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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:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking 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).

Information in the form requested is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

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:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about lone parent employment rates. (174838)

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The information requested is given in the attached tables. The figures in the tables are estimates from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) for the three month period ending in June of 1997, 1999 and 2001-2007. This information is not available for every quarter of each year. Comparable estimates are not currently available for 1998 or 2000.

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

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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