The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, 7 January 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your parliamentary question about the employment rate of (a) men and (b) women in each region in each quarter of the last 10 years. (174729)
Seasonally adjusted estimates for regional employment rates are published each month in the Labour Market Statistics First Release. Please visit the following link;
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_labour/LMS_FR_HS/WebTable18SA.xls
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.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, 7 January 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your parliamentary question about the employment rate of (a) men and (b) women with fewer than 5 GCSEs at A-C grade or equivalent in each region in each quarter of the last 10 years. (174882)
The attached table gives the percentage of people in the categories requested for the three month period ending June each year, from 2001 to 2007. Comparable estimates are not available prior to 2001.
The LFS estimates at this detailed level are only consistent with the UK population estimates published in February and March 2003 arid they do not incorporate the more recent population estimates that are used in the headline LFS series.
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.
UK North East North West Yorkshire and the Humber East Midlands West Midlands 2001 Male 70 62 65 66 74 70 Female 59 53 58 59 60 57 Total 64 57 61 62 66 63 2002 Male 69 56 62 67 74 71 Female 58 55 57 57 62 56 Total 64 55 60 62 68 63 2003 Male 71 60 68 71 75 71 Female 58 49 57 57 60 56 Total 64 54 62 64 67 63 2004 Male 69 59 65 68 71 69 Female 58 50 58 58 59 57 Total 63 54 61 63 65 62 2005 Male 69 60 65 68 71 71 Female 57 52 54 58 58 57 Total 63 56 59 63 64 64 2006 Male 69 60 62 69 72 69 Female 56 53 53 57 60 55 Total 63 56 57 63 66 62 2007 Male 70 63 65 68 72 68 Female 56 49 51 54 58 53 Total 63 56 58 61 65 61
East London South East South West Wales Scotland Northern Ireland 2001 Male 79 67 79 76 62 64 61 Female 66 52 68 65 53 57 45 Total 72 59 73 70 57 60 53 2002 Male 78 66 80 78 65 61 58 Female 65 50 66 67 52 59 43 Total 71 58 73 72 58 60 50 2003 Male 79 67 77 76 64 64 61 Female 64 49 64 65 58 60 46 Total 71 58 70 70 61 62 53 2004 Male 77 66 77 76 65 65 58 Female 65 48 62 64 55 60 46 Total 71 57 69 70 60 62 51 2005 Male 77 65 77 75 63 67 60 Female 63 49 63 66 55 57 50 Total 70 57 70 70 59 62 55 2006 Male 74 66 78 75 64 64 62 Female 61 44 64 65 54 58 48 Total 67 55 71 70 59 60 55 2007 Male 77 67 76 73 67 70 66 Female 60 47 64 66 52 61 49 Total 68 57 70 70 59 65 58 1 Men aged 16-64 and women aged 16-59. 2 Number of people in employment of working age, with fewer than five GCSEs as a percentage of all persons of working age with fewer than five GCSEs. 3 Includes all those of working age in employment with qualifications below NVQ level 2, including those with no qualifications. 4 Qualifications below NVQ Level 2 is equivalent to fewer than five GCSEs Note: Comparable data not available for 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000.