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Written question asked by Sandra Gidley (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 5 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 March 2010. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Basildon (Labour) on Friday, 12 March 2010 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.


Jobseeker's Allowance: Young People

Question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office for how long on average claimants aged between 18 and 24 years resident in each local authority area in the South East were in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in (a) each of the last 12 months and (b) each of the last five years.
Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated March 2010:"As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking for how long on average claimants aged between 18 and 24 years resident in each local authority area in the South East were in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in (a) each of the last 12 months and (b) each of the last five years. (321449)""The number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) is taken from the Jobcentre Plus administrative system. The length of a claim has been defined as the time between the start of an individual's claim and the count date in each reference month. Table 1 shows the median length of live claims for persons aged 18 to 24 resident in each local authority in the South East during the last 12 months up to the latest available period in January 2010, and for January of each of the last 5 years. A copy of the table will be placed in the Library of the House.""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"


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
507 c482-3W; 321449
Session
2009-10
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2010-0657
Monday, 8 March 2010
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Deposited Paper DEP2010-0656
Friday, 12 March 2010
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects
Jobseeker's allowance Young people South East
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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