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As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.

Working age( 1) public sector employees by nationality( 2 ) as a percentage of all working age public sector employees—United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted 1997 to 2007
Percentage
Three months ending June each year	UK-born UK nationals	Overseas-born UK nationals	EU nationals	Non-EU nationals
1997	92	4	2	2
1999	92	4	2	2
2001	92	4	1	3
2002	92	4	2	2
2003	91	4	2	3
2004	91	4	2	3
2005	91	4	2	3
2006	90	5	2	4
2007	90	5	2	4
(1) Men aged 16-64 and women aged 16-59. (2) Including country of birth for UK nationals. Notes: Comparable data not available for 1996, 1998 and 2000. It should be noted that the above estimates: -exclude those who have been resident in the UK for less than six months -exclude students in halls of residence who do not have a UK resident parent -exclude people in most types of communal establishment (eg hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites etc) Source: ONS Labour Force Survey

Terrorism: Aviation

Mr. Brazier: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of proposals to limit the liability of UK airlines in the event of an airborne terrorist attack involving a UK airline in (a) British and (b) foreign airspace. [164831]

Kitty Ussher: The Government do not intend to exempt or limit airlines’ liability. Aviation is an international business and the best route for issues of aviation liability is through reform of the 1952 Rome Convention in the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).

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The ICAO is currently working to revise the 1952 Rome Convention on third party liability. The next step is for the ICAO legal committee to consider the latest draft of a convention on unlawful interference. The UK will participate in these discussions when they take place next year.

Unemployment: Wales

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in Wales were (a) unemployed and (b) economically inactive, broken down by (i) age group and (ii) sex, in each year since 1997. [162895]

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

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Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 15 November 2007:

The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about how many people in Wales were (a) unemployed and (b) economically inactive, broken down by (i) age group and (ii) sex, in each year since 1997. I am replying in her absence. (162895)

The attached table gives the number of people in the categories requested for the three month period ending June each year, from 1997 to 2007. Comparable estimates are not available for 1998 and 2000.

Each month the ONS publishes estimates of the number of unemployed people in Wales, for 16+ and working age (men aged 16-64 and women aged 16-59). Please visit the following link;

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_labour/LMs_FR_HS/WebTable18SA.xls

As with any sample survey, estimates from the Labour Force Survey are subject to a margin of uncertainty.

Unemployed and economically inactive by working age( 1) band and sex Wales, not seasonally adjusted, April to June 1997-2007( 2)
thousand
	1997		1999		2001		2002		2003
	Unemployed	Inactive	Unemployed	Inactive	Unemployed	Inactive	Unemployed	Inactive	Unemployed	Inactive
16-19
Male	11	23	11	32	9	29	9	28	10	33
Female	6	27	7	29	6	30	6	37	6	33
20-24
Male	14	10	11	15	11	17	9	17	7	17
Female	8	24	5	26	6	26	5	38	5	25
25-29
Male	8	7	8	10	9	8	4	7	5	8
Female	7	24	4	28	3	26	3	26	(3)—	21
30-34
Male	8	8	6	7	4	7	3	11	4	10
Female	4	31	6	32	3	28	4	28	2	21
35-39
Male	7	10	5	8	3	12	3	9	2	8
Female	6	26	2	27	4	31	3	24	1	20
40-44
Male	4	12	3	9	3	16	3	10	3	10
Female	2	22	2	21	2	25	(3)—	20	1	23
45-49
Male	7	13	5	13	2	15	4	15	2	11
Female	3	24	3	20	1	27	2	21	(3)—	18
50-54
Male	4	22	7	19	3	20	2	19	4	17
Female	3	34	1	40	(3)—	33	3	34	(3)—	29
55-59
Male	2	28	3	32	3	30	2	28	3	31
Female	(3)—	39	2	39	(3)—	49	1	49	2	41
60-64
Male	3	42	2	42	2	50	3	47	1	40

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