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		East	London	South East	South West	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland
2001	Male	79	67	79	76	62	64	61
	Female	66	52	68	65	53	57	45
	Total	72	59	73	70	57	60	53
2002	Male	78	66	80	78	65	61	58
	Female	65	50	66	67	52	59	43
	Total	71	58	73	72	58	60	50
2003	Male	79	67	77	76	64	64	61
	Female	64	49	64	65	58	60	46
	Total	71	58	70	70	61	62	53
2004	Male	77	66	77	76	65	65	58
	Female	65	48	62	64	55	60	46
	Total	71	57	69	70	60	62	51
2005	Male	77	65	77	75	63	67	60
	Female	63	49	63	66	55	57	50
	Total	70	57	70	70	59	62	55
2006	Male	74	66	78	75	64	64	62
	Female	61	44	64	65	54	58	48
	Total	67	55	71	70	59	60	55
2007	Male	77	67	76	73	67	70	66
	Female	60	47	64	66	52	61	49
	Total	68	57	70	70	59	65	58
(1) Men aged 16-64 and women aged 16-59. (2) Number of people in employment of working age, with fewer than five GCSEs as a percentage of all persons of working age with fewer than five GCSEs. (3) Includes all those of working age in employment with qualifications below NVQ level 2, including those with no qualifications. (4) Qualifications below NVQ Level 2 is equivalent to fewer than five GCSEs Note: Comparable data not available for 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000.

Employment: Darlington

Mr. Milburn: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the (a) public expenditure consequences and (b) economic effects of measures introduced to increase employment in Darlington since 1997. [174885]

Angela Eagle: The number of people on the key out of work benefits in Darlington has fallen by 21.5 per cent. since 1997, and the employment rate has risen by 3.8 per cent. over the same period. At a national level, the Government now spend £5 billion a year less on unemployment benefits than in 1996-97. The success of the new deal has contributed to this saving, and the National Audit Office estimates that national income has grown by between £216 million and £360 million as a result of the new deal.

Employment: Disabled

Danny Alexander: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the employment rate for disabled (a) men and (b) women was in each region in each quarter of the last 10 years. [174883]

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

Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 7 January 2008:

The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about the employment rate for disabled a) men and b) women in each region in each quarter of the last 10 years. I am replying in her absence. (174883)

The attached table gives the percentage of people in the categories requested for the three month period ending June each year, from 1999 to 2007. Comparable estimates are not available for 1997, 1998 and 2000.

The LFS estimates at this detailed level are only consistent with the UK population estimates published in February and March 2003 and they do not incorporate the more recent population estimates that are used in the headline LFS series.

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.

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Employment rate( 1) of working age( 2) disabled( 3) people—April to June 1999-2007—Government office regions, not seasonally adjusted
	United Kingdom	North East	North West	Yorkshire and the Humber	East Midlands	West Midlands	East	London	South East	South West	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland
1999
Male	48	34	44	47	50	50	58	45	64	60	38	36	30
Female	45	32	38	45	46	46	50	46	55	54	39	40	28
Total	46	33	41	46	48	48	54	46	59	57	38	38	29
2001
Male	49	37	45	46	51	49	56	50	64	57	35	41	37
Female	44	35	44	44	46	43	53	42	57	52	32	39	28
Total	47	36	45	45	49	46	55	46	61	54	34	40	33
2002
Male	49	36	46	50	53	53	60	48	64	57	40	38	36
Female	46	38	45	43	49	47	56	43	57	57	38	35	32
Total	48	36	45	47	51	51	58	45	61	57	39	37	34
2003
Male	51	43	47	51	56	52	59	47	63	57	44	46	39
Female	46	35	46	48	48	44	52	40	55	57	41	42	32
Total	49	39	47	50	52	48	56	44	59	57	43	44	36
2004
Male	52	39	48	53	55	54	61	48	66	61	43	48	39
Female	47	38	44	46	48	49	57	41	55	52	42	46	26
Total	50	39	46	50	51	52	59	44	61	57	43	47	33
2005
Male	51	40	47	51	55	53	60	44	64	58	44	50	35
Female	48	41	46	49	50	46	55	42	60	57	42	45	32
Total	50	41	46	50	53	50	57	43	62	57	43	47	34
2006
Male	52	43	46	53	55	52	60	45	63	61	43	47	42
Female	48	42	47	48	56	46	53	42	57	54	44	46	31
Total	50	43	47	51	56	50	57	44	60	58	44	46	36
2007
Male	51	48	49	49	53	49	59	46	63	55	44	51	33
Female	48	41	44	47	49	47	53	40	60	58	41	48	31
Total	50	44	47	48	51	48	56	43	62	57	42	49	32
(1) Disabled people in employment as a percentage of all disabled people of working age. (2) Men aged 16-64 and women aged 16-59. (3 )Includes those who have a long-term disability which substantially limits their day-to-day activities and those who have a long-term disability which affects the kind or amount of work they might do. Source: ONS Labour Force Survey (LFS)

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