Jobseeker's Allowance: Derbyshire
Work and Pensions
Written answers and statements, 3 November 2009
Patrick McLoughlin (Chief Whip, Whips; West Derbyshire, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for what average length of time jobseeker's allowance claimants, resident in West Derbyshire, received the allowance in each of the last five years.
Jim Knight (Minister of State (the South West), Regional Affairs; South Dorset, Labour)
holding answer 26( ) October 2009
The following table shows the average length of jobseeker's allowance claims in West Derbyshire in the last five years.
| West Derbyshire | ||
| Claims terminated during period | Median length | |
| October 2004 to September 2005(1) | 1,735 | 9.5 |
| October 2005 to September 2006(1) | 1,740 | 10.1 |
| October 2006 to September 2007(1) | 1.975 | 9.7 |
| October 2007 to September 2008(1) | 1,805 | 8.5 |
| October 2008 to September 2009(1) | 3,030 | 9.2 |
| (1) Inclusive. Notes: 1. Claims terminated during period are rounded to the nearest 5. 2. Median is measured in number of weeks. 3. Median is the preferred measure of "average" for duration of claim, rather than arithmetic mean which would be unduly influenced by outliers. Source: DWP WPLS 100 per cent. data. | ||