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Unemployment (Wales)
Mr. Martyn Jones: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many unemployed people there are in Wales; and what the percentage change was in the last year in each constituency, listed in descending order of percentage reduction. [157663]
Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Martyn Jones, dated 9 March 2004:
- As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about unemployment in Wales and its Parliamentary Constituencies. (157663)
- In the three months ending in December 2003, there were an estimated 65,000 unemployed people aged 16 and over in Wales. Information on the levels of unemployment in each Parliamentary Constituency is not available as the Labour Force Survey sample is too small to give reliable estimates.
However, information is available on the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) in each Constituency in Wales. The total number of JSA claimants in Wales as a whole in January 2004 was 45,944. The attached table shows, for each Parliamentary Constituency in Wales, the percentage change in JSA claimants over the twelve month period ending January 2004.
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Source:
Jobcentre Plus administrative system
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Valuation Office Agency
Mr. Gray: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2004, Official Report, column 579W, on the Valuation Office Agency, when the Valuation Office Agency made an enquiry of the Public Appointments Unit to seek suitable candidates for the position of non-executive director; how many of the four short-listed candidates were interviewed by the selection panel; and whether the position filled by Miss Grinstead was a new position. [160100]
Dawn Primarolo: The Valuation Office Agency approached the Public Appointments Unit in the latter part of 2001, and a list of potential candidates was supplied in November 2001. Of the four short listed candidates, three declined and one was interviewed. The non-executive post being filled was an existing position.
Westminster Hall
Bob Spink: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to have senior Ministers reply to debates in Westminster Hall. [159622]
Ruth Kelly: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer he received from the Leader of the House on 8 March 2004, Official Report, column 1234W.