House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 25 Jan 2008 (pt 0028)

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Thousand
	South Tyneside			Jarrow
	Full-time	Part-time	Temporary	Full-time	Part-time	Temporary
1997^{( 1)}
Age 16+	39	18	—	16	9	—
Working Age	39	17	—	16	9	—

1998^{( 1)}
Age 16+	44	15	5	21	8	2
Working Age	43	14	4	21	8	2

1999^{( 1)}
Age 16+	43	15	5	23	8	2
Working Age	42	14	5	23	8	2

2000^{( 1)}
Age 16+	43	15	4	23	8	2
Working Age	43	14	4	22	7	2

2001^{( 1)}
Age 16+	46	18	5	24	9	2
Working Age	46	17	5	24	9	2

2002^{( 1)}
Age 16+	46	17	5	23	8	2
Working Age	45	16	5	23	7	2

2003^{( 1)}
Age 16+	47	16	5	23	8	2
Working Age	46	16	5	23	7	2

2004^{( 2)}
Age 16+	48	14	4	23	8	2
Working Age	47	13	4	23	7	2

2005^{( 2)}
Age 16+	46	15	4	23	8	2
Working Age	45	14	4	23	7	2

2006^{( 2)}
Age 16+	45	16	4	22	8	2
Working Age	44	15	4	21	8	2
Sources: ⁽¹⁾ Source LFS. ⁽²⁾ Source APS.

Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK were employed by agencies in each year since 1997. [181295]

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 25 January 2008:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question on how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have been employed by agencies in each year since 1997. (181295)

The answer was compiled using the most up to date datasets available. Annual estimates are compiled from the annual Labour Force Survey (LFS) and the Annual Population Survey (APS).

The attached table gives figures of those (i) aged 16+ (ii) of working age (males 16-64, females 16-59) employed by agencies, resident in the UK, North East, South Tyneside and Jarrow constituency for the 12 months ending February 1998 to 2003, from the LFS and for the 12 months ending March 2004 to 2007, from the APS. Comparable estimates are not available before 1998.

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 monthly Labour Market Statistics First Release.

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

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People employed by agencies^{( 1)} , 1998-2006^{( 2 )} UK, not seasonally adjusted
Thousand
	UK	North East	South Tyneside	Jarrow
1998^{( 4)}
Age 16+	238	7	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Working age	233	7	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—

1999^{( 4)}
Age 16+	263	11	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Working age	259	11	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—

2000^{( 4)}
Age 16+	266	11	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Working age	260	11	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—

2001^{( 4)}
Age 16+	268	9	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Working age	260	9	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—

2002^{( 4)}
Age 16+	254	9	1	⁽³⁾—
Working age	245	8	1	⁽³⁾—

2003^{( 4)}
Age 16+	248	8	1	1
Working age	240	8	1	1

2004^{( 5)}
Age 16+	217	9	1	⁽³⁾—
Working age	209	9	1	⁽³⁾—

2005^{( 5)}
Age 16+	221	10	1	⁽³⁾—
Working age	215	10	1	⁽³⁾—

2006^{( 5)}
Age 16+	249	11	1	⁽³⁾—
Working age	242	11	1	⁽³⁾—
⁽¹⁾ In the LFS these are people who are employed as an agency temp in a non-permanent job. ⁽²⁾ For 1998-2003 the period covered is the 12 months ending in February the following year. For 2004-07 the period covered is the 12 months ending in March the following year. ⁽³⁾ Sample sizes too small to provide reliable estimates. Sources: ⁽⁴⁾ LFS ⁽⁵⁾ APS

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