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Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr. Laws) of 19 October 2007, Official Report, column 1353-5W, on migrant workers, what his most recent estimate of the number of migrant workers in the UK between 1997 and 2012 is. [246719]

Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 12 January 2009:

Table 1: Number of people in employment of working age( 1) who were born in United Kingdom or abroad 1997-2008 United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Thousands
Three months ending September each year All persons( 2) Born in UK Born abroad( 3)

1997

25,893

23,954

1,939

1998

26,197

24,195

2,000

1999

26,542

24,490

2,050

2000

26,865

24,700

2,164

2001

26,980

24,726

2,252

2002

27,137

24,713

2,422

2003

27,368

24,847

2,518

2004

27,597

24,958

2,635

2005

27,900

25,052

2,845

2006

28,000

24,849

3,146

2007

28,146

24,694

3,445

2008(4)

*28,214

*24,580

*3,629

(1) Defined as females aged 16 to 59 and males aged 16 to 64.
(2) Includes people born outside of the UK, and those people who did not state their country of birth.
(3) Does not include people who did not state their country of birth.
(4) Coefficients of Variation have been calculated for the latest period as an indication of the quality of the estimates, as described below:
Guide to Quality:
The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of an estimate, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within -/- twice the CV - for example, for an estimate of 200 with a CV of 5 per cent. we would expect the population total to be within the range 180-220
Key Coefficient of Variation (CV) (%) Statistical robustness
* 0 = CV <5 Estimates are considered precise.
** 5 = CV <10 Estimates are considered reasonably precise.
*** 10 = CV <20 Estimates are considered acceptable.
**** CV = 20 Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes
Notes:
It should be noted that the country of birth question in the LFS:
excludes those who have not been resident in the UK
excludes students in halls who do not have a UK resident parent
excludes people in most other types of communal establishment (e.g. Hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites etc)
is grossed to population estimates that only include migrants staying for twelve months or more
microdata are grossed to population estimates consistent with those published in Autumn 2007, meaning estimates are not entirely consistent with the figures published in the monthly Labour Market Statistics First Release.
Source:
Labour Force Survey

Home Information Packs

Mr. Pickles: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Bromley and Chislehurst
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(Robert Neill) of 22 July 2008, Official Report, column 1258W, on departmental property, how many home information packs his Department has purchased to date; and how many of these included home condition reports. [245888]

Kevin Brennan: The Cabinet Office has not purchased any home information packs.

Jobseeker’s Allowance

Jenny Willott: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people had been claiming jobseeker’s allowance for a period of (a) less than one month, (b) less than three months, (c) between three and six months, (d) between six and nine months, (e) between nine and 12 months, (f) between 12 and 18 months, (g) between 18 and 24 months and (h) more than 24 months in each month of each of the last four years to date; and if he will make a statement. [246627]

Kevin Brennan: I have been asked to reply.


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The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated January 2009:


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Table 1: Number of persons claiming j obseeker’s allowance by duration of claim
not seasonally adjusted
Duration of claim
Up to: More than:
Month of claim One month Three months Three months up to six months Six months up to nine months Nine months up to 12 months 12 months up to 18 months 18 months up to 24 months 24 months

2004

December

151,973

385,302

164,490

80,615

46,376

55,300

27,959

41,702

2005

January

155,553

412,126

186,916

89,296

48,363

55,586

29,119

42,410

February

172,446

420,777

194,206

89,316

47,109

55,478

28,081

42,015

March

157,009

412,282

199,358

91,728

47,292

54,538

27,779

41,627

April

147,515

403,113

191,807

97,992

49,321

53,289

27,710

41,230

May

149,838

390,387

197 604

100.634

49,714

53.031

27,626

40,909

June

143,725

381,362

195,421

101,644

51,171

52,985

27,458

40,864

July

161,634

398,279

193,080

97,772

53,786

53,954

26,762

40,587

August

155,518

405,965

189,505

102,127

55,290

53,825

27,154

40,364

September

140,938

395,535

187,196

102,817

56,494

55,202

27,198

40,596

October

151,442

391,942

187,339

100,523

54,360

57,093

26,739

40,571

November

152,073

402,151

186,954

98,129

56,500

58,441

26,639

40,756

December

148,634

411,366

191,974

98,493

57,075

60,312

27,099

40,795

2006

January

144,388

425,565

219,826

108,340

61,812

63,511

28,995

41,445

February

167,257

438,583

230,197

111,004

62,020

66,558

29,044

41,759

March

155,477

431,161

235,981

114,403

62,234

68,285

29,710

41,738

April

144,502

419,319

223,160

124,602

65,261

70,188

31,523

41,873

May

128,612

390,470

227,028

128,376

67,177

72,389

33,104

42,374

June

140,833

380,186

219,100

128,861

69,282

73,856

33,932

42,726

July

162,245

394,487

214,767

118,979

73,787

76,102

34,822

43,197

August

157,064

411,651

194,874

118,970

73,150

76,041

36,213

43,352

September

158,329

414,532

187,657

115,181

71,473

77,409

37,775

44,109

October

159,842

407,594

185,318

110,653

65,616

77,808

37,636

44,208

November

157,580

409,583

185,966

99,436

64,165

76,901

37,638

43,892

December

149,177

405,867

196,668

97,124

61,864

76,512

37,527

43,513

2007

January

156,145

423,957

209,682

103,285

64,195

76,220

39,137

44,191

February

177,460

434,316

213,176

105,396

59,040

75,801

38,604

44,367

March

159,057

419,866

211,835

107,034

56,812

74,344

37,922

44,280

April

139,644

396,163

196,787

110,366

57,300

71,553

38,447

44,147

May

143,275

372,041

197,558

108,194

57,144

68,302

38,151

44,097

June

146,101

360,734

187,074

101,263

57,057

65,543

36,824

43,564

July

167,009

384,573

174,259

93,695

55,797

64,522

34,621

43,047

August

164,192

401,167

164,763

94,786

54,227

62,249

33,785

42,575

September

158,808

393,553

157,912

89,435

50,995

59,844

32,202

41,667

October

158,985

381,787

159,897

81,672

46,577

58,132

29,976

40,423

November

157,689

381,633

157,013

75,608

45,637

56,698

27,684

38,517

December

150,760

385,795

163,319

75,768

44,696

55,468

26,421

35,957

2008

January

153,282

404,824

176,750

83,777

45,063

54,729

27,722

34,939

February

176,419

420,867

184,846

84,761

43,253

54,459

25,585

32,123

March

162,949

414,494

184,679

88,350

43,417

53,608

24,873

30,310

April

156,787

411,832

177,509

91,623

45,799

51,636

25,030

29,054

May

157,921

398,391

186,144

94,239

46,267

51,325

24,591

27,911

June

169,672

405,211

183,961

92,666

47,219

51,393

23,808

26,567

July

199,802

447,316

183,424

88,898

47,892

51,969

22,600

25,725

August

203,052

493,178

182,977

95,157

49,394

52,132

23,022

24,985

September

210,379

508,724

186,915

96,020

49,709

52,682

22,973

24,515

October

219,578

522,040

201,074

95,131

48,483

54,348

21,938

24,105

November

246,283

585,629

218,519

95,827

51,545

56,134

21,831

23,497

Source:
Jobcentre Plus administrative system

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