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 Parliamentary Question asking how many people resident in Bournemouth were unemployed in each of the last 10 years. (269063)
The Office for National Statistics compiles unemployment statistics for local areas using model based estimates based on Annual Population Survey and administrative data.
Table 1 gives estimates for Bournemouth for 12 month periods ending February, from 1997 to 2004, and for 12 month periods ending March, from 2005 to 2008. The latest available estimate, for the 12 months ending June 2008, has also been provided.
These estimates, as with any involving sample surveys, are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
12 months ending: Thousand February 1997 6 February 1998 5 February 1999 4 February 2000 5 February 2001 4 February 2002 4 February 2003 4 February 2004 3 March 2005 3 March 2006 3 March 2007 4 March 2008 4 June 2008 4 Note: Information about the sampling variability of these model based estimates is published on the ONS website at: www.statistics.gov.uk Source: ONS Model based estimates