Cabinet Office written question – answered at on 26 November 2012.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Glen Watson, dated November 2012
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions asking:
1. What proportion of people on jobseeker's allowance in Havering are below the age of 25? (130393)
2. How many people in Havering are currently in receipt of jobseeker's allowance? (130395)
3. How many people in Havering are currently unemployed? (130396)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles the number of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) from the Jobcentre Plus administrative system.
1. The proportion of the people claiming JSA in Havering, aged from 16 to 24 years in October 2012, was 29%.
2. The number of people resident in Havering, who were claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in October 2012 was 5449.
The Office for National Statistics produces estimates of total unemployment for unitary and local authorities, from a statistical model based on the Annual Population Survey (APS) lending strength from the Claimant Count, following International Labour Organisation (ILO) definitions.
3. For the period July 2011 to June 2012, the most recent period for which figures are available, there were 10,300 people unemployed in Havering.
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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