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Unemployment: Young People
Mr. Frank Field:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the unemployment levels of 18 to 24-year-olds not in full-time education were in each quarter since 1979. [121456]
John Healey:
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 19 February 2007:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about the levels of unemployed people aged 18 to 24 who were not in full-time education in each quarter since 1979.1 am replying in her absence. (121456)
The attached table gives estimates of unemployed people aged 18 to 24 who were not in full-time education in each quarter since the second quarter of 1992. Comparable estimates are not available for earlier periods. These estimates are seasonally adjusted. They are published each month in Table 14 of the Labour Market Statistics First Release available on the ONS website:-
Estimates are taken from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
| Unemployed people aged 18 to 24 who are not in full-time education by gender, 1992 to 2006, United Kingdom, seasonally adjusted |
| Thousand |
| | All persons | Males | Females |
|
1992
| | | |
|
Quarter 2
|
672
|
444
|
228
|
|
Quarter 3
|
675
|
444
|
231
|
|
Quarter 4
|
716
|
468
|
247
|
| | | | |
|
1993
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
741
|
489
|
252
|
|
Quarter 2
|
724
|
468
|
257
|
|
Quarter 3
|
681
|
456
|
226
|
|
Quarter 4
|
682
|
450
|
232
|
| | | | |
|
1994
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
637
|
414
|
223
|
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|
Quarter 2
|
615
|
405
|
210
|
|
Quarter 3
|
613
|
401
|
212
|
|
Quarter 4
|
576
|
372
|
204
|
| | | | |
|
1995
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
556
|
356
|
200
|
|
Quarter 2
|
532
|
346
|
185
|
|
Quarter 3
|
537
|
331
|
205
|
|
Quarter 4
|
506
|
320
|
187
|
| | | | |
|
1996
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
510
|
334
|
176
|
|
Quarter 2
|
498
|
324
|
173
|
|
Quarter 3
|
482
|
310
|
172
|
|
Quarter 4
|
470
|
301
|
170
|
| | | | |
|
1997
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
439
|
279
|
160
|
|
Quarter 2
|
414
|
259
|
155
|
|
Quarter 3
|
403
|
258
|
145
|
|
Quarter 4
|
377
|
235
|
143
|
| | | | |
|
1998
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
373
|
226
|
147
|
|
Quarter 2
|
367
|
224
|
143
|
|
Quarter 3
|
368
|
231
|
137
|
|
Quarter 4
|
377
|
232
|
144
|
| | | | |
|
1999
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
350
|
220
|
130
|
|
Quarter 2
|
349
|
218
|
131
|
|
Quarter 3
|
330
|
199
|
131
|
|
Quarter 4
|
327
|
200
|
128
|
| | | | |
|
2000
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
332
|
197
|
135
|
|
Quarter 2
|
330
|
205
|
126
|
|
Quarter 3
|
316
|
181
|
135
|
|
Quarter 4
|
318
|
189
|
129
|
| | | | |
|
2001
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
317
|
199
|
118
|
|
Quarter 2
|
315
|
188
|
127
|
|
Quarter 3
|
313
|
201
|
112
|
|
Quarter 4
|
351
|
217
|
135
|
| | | | |
|
2002
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
344
|
210
|
133
|
|
Quarter 2
|
327
|
210
|
117
|
|
Quarter 3
|
326
|
209
|
117
|
|
Quarter 4
|
316
|
199
|
117
|
| | | | |
|
2003
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
347
|
211
|
136
|
|
Quarter 2
|
327
|
203
|
124
|
|
Quarter 3
|
330
|
204
|
126
|
|
Quarter 4
|
314
|
194
|
120
|
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|
2004
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
317
|
197
|
120
|
|
Quarter 2
|
324
|
193
|
131
|
|
Quarter 3
|
340
|
199
|
141
|
|
Quarter 4
|
349
|
213
|
136
|
| | | | |
|
2005
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
339
|
213
|
126
|
|
Quarter 2
|
359
|
218
|
141
|
|
Quarter 3
|
368
|
235
|
133
|
|
Quarter 4
|
393
|
245
|
148
|
| | | | |
|
2006
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
384
|
236
|
149
|
|
Quarter 2
|
429
|
263
|
167
|
|
Quarter 3
|
434
|
270
|
164
|
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey (LFS)
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