The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated February 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking for how long on average claimants aged between 18 and 24 years resident in each local authority area in the North West were in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance in (a) each of the last 12 months and (b) each of the last five years. (317206)
The number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) is taken from the Jobcentre Plus administrative system. The length of a claim has been defined as the time between the start of an individual’s claim and the count date in each reference month. Table 1 shows the median length of live claims during the last 12 months up to the latest available period in December 2009, and for December of each of the last 5 years.
National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at:
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Months December 2009 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Allerdale 8.4 9.8 9.5 9.9 8.7 10.1 10.8 11.4 11.9 13.9 13.6 9.8 9.1 9.1 8.1 9.8 11.1 Barrow-in-Furness 9.3 10.9 11.3 10.7 9.7 10.9 9.2 10.3 10.7 11.9 10.1 8.8 9.4 10.6 10.3 10.3 9.7 Blackburn with Darwen 6.9 8.3 9.3 6.0 8.7 9.7 9.2 9.5 10.4 12.0 12.1 10.7 9.2 9.5 9.0 9.6 9.9 Blackpool 6.6 7.3 7.9 7.1 6.0 8.0 8.6 9.4 11.0 12.4 12.0 10.9 10.4 9.6 9.1 8.4 7.6 Bolton 7.5 12.0 11.2 9.6 9.1 9.6 9.7 10.3 11.3 12.7 12.5 11.5 11.6 11.9 12.3 13.7 15.5 Burnley 5.8 7.0 9.7 7.1 8.1 8.1 8.6 10.3 10.9 12.2 11.8 11.1 9.5 9.0 9.0 9.1 9.5 Bury 6.8 7.7 9.8 8.1 8.4 9.4 9.1 9.9 10.6 12.1 12.9 11.4 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.8 12.7 Carlisle 8.2 10.0 8.5 6.9 7.8 7.9 7.4 9.6 10.6 11.3 11.9 10.3 8.9 9.4 9.3 9.6 9.8 Cheshire East 8.2 8.0 8.5 8.5 8.0 9.2 8.4 9.4 10.6 12.3 12.6 10.8 9.0 9.9 10.0 10.1 9.9 Cheshire West and Chester 8.0 9.7 9.3 8.0 7.8 8.2 8.1 9.7 11.1 12.6 12.6 10.6 9.0 9.7 9.0 9.8 10.0 Chorley 6.9 9.1 9.7 8.0 7.0 7.8 8.7 9.9 10.6 12.1 11.7 9.7 9.2 9.5 8.2 8.9 10.3 Copeland 8.6 15.0 11.4 10.3 9.7 10.3 11.0 11.9 12.4 13.1 12.9 11.6 10.9 10.1 8.5 9.6 10.2 Eden 8.0 9.0 5.7 6.0 4.8 6.5 5.6 7.9 9.2 10.5 10.9 9.1 6.8 8.9 10.4 9.0 9.5 Fylde 9.2 6.5 6.0 6.4 5.5 6.5 6.0 8.6 10.6 10.7 10.1 9.0 7.1 7.9 7.8 6.8 7.8 Halton 8.4 8.9 8.9 7.6 8.3 9.4 10.3 10.9 11.8 13.8 13.1 11.4 11.2 11.5 11.2 10,8 10.6 Hyndburn 7.1 6.9 6.8 8.2 7.8 8.5 8.1 8.9 10.5 11.9 11.0 10.1 10.3 9.9 8.1 8.9 9.1 Knowsley 10.0 10.6 10.8 10.5 10.0 11.5 11.2 11.4 12.0 13.5 13.9 11.7 10.8 10.7 10.3 10.4 10.6 Lancaster 8.0 7.6 9.7 8.7 7.9 9.2 8.3 9.1 10.1 11.8 11.5 10.1 9.6 10.0 8.8 9.7 10.1 Liverpool 13.0 13.6 14.5 13.3 11.7 12.6 12.4 12.7 13.2 15.5 15.7 14.3 12.9 12.6 12.2 12.2 12.6 Manchester 10.6 10.4 11.5 9.8 9.7 10.5 9.7 10.1 10.8 12.1 12.1 10.5 10.1 10.8 11.4 12.4 14.4 Oldham 7.7 9.8 10.0 8.9 8.3 8.7 8.7 10.3 11.1 12.4 12.1 11.0 10.7 10.9 11.8 13.0 14.0 Pendle 6.3 6.6 8.7 6.9 7.7 9.2 9.5 9.0 9.9 11.4 11.3 9.0 8.7 9.6 8.7 9.5 10.0 Preston 9.8 10.5 10.0 10.0 9.1 9.7 8.3 9.0 10.1 12.0 12.2 10.8 10.4 10.2 10.1 10.7 10.6 Ribble Valley 6.0 5.0 6.8 5.7 6.9 8.0 6.8 7.5 9.7 11.3 10.8 7.6 7.2 7.7 7.8 7.0 8.7 Rochdale 8.9 9.5 11.0 10.0 9.5 9.2 9.8 11.2 12.2 13.8 13.8 12.6 12.7 12.4 14.1 16.0 17.3 Rossendale 8.0 7.5 7.0 8.1 7.7 8.4 9.0 10.0 11.8 13.2 14.2 11.7 10.3 10.5 9.4 10.4 10.8 Salford 10.1 9.5 12.5 9.7 8.5 9.6 9.5 9.5 10.6 11.7 11.9 10.8 9.7 10.1 10.5 12.2 13.6 Sefton 10.6 11.1 11.0 10.8 10.8 11.3 10.8 11.5 12.3 14.3 14.1 12.7 12.1 11.9 12.0 12.1 12.9 South Lakeland 6.0 7.7 10.2 6.0 6.6 6.1 5.8 7.6 9.2 10.5 8.8 5.7 7.0 7.8 7.7 8.6 8.6 South Ribble 7.7 8.9 7.6 7.1 8.5 8.8 8.8 9.9 10.6 11.1 10.4 9.7 8.2 8.3 8.1 8.7 9.7 St. Helens 9.0 10.4 10.9 9.3 10.8 11.4 10.9 11.5 12.6 15.1 14.4 12.7 11.8 11.4 11.0 10.8 11.7 Stockport 8.1 8.6 9.7 9.2 8.5 8.4 7.5 9.7 11.1 12.8 12.9 10.9 11.1 11.8 12.5 14.0 15.4 Tameside 9.1 10.4 9.7 9.6 8.8 10.1 9.9 10.7 11.0 12.4 12.6 12.4 12.1 12.0 12.4 13.0 15.2 Trafford 9.2 9.5 10.0 7.9 8.0 9.2 9.1 9.1 9.7 10.3 9.4 7.8 7.8 8.8 9.4 10.7 11.9 Warrington 7.5 9.7 10.3 10.4 8.3 9.4 9.6 10.8 11.6 14.1 14.2 12.9 12.1 11.8 11.5 11.7 12,1 West Lancashire 9.3 9.2 9.3 8.8 8.1 9.7 10.2 10.5 11.7 13.3 14.0 11.6 10.9 10.9 10.5 10.3 11.3 Wigan 8.6 9.2 11.3 9.4 9.5 10.5 10.1 11.1 11.9 14.2 14.2 13.4 13.0 12.8 13.1 14.7 16.9 Wirral 8.7 10.0 11.0 9.1 9.3 9.9 10.0 11.1 11.6 13.3 13.6 11.7 11.0 10.6 10.5 10.5 10.9 Wyre 5.7 6.8 7.9 8.2 6.2 7.7 7.7 7.8 9.7 11.8 11.6 9.4 8.8 8.5 7.3 8.1 7.2 1 Length of claim data is only available for computerised claims, which account for 99.7 per cent. of all claims. Source: Jobcentre Plus Administrative System