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Table 2: Economic inactivity rates for persons aged 16 to 24, London boroughs
Percentage
	12 months ending:
London borough	February 1997	February 1998	February 1999	February 2000	February 2001	February 2002	February 2003	February 2004	March 2005	March 2006
Barking and Dagenham	17	28	30	30	38	27	32	40	40	38
Barnet	33	34	28	41	36	35	38	45	57	40
Bexley	25	19	23	23	31	31	29	28	32	33
Brent	38	38	34	35	47	33	46	39	56	41
Bromley	26	28	24	26	31	27	40	34	36	37
Camden	47	60	40	40	42	51	41	34	56	58
City of London	(1)—	100	61	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—	(1)—
Croydon	31	27	29	25	22	24	25	25	38	40
Ealing	41	38	44	30	48	48	47	48	42	43
Enfield	29	30	32	45	35	42	37	36	49	49
Greenwich	35	33	27	35	34	37	40	44	47	35
Hackney	44	37	50	50	52	50	56	49	65	65
Hammersmith and Fulham	34	40	36	45	42	31	37	33	42	45
Haringey	36	44	41	34	60	54	48	61	50	56
Harrow	40	37	31	36	24	49	45	39	34	41
Havering	21	18	19	29	23	23	26	17	34	29
Hillingdon	14	27	28	31	37	27	36	38	34	44
Hounslow	41	43	39	27	36	34	42	42	32	31
Islington	31	51	49	28	38	36	46	53	46	49
Kensington and Chelsea	42	52	50	48	34	54	54	49	65	61
Kingston-upon-Thames	25	38	33	52	40	33	34	30	43	38
Lambeth	25	33	36	36	32	39	33	37	44	48
Lewisham	31	24	31	35	30	38	38	37	30	49
Merton	22	29	21	21	28	27	21	23	33	42
Newham	35	44	38	47	54	49	51	55	54	48
Redbridge	30	38	36	40	39	36	39	48	54	61
Richmond-upon-Thames	26	34	31	24	24	32	28	54	45	55
Southwark	29	33	41	33	36	34	49	46	46	47
Sutton	21	20	19	10	16	19	15	21	30	25
Tower Hamlets	38	40	50	33	50	51	57	49	44	56
Waltham Forest	30	35	39	29	37	37	42	43	44	38
Wandsworth	23	31	24	26	26	27	35	27	38	52
Westminster, City of	39	48	51	46	43	50	45	53	44	55
(1) 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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