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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:

The National Statistician has been asked to reply your recent Parliamentary Question about unemployment. I am replying in her absence. (88213)

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics of unemployment for local areas from the Annual Population Survey (APS) following International Labour Organisation definitions.

Table 1, attached, shows the number of long-term unemployed (more than 12 months), resident in each London borough for the 12 months ending December 2005.

These estimates, as with any from sample surveys, are subject to a margin of uncertainty.

ONS also compiles statistics for local areas of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA). Table 2, attached shows the number of people, resident in each London borough, who have been claiming JSA for more than 12 months, in June 2006 and as a proportion of the resident population of working age (males aged 16 to 64 and females aged 16 to 59).

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:

The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about unemployment. I am replying in her absence. (88379)

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles statistics of unemployment for local areas from the annual local area Labour Force Survey (LFS) and the Annual Population Survey (APS) following International Labour Organisation definitions.

Table 1, attached, shows the number of long-term unemployed (more than 12 months), resident in Barnsley and Doncaster for the 12 month periods ending in February from 1999 to 2004 from the annual local area LFS and for the 12 month periods ending in March 2005 and December 2005 from the APS.

These estimates, as with any from sample surveys, are subject to a margin of uncertainty.

ONS also compiles statistics for local areas of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance (ISA). Table 2, attached, shows the annual average number of people, resident in Barnsley and Doncaster claiming ISA for more than 12 months, from 1998 to 2005 and as a proportion of the resident population of working age (males aged 16 to 64 and females aged 16 to 59).

Table 1: Number of long-term unemployed( 1) persons( ) aged 16 and over, resident in Barnsley and Doncaster
Thousand
12 months ending	Barnsley	Doncaster
February 1999	4	3
February 2000	3	3
February 2001	2	3
February 2002	1	2
February 2003	1	1
February 2004	1	1
March 2005	1	2
December 2005	1	2
(1 )Over 12 months Note: Estimates re subject to sampling variability Source: Annual local area Labour Force Survey; Annual Population Survey

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Table 2: Long-term claimants( 1, 2) of jobseeker’s allowance resident in Barnsley and Doncaster; 1998 to 2005
	Barnsley		Doncaster
Annual averages	Number	Percentage( 3 ) of resident population of working age	Number	Percentage( 3 ) of resident population of working age
1998	1,520	1.1	2,845	1.7
1999	1,205	0.9	2,040	1.2
2000	920	0.7	1,205	0.7
2001	615	0.5	770	0.4
2002	365	0.3	770	0.4
2003	285	0.2	680	0.4
2004	235	0.2	500	0.3
(1 )Computerised claims only. Dataset rounded to nearest 5 (2 )Over 12 months (3 )Proportion of resident mid-year population of working age (males aged 16 to 64 and females aged 16 to 59). Note that 2005 uses mid-2004 estimates. Source: Jobcentre Plus administrative data held on NOMIS(Â(r))

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