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Employment Statistics
Sarah Teather: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the rate of (a) unemployment, (b) long-term unemployment and (c) youth unemployment in each borough of London has been in each year since 1997; and how many individuals this represented in each case. [212371]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Ms Sarah Teather, dated 7 March 2005:
As National Statistician, 1 have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about unemployment. (212371)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics of unemployment from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) following International Labour Organisation definitions. The attached three tables show the levels and rates for the unemployed, long-term unemployed, and youth unemployment for each of the Greater London boroughs.
ONS also compiles statistics of those claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) for local areas. The attached three tables show
- the annual average number of JSA claimants resident in each of the London boroughs for each year from 1997 to 2004. This table also shows corresponding figures for JSA claimants aged 18–24 years and the total claiming for over 12 months.
Since the information in these tables is so extensive, copies have been placed in the House of Commons Library.
Mr. Willetts: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average percentage change in lone parent employment was between (a) 1992 and 1997 and (b) 1998 and 2003. [219552]
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John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. David Willetts, dated 7 March 2005:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about lone parents in employment. (219552)
The attached table shows the information requested, based on estimates from the Labour Force Survey (LFS).
These estimates from the LFS are, as with any statistical sample survey, subject to sampling variability.
(1)Defined as people who are not married or cohabiting with dependent children aged 0–15 or 16–18 and in full-time education.
(2)Annual average percentage changes calculated as annualised percentage increases over the relevant periods.
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey
EU Partnership Projects
Kate Hoey: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list partnership projects with the institutions of the EU for which UK Government provided funding in the past two financial years. [218786]
Mr. Timms: A large number of lines within the European Communities' Budget support activities that are co-financed by member states. Examples include projects supported by the Union's Structural Funds, Trans-European Networks, and Police and judicial co-operation in criminal matters (AGIS) programmes. Individual Government departments are responsible for projects undertaken with EC Budget co-financing and the Government do not keep a centralised record of those which take place in the UK.
Gershon Report
Annabelle Ewing: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much and what percentage of the savings identified by the Gershon Report relate to (a) UK-wide expenditure, (b) Great Britain-wide expenditure, (c) Scotland only expenditure, (d) England only expenditure, (e) Wales only expenditure, (f) Northern Ireland only expenditure, (g) England and Wales expenditure and (h) other spending; and if he will make a statement. [212354]
Mr. Boateng: The remit for Sir Peter Gershon's reviewdid not include the spending of the devolved Administrations. Where spending is not devolved, SirPeter's report does not allocate savings to specific areas of the country.
Income Tax
Mr. Willetts: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of income tax liabilities in the latest financial year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) gender and (b) 10-year age bands. [220438]
Dawn Primarolo: I refer the hon. Member to table 3.2 Distribution of median and mean income by age range and sex, 2002–03" on the Inland Revenue website http://www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/stats/income_distribution/tables3_2.pdf
Job Creation
Keith Vaz: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the employment rate is; and what assessment he has made of the trend in the level of job creation in the last five years. [220296]
Mr. Timms: The current working age employment rate in the UK is 74.9 per cent. Over the last five years, employment levels have grown by 315,000 jobs a year on average, a growth rate of 1 per cent., and UK employment levels are at a record high.
National Insurance
Jon Trickett: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the payment of national insurance by sub-postmasters. [220374]
Dawn Primarolo: The remuneration of a sub-postmaster is liable to Class 1 NICs as earnings from an office. When he or she runs a business in addition to the post office, they are also self-employed and therefore liable to pay Class 2 and Class 4 contributions up to an annual maximum. Changes, effective from April 2003, provide that where sub-postmasters include their salary in the profits from the retail business they will no longer pay Class 4 NICs on their earnings from the post office.
Palestine
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what role his Department is taking in international attempts to facilitate economic regeneration in Palestine. [219693]
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Mr. Timms: The Chancellor takes a keen interest in the economic aspects of the Middle East Peace Process and the economic regeneration of the Palestinian Territories. The Chancellor has held meetings with the Finance Minister of the Palestinian Authority and Israel, the World Bank and key private sector participants. The Treasury works closely with DFID and the FCO and the International Financial Institutions on the economic aspects of the regeneration of the Palestinian Territories.
Residence Changes
Mr. Willetts: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the population changed residence in each year since 1979. [219557]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. David Willetts, dated 7 March 2005:
As National Statistician and Registrar General for England and Wales, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what percentage of the population changed residence in each year since 1979. (219557)
The Census obtains information about address changes in the year before the Census. The percentages of people who were listed as having changed address in the 1981, 1991 and 2001 Censuses are given in the table below.
All people | Percentage of these who changed address in the year before the Census | |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 48,521,596 | 9.45 |
| 1991 | 49,890,277 | 9.69 |
| 2001 | 52,041,916 | 12.18 |
Sources:
Table 2 in Census 1981 National Migration Great Britain part 2 (10% Tables), table 2 in 1991 Census Migration Great Britain part2 (10% Tables) and Table KS24 Census 2001 National report for England and Wales part 2
The 1981 data has been taken from Table 2 in Census 1981 National Migration Great Britain Part 2 (10% Tables)". The 1991 data has been taken from Table 2 in 1991 Census Migration Great Britain Part 2 (10% Tables)". The 2001 data has been taken from KS24 in the Census 2001 National Report for England and Wales Part 2". All of these publications are available in the House of Commons Library.
Data are not available for the other years requested. While ONS produces estimates for internal migration, the main data source used only records the number of moves based on patients moving across Former Health Service Authority boundaries, patients changing their doctor and re-registering. Therefore many local moves are not recorded in this administrative source. This reason means that the percentage of the population moving cannot be calculated from these data.
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