House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 20 July 2009 (pt 0079)

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Unemployment

Mrs. May: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what information her Department holds on the number of people who were (a) unemployed and (b) long-term unemployed between (i) 1980 and 1985 and (ii) 1990 and 1995, by (A) qualification and (B) previous occupation; [286748]

(2) how many people were (a) unemployed and (b) long-term unemployed in each year between (i) 1980 and 1985 and (ii) 1990 and 1995, by (A) qualification and (B) previous occupation. [286749]

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 Questions asking:

what information her Department hold on the number of people who were (a) unemployed and (b) long-term unemployed between (i) 1980-1985 and (ii) 1990-1995, by (A) qualification and (B) occupation. (286747)

what information her Department holds on the number of people who were (a) unemployed and (b) long-term unemployed between (i) 1980-1985 and (ii) 1990-1995, by (A) qualification and (B) previous occupation. (286748)

how many people were (a) unemployed and (b) long-term unemployed in each year between (i) 1980-85 and (ii) 1990-95, by (A) qualification and (B) occupation. (286749)

Estimates on the number of people who were unemployed by qualification are not available for 1980 to 1985 and 1990 to 1995. Estimates for unemployed people by occupation in last job are available for 1992 to 1995 and are provided in the attached table. The estimates are derived from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty. This is assessed in a footnote to the table.

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The figures in the table are derived from the LFS microdata which are weighted using the official population estimates published in autumn 2007. They are not entirely consistent with the figures published in the monthly Labour Market Statistics Statistical Bulletin, which are weighted using more up-to-date population estimates.

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Unemployed people aged 16 and over by occupation in last job and duration of unemployment, three month periods ending September, 1992-95, Great Britain, 1992-94; United Kingdom, 1995, not seasonally adjusted
Thousand
	Occupation in last job^{( 1)}	Unemployed^{( 2)}	Long-term unemployed^{( 3)}
1992	Managers and senior officials	195	63
	Professional occupations	79	18
	Associate professional and technical	123	37
	Administrative and technical	288	91
	Skilled trades occupations	491	194
	Personal service occupations	204	65
	Sales and customer service occupations	185	54
	Process, plant and machine operatives	328	129
	Elementary occupations	358	166
	Total⁽⁴⁾	2,808	1,039

1993	Managers and senior officials	204	84
	Professional occupations	93	28
	Associate professional and technical	132	37
	Administrative and technical	297	101
	Skilled trades occupations	497	239
	Personal service occupations	213	79
	Sales and customer service occupations	196	68
	Process, plant and machine operatives	350	160
	Elementary occupations	339	159
	Total⁽⁴⁾	2,887	1,205

1994	Managers and senior officials	182	75
	Professional occupations	87	25
	Associate professional and technical	121	41
	Administrative and technical	249	93
	Skilled trades occupations	386	192
	Personal service occupations	207	78
	Sales and customer service occupations	171	58
	Process, plant and machine operatives	305	146
	Elementary occupations	341	170
	Total⁽⁴⁾	2,644	1,123

1995⁽⁵⁾	Managers and senior officials	165	68
	Professional occupations	86	28
	Associate professional and technical	109	37
	Administrative and technical	251	79
	Skilled trades occupations	332	171
	Personal service occupations	197	72
	Sales and customer service occupations	183	56
	Process, plant and machine operatives	310	151
	Elementary occupations	303	132
	Total⁽⁴⁾	2,535	1,028
^{(1 )}Standard Occupational Classification 1990. ^{(2 )}Includes those whose duration of unemployment was not known. ^{(3 )}Includes those unemployed for 12 months or more. ^{(4 )}Includes those whose occupation was not known. ^{(5 )}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% 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 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.)

Justice

Aylesbury Prison: Injuries

Dr. Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many incidents of self-injury have been recorded in Aylesbury prison in each month since January 2009; and how many such injuries have required hospital treatment. [286788]

Maria Eagle: The latest recorded self-harm figures available are for 2008. NOMS records data across a diverse range of incident types. These data are subject to reporting lags and other issues inherent in any large scale administrative database. Therefore NOMS policy is not to provide current year-to-date figures.

In 2008, there were 265 incidents of self-harm at HMYOI Aylesbury. Of these incidents, six required treatment in external hospital. These figures are given
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in aggregate form only. NOMS also has a policy not to provide breakdowns of data, particularly of prison-level data, to the extent where the anonymity of individuals may be compromised.

The National Offender Management Service has a broad integrated and evidence-based prisoner suicide prevention and self harm management strategy that seeks to reduce the distress of all those in prison. This encompasses a wide spectrum of prison and Department of Health work around such issues as mental health, substance misuse and resettlement. Any prisoner identified as at risk of suicide or self-harm is cared for using the assessment, care in custody and teamwork (ACCT) procedures. Most self harm is not directly life threatening, but nevertheless can be extremely distressing for those who have to deal with it. A prisoner focussed care planning system for those at risk has helped prisons manage self harm. There are no easy answers to managing self harming behaviour but we remain committed to finding ways to manage it.

Bail Accommodation and Support Service

Mr. Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice in which parliamentary constituency each Bail Accommodation and Support Service property (a) opened and (b) closed since 12 January 2009 is located. [286829]

Mr. Straw: As at 10 July there have been 28 bail accommodation and support service properties opened and 10 properties closed since 12 January 2009.

(a) Bail accommodation and support service properties opened since 12 January 2009
Constituency	Date o pened
Bedford	14 January 2009
Southampton Test	16 January 2009
Southend West	20 January 2009
Rochford and Southend East	20 January 2009
Ipswich	29 January 2009
Luton South	4 February 2009
Reading West	9 February 2009
Portsmouth South	9 February 2009
Hazel Grove	12 February 2009
Poplar and Canning Town	16 February 2009
North East Milton Keynes	16 February 2009
Erith and Thamesmead	26 February 2009
Bracknell	19 March 2009
Nottingham South	20 March 2009
Cardiff South and Penarth	20 March 2009
Folkestone and Hythe	27 March 2009
Slough	30 March 2009
North Thanet	30 March 2009
Stretford and Urmston	8 April 2009
Newport East	9 April 2009
Cardiff West	21 April 2009
Northampton North	30 April 2009
Slough	2 June 2009
Swansea East	17 June 2009
Carlisle	23 June 2009
Carlisle	23 June 2009
Worcester	24 June 2009
Truro and St. Austell	8 July 2009

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