[holding answer 23 April 2007]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 26 April 2007:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many 18 to 24 year olds have been (a) employed and (b) unemployed, in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available, broken down into regions. (133459)
Table 1 gives the numbers of people aged 18 to 24 in employment, broken down by region of residence.
Table 2 gives numbers of unemployed people aged 18 to 24 in the United Kingdom. Comparable estimates for each region are not available.
The tables provided are for the 3 months ending December each year from 1997 to 2006 (estimates for 1998 and 2000 are not available). The data are not seasonally adjusted.
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.
Thousand Three months ending December each year United Kingdom North East North West Yorkshire and Humberside East Midlands West Midlands 1997 3,211 131 358 268 240 279 1998 3,185 — — — — — 1999 3,269 132 360 286 222 292 2000 3,243 — — — — — 2001 3,346 139 370 284 246 302 2002 3,406 138 406 291 237 316 2003 3,467 148 414 305 259 306 2004 3,520 161 430 311 262 316 2005 3,505 162 437 312 244 308 2006 3,610 171 425 331 262 308
East London South East South West Wales Scotland Northern Ireland 1997 294 405 427 255 142 301 106 1998 — — — — — — — 1999 292 441 454 264 147 277 100 2000 — — — — — — — 2001 302 443 457 269 144 292 99 2002 297 412 470 270 160 308 100 2003 321 397 456 291 169 301 103 2004 320 377 470 279 174 318 102 2005 311 390 449 273 173 330 112 2006 317 431 477 281 182 318 108 ‘—’Data not available Source: ONS labour Force Survey (LFS)
Three months ending December each year Thousand 1997 419 1998 421 1999 374 2000 369 2001 391 2002 373 2003 364 2004 410 2005 459 2006 488 Source: ONS Labour Force Survey (LFS)