Workers who only work part of the year (for example, those on casual or annualised hours contracts) should be counted at the time they are being paid for — if they are not working but are still being paid they should be included. If they are not working and not being paid at the reference point they should be excluded from the statistics.
Employees on different types of leave should be treated in the following way in headcounts:
All those on paid maternity leave should be included.
All those on paid sick leave (being paid either in full or part) should be included.
All those on paid special leave should be included.
Those employees on short-term unpaid leave should be included if they are on leave for a period for less than their pay period — they should be included even if they are absent on the reference date. If they are off for a period longer than their pay period then they should be excluded (for example, someone on a career break).
Unemployed people aged 16-24, by region Quarter 3 1997 to 2006; all calendar quarters from quarter 4 2006 to quarter 4 2008 United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted
Thousand
North East
North West
Yorkshire and Humberside
East Midlands
West Midlands
Eastern
London
1997
Q3
39
93
60
42
74
54
118
1998
Q3
34
87
67
44
61
46
105
1999
Q3
44
84
56
53
65
46
85
2000
Q3
45
74
61
44
63
35
99
2001
Q3
29
74
49
40
59
54
99
2002
Q3
28
69
63
40
73
47
97
2003
Q3
39
80
52
43
74
46
105
2004
Q3
36
76
60
40
80
48
118
2005
Q3
44
78
64
42
63
49
117
2006
Q3
42
96
81
62
86
59
122
2006
Q4
29
81
71
59
72
49
99
2007
Q1
33
78
67
61
68
51
93
2007
Q2
37
78
60
49
72
51
96
2007
Q3
40
106
68
66
85
72
104
2007
Q4
29
87
64
51
54
48
100
2008
Q1
30
82
52
56
64
54
95
2008
Q2
36
85
72
57
64
58
96
2008
Q3
50
120
95
69
82
63
116
2008
Q4
(***)42
(**)112
(***)72
(***)50
(**)80
(***)63
(**)110
Thousand
South East
South West
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Total
1997
Q3
74
40
38
69
23
724
1998
Q3
74
47
43
72
19
690
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23 Feb 2009 : Column 412W
1999
Q3
64
37
36
63
(1)—
651
2000
Q3
58
38
39
64
(1)—
631
2001
Q3
64
39
32
69
20
620
2002
Q3
74
41
30
72
17
6-19
2003
Q3
75
36
34
70
(1)—
669
2004
Q3
68
40
36
62
(1)—
681
2005
Q3
01
46
37
66
(1)—
701
2006
Q3
88
49
38
60
(1)—
797
2006
Q4
72
45
39
50
(1)—
676
2007
Q1
73
51
33
51
(1)—
669
2007
Q2
75
39
42
62
(1)—
675
2007
Q3
98
53
38
60
(1)—
806
2007
Q4
92
34
30
57
(1)—
663
2008
Q1
70
40
28
56
(1)—
642
2008
Q2
76
35
29
54
(1)—
676
2008
Q3
96
52
49
55
(1)—
864
2008(2)
Q4
(**)92
(***)48
(***)49
(***)55
(****)—
(*)793
(1 )Sample size too small for reliable estimate. (2 )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 and have not been provided.
It should be noted that the above estimates exclude people in most types of communal establishment (e.g. hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites etc). Source:
Labour Force Survey (LFS)
