Treasury written question – answered at on 16 January 2006.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many new jobs have been created in Wales in each year since 1997.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about jobs in Wales. (42389)
While statistics of new jobs created are not available explicitly, statistics from surveys enable comparisons to be made of net changes in numbers of jobs from year to year.
The attached table shows the information requested, relating to net change in jobs in Wales from June 1997 to June 2005; the latest period for which information is available.
These estimates are from the Workforce Jobs series and, as with any sample survey, are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
Thousand | ||
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Number of Workforce Jobs | Net change | |
1997 | 1,196 | — |
1998 | 1,205 | 9 |
1999 | 1,219 | 14 |
2000 | 1,248 | 28 |
2001 | 1,243 | -5 |
2002 | 1,265 | 21 |
2003 | 1,289 | 24 |
2004 | 1,279 | -9 |
2005 | 1,283 | 3 |
Source:
Workforce Jobs series
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