The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated March 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many and what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants in Leeds, North-West constituency had been claiming the allowance for (a) up to three, (b) between three and six, (c) between six and 12 and (d) between 12 and 24 months in each month since September 2009. (319495)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles the number of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) from the Jobcentre Plus administrative system.
The table attached shows the number of claims of JSA for people resident in Leeds, North-West parliamentary constituency, and the percentage of all claimants, by duration of the claim in each month since September 2009.
National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at
http://www.nomisweb.co.uk
Number of claimants(Thousand) Proportions of claimants(Percentage) Up to 13 weeks Over 13 weeks up to 26 weeks Over 26 weeks up to 52 weeks Over 52 weeks up to 104 weeks Total Up to 13 weeks Over 13 weeks up to 26 weeks Over 26 weeks up to 52 weeks Over 52 weeks up to 104 weeks September 2009 1,050 440 385 180 2,085 50 21 19 9 October 2009 1,050 440 375 185 2,080 51 21 18 9 November 2009 965 480 365 215 2,055 47 23 18 10 December 2009 930 500 380 225 2,065 45 24 18 11 January 2010 880 540 430 230 2,110 42 26 20 11 Note: 1. Data rounded to nearest five. 2. Age and duration data are only available for computerised claims, which account for 99.7 per cent. of all claims. Source: Jobcentre Plus administrative system
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated March 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many young people aged 16 and 17 years in Leeds, North-West constituency have claimed jobseeker’s allowance in each year since 2005 (319505)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles the number of claimants of Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) from the Jobcentre Plus administrative system. Table 1 shows the number of people aged 16 and 17 resident in Leeds, North-West parliamentary constituency, claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) in January 2010 and January of each year since 2005.
National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at:
http://www.nomisweb.co.uk
As at January each year Leeds, North-West 2005 5 2006 10 2007 5 2008 5 2009 5 2010 5 1 Age data are only available for computerised claims, which account for 99.7 per cent. of all claims. Note: Data rounded to nearest 5. Source: Jobcentre Plus administrative system
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated March 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking for what the average length of time was for which claimants aged between 18 and 24 years resident in Leeds, North-West constituency were in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance in (a) each of the last 12 months and (b) each of the last five years. (319627)
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 January 2010, and for January of each of the last 5 years for those people aged 18-24 resident in the Leeds, North-West Constituency.
National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at:
http://www.nomisweb.co.uk
Leeds, North-West (median) Years (as at January) 2006 13.5 2007 11.7 2008 11.2 2009 9.8 2010 12.1 Months February 2009 9.0 March 2009 10.1 April 2009 10.7 May 2009 11.4 June 2009 10.4 July 2009 6.8 August 2009 7.3 September 2009 8.4 October 2009 8.2 November 2009 9.7 December 2009 10.6 January 2010 12.1 1 Length of claim data are only available for computerised claims, which account for 99.7 per cent. of all claims. Source: Jobcentre Plus Administrative System