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Number and percentage of people who (i) live in settlements with a usually resident population of 10,000 or more and (ii) live either in settlements of under 10,000 people or do not live in a settlement i.e. the remainder, United Kingdom, April 2001
People living in settlements with 10,000 people or more People living outside settlements of 10,000 people or more
Area All people Number Percentage Percentage Percentage

United Kingdom

58,789,194

45,938,430

78.14

12,850,764

21.86

England

49,138,831

39,631,606

80.65

9,507,225

19.35

Wales

2,903,085

1,865,989

64.28

1,037,096

35.72

Scotland

5,062,011

3,446,036

68.08

1,615,975

31.92

Northern Ireland

1,685,267

994,799

59.03

690,468

40.97

Notes:
In England and Wales, settlements with 10,000 or more people are defined as urban and settlements with less than 10,000 people are defined as rural.
Source:
Table KS01 in the Census 2001 Rural and Urban Classification 2004, Table KS01 from Scotland’s Census 2001 Key Statistics for Settlements and Localities Scotland and Table KS01 on the Census 2001 Key Statistics for Settlements Report

Long-term Unemployment

Sarah Teather: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people are long-term unemployed in each London borough. [88213]

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated 25 July 2006:

Table 1: Number of long-term unemployed( 1) persons, aged 16 and over, resident in London boroughs; 12 months ending December 2005
London borough Number (Thousand)

Barking and Dagenham

2

Barnet

4

Bexley

(2)

Brent

3

Bromley

1

Camden

2

City of London

(2)

Croydon

2

Ealing

3

Enfield

3

Greenwich

3

Hackney

4

Hammersmith and Fulham

2

Haringey

2

Harrow

1

Havering

1

Hillingdon

3

Hounslow

(2)

Islington

1

Kensington and Chelsea

2

Kingston upon Thames

(3)

Lambeth

5

Lewisham

2

Merton

2

Newham

3

Redbridge

1

Richmond upon Thames

1

Southwark

3

Sutton

(2)

Tower Hamlets

4

Waltham Forest

1

Wandsworth

2

Westminster

3

(1) Over 12 months.
(2) Sample size too small to provide estimates.
(3) Less than 500.
Note:
Estimates are subject to sampling variability.
Source:
Annual Population Survey


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Table 2: Long-term claimants( 1,2) of jobseeker’s allowance resident in London boroughs, June 2006
London borough Number( 3) Percentage

Barking and Dagenham

715

0.7

Barnet

915

0.4

Bexley

540

0.4

Brent

1,665

0.9

Bromley

760

0.4

Camden

1,460

0.9

City of London

15

0.3

Croydon

1,015

0.5

Ealing

875

0.4

Enfield

1,135

0.6

Greenwich

1,190

0.8

Hackney

1,540

1.1

Hammersmith and Fulham

670

0.5

Haringey

2,165

1.4

Harrow

395

0.3

Havering

380

0.3

Hillingdon

440

0.3

Hounslow

310

0.2

Islington

1,355

1.1

Kensington and Chelsea

565

0.4

Kingston upon Thames

150

0.1

Lambeth

1,750

0.9

Lewisham

1,475

0.9

Merton

560

0.4

Newham

1,525

0.9

Redbridge

750

0.5

Richmond upon Thames

250

0.2

Southwark

2,070

1.2

Sutton

375

0.3

Tower Hamlets

2,245

1.6

Waltham Forest

1,565

1.1

Wandsworth

1,055

0.5

Westminster

785

0.5

(1 )Computerised claims only. Dataset rounded to nearest 5.
(2) Over 12 months.
(3) Proportion of resident mid-2004 population estimates of working age (males aged 16 to 69 and females aged 16 to 59).
Source:
Jobcentre Plus administrative data held on NOMIS.

Jeff Ennis: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were in long-term unemployment in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster in each of the last eight years. [88379]

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated 25 July 2006:


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