Treasury written question – answered at on 9 June 2004.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the unemployment rates for the 55-plus age group in (a) Greater London and (b) each Greater London borough in each of the last five years.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. Simon Hughes, dated
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about unemployment. I am replying in his absence. (177058)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics of unemployment from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) following International Labour Organisation definitions.
The attached table 1, gives unemployment rates for the 5 5-plus age group in Greater London covering the twelve month periods ending in February 1997, and each February from 2000 to 2003. Comparable information is currently not available for other years. The LFS sample size is too small to give reliable information about unemployment in each Greater London borough.
As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to sampling variability.
ONS also compiles statistics of those claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) for local areas including Greater London Boroughs. Table 2 gives the annual average number of JSA claimants for the age group 55 plus as a proportion of the resident population aged 55 to retirement age (55 to 64 for males, 55 to 59 for females) in Greater London and each Borough in Greater London for each year from 1999 to 2003. The data are not seasonally adjusted.
Percentage | |
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1997 | 9.3 |
2000 | 6.2 |
2001 | 5.7 |
2002 | 5.0 |
(39) This is the percentage of the economically active population aged 16 and over who are unemployed.
Note:
Economically active population refers to those who are either unemployed or in employment.
Source:
ONS—Labour Force Survey.
Percentage of population(41) | |||||
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Annual averages | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 1 | 2003 1 |
Barking and Dagenham | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
Barnet | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.0 |
Bexley | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
Brent | 3.8 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
Bromley | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
Camden | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
City of London | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
Croydon | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
Ealing | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
Enfield | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
Greenwich | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
Hackney | 5.8 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
Haringey | 5.2 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
Harrow | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
Havering | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
Hillingdon | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
Hounslow | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
Islington | 5.7 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 2.7 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
Kingston-upon-Thames | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
Lambeth | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Lewisham | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
Merton | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
Newham | 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
Redbridge | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
Richmond-upon-Thames | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
Southwark | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
Sutton | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
Tower Hamlets | 5.5 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
Waltham Forest | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
Wandsworth | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
Westminster, City of | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
(40) Based on the 2001 resident population.
(41) Claimant count figures as the percentage of the resident population aged 55 to retirement age
Source:
Jobcentre Plus Administrative system Claimant count proportions using mid—2002.
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