Miss McIntosh:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people were in (a) full-time education and (b) retired from employment in (i) England and (ii) North Yorkshire in each year since 1997. [260046]
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 March 2009:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many people were in (a) full-time education and (b) retired from employment in (i) England and (ii) North Yorkshire in each year since 1997. (260046)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles employment statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Survey (APS) and its predecessor, the annual Labour Force Survey (LFS), following International Labour Organisation (ILO) definitions.
Estimates arc provided for the number of working age people (women aged 16-59, men aged 16-64) who state they are full-time students. A full time student is defined as being at school, following a sandwich course or full time at university or college. Estimates are also provided for the number of people retired from employment: this is defined as those who are economically inactive and report their main reason for inactivity as being retired.
Table 1 attached shows the number of working age persons in full-time education resident in England and in the North Yorkshire region in each year since 1997. The estimates from 1997 to 2004 are for the 12 month period ending February that year and taken from the annual LFS. Figures for 2005 to 2008 are for the 12 month period ending March that year and taken from the APS. Estimates for July 2007 to June 2008 have also been provided, as the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available.
Table 2 attached shows the number of people who are retired from employment resident in England and in the North Yorkshire region in each year since 1998. Estimates are provided for the 12 months ending in February from 1998, the earliest period for which estimates are available, to 2004, from the annual LFS, and for the 12 months ending in March from 2005 to 2008, from APS. Estimates for July 2007 to June 2008 have also been provided, as the most recent for which figures are available.
These estimates are for subset of the population and not for the country as a whole, so they are based on reduced sample sizes. They are therefore subject to larger margins of uncertainty than are national estimates. A guide to the reliability of the estimates is given with the tables.
Table 1: Number of persons of working age( 1) in full-time education( 2) in (a) England and (b) North Yorkshire in each year since 1997.
Thousand
12 months ending
England
North Yorkshire
February 1998
2,093
18
February 1999
2,077
23
February 2000
2,120
19
February 2001
2,179
17
February 2002
2,257
18
February 2003
2,329
23
February 2004
2,387
23
March 2005
2,460
23
March 2006
2,572
24
March 2007
2,643
24
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March 2008
2,716
23
June 2008(3)
*2,737
***23
(1) Working age (women aged 16 to 59, men aged 16 to 64). (2) Coverage applies to all respondents, of working age, who stated they are full-time students. A full-time student is defined as being at school, following a sandwich course or full-time at university or college. (3) Coefficients of Variation have been calculated for the latest period as an indication of the quality of the estimates. See Guide to Quality 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 [le] CV <5 Estimates are considered precise.
** 5 [le] CV <10 Estimates are considered reasonably precise.
*** 10 [le] CV < 20 Estimates are considered acceptable.
**** CV ≥ 20 Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes. Source:
Annual Labour Force Survey & Annual Population Survey.
Table 2: Number of people who are retired( 1 ) from employment in (a) England, (b) North Yorkshire in each year since 1997.
Thousand
12 months ending
England
North Yorkshire
February 1998
(2)—
(2)—
February 1999
7,894
139
February 2000
7,946
144
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February 2001
7,977
115
February 2002
8,125
109
February 2003
8,131
103
February 2004
8,136
102
March 2005
8,203
116
March 2006
8,239
117
March 2007
8,217
112
March 2008
8,200
114
June 2008(3)
*8,248
**118
(1 )The number of people retired from employment is defined as those who are economically inactive and report their main reason for inactivity as being retired. (2 )Data are not available for March 1997 to February 1998. (3) Coefficients of Variation have been calculated for the latest period as an indication of the quality of the estimates. See Guide to Quality 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 [le] CV <5 Estimates are considered precise.
** 5 [le] CV <10 Estimates are considered reasonably precise.
*** 10 [le] CV < 20 Estimates are considered acceptable.
**** CV ≥ 20 Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes. Source:
Annual Labour Force Survey & Annual Population Survey
