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Mr. Frank Field:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the economic inactivity levels were for 18 to 24-year-olds who were not in full-time education in each quarter since 1979. [121457]
John Healey:
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 19 February 2007:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about the levels of economically inactive people aged 18 to 24 who were not in full-time education in each quarter since 1979. (121457)
The attached table gives estimates of inactive 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 at:
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.
| Inactive people aged 18 to 24 who were not in full-time education by gender, 1992 to 2006, United Kingdom, seasonally adjusted |
| Thousand |
| | All persons | Males | Females |
|
1992
| | | |
|
Quarter 2
|
691
|
143
|
548
|
|
Quarter 3
|
632
|
122
|
511
|
|
Quarter 4
|
648
|
134
|
514
|
| | | | |
|
1993
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
636
|
130
|
506
|
|
Quarter 2
|
652
|
140
|
511
|
|
Quarter 3
|
641
|
142
|
499
|
|
Quarter 4
|
631
|
133
|
497
|
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|
1994
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
626
|
134
|
492
|
|
Quarter 2
|
612
|
127
|
485
|
|
Quarter 3
|
622
|
129
|
493
|
|
Quarter 4
|
613
|
119
|
494
|
| | | | |
|
1995
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
608
|
119
|
489
|
|
Quarter 2
|
588
|
114
|
474
|
|
Quarter 3
|
571
|
127
|
444
|
|
Quarter 4
|
586
|
131
|
455
|
| | | | |
|
1996
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
567
|
120
|
447
|
|
Quarter 2
|
565
|
130
|
434
|
|
Quarter 3
|
558
|
124
|
434
|
|
Quarter 4
|
557
|
130
|
427
|
| | | | |
|
1997
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
543
|
125
|
418
|
|
Quarter 2
|
498
|
101
|
397
|
|
Quarter 3
|
493
|
103
|
390
|
|
Quarter 4
|
482
|
105
|
377
|
| | | | |
|
1998
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
488
|
99
|
389
|
|
Quarter 2
|
499
|
105
|
394
|
|
Quarter 3
|
453
|
88
|
365
|
|
Quarter 4
|
472
|
103
|
369
|
| | | | |
|
1999
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
462
|
100
|
361
|
|
Quarter 2
|
484
|
102
|
382
|
|
Quarter 3
|
491
|
113
|
378
|
|
Quarter 4
|
506
|
120
|
386
|
| | | | |
|
2000
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
507
|
116
|
390
|
|
Quarter 2
|
506
|
123
|
383
|
|
Quarter 3
|
505
|
134
|
370
|
|
Quarter 4
|
519
|
122
|
397
|
| | | | |
|
2001
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
518
|
129
|
389
|
|
Quarter 2
|
492
|
114
|
378
|
|
Quarter 3
|
513
|
116
|
397
|
|
Quarter 4
|
495
|
125
|
370
|
| | | | |
|
2002
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
509
|
133
|
376
|
|
Quarter 2
|
529
|
143
|
386
|
|
Quarter 3
|
532
|
144
|
388
|
|
Quarter 4
|
536
|
133
|
403
|
| | | | |
|
2003
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
547
|
139
|
408
|
|
Quarter 2
|
557
|
138
|
419
|
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|
Quarter 3
|
554
|
145
|
409
|
|
Quarter 4
|
569
|
150
|
419
|
| | | | |
|
2004
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
540
|
140
|
399
|
|
Quarter 2
|
563
|
143
|
420
|
|
Quarter 3
|
586
|
164
|
422
|
|
Quarter 4
|
584
|
166
|
418
|
| | | | |
|
2005
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
582
|
160
|
422
|
|
Quarter 2
|
598
|
173
|
425
|
|
Quarter 3
|
592
|
170
|
421
|
|
Quarter 4
|
610
|
178
|
432
|
| | | | |
|
2006
| | | |
|
Quarter 1
|
617
|
181
|
435
|
|
Quarter 2
|
598
|
184
|
414
|
|
Quarter 3
|
599
|
166
|
433
|
Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey (LFS)
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