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Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 4 February 2008:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about how many people were (a) employed (i) full-time (ii) part time and (b) unemployed in (A) City of York constituency, (B) City of York council area, (C) Yorkshire and The Humber and (D) the United Kingdom (1) at the latest date for which figures are available and (2) at the same date in each of the previous 10 years. I am replying in her absence. (183405)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles employment statistics for local areas from the annual Labour Force Survey (LFS) and the Annual Population Survey (APS) following International Labour Organisation (ILO) definitions.
Table 1 attached, shows the number of people, aged 16 and over, resident in the City of York constituency, who were in full-time and part-time employment, for the 12 months ending in February from 1997 to 2004 from the annual LFS and for the 12 months ending in March from 2005 to 2007, and for the latest period, the 12 months ending in June 2007, from APS. The table also shows corresponding data for residents of the City of York Unitary Authority, Yorkshire and The Humber and Great Britain.
For unitary and local authorities, the ONS produces estimates of total unemployment, following ILO definitions, from a statistical model. Annual estimates for other areas are compiled from the annual LFS and APS following ILO definitions.
Table 2 attached, shows the number of people, aged 16 and over, resident in the City of York constituency, who were unemployed, for the 12 months ending in February from 1997 to 2004 from the annual LFS and for the 12 months ending in March from 2005 to 2007, and for the latest period, the 12 months ending in June 2007, from APS. The table also shows corresponding data for residents of the City of York Unitary Authority, Yorkshire and The Humber and Great Britain. Corresponding headline unemployment rates, for persons of working age (males aged 16 to 64 and females aged 16 to 59), are also provided. The rates allow changes to be seen in the context of changing population numbers.
As these estimates are for a subset of the population in small geographical areas, they are based on small sample sizes, and are therefore subject to large margins of uncertainty. In this case, for the City of York constituency and the City of York Unitary Authority, the sample sizes are not sufficient to give an accurate estimate of even the direction of the change over the period.
ONS also compiles statistics for local areas of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA). Table 3, attached, shows the annual average number of people, resident in the City of York constituency, the City of York Unitary Authority, Yorkshire and The Humber and the United Kingdom, claiming JSA from 1997 to 2007. The number of claimants is also shown as a percentage of the resident working age population.
In employment (Thousand) City of York constituency City of York unitary authority Yorkshire and the Humber Great Britain 12 months ending Full-time Part-time Total Full-time Part-time Total Full-time Part-time Total Full-time Part-time Total February 1997 32 12 44 59 23 82 1,590 560 2,151 18,974 6,379 25,355 February 1998 31 14 45 57 20 77 1,594 576 2,170 19,224 6,448 25,678 February 1999 33 15 48 59 24 83 1,616 595 2,212 19,454 6,520 25,981 February 2000 34 12 45 61 22 83 1,620 591 2,211 19,600 6,610 26,218 February 2001 36 15 51 64 29 93 1,634 624 2,259 19,743 6,739 26,492 February 2002 36 15 51 66 27 93 1,658 606 2,265 19,957 6,767 26,734 February 2003 37 16 54 65 28 93 1,664 616 2,280 19,931 6,902 26,848 February 2004 37 16 53 65 27 92 1,671 641 2,312 19,971 7,078 27,063 March 2005 39 16 55 65 27 92 1,696 623 2,320 20,274 7,019 27,313 March 2006 37 15 52 67 26 93 1,691 630 2,322 20,310 7,046 27,371 March 2007 36 14 50 65 24 90 1,684 560 2,245 20,092 6,313 26,405 June 2007 32 14 46 66 28 94 1,702 610 2,312 20,456 7,115 27,571 Notes: 1. Data subject to sampling variability. 2. Changes in the estimates over time should be treated with particular caution. Source: Annual Labour Force Survey; Annual Population Survey.
Thousand City of York constituency City of York unitary authority Yorkshire and the Humber Great Britain 12 months ending Level1 Rate2 (Percentage) Level3 Rate2, 3 (Percentage) Level1 Rate2 (Percentage) Level1 Rate2 (Percentage) February 1997 4 8.0 5 5.9 198 8.4 2,136 7.8 February 1998 4 7.3 5 5.7 172 7.3 1,851 6.7 February 1999 3 6.4 5 5.2 164 6.9 1,673 6.1 February 2000 2 5.2 4 4.5 152 6.4 1,641 5.9 February 2001 3 4.9 4 4.0 140 5.9 1,468 5.3 February 2002 2 4.3 3 3.6 121 5.1 1,404 5.0 February 2003 2 3.9 3 3.4 119 5.0 1,450 5.1 February 2004 3 4.7 4 3.7 121 5.0 1,399 4.9 March 2005 2 3.1 3 2.8 105 4.3 1,343 4.7 March 2006 2 3.9 3 3.2 124 5.1 1,445 5.0 March 2007 4 7.3 4 4.3 134 5.6 1,546 5.3 June 2007 4 7.1 4 4.2 135 5.5 1,528 5.2 1 Annual Labour Force Survey and Annual Population Survey data subject to sampling variability. 2 Unemployed as a percentage of the economically active population. 3 Model-based estimates subject to random variability. Note: Changes in the estimates overtime should be treated with particular caution. Source: Annual Labour Force Survey; Annual Population Survey.
City of York constituency City of York unitary authority Yorkshire and the Humber Great Britain Number of claimants Proportion1 (Percentage) Number of claimants Proportion1 (Percentage) Number of claimants Proportion1 (Percentage) Number of claimants Proportion1 (Percentage) 1996 4,053 6.1 5,182 4.8 191,830 6.4 2,122,245 6.0 1997 3,002 4.5 3,786 3.5 151,995 5.1 1,602,442 4.5 1998 2,425 3.7 3,042 2.8 134,892 4.5 1,362,340 3.8 1999 2,190 3.3 2,762 2.5 124,675 4.1 1,263,001 3.5 2000 1,895 2.9 2,367 2.1 108,459 3.6 1,102,257 3.0 2001 1,676 2.5 2,120 1.9 97,453 3.2 982,998 2.7 2002 1,480 2.2 1,838 1.6 90,091 2.9 958,759 2.6 2003 1,437 2.2 1,808 1.6 84,995 2.8 945,894 2.6 2004 1,342 2.0 1,706 1.4 74,512 2.4 866,144 2.3 2005 1,331 2.0 1,689 1.4 77,306 2.5 874,417 2.3 2006 1,654 2.5 2,107 1.8 88,667 2.8 956,732 2.6 2007 1,455 2.2 1,857 1.5 82,049 2.6 872,959 2.3 1 Number of claimants expressed as a percentage of the resident working age population. Source: Jobcentre Plus administrative data.