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Jobseeker's Allowance: Ethnic Groups

Steve Webb: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many and what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants were from each ethnic minority in each of the last 24 months. [287340]

Angela E. Smith: 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 2009:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many and what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants were from each ethnic minority in each of the last 24 months.(287340)

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles the number of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) from the Jobcentre Plus administrative system. The ethnicity of claimants is not available for the United Kingdom and has been provided for Great Britain. Ethnicity is also not available for non-computerised claims.

Tables la-c show the number of computerised claims of Jobseeker's Allowance for each recorded ethnic group for each of the last 24 months. Tables 2a-c show the proportion of all computerised claims by each ethnic group for the same time periods.

National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at:

http://www.nomisweb.co.uk

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Table 1a: Number of persons claiming jobseeker's allowance by ethnicity
Great Britain
		Total	White - British	White - Irish	White - Other	Mixed - White and Black Caribbean	Mixed - White and Black African
2007	May	861,240	610,545	6,355	16,705	6,215	1,975
	June	828,550	584,555	6,110	15,720	6,015	1,875
	July	826,415	582,550	5,945	15,390	6,030	1,885
	August	828,875	583,900	5,865	15,135	6,080	1,860
	September	801,970	561,740	5,745	14,980	6,045	1,825
	October	775,735	544,890	5,540	14,835	5,775	1,730
	November	760,560	537,015	5,370	14,615	5,590	1,655
	December	764,890	545,335	5,490	14,775	5,735	1,650
2008	January	803,845	578,760	5,625	14,910	5,890	1,725
	February	821,360	592,190	5,705	15,770	6,155	1,785
	March	815,345	586,930	5,620	15,980	6,240	1,810
	April	807,850	582,525	5,475	15,800	6,230	1,820
	May	804,350	579,525	5,445	15,940	6,230	1,845
	June	805,680	581,085	5,485	15,905	6,390	1,830
	July	840,595	610,000	5,615	16,325	6,590	1,880
	August	891,830	653,375	5,925	16,840	6,955	1,995
	September	911,965	669,270	6,035	17,545	7,090	2,000
	October	936,940	694,600	6,240	18,620	7,160	2,040
	November	1,019,540	765,160	6,865	20,890	7,500	2,080
	December	1,114,135	846,670	7,575	23,035	8,085	2,230
2009	January	1,239,610	951,995	8,175	25,075	8,515	2,320
	February	1,412,355	1,087,495	9,235	32,270	9,570	2,600
	March	1,473,655	1,133,345	9,590	35,390	10,130	2,735
	April	1,506,420	1,157,055	9,865	35,830	10,495	2,810
	May	1,512,440	1,158,350	10,025	35,425	10,745	2,855
Note: Data rounded to nearest 5 Source: Jobcentre Plus administrative system

Table 1b: Number of persons claiming jobseeker's allowance by ethnicity
Great Britain
		Mixed - White and Asian	Mixed - Other Mixed	Asian or Asian British - Indian	Asian or Asian British - Pakistani	Asian or Asian British - Bangladeshi	Asian or Asian British - Other Asian
2007	May	1,540	3,730	15,675	20,060	9,560	6,370
	June	1,530	3,590	15,250	19,910	9,440	6,205
	July	1,505	3,510	15,225	20,025	9,350	6,115
	August	1,550	3,455	15,695	20,115	9,320	6,085
	September	1,540	3,490	14,955	19,880	9,465	6,045
	October	1,455	3,320	14,115	19,035	9,200	5,810
	November	1,385	3,255	13,430	18,330	9,030	5,735
	December	1,415	3,235	13,005	17,950	8,525	5,530
2008	January	1,435	3,285	13,345	18,255	8,540	5,605
	February	1,455	3,360	13,160	18,440	8,650	5,750
	March	1,490	3,420	13,315	18,320	8,620	5,710
	April	1,495	3,435	13,380	18,200	8,480	5,630
	May	1,525	3,450	13,755	18,740	8,510	5,725
	June	1,530	3,410	14,000	19,150	8,610	5,800
	July	1,615	3,600	14,945	19,675	8,725	5,930
	August	1,700	3,730	15,710	20,425	9,025	6,265
	September	1,750	3,810	15,985	21,035	9,280	6,370
	October	1,720	3,880	15,825	20,615	9,290	6,365
	November	1,780	4,140	16,200	21,015	9,395	6,530
	December	1,870	4,425	17,385	21,625	9,255	6,800
2009	January	2,025	4,735	19,350	23,100	9,640	7,265
	February	2,265	5,420	21,800	24,985	10,290	8,110
	March	2,475	5,785	23,115	25,720	10,780	8,610
	April	2,560	6,045	24,335	26,365	10,910	8,865
	May	2,540	6,180	25,460	27,230	11,395	9,125
Note: Data rounded to nearest 5 Source: Jobcentre Plus administrative system

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