Cabinet Office written question – answered at on 9 July 2013.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the net change in the number of private sector jobs in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council area, (c) South Yorkshire and (d) England has been since 2010.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Glen Watson, dated July 2013
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question to the Minister for the Cabinet Office asking what the net change in the number of private sector jobs in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council area, (c) South Yorkshire and (d) England has been since 2010 (164239).
Information regarding the number of private sector jobs for parliamentary constituencies is not available. As an alternative, estimates relating to the number of people employed in the private sector have been provided. Employment statistics for local areas are calculated from the Annual Population Survey (APS).
These estimates are compiled from APS interviews held during the period April 2012 to March 2013, the latest period available, and the 12 month period ending in December 2010.
As with any sample survey, estimates from the APS are subject to a margin of uncertainty. A guide to the quality of the estimates is given in the table.
National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at:
Number of people employed in the private sector(1) and net change between 12-month periods ending December 2010 and March 2013 | |||
Thousand | |||
12 months ending: | |||
December 2010 | March 2013(2) | Net change(3) between 12-month periods ending December 2010 and March 2013 | |
Barnsley Central | 25 | (2)28 | 3 |
Barnsley | 70 | (2)77 | 6 |
South Yorkshire | 415 | (1)446 | 31 |
England | 18,250 | (1)19,016 | 766 |
(1) Individuals in the APS are classified to the public or private sector according to their responses to the survey. (2) Coefficients of Variation have been calculated for the latest period as an indication of the quality of the estimates. See Guide to Quality below. (3) Net change is calculated on unrounded numbers. Guide to Quality: The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of an estimate, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV—for example, for an estimate of 200 with a CV of 5% we would expect the population total to be within the range 180-220. Key: * 0 = CV<5%—Statistical Robustness: Estimates are considered precise. ** 5 = CV <10%—Statistical Robustness: Estimates are considered reasonably precise. *** 10 = CV <20%—Statistical Robustness: Estimates are considered acceptable. **** CV ? 20%—Statistical Robustness: Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes. CV = Coefficient of Variation. Source: Annual Population Survey. |
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