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Economic Activity

Mr. Milburn: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the rates of (a) male and (b) female economic activity were in each local authority ward in Darlington in each year since 1979. [108168]

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 14 December 2006:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what the rates of (a) male and (b) female economic activity were in each local authority ward in Darlington in each year since 1979. (108168)

The Office for National Statistics compiles statistics of economic activity from the Labour Force Survey following International Labour Organisation definitions. However, estimates of economic activity are not available for wards as the survey sample size for such areas is too small.

Tables 1 to 3, attached, show economic activity rates for all persons of working age, males aged 16 to 64 and females aged 16 to 59, resident in wards within Darlington from the 1981, 1991 and 2001 Censuses of Population respectively.

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Table 1: Economic activity rates for persons of working age resident in wards within Darlington; 1981
Percentage
	Economic activity rate
Ward( 1)	All	Male	Female
Bank Top	77	91	62
Central	77	90	62
Cockerton East	76	91	60
Cockerton West	78	92	64
College	74	88	59
Eastbourne North	76	92	59
Eastbourne South	74	91	56
Harrowgate Hill	81	94	66
Haughton East	78	93	63
Haughton West	80	94	65
Heighington	57	65	47
Hummersknott	70	84	54
Hurworth	74	88	59
Lascelles	78	92	63
Lingfield	78	93	62
Middleton St. George	77	93	59
Mowden	78	92	63
North Road	77	90	61
Northgate North	80	92	66
Northgate South	79	92	63
Park East	74	90	57
Park West	72	87	57
Pierremont	79	91	67
Sadberge	73	95	51
Whessoe	75	93	55
Darlington	76	90	61
(1)1981 frozen wards. Note: Working age is defined as males aged 16 to 64 and females aged 16 to 59. Source: 1981 Census.

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Table 2: Economic activity rates for persons of working age resident in wards within Darlington; 1991
Percentage
	Economic activity rate
Ward( 1)	All	Male	Female
Bank Top	82	89	74
Central	78	86	70
Cockerton East	76	86	66
Cockerton West	71	83	60
College	77	85	68
Eastbourne North	72	88	58
Eastbourne South	71	84	57
Harrowgate Hill	81	89	73
Haughton East	78	89	66
Haughton West	79	88	70
Heighington	64	69	59
Hummersknott	73	82	64
Hurworth	79	85	72
Lascelles	76	87	65
Lingfield	77	86	67
Middleton St. George	79	87	71
Mowden	78	86	70
North Road	81	89	72
Northgate North	80	87	71
Northgate South	82	90	73
Park East	73	86	59
Park West	76	85	67
Pierremont	82	89	75
Sadberge	79	91	66
Whessoe	78	87	67
Darlington	77	87	67
(1) 1991 frozen wards. Note: Working age is defined as males aged 16 to 64 and females aged 16 to 59. Source: 1991 Census.

Table 3: Economic activity rates for persons of working age resident in wards within Darlington; 2001
Percentage
	Economic activity rate
Ward( 1)	All	Male	Female
Bank Top	74	79	69
Central	69	74	64
Cockerton East	80	85	76
Cockerton West	67	75	59
College	79	83	75
Eastbourne	71	77	66
Faverdale	89	93	85
Harrowgate Hill	83	87	78
Haughton East	71	74	67
Haughton North	81	84	77
Haughton West	79	84	74
Heighington and Coniscliffe	78	82	73
Hummersknott	78	82	73
Hurworth	79	83	75
Lascelles	72	78	66
Lingfield	76	81	71
Middleton St George	82	84	79
Mowden	79	82	76
North Road	75	81	70
Northgate	74	79	68
Park East	69	78	60
Park West	78	83	72
Pierremont	80	85	76
Sadberge and Whessoe	80	85	76
Darlington	77	81	71
(1) Census Area Statistics wards. Note: Working age is defined as males aged 16 to 64 and females aged 16 to 59. Source: 2001 Census.

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