To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what estimate his Department made of the number of people registered as unemployed in (a) Cumbria and (b) Copeland constituency who were parents returning to work after caring for children in each of the last five years. (263790)

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated March 2009:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking for the number of people registered as unemployed in (a) Cumbria and (b) Copeland constituency who were parents returning to work after raising a family, in each of the last five years. (263790)

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics on registered unemployment from the count of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance. However, this source does not hold information on whether claimants were raising a family prior to claiming.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people registered as unemployed in (a) Cumbria and (b) Copeland constituency had been out of work for 12 months or more in each of the last five years. (263796)

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated March 2009:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions asking how many people under the age of 21 were registered as unemployed in (a) Cumbria and (b) Copeland constituency in each of the last five years (263793); and how many registered unemployed people in (a) Cumbria and (b) Copeland constituency had been out of work for 12 months or more in each of the last five years. (263796)

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics on registered unemployed from the count of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA). However, statistics are not available for persons under the age of 21. As an alternative, Table 1 shows the number of persons claiming JSA under the age of 20 resident in Copeland constituency and Cumbria.

Table 2 shows the number of persons claiming JSA for more than 12 months resident in Copeland and Cumbria.

National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available of the NOMIS website at

http://www.nomisweb.co.uk