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North Lanarkshire
Nottingham
Nuneaton and Bedworth
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Redcar and Cleveland
Renfrewshire
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
Rotherham
Runnymede
Salford
Sandwell
Sefton
Sheffield
Shrewsbury and Atcham
Solihull
South Ayrshire
South Tyneside
Southend on Sea
St. Helens
Stirling
Stockport
Stoke on Trent
Strabane
Sunderland
Tameside
Thanet
Walsall
Wansbeck
West Dunbartonshire
Wigan
Windsor and Maidenhead
Wirral
Wolverhampton
Note:
Different names may have been used for the same geographic areas in the past.
Source: Office for National Statistics, General Register Office for Scotland and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.
Mrs. Moon:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the (a) highest, (b) average and (c) lowest percentage of voter registration in local
authority areas in England was in the most recent period for which figures are available. [218826]
Mr. Watson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated July 2008:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question asking what the (a) highest, (b) average and (c) lowest percentage of voter registration in local authority areas in England is for the most recent period for which figures are available. (218826)
The closest available approximation to the percentage of voter registration is the number of people who are registered to vote in the local/European elections as a percent of the estimated usually resident population age 18 and over.
The proxy percentages should not be interpreted as the percentage of the eligible population who are registered to vote. They may be an under estimates in some areas because not everyone who is usually resident is entitled to vote, for example foreign citizens from outside of the EU and Commonwealth are not eligible.
Conversely, for other areas rates exceed one hundred per cent as figures for the registered electorate may be inflated. People who have more than one address may register in more than one place (e.g. students may register at parental and term-time addresses) and electoral registration officers vary in how quickly they remove people from the registers after they have moved away from an area or died.
Bearing these caveats in mind the highest, average and lowest percentage of voter registration in local authority areas in England, for 2006, are 101.9%, 96.5% and 68.6% respectively. 2006 is the most recent year that estimates of the usually resident population are available.
Employment: North East
Mr. Milburn: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) part-time and (b) full-time jobs there were in (i) Darlington constituency, (ii) County Durham and (iii) the north east in each year since 1997. [219626]
Mr. Watson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 22 July 2008:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question on how many (a) part-time and (b) full-time jobs there were in (i) Darlington constituency, (ii) County Durham and (iii) the North East in each year since 1997. (219626).
The Office for National Statistics compiles employment statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Survey (APS) and its predecessor the annual Labour Force Survey (LFS). This is the preferred source for estimates at the detailed level requested although the estimates refer to the number of people in employment rather than the number of jobs.
The attached table provides estimates of the number of people aged 16 and over, in full and part-time employment, resident in Darlington, County Durham and the North East.
As some of 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.
Food: Prices
David Simpson: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the estimated average (a) monthly and (b) annual food bills for families in (i) England and Wales and (ii) in each region were in each of the last three years. [220593]
Mr. Watson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 22 July 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the estimated average (a) monthly and (b) annual food bills for families in England and Wales were in each of the last three years (i) in total and (ii) broken down by region (220593).
Estimates of household expenditure appear in the annual ONS publication Family Spending. The following table shows the estimates of household spending on food and non-alcoholic drink for England, English regions and for Wales, as they have appeared in the last three editions of Family Spending. These estimates exclude spending on food and drink in cafes, restaurants, and pubs, as well as take away food and snack food which are all classified as catering services.
The estimates published in Family Spending are based on data collected through the Expenditure and Food Survey (EFS), which is a sample survey, covering approximately 6,000 households in the United Kingdom. Estimates for regions are normally based on data collected over three years, and estimates based on data for the periods 2002-03 to 2004-05, and 2003-04 to 2005-06 have been provided in the following table. Starting with the most recent edition of Family Spending, Family Spending 2007, which published data for 2006, estimates are now published for calendar years, and rather than calculate an average of data from financial and calendar years, regional estimates in Family Spending 2007 were based solely on data collected in 2006.
| Household expenditure on food and non-alcoholic drink by region: England and Wales, 2002-03 to 2006( 1) | |||
| £ | |||
| 2002-03 to 2004-05 | 2003-04 to 2005-06 | 2006 | |
| (1) Estimates for regions are normally based on data collected over three years. Starting with the most recent edition of family spending, Family Spending 2007, which published data for 2006, estimates are now published for calendar years, and rather than average data from financial and calendar years, regional estimates in Family Spending 2007 were based solely on data collected in 2006. (2) Figures rounded to the nearest £10. Source: Family spending, ONS | |||
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