27 Apr 2007 : Column 1374W—continued
| Table 2: Economic inactivity rates for persons of working age( 1) : London boroughs |
| Percentage |
| | 12 months ending: February | March |
| | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 200 6 |
|
Barking and Dagenham
|
23
|
24
|
27
|
26
|
33
|
28
|
28
|
29
|
31
|
32
|
|
Barnet
|
24
|
22
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
21
|
21
|
25
|
25
|
23
|
|
Bexley
|
18
|
19
|
21
|
17
|
21
|
21
|
20
|
20
|
18
|
18
|
|
Brent
|
25
|
26
|
23
|
26
|
30
|
26
|
30
|
29
|
29
|
25
|
|
Bromley
|
18
|
18
|
19
|
21
|
17
|
19
|
23
|
20
|
17
|
17
|
|
Camden
|
26
|
30
|
27
|
26
|
28
|
28
|
27
|
24
|
31
|
32
|
|
City of London
|
(2)—
|
44
|
28
|
(2)—
|
28
|
(2)—
|
(2)—
|
(2)—
|
(2)—
|
15
|
|
Croydon
|
20
|
20
|
19
|
19
|
21
|
20
|
19
|
20
|
19
|
20
|
|
Ealing
|
28
|
25
|
26
|
26
|
30
|
27
|
26
|
23
|
24
|
26
|
|
Enfield
|
21
|
19
|
21
|
24
|
26
|
26
|
26
|
24
|
29
|
24
|
|
Greenwich
|
27
|
27
|
24
|
23
|
22
|
25
|
29
|
28
|
28
|
25
|
|
Hackney
|
36
|
28
|
34
|
31
|
35
|
34
|
33
|
35
|
37
|
40
|
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
24
|
26
|
26
|
28
|
25
|
22
|
24
|
21
|
24
|
24
|
|
Haringey
|
30
|
28
|
31
|
29
|
34
|
34
|
30
|
38
|
31
|
28
|
|
Harrow
|
21
|
19
|
19
|
19
|
18
|
24
|
24
|
23
|
21
|
23
|
|
Havering
|
19
|
19
|
15
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
17
|
16
|
21
|
19
|
|
Hillingdon
|
16
|
16
|
19
|
17
|
22
|
20
|
20
|
23
|
20
|
20
|
|
Hounslow
|
23
|
22
|
21
|
23
|
21
|
22
|
25
|
23
|
24
|
19
|
|
Islington
|
26
|
26
|
28
|
25
|
33
|
29
|
31
|
29
|
29
|
33
|
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
27
|
29
|
28
|
30
|
26
|
30
|
31
|
27
|
33
|
28
|
|
Kingston upon -Thames
|
15
|
19
|
20
|
22
|
21
|
19
|
18
|
19
|
22
|
21
|
|
Lambeth
|
19
|
21
|
23
|
26
|
22
|
24
|
24
|
27
|
25
|
31
|
|
Lewisham
|
21
|
22
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
26
|
23
|
24
|
22
|
25
|
|
Merton
|
18
|
18
|
15
|
17
|
22
|
19
|
16
|
16
|
21
|
23
|
|
Newham
|
34
|
32
|
33
|
36
|
41
|
39
|
40
|
42
|
39
|
35
|
|
Redbridge
|
23
|
21
|
24
|
25
|
27
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
24
|
29
|
|
Richmond-upon-Thames
|
19
|
20
|
23
|
21
|
13
|
17
|
15
|
23
|
24
|
21
|
|
Southwark
|
25
|
27
|
28
|
25
|
30
|
27
|
28
|
26
|
27
|
31
|
|
Sutton
|
16
|
15
|
14
|
14
|
12
|
13
|
17
|
20
|
17
|
17
|
27 Apr 2007 : Column 1375W
27 Apr 2007 : Column 1376W
|
Tower Hamlets
|
35
|
39
|
40
|
33
|
39
|
37
|
39
|
37
|
38
|
38
|
|
Waltham Forest
|
26
|
28
|
29
|
22
|
24
|
26
|
27
|
30
|
30
|
26
|
|
Wandsworth
|
19
|
24
|
23
|
18
|
17
|
16
|
20
|
19
|
21
|
23
|
|
Westminster, City of
|
31
|
28
|
30
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
31
|
31
|
30
|
30
|
(1) Males aged 16 to 64 and females aged 16 to 59.
(2) Sample size too small to provide estimates.
Notes:
1. Estimates are subject to sampling variability.
2. Changes in the estimates over time should be treated with caution.
Source:
Annual local area Labour Force Survey. Annual Population Survey
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