2005 1.1 1.3 1.0 0.9 1.4 0.8 100 Summer/autumn 2005 1.1 1.3 1.0 0.9 14 0.7 100 Autumn/winter 2005 1.1 1.4 1.0 0.9 15 0.8 100 1 Percentage of all working adults, 16-59 (w), 16-64 (m) Note: The data relate to the average of the four quarter flows ending at the date shown. Source: ONS Labour Force Survey
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Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 16 October 2006:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about employment. (93512)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics of employment and for local areas from the annual local area Labour Force Survey (LFS) and the Annual Population Survey (APS) following International Labour Organisation definitions.
Table 1, attached, shows the number of people in employment, resident in each English administrative county for the 12 months ending February 1997 from the annual local area LFS and for the 12 months ending March 2006 from the APS. Table 2 shows corresponding information for each Parliamentary Constituency in Great Britain. Data for 1986 are not available.
These estimates, as with any from sample surveys, are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
Since the information is extensive, copies of these tables have been placed in the House of Commons Library.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 16 October 2006:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about employment rates over the last thirty years. (93745)
The attached table gives the employment rates by gender from 1976 to 2006. These are based on an annual average ending in December for each year.
Estimates are taken from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
Percentage 12 months ending December each year All persons Men Women 1976 75 89 59 1977 74 88 59 1978 74 88 59 1979 74 87 60 1980 73 85 60 1981 71 82 59 1982 69 79 58 1983 68 78 58 1984 69 78 59 1985 70 78 61 1986 70 78 61 1987 71 79 63 1988 73 81 65 1989 75 82 66 1990 75 82 67 1991 73 79 66 1992 71 76 65 1993 70 75 65 1994 71 76 65 1995 71 76 66 1996 72 77 67 1997 73 78 67 1998 73 78 68 1999 74 79 69 2000 74 79 69 2001 75 79 69 2002 75 79 70 2003 75 79 70 2004 75 79 70 2005 75 79 70 20063 75 79 70 1 People in employment as a percentage of all persons. 2 Men aged 16 to 64 and women age 16 to 59. 3 Seven months ending July 2006. Source: ONS Labour Force Survey (LFS)
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Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 16 October 2006:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about redundancies. (93756)
Information in the form requested is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 16 October 2006:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about numbers of jobs in the most rural constituencies. (93807)
Information in the form requested is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 16 October 2006:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about unemployment. (93808)
Information in the form requested is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.