House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 30 Jan 2002 (pt 17)

Unemployment

Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many young adults aged 16 to 24 years are unemployed by region expressed as (a) a percentage of population and (b) the total number, ranked in descending order according to percentage figures for the latest date available. [30594]

Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Chris Ruane, dated 30 January 2002:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about unemployed young adults. (30594)

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) provides estimates of the number and percentage of people aged 15–24 years who are unemployed, as defined by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

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The latest available estimates are for autumn (September to November) 2001. These are given in the table below.

ILO unemployed people aged 16–24 by Government office region,autumn (September to November) 2001⁽³⁴⁾

	Percentage⁽³⁵⁾	Thousand
UK	8.9	580

Scotland	11.0	63
London	11.0	97
West Midlands	10.9	63
North-east	9.9	29
Wales	9.2	30
North-west	9.0	68
Eastern	8.0	43
Northern Ireland	7.8	16
South-west	7.5	37
Yorkshire and Humberside	7.3	41
East Midlands	7.3	33
South-east	7.2	59

⁽³⁴⁾ Not seasonally adjusted

⁽³⁵⁾ ILO unemployed people aged 16–24 as a percentage of all persons aged 16–24

Source:

ONS—Labour Force Survey

Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many households were without work for two years or more by region expressed as (a) a percentage and (b) the total number, ranked in descending order according to percentages for the latest date for which figures are available. [30590]

Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Chris Ruane, dated 30 January 2002:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about households that have been without work for two years or more. (30590)

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) household datasets provide estimates of working-age households that have been workless for two years or more: that is, households that include at least one person of working age where everyone has been without work for two years or more.

The LFS household datasets are available for the spring (March to May) and autumn (September to November) quarters of each year. The latest available estimates are for spring (March to May) 2001. These are given in the table below.

Working-age households without work for two years or more⁽³⁶⁾^,⁽³⁷⁾^,⁽³⁸⁾ by Government office region spring (March to May) 2001⁽³⁷⁾

	Percentage⁽⁴⁰⁾	Thousand
UK	11.0	2,060

Northern Ireland	16.5	84
Wales	16.2	147
North-east	16.0	131
North-west	13.5	289
Scotland	12.7	216
London	11.9	287
Yorkshire and Humberside	11.8	190
West Midlands	11.2	185
East Midlands	9.0	119
South-west	8.4	128
Eastern	7.3	126
South-east	6.4	159

⁽³⁶⁾ Households that include at least one person of working age (ie a man aged 16–64 or a woman aged 16–59) where everyone has been without work for two years or more.

⁽³⁷⁾ Excludes households where everyone of working age is a full-time student.

⁽³⁸⁾ Not adjusted for households with unknown economic activity

⁽³⁹⁾ Not seasonally adjusted

⁽⁴⁰⁾ Working-age households without work for two years or more as a percentage of all working-age households.

Source:

ONS—Labour Force Survey

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Household Insurance

Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many households were without household insurance, broken down by region, expressed as (a) a percentage and (b) the total number, ranked in descending order according to percentage figures for the latest year in which figures are available. [30612]

Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Chris Ruane, dated 30 January 2002:

As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary question about how many households were without insurance, by region, expressed as (a) a percentage and (b) the total number, ranked in descending order according to percentage figures for the latest year in which figures are available. (30612)

Estimates of households with neither contents nor structural insurance are shown in the table below. They are from the Family Expenditure Surveys of 1999–2000 and 2000–01, combined to improve the reliability of the regional breakdowns.

Like all estimates from sample surveys these figures are subject to sampling variability.

Households without household insurance by Government office region and UK countries, 1999–2000 to 2000–01Percentages and numbers

	Households without structural or contents insurance
	Percentage	Number (thousand)
London	33	1,540
Northern Ireland	30	330
North-east	29	580
North-west	23	1,440
Wales	22	630
Scotland	21	1,100
West Midlands	21	1,090
Yorkshire and the Humber	20	1,060
South-east	19	1,750
East Midlands	17	890
South-west	17	1,040
East	16	1,160

Source:

Office for National Statistics, Family Expenditure Surveys 1999–2000 and 2000–01.

Workless Households (Children)

Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many children were living in workless households,

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by region, expressed (a) as a percentage of population and (b) the total number, in descending order according to percentage figures in 2000. [30608]

Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Chris Ruane, dated 30 January 2002:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about children in workless households. (30608)

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) household datasets provide estimates of the number and percentage of children living in workless households; that is, households that include at least one person of working age with no one in employment.

The estimates for spring (March to May) 2000 are given in the table below.

Children⁽⁴¹⁾ in workless households⁽⁴²⁾^,⁽⁴³⁾ by Government Office Region; spring (March to May 2000); not seasonally adjusted

	Per cent⁽⁴⁴⁾	Thousand
United Kingdom	16.0	1,867

London	23.7	353
North East	21.8	115
Northern Ireland	20.1	76
Wales	19.5	116
North West	18.4	261
Yorkshire and the Humber	18.0	178
Scotland	16.7	151
West Midlands	16.1	170
East Midlands	12.4	98
East	10.6	111
South West	10.5	96
South East	9.2	143

⁽⁴¹⁾ Children refers to all children under 16.

⁽⁴²⁾ Households that include at least one person of working age (i.e. a man aged 16–64 or a woman aged 16–59) where no one is in employment.

⁽⁴³⁾ Not adjusted for households with unknown economic activity.

⁽⁴⁴⁾ Children in workless households as a percentage of all children in working-age households.

Source:

ONS Labour Force Survey

Suicides

Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many suicides there were by young people aged 15 to 24 years by sex and by region expressed as (a) percentage figures and (b) total number, ranked in descending order of totals, expressed in percentage terms for the latest year in which figures are available. [30596]

Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Chris Ruane, dated 30 January 2002:

As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question concerning the number of suicides by young people aged 15–24 years by sex and by region in (a) percentage figures and (b) total number, ranked in descending order of totals, expressed in percentage terms for the latest year for which figures are available. (30596)

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The figures requested are given in the attached tables.

Deaths from suicide⁽⁴³⁾ in the age group 15–24, males by Government Office Region, England⁽⁴⁴⁾, 2000⁽⁴⁵⁾Number and rate per 100,000 population⁽⁴⁶⁾

Government Office Region	Number of deaths	Rate per 100,000 males aged 15–24
West Midlands	53	16.0
East Midlands	40	15.5
North West	64	15.0
South West	39	13.5
East	37	12.0
North East	19	11.4
Yorkshire and the Humber	33	10.1
South East	46	9.8
London	39	7.7

Deaths from suicide⁽⁴⁵⁾ in the age group 15–24, females by Government Office Region, England⁽⁴⁶⁾, 2000⁽⁴⁷⁾Number and rate per 100,000 population⁽⁴⁸⁾

Government Office Region	Number of deaths	Rate per 100,000 females aged 15–24
South West	14	5.2
South East	22	4.9
West Midlands	13	4.2
North East	6	3.8
North West	15	3.7
East	8	2.8
Yorkshire and the Humber	8	2.6
London	11	2.3
East Midlands	3	1.2

⁽⁴⁵⁾ International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, codes E950-E959 and E980-E989 excluding E988.8.

⁽⁴⁶⁾ Residents only.

⁽⁴⁷⁾ Data are for occurrences of death per calendar year.

⁽⁴⁸⁾ To facilitate comparison between areas the figures are presented as a rate per 100,000 population resident in the area, rather than as a percentage, because of small numbers of events.

Source:

Office for National Statistics

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