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To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the impact on (a) GDP, (b) tax revenue and (c) savings in benefits if persons (i) over 50 and (ii) between the ages of 50 and 65 had the same patterns of employment and earnings as the average of...

Asked by

Austin Mitchell (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 February 2001

Reference

147607; 362 c494W

House

House of Commons

Treasury;Office for National Statistics

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Pre-Budget Report, if he will list the unemployment to vacancy ratio in each (a) nation and (b) Government office region of the United Kingdom. - Inc text of letter from John Pullinger of the Office for National Statistics.

Asked by

Jim Cousins (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 November 2000

For answer on

30 November 2000

Answered on

30 November 2000

Mr. Cousins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Pre-Budget report, if he will list the unemployment to vacancy ratio in each (a) nation and (b) Government office region of the United Kingdom. [140540] Miss Melanie Johnson: [holding answer 27 November 2000]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply. Letter from John Pullinger to Mr. Jim Cousins, dated 30 November 2000: The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question regarding the unemployment to vacancy ratio in each nation and Government Office region of the United Kingdom (140540). I am replying in his absence. The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is the main source of labour market data on individuals used by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The official measure of unemployment is derived from the LFS and is defined on a consistent and internationally recognised basis set out by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). It counts as unemployed people who are a) without a paid job, b) available to start work within the next two weeks and c) have either looked for work in the last four weeks or are waiting to start a job already obtained. ONS also publishes the monthly number of people who are claiming unemployment-related benefits, also known as the claimant count. The only figures available on vacancies are those notified to Jobcentres. It should be borne in mind that Jobcentre vacancies represent only a proportion of all vacancies in the economy, broadly a third overall. This proportion is also likely to vary across regions and between different skills and occupations.

Date

30 November 2000

Reference

357 c945-6W; 140540

House

House of Commons

Treasury;Office for National Statistics

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list for (a) Great Britain, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) each region (as defined in the Labour Market Trends Survey) the economic activity rate for (i) men, (ii) women and (iii) men and women, for age groups...

Asked by

Lord Allan of Hallam (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

31 October 2000

For answer on

6 November 2000

Answered on

6 November 2000

Mr. Allan: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list (1) for (a) Great Britain, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) each region (as defined in the Labour Market Trends Survey) the economic activity rate for (i) men, (ii) women and (iii) men and women, for age groups (A) 16 to 17, (B) 18 to 24, (C) 25 to 34, (D) 35 to 49, (E) 50 to 59, (F) 60+ and (G) all aged 16 and over, for each of the years available from 1979 to 2000; [136749] (2) for (a) Great Britain, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) each English region (as defined in the Labour Market Trends Survey) employee jobs by industry, for (i) men, (ii) women and (iii) men and women, for each of the years available from 1979 to 2000; [136748] (3) for (a) Great Britain, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) each region (as defined in the Labour Market Trends Survey) the ILO unemployment rate for (i) men, (ii) women and (iii) men and women, for age groups (A) 16 to 17, (B) 18 to 24, (C) 25 to 34, (D) 35 to 49, (E) 50 to 59, (F) 60+ and (G) all aged 16 and over, for each of the years from 1979 for which figures are available; [136747] (4) for (a) Great Britain, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) each local area (as defined in the Labour Market Trends Survey) the claimant count, for (i) men, (ii) women and (iii) men and women, for age groups (A) 16 to 17, (B) 18 to 24, (C) 25 to 34, (D) 35 to 49, (E) 50 to 59, (F) 60+ and (G) all aged 16 and over, for each of the years available from 1979 to 2000. [136750] Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply. Letter from John Pullinger to Mr. Richard Allen, dated 6 November 2000: The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent questions regarding a variety of labour market statistics for men and women in different regions in Great Britain. I am replying in his absence. (136747/136748/136749/146750) Information on the number of employee jobs by region and industry for recent dates is published quarterly in table B.16 of Labour Market Trends. A back series of employee jobs, along with the number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits (the `claimant count') by age and region are available through the Nomis database at the House of Commons Library. Information on computerised claims, by age, for regions and for a range of local area geographies is available monthly from June 1985. Estimates of economic activity and International Labour Organisation (ILO) unemployment by age and region are available from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), National Statistics' major source of labour market data on individuals. The information requested is also available through the House of Commons Library. The ONS preferred measure of unemployment is the ILO unemployment rate, derived from the LFS. It is defined on an internationally recognised basis. It counts as unemployed people who are a) without a paid job b) available to start work within the next two weeks and c) have either looked for work in the last four weeks or are waiting to start a job already obtained. This measure has been used in the LFS since 1984. LFS estimates of economic activity, defined as people in employment or ILO unemployed, are also available from 1984 onwards on a consistent basis. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) currently uses Government Office Regions (GORs) as the primary categorisation for regions. LFS estimates based on GORs are only available from 1992 onwards. LFS estimates based on the Standard Statistical Region categorisation are available from 1979, but only from 1984 onwards on the consistent ILO definitions of economic activity and unemployment.

Date

6 November 2000

Reference

356 c83-4W; 136749;136748;136747;136750

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the pre-release recipients of labour market data from the Office of National Statistics. - Is provided to a tightly restricted group of officials on a strict "need-to-know" basis. (Holding answer 2 May 2000).

Asked by

Michael Fallon (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 May 2000

Reference

120228; 349 c147W

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, If he will ensure that his policy in respect of the United Kingdom's enterprise culture, described in his recent speech in New York, takes account of the needs of the labour force; and if he will make a statement. (Failed OPQ). - Inc...

Asked by

Michael Clapham (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 March 2000

Reference

345 c813W; 112236

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what degree of labour market flexibility (a) within the UK and (b) between the UK and other EU countries would be sufficient to deal with the problems posed by asymmetric shocks were Britain to join the single currency. - Inc ref to 'UK...

Asked by

Lord Maude of Horsham (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 December 1999

Reference

340 c521W; 101819

House

House of Commons

Treasury;Office for National Statistics

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the numbers of people of working age as a percentage of those over the state retirement age for each of the last 20 years. - Inc table and text of letter from Tim Holt of Office for National Statistics.

Asked by

Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

27 October 1999

For answer on

2 November 1999

Answered on

2 November 1999

Mr. Field: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the numbers of people of working age as a percentage of those over the state retirement age for each of the last 20 years. The Economic Secretary to the Treasury. [96764] Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply. Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Frank Field, dated 2 November 1999: As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question on the numbers and percentage of workers in firms employed in different size bands. The information requested is available from the Annual Employment Survey (AES) at September 1997 (latest available date) for the size bands shown. Employee Jobs{1} at September 1997, Great Britain _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Thousand Percentage Size band 1-10 4,528 20 Size band 11-49 5,787 26 Size band 50-99 2,695 12 Size band 100 and over 9,523 42 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Figures exclude Agriculture as the way that information is supplied would distort the size band analysis

Date

2 November 1999

Reference

337 c167W; 96764

House

House of Commons

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