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Sea Bass
Mr. Sanders: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to ensure that sea bass (a) served at functions at which he is the host and (b) used in Treasury catering outlets is sourced from hand-line fishermen rather than pair trawlers. [167545]
Ruth Kelly: The Treasury's catering contractor sources foodstuffs with the aim of obtaining best value for the customer.
Economic Inactivity
Mr. Willetts: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) men aged 50 to 64 years and (b) women aged 50 to 59 years were not in employment in each year since 1997. [168155]
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. David Willetts, dated 26 April 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about unemployment among men and women aged over 50. (168155)
The attached table gives estimates of the number of men aged 50 to 64 years and women aged 50 to 59 years not in employment for three month periods ending February each year from 1998 to 2004, the most recent periods for which this information is available.
Estimates are taken from the Office for National Statistics' Labour Force Survey (LFS). As with any statistical sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to sampling variability.
| Not in employment 1 | Unemployed | Economically inactive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men aged 50–64 and Women aged 50–59 | |||
| 1998 | 2,855 | 273 | 2,582 |
| 1999 | 2,833 | 269 | 2,564 |
| 2000 | 2,896 | 261 | 2,635 |
| 2001 | 2,842 | 226 | 2,615 |
| 2002 | 2,849 | 209 | 2,640 |
| 2003 | 2,777 | 227 | 2,550 |
| 2004 | 2,715 | 198 | 2,517 |
| Men aged 50–64 | |||
| 1998 | 1,532 | 200 | 1,332 |
| 1999 | 1,520 | 191 | 1,329 |
| 2000 | 1,578 | 190 | 1,388 |
| 2001 | 1,526 | 166 | 1,360 |
| 2002 | 1,533 | 145 | 1,389 |
| 2003 | 1,491 | 163 | 1,327 |
| 2004 | 1,448 | 135 | 1,313 |
| Women aged 50–59 | |||
| 1998 | 1,323 | 73 | 1,251 |
| 1999 | 1,313 | 78 | 1,235 |
| 2000 | 1,318 | 70 | 1,247 |
| 2001 | 1,316 | 61 | 1,255 |
| 2002 | 1,316 | 65 | 1,251 |
| 2003 | 1,286 | 64 | 1,222 |
| 2004 | 1,268 | 63 | 1,204 |
(11) Not in employment includes unemployed and economically inactive
Source:
ONS-Labour Force Survey
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Employment Statistics
Mr. Kilfoyle: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the figures for (a) adult and (b) youth long-term unemployment in Liverpool, Walton were in each year between 1997 and 2003. [166973]
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. Peter Kilfoyle, dated 26 April 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about unemployment. (166973)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics of unemployment from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) following International Labour Organisation definitions. However, the LFS sample size is too small to give reliable estimates of unemployment in the Liverpool, Walton Parliamentary Constituency.
ONS also compiles statistics of those claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (ISA) for local areas including parliamentary constituencies.
The attached table gives the annual average number of people claiming ISA for over 12 months, and the annual average number of these claimants aged 18 to 24 years, in the Liverpool, Walton constituency, for each year since 1997. The data are not seasonally adjusted.
| All claimants | Claimants aged 18–24 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2,229 | 472 |
| 1998 | 1,814 | 323 |
| 1999 | 1,398 | 114 |
| 2000 | 1,060 | 32 |
| 2001 | 866 | 21 |
| 2002 | 774 | 38 |
| 2003 | 660 | 38 |
(12) Computerised claims only.
Source:
Office for National Statistics.
Mr. Kilfoyle: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many job vacancies there were in Liverpool, Walton in each year from 1997 to 2003. [166965]
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. Peter Kilfoyle, dated 26 April 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about job vacancies in Liverpool, Walton parliamentary constituency. [166965]
According to Jobcentre Plus administrative records the numbers of unfilled vacancies in the Liverpool travel-to-work area on average for the years 1997 to 2000 and for the latest available 12-month period, to April 2001, were as follows. These figures represent only a proportion of all the vacancies available, as not all vacancies are notified to Jobcentres.
| Number of vacancies | |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 4,330 |
| 1998 | 5,472 |
| 1999 | 5,795 |
| 2000 | 5,926 |
| May 2000 to April 2001 | 3,328 |
Source:
Jobcentre Plus administrative records.
Figures are not available for the Liverpool, Walton constituency alone because of the practice of notifying some vacancies centrally, with one Jobcentre taking vacancies for others in the same district.
Jobcentre vacancy statistics for May 2001 onwards were withdrawn from National Statistics in September 2001 as a result of distortions to the data which occurred following the introduction of new administrative procedures by Jobcentre Plus. Comparable figures for vacancies for later years are therefore unavailable. Results from the ONS Vacancy Survey were released as National Statistics from July 2003, but are not available for local areas.
Mr. Kilfoyle: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in Liverpool, Walton were registered unemployed in each year between 1997 and 2003. [166966]
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. Peter Kilfoyle, dated 26 April 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about unemployment. (166966)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics of unemployment from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) following International Labour Organisation definitions. However, the LFS sample size is too small to give reliable estimates of unemployment in the Liverpool, Walton Parliamentary Constituency.
ONS also compiles statistics of those claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) for local areas including parliamentary constituencies.
The table below gives the annual average number of JSA claimants for the Liverpool, Walton constituency for each year since 1997 to 2003.
| Number of claimants | |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 5,260 |
| 1998 | 4,745 |
| 1999 | 4,242 |
| 2000 | 3,858 |
| 2001 | 3,538 |
| 2002 | 3,328 |
| 2003 | 3,077 |
Jim Dobbin: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many job vacancies there were in Heywood and Middleton in (a) 1997 and (b) 2003. [168515]
Ruth Kelly:
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
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Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Jim Dobbin, dated 26 April 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about job vacancies in Heywood and Middleton. (168515)
According to Jobcentre Plus administrative records the number of unfilled vacancies notified to Jobcentres in Heywood and Middleton was 378 on average during 1997. This represents only a proportion of all the vacancies available, as not all vacancies are notified to Jobcentres.
Jobcentre vacancy statistics were withdrawn from National Statistics in September 2001 as a result of distortions to the data, which occurred following the introduction of new administrative procedures by Jobcentre Plus. Comparable figures for vacancies in 2003 are therefore unavailable.
Results from the ONS Vacancy Survey were released as National Statistics from July 2003, but are not available for local areas.
Jim Dobbin: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the level of unemployment was in each year since 1997 in Heywood and Middleton. [168519]
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. Jim Dobbin, dated 26 April 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about unemployment. (168519)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics of unemployment from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) following International Labour Organisation definitions. However, the LFS sample size is too small to give reliable estimates of unemployment in the Heywood and Middleton Constituency.
ONS also compiles statistics of those claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) for local areas including parliamentary constituencies.
The table below gives the annual average number of ISA claimants for the Heywood and Middleton constituency for each year since 1997.
| Number of claimants | |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 2,772 |
| 1998 | 2,393 |
| 1999 | 2,077 |
| 2000 | 1,804 |
| 2001 | 1,680 |
| 2002 | 1,640 |
| 2003 | 1,462 |
Source:
Office for National Statistics.
Jim Dobbin: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the (a) change and (b) percentage change was in full-time permanent jobs in Heywood and Middleton from 1997 to 31 December 2003; [168520]
(2) how many new jobs have been created in Heywood and Middleton since 1997. [168521]
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. Jim Dobbin, dated 26 April 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions about full-time jobs and jobs created in Heywood and Middleton. (168520, 168521)
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 following table shows the information requested, relating to all jobs and full-time jobs, in Heywood and Middleton, for 1997 and the latest year available, 2002. No information is available about whether the jobs were permanent.
| Full-Time | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of employees | ||
| 1997 | 22,600 | 31,300 |
| 2002 | 23,800 | 32,300 |
| Change from 1997 to 2002 | ||
| Absolute | 1,200 | 1,000 |
| Percentage | 5.4% | 3.1% |
(13) Employee jobs only, not self-employed jobs.
Source:
1997; Annual Employment Survey, rescaled 2002; Annual Business Inquiry (ABI).
Jim Dobbin: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were employed in tourism-related jobs in Heywood and Middleton on the latest date for which figures are available. [168522]
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. Jim Dobbin, dated 26 April 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about tourism-related jobs in Heywood and Middleton. (168522)
The latest available data, from the 2002 Annual Business Inquiry, shows that the total number of jobs in tourism related industries in Heywood and Middleton was 2,700. This total is obtained by combining figures for those working in the following industries, as identified by Standard Industrial Classification 2003:
hotels
restaurants
bars
activities of travel agencies
library, archives, museums etc.
sporting activities
other recreational activities.
James Purnell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many job vacancies there were in Stalybridge and Hyde in (a) 1997 and (b) 2003. [168767]
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. James Purnell, dated 26 April 2004:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about job vacancies in Stalybridge and Hyde. (168767)
According to Jobcentre Plus administrative records the number of unfilled vacancies notified to Jobcentres in Stalybridge and Hyde was 316 on average during 1997. This represents only a proportion of all the vacancies available, as not all vacancies are notified to Jobcentres.
Jobcentre vacancy statistics were withdrawn from National Statistics in September 2001 as a result of distortions to the data, which occurred following the introduction of new administrative procedures by Jobcentre Plus. Comparable figures for vacancies in 2003 are therefore unavailable.
Results from the ONS Vacancy Survey were released as National Statistics from July 2003, but are not available for local areas.
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