Employment: Surrey

Cabinet Office written question – answered am ar 17 Gorffennaf 2013.

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Photo of Jonathan Lord Jonathan Lord Ceidwadwyr, Woking

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate his Department has made of the net change in the number of people in (a) Woking constituency and (b) Surrey in employment in each of the last five years.

Photo of Nick Hurd Nick Hurd The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office, The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.

Letter from Glen Watson, dated July 2013

As Director General for the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the net change in the number of people in (a) Woking constituency and (b) Surrey in employment in each of the last five years. (166303)

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles employment statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Survey (APS) following International Labour Organisation (ILO) definitions.

The table shows the number and net change of people employed in Woking constituency and Surrey. These estimates are compiled from APS interviews held during the period January 2012 to December 2012 and the 12 month periods ending in December in each year since 2008.

As with any sample survey, estimates from the APS are subject to a margin of uncertainty. A guide to the quality of the estimates is given in the table.

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

Table 1: The net change in the number1 of people employed in Woking constituency and Surrey
Thousand
  Woking Surrey
12 months ending December each year: Number of people employed aged 16 and over Net change in employment(1) Number of people employed aged 16 and over Net change in employment(1)
2008 56 n/a 563 n/a
2009 55 -1 551 -12
2010 51 -4 567 17
2011 52 1 564 -4
2012(2) ***55 3 *577 14
(1) The net change is calculated on unrounded figures. (2) Coefficients of Variation have been calculated for the latest period as an indication of the quality of the estimates. See Guide to Quality 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: * 0 = CV <5%—Statistical Robustness: Estimates are considered precise ** 5 = CV <10%—Statistical Robustness: Estimates are considered reasonably precise *** 10 = CV <20%—Statistical Robustness: Estimates are considered acceptable **** CV ? 20%—Statistical Robustness: Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes

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