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Mr. Laws: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many married couples (a) are both over the age of 65, (b) are both in work, (c) are living apart, (d) have no children and (e) have one or more children under the age of five; and if she will make a statement. [310671] [Official Report, 15 March 2010, Vol. 507, c. 15-16MC.]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated January 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question on how many married couples (a) are both over the age of 65, (b) are both in work, (c) are living apart, (d) have no children and (e) have one or more children under the age of five; and if she will make a statement. (310671)
The latest, available information requested is given in the table attached. The figures are from ONS's Annual Population Survey (APS) household datasets for the period January to December 2008. Information on the number of couples living apart is not collected and is therefore not presented.
As with any sample survey, estimates from the APS are subject to a margin of uncertainty as different samples could give different results.
| Table:1 Number of married couples( 1) by various characteristics, United Kingdom, January to December 2008 | |
| Number of people (thousand) | |
| (1) Excludes cohabiting and same sex couples. Source: APS household datasets (ONS). | |
Ministers: Travel
Mr. Watson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will publish the travel guidelines issued to Ministers in respect of (a) air, (b) rail and (c) car journeys. [311059]
Tessa Jowell: Section 10 of the "Ministerial Code" provides guidance to Ministers on travel arrangements.
New Businesses: Preston
Mr. Hendrick: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many businesses have started up in Preston since 1997. [311130]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated January 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, 1 have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning how many businesses have started up in Preston since 1997 (311130).
Annual statistics on business births, deaths and survival are available for 2002 onwards from the ONS release on Business Demography at:
The table below contains the latest statistics available on business births for Preston district.
| Counts of births of enterprises for 2002 to 2008 | |
| Preston district | |
Official Residences
Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many residential flats there are in the Admiralty House complex; how many are designated as ministerial residences; and which Ministers have had use of such flats as residences in each of the last three years. [311427]
Tessa Jowell: There are three residential flats in Admiralty House which have, under successive administrations, been occupied by Ministers.
On the issue of occupancy over the past three years I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 11 January 2010, Official Report, column 713W.
Unemployed: Qualifications
Mr. Laws: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what proportion of 18 to 24 year olds in England are unemployed under International Labour Organisation definitions but not in full-time education have (a) no qualification, (b) below Level 2 qualifications, (c) Level 2 as their highest qualification, (d) Level 3 as their highest qualification and (e) Level 4+ as their highest qualification. [310550]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated January 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what proportion of 18 to 24 year olds in England are unemployed under International Labour Organisation definitions but not in full-time education have (a) no qualification, (b) below Level 2 qualifications, (c) Level 2 as their highest qualification, (d) Level 3 as their highest qualification and (e) Level 4+ as their highest qualification. 310550.
The table attached provides the information requested.
Estimates of unemployment are derived from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). In accordance with the International Labour Organization (ILO) convention, people are classed as unemployed if they are: without a job, want a job, and have actively sought work in the last four weeks; or, out of work, have found a job and are waiting to start it in the next two weeks.
The estimates in the table are derived from the LFS microdata which are weighted using the official population estimates published in autumn 2007. Consequently they are not entirely consistent with the figures published in the monthly Labour Market Statistical Bulletin, which are weighted using more up-to-date population estimates.
As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
| Unemployment of 18 to 24 year olds in England by highest qualification held: Three month periods ending September 2009: England, not seasonally adjusted | |||
| Thousands and per cent. | |||
| National qualification framework (NQF) | Total economically active | Unemployed and not in full-time education | Rate( 1) |
| (1) The number of 18 to 24-year-olds in England who are unemployed and not in full-time education divided by the economically active population of 18 to 24-year-olds in England, in accordance with ILO definition. (2) Includes those that did not state their highest qualification. 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 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 | |||
Unemployment: Older Workers
Dr. Kumar: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people over 50 years old in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) the North East and (d) Middlesbrough, South and East Cleveland constituency are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance. [311349]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated January 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many people over 50 years old in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) the North East and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency are on jobseeker's allowance. 311349.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles the number of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) from the Jobcentre Plus administrative system.
Table 1 shows the number of people aged 50 years and over, claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in the UK, England, the North East and Middlesbrough, South and East Cleveland for November 2009, the latest date for which data is available.
National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at
| Table 1. Number of people aged 50 years and over claiming jobseeker's allowance | |
| Number | |
| Note: Data rounded to nearest five. Source: Jobcentre Plus administrative system. | |
Unemployment: Preston
Mr. Hendrick: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the level of unemployment has been in Preston in each year since 1997. [311018]
Angela E. Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated January 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what the level of unemployment has been in Preston in each year since 1997. (311018)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles unemployment statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Survey and its predecessor the annual Labour Force Survey (LFS) following International Labour Organisation (ILO) definitions. However, estimates of unemployment for the requested age band and geography are not available.
As an alternative, in Table 1 we have provided the number of persons claiming Jobseeker's Allowance for the Preston constituency for November 2009 and November of each year since 1997.
National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at:
| Table 1: Number of persons resident in Preston parliamentary constituency claiming jobseeker's allowance | |
| As at November each year | Number of claimants |
| Source: Jobcentre Plus administrative system. | |
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