Unemployment: Households

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the percentage of households of working age adults with no one in work in each year since 1977-78; what projection he has made of that percentage in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. (123595)

The Labour Force Survey data used to answer this question are only available from 1992. The latest available data are for 2006. There is no information available on the projected percentage of households of working age adults with no one in work for 2007-08.

The available information is in the following table.

*Percentage of households of working age adults with no one in work in Great Britain from 1992-2006*
Quarter/As at spring	Percentage
1992	19
1993	19.3
1994	20.7
1995	20.1
1996	18.5
1997	17.7
1998	17.4
1999	16.8
2000	16.2
2001	16
2002	16.1
2003	15.8
2004	15.5
2005	15.7
2006	15.4
Notes: 1. Data for 1992-96 are non re-weighted and should not be used in conjunction with data from spring 1997 onwards. 2. Data have been adjusted for unknown economic activity. 3. Figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand. Source: Labour Force Survey

Volume 459: debated on Thursday 26 April 2007