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Table 1, attached, shows the number of men and women aged 16 and over, resident in the Jarrow constituency, South Tyneside, the North East and the UK who were in employment in 2007. Table 2, attached, shows the number of men and women aged 16 and over, resident in the Jarrow constituency, South Tyneside, the North East and the UK who were unemployed in 2007. Estimates are obtained from the APS for the 12 month period ending in September 2007, which is the most recent period for which estimates are available. Estimates for the North East and UK have been provided from the APS for consistency with the estimates for Jarrow and South Tyneside. These will differ from figures published in the Labour Market First Release which are based on Labour Force Survey data.
Table 3, attached, shows the number of single parents aged 16 plus, with dependent children, resident in the Jarrow constituency, South Tyneside, the North East and the UK who were in employment and unemployed in 2007. Estimates are obtained from the LFS household dataset for April-June 2007, which is the most recent period for which estimates are available.
As these estimates are for a subset of the population in small geographical areas, they are based on small sample sizes, and are therefore subject to large margins of uncertainty.
In order to produce estimates for small geographical areas, LFS household and APS estimates are provided based on survey microdata. The LFS household datasets are consistent with the UK population estimates published in February and March 2003, whereas APS datasets are consistent with the latest population figures, so the two are not directly comparable. LFS household datasets reweighted to the latest population estimates are currently expected to be available in summer 2008.
| Table 1: Number( 1) of persons employed aged 16 plus by gender and region | ||
| Thousand | ||
| 12 months ending September 2007 | ||
| Male | Female | |
| (1) Weighted to 2007 population estimates. Source: Annual Population survey. | ||
| Table 2: Number( 1) of persons unemployed( 2) aged 16 plus by gender and region | ||
| Thousand | ||
| 12 months ending September 2007 | ||
| Male | Female | |
| (1) Weighted to 2007 population estimates. (2) Number of unemployed people measured using the internationally agreed definition recommended by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Source: Annual Population survey. | ||
| Table 3: Number( 1) of employed and unemployed( 2) lone parents aged 16 plus with dependent children( 3) | ||
| Thousand | ||
| April-June 2007, not seasonally adjusted | ||
| Employed | Unemployed | |
| (1) Estimates are weighted to the 2003 population estimates. (2) Number of unemployed people measured using the internationally agreed definition recommended by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). (3) Dependent children are those aged under 16 and those aged 16-18 who are never-married and in full-time education. (4) Sample size too small to provide an estimate. Source: LFS Household datasets. | ||
Mr. Clappison: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the (a) employment rate and (b) the number in employment of the working age population was for (i) the UK population of working age, (ii) foreign nationals of working age, (iii) UK nationals of working age and (iv) UK-born workers of working age in each year since 1997 according to the Office for National Statistics’ reweighted statistics; what the difference in figures for each such category was as a result of the reweighting; and what the figures were in each quarter since 1 January 2005. [208688]
Mr. Watson [holding answer 5 June 2008]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 13 June 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what a) the employment rate and b) the number in employment of the working age population was for (i) the UK population of working age, (ii) foreign nationals of working age, (iii) UK nationals of working age, (iv) UK born workers of working age in each year since 1997 according to the Office for National Statistics’ reweighted statistics; what the difference in figures for each such category was as a result of the reweighting; and what the figures were in each quarter since 1 January 2005. [208688]
The National Statistics approach to presenting the number of migrant workers employed in the UK was, on 20 May 2008, brought into line with the definitions used more widely for Labour market statistics and is now based on the number of people at a given time who were born outside the UK, aged 16 or over, and in employment. However, because you have requested that the estimates are provided on the basis of working age, nationality and UK born, your question has been answered on this basis.
Table 1 presents figures for the April to June quarters from 1997 to 2004, for the UK, Non UK and total working age population, by nationality and country of birth. These figures are provided using the population estimates published in 2003 and 2007. Table 1 also shows the same information for each quarter
from January to March 2005 to January to March 2008. Table 2 shows the differences between the 2003 and 2007 weighted figures provided in Table 1.
As with any sample survey, estimates from the Labour Force Survey are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
| Table 1: People in employment and employment rate of working age( 1) by nationality and UK born( 2) in the United Kingdom—not seasonally adjusted | ||||||||
| Thousand and percentage | ||||||||
| Total population | UK nationals | |||||||
| 2003 weights( 3) | 2007 weights( 3) | 2003 weights( 3) | 2007 weights( 3) | |||||
| Levels | Rate | Levels | Rate | Levels | Rate | Levels | Rate | |
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