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Unemployment
Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many young adults aged 16 to 24 years are unemployed by region expressed as (a) a percentage of population and (b) the total number, ranked in descending order according to percentage figures for the latest date available. [30594]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Chris Ruane, dated 30 January 2002:
- As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about unemployed young adults. (30594)
- The Labour Force Survey (LFS) provides estimates of the number and percentage of people aged 15–24 years who are unemployed, as defined by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
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- The latest available estimates are for autumn (September to November) 2001. These are given in the table below.
| Percentage(35) | Thousand | |
|---|---|---|
| UK | 8.9 | 580 |
| Scotland | 11.0 | 63 |
| London | 11.0 | 97 |
| West Midlands | 10.9 | 63 |
| North-east | 9.9 | 29 |
| Wales | 9.2 | 30 |
| North-west | 9.0 | 68 |
| Eastern | 8.0 | 43 |
| Northern Ireland | 7.8 | 16 |
| South-west | 7.5 | 37 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 7.3 | 41 |
| East Midlands | 7.3 | 33 |
| South-east | 7.2 | 59 |
(34) Not seasonally adjusted
(35) ILO unemployed people aged 16–24 as a percentage of all persons aged 16–24
Source:
ONS—Labour Force Survey
Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many households were without work for two years or more by region expressed as (a) a percentage and (b) the total number, ranked in descending order according to percentages for the latest date for which figures are available. [30590]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Chris Ruane, dated 30 January 2002:
- As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about households that have been without work for two years or more. (30590)
- The Labour Force Survey (LFS) household datasets provide estimates of working-age households that have been workless for two years or more: that is, households that include at least one person of working age where everyone has been without work for two years or more.
- The LFS household datasets are available for the spring (March to May) and autumn (September to November) quarters of each year. The latest available estimates are for spring (March to May) 2001. These are given in the table below.
(36) Households that include at least one person of working age (ie a man aged 16–64 or a woman aged 16–59) where everyone has been without work for two years or more.
(37) Excludes households where everyone of working age is a full-time student.
(38) Not adjusted for households with unknown economic activity
(39) Not seasonally adjusted
(40) Working-age households without work for two years or more as a percentage of all working-age households.
Source:
ONS—Labour Force Survey
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Household Insurance
Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many households were without household insurance, broken down by region, expressed as (a) a percentage and (b) the total number, ranked in descending order according to percentage figures for the latest year in which figures are available. [30612]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Chris Ruane, dated 30 January 2002:
- As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question about how many households were without insurance, by region, expressed as (a) a percentage and (b) the total number, ranked in descending order according to percentage figures for the latest year in which figures are available. (30612)
- Estimates of households with neither contents nor structural insurance are shown in the table below. They are from the Family Expenditure Surveys of 1999–2000 and 2000–01, combined to improve the reliability of the regional breakdowns.
- Like all estimates from sample surveys these figures are subject to sampling variability.
| Households without structural or contents insurance | ||
|---|---|---|
| Percentage | Number (thousand) | |
| London | 33 | 1,540 |
| Northern Ireland | 30 | 330 |
| North-east | 29 | 580 |
| North-west | 23 | 1,440 |
| Wales | 22 | 630 |
| Scotland | 21 | 1,100 |
| West Midlands | 21 | 1,090 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 20 | 1,060 |
| South-east | 19 | 1,750 |
| East Midlands | 17 | 890 |
| South-west | 17 | 1,040 |
| East | 16 | 1,160 |
Source:
Office for National Statistics, Family Expenditure Surveys 1999–2000 and 2000–01.
Workless Households (Children)
Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many children were living in workless households,
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by region, expressed (a) as a percentage of population and (b) the total number, in descending order according to percentage figures in 2000. [30608]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Chris Ruane, dated 30 January 2002:
- As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about children in workless households. (30608)
- The Labour Force Survey (LFS) household datasets provide estimates of the number and percentage of children living in workless households; that is, households that include at least one person of working age with no one in employment.
- The estimates for spring (March to May) 2000 are given in the table below.
| Per cent(44) | Thousand | |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 16.0 | 1,867 |
| London | 23.7 | 353 |
| North East | 21.8 | 115 |
| Northern Ireland | 20.1 | 76 |
| Wales | 19.5 | 116 |
| North West | 18.4 | 261 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 18.0 | 178 |
| Scotland | 16.7 | 151 |
| West Midlands | 16.1 | 170 |
| East Midlands | 12.4 | 98 |
| East | 10.6 | 111 |
| South West | 10.5 | 96 |
| South East | 9.2 | 143 |
(41) Children refers to all children under 16.
(42) Households that include at least one person of working age (i.e. a man aged 16–64 or a woman aged 16–59) where no one is in employment.
(43) Not adjusted for households with unknown economic activity.
(44) Children in workless households as a percentage of all children in working-age households.
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey
Suicides
Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many suicides there were by young people aged 15 to 24 years by sex and by region expressed as (a) percentage figures and (b) total number, ranked in descending order of totals, expressed in percentage terms for the latest year in which figures are available. [30596]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Chris Ruane, dated 30 January 2002:
- As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question concerning the number of suicides by young people aged 15–24 years by sex and by region in (a) percentage figures and (b) total number, ranked in descending order of totals, expressed in percentage terms for the latest year for which figures are available. (30596)
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- The figures requested are given in the attached tables.
| Government Office Region | Number of deaths | Rate per 100,000 males aged 15–24 |
|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | 53 | 16.0 |
| East Midlands | 40 | 15.5 |
| North West | 64 | 15.0 |
| South West | 39 | 13.5 |
| East | 37 | 12.0 |
| North East | 19 | 11.4 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 33 | 10.1 |
| South East | 46 | 9.8 |
| London | 39 | 7.7 |
| Government Office Region | Number of deaths | Rate per 100,000 females aged 15–24 |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 14 | 5.2 |
| South East | 22 | 4.9 |
| West Midlands | 13 | 4.2 |
| North East | 6 | 3.8 |
| North West | 15 | 3.7 |
| East | 8 | 2.8 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 8 | 2.6 |
| London | 11 | 2.3 |
| East Midlands | 3 | 1.2 |
(45) International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, codes E950-E959 and E980-E989 excluding E988.8.
(46) Residents only.
(47) Data are for occurrences of death per calendar year.
(48) To facilitate comparison between areas the figures are presented as a rate per 100,000 population resident in the area, rather than as a percentage, because of small numbers of events.
Source:
Office for National Statistics
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