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Employment: Ethnic Groups

Danny Alexander: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the employment rate of (a) male and (b) female members of each ethnic minority was in each region in each quarter of the last 10 years. [174839]

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 7 January 2008:

Employment: Lone Parents

Danny Alexander: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the employment rate of (a) male and (b) female lone parents was in each region in each quarter of the last 10 years. [174838]

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 7 January 2008:


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Employment rate of working age( 1) lone parents with dependent children( 2) by region and sex, April to June 1997, 1999, 2001-07, not seasonally adjusted
Percentage
North East North West Yorkshire and Humberside East Midlands West Midlands Eastern London

Lone fathers

1997

50

63

54

52

62

81

41

1998

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

1999

43

62

50

62

63

70

36

2000

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

2001

38

71

58

70

57

82

75

2002

75

70

63

79

69

79

66

2003

53

68

69

68

85

68

81

2004

54

55

73

65

59

74

63

2005

69

61

67

58

75

70

60

2006

52

65

72

64

80

68

56

2007

38

44

71

65

66

86

53

Lone mothers

1997

41

43

48

50

43

46

35

1998

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

1999

46

43

49

50

49

52

39

2000

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

2001

43

49

52

49

50

56

43

2002

56

51

50

56

45

60

41

2003

47

52

50

51

47

56

40

2004

55

56

54

53

59

58

39

2005

54

54

55

59

54

59

45

2006

56

57

55

60

54

57

43

2007

53

56

56

62

55

62

44

All lone parents

1997

42

45

48

50

45

51

36

1998

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

1999

46

45

49

51

50

54

39

2000

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

(3)

2001

43

50

52

52

51

59

45

2002

58

53

51

59

47

62

43

2003

47

54

52

53

49

57

43

2004

55

56

56

55

59

60

41

2005

54

54

56

59

56

60

46

2006

56

58

57

60

56

58

44

2007

52

55

58

62

56

63

45


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