The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated April 2009
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning how many people have been employed in the medium-sized business sector in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997. (268376)
The table below show the number of employees within the size-band 50-199 employees from 1998 to 2007. Figures for 1997 are not available.
Jarrow constituency South Tyneside North East England 1998 4,700 11,200 230,400 4,925,500 1999 4,400 10,400 225,600 4,871,200 2000 4,900 10,000 234,300 5,113,000 2001 4,800 11,000 242,100 5,247,700 2002 4,800 10,000 246,700 5,251,500 2003 5,700 11,600 257,000 5,333,100 2004 6,100 11,900 250,600 5,422,300 2005 6,800 12,700 266,400 5,453,000 2006 6,100 10,900 247,300 5,333,000 2007 6,600 11,000 246,400 5,389,500 Note: Estimates for 2005 and earlier period are on a different basis to those from 2006 onwards. A preliminary assessment of changes in survey methodology suggests that the estimated total number of employees (for GB at the whole economy level) was reduced by around 1 per cent. Direct comparisons of employee estimates should therefore be treated with caution. Source: Annual Business Inquiry
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated April 2009
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning how many people have been employed in the small business sector in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North Hast and (d) the UK in each year since 1997.
The following table show the number of employees within the size-band 0-49 employees from 1998 to 2007. Figures for 1997 are not available.
Jarrow constituency South Tyneside North East GB1 1998 9,800 20,300 429,800 11,200,100 1999 10,100 20,600 422,500 11,329,800 2000 10,600 21,600 423,300 11,581,100 2001 10,300 21,000 424,800 11,611,400 2002 10,600 21,300 436,400 11,679,400 2003 10,500 20,700 433,000 11,640,500 2004 10,600 20,700 430,800 11,708,600 2005 11,400 22,700 450,900 11,982,800 2006 10,900 20,900 442,700 11,832,600 2007 10,900 21,000 433,600 11,894,000 1 Figures from the annual business inquiry are only produced for Great Britain. Source: Annual Business Inquiry.
Estimates for 2005 and earlier period are on a different basis to those from 2006 onwards. A preliminary assessment of changes in survey methodology suggests that the estimated total number of employees (for GB at the whole economy level) was reduced by around 1%. Direct comparisons of employee estimates should therefore be treated with caution.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning how many (a) private sector and (b) public sector employees there were in each month since September 2008. (268441)
The Office for National Statistics produces estimates of employment for the whole economy from the Labour Force Survey (published monthly), and for the public sector through the quarterly Public Sector Employment surveys. Private sector employment estimates are derived as the difference between Labour Force Survey and public sector employment totals. It is important to acknowledge, as with any sample survey, estimates from the Labour Force Survey are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
Private and public sector employment estimates are updated on a quarterly (3-monthly) basis alongside the publication of the Public Sector Employment First Release. The latest available statistics are for December 2008 (Quarter 4).
The requested data are attached at Annex A.
Public sector1,2,3,4 Private sector4,5 Total employment6,7 Thousand Percentage Thousand Percentage Thousand All in employment September 2008 5,770 19.6 23,610 80.4 29,380 December 2008 5,780 19.7 23,600 80.3 29,380 1 Estimates derived from public sector organisations. 2 Estimates for Northern Ireland included in the UK total are sourced from the Quarterly Employment Survey and are based on jobs rather than employees. 3 Estimates for December 2007 onwards are based partly on projections. 4. Northern Rock Plc was reclassified for statistical purposes from the private to the public sector on 9 October 2007. 5 Estimated as the difference between LFS total employment and the data from public sector organisations. 6 LFS data for September refers to August-October and December refers to November-January. 7 Labour Force Survey employment; All aged 16 and over; seasonally adjusted. Note: Details of the sampling variability of national Labour Force Survey estimates are included each month in the Labour Market Statistics First Release, available on www.statistics.gov.uk Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Labour Force Survey and returns from public sector organisations