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Turkey: Earthquake
Question
Asked by Lord Kennedy of Southwark
To ask Her Majesty's Government what aid they are providing to the Government of Turkey following the earthquake there.[HL12803]
Baroness Northover: In response to a request from the Turkish Government, the UK Government have provided 1,144 protective winter tents to house 5,500 people who are without shelter.
Unemployment
Questions
Asked by Lord Roberts of Llandudno
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the most recent numbers and percentages of unemployed people in each local authority area in Wales. [HL13013]
Lord Wallace of Saltaire: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, Director-General for ONS, to Lord Roberts of Llandudno, dated November 2011.
As Director-General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what are the most recent numbers and percentages of unemployed people in each local authority area in Wales (HL13013).
The Office for National Statistics produces estimates of total unemployment for local authorities, from a statistical model based on the Annual Population Survey (APS) lending strength from claimant count, following International Labour Organisation (ILO) definitions.
Table 1 shows the numbers and percentages of unemployed people resident in each local authority in Wales for the 12 month period ending March 2011, which is the latest period available.
National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and JSA count are available on the Nomis website at http://www.nomisweb.co.uk.
| Table 1: Number and percentage of unemployed people resident in each local authority in Wales. | ||
| 12 months ending March 2011 | Level | Rate (%) |
Source: Model based estimates of unemployment
Asked by Lord Roberts of Llandudno
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the most recent numbers and percentages of unemployed people between the ages of 16 and 25 in each local authority area in Wales.[HL13014]
Lord Wallace of Saltaire: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, Director-General for ONS, to Lord Roberts of Llandudno, dated November 2011.
As Director-General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what are the most recent numbers and percentages of unemployed people between the ages of 16 and 25 in each local authority area in Wales. (HL13014)
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) compiles unemployment statistics for local areas from the Annual Population Survey (APS) following International Labour Organisation (ILO) definitions. Unfortunately, the sample size does not support the requested analyses of unemployment levels for aged 16 to 25.
As an alternative, in table 1, we have provided the number and percentage of people aged 16 to 24 claiming jobseeker's allowance (JSA) resident in each of the local authorities in Wales for September 2011.
National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and JSA count are available on the Nomis website at http://www.nomisweb.co.uk
| Table 1: Number and percentage of people aged 16 to 24 resident in local authorities in Wales claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, September 2011 | ||
| Level | Percentage | |
Source: Jobcentre Plus Administrative System
1. Computerised claims only. These currently account for approximately 99.7 per cent of all claims.
Youth Justice
Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many young people were placed in custody (a) on remand, and (b) on sentence, during the latest 12-month period for which data are available, and during the four preceding 12-month periods.[HL12758]
The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Lord McNally): The number of juveniles remanded in custody at magistrates' courts and the Crown Court in England and Wales in each year between 2006 and 2010 (latest currently available) can be viewed as follows in table 1.
The number of juvenile offenders who received a sentence of immediate custody at all courts in England and Wales in each year between 2006 and 2010 can be viewed in table 2.
Note that some defendants who were remanded in custody will have gone on to receive a custodial sentence, and therefore will be counted in both table 1 and table 2.
Court proceedings data for 2011 are planned for publication in the spring, 2012.
| Table 2: Juveniles(1) sentenced to immediate custody at all courts in England and Wales, 2006-10(2) | |||||
| England and Wales | Juveniles | ||||
| Final outcome | Year | ||||
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
(1) Defined as being aged 10-17 at the date of appearance in court.
(2) The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences
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(3) Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates' court for April, July and August 2008.
Note: Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services-Ministry of Justice.
| Table 1: The estimated number of juveniles(1)(2) remanded in custody(3) at magistrates' courts(4) and the Crown Court, England and Wales 2006-10 | |||||
| England and Wales | Juveniles | ||||
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008(5) | 2009 | 2010 | |
(1) Defined as being aged 10-17 at the date of appearance in court.
(2) It is known that in some instances age is misrecorded or unknown.
(3) Includes those remanded in custody at any stage of proceedings at magistrates' courts who may also have been given bail at some stage of those proceedings. For 2006 to 2009, remanded in custody at the Crown Court includes those defendants remanded in custody at any stage during trial or sentence at the Crown Court. For 2010 custody is based on the defendants remand status at the point of committal for trial or sentence at the Crown Court.
(4) Magistrates' courts figures exclude those committed for trial or sentence at the Crown Court and those who failed to appear.
(5) Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates' court for April, July and August 2008.
Note: Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
For 2006 and 2007 it is known that in some police force areas, information on remand decisions is not always readily available to those coding court proceedings returns. In certain cases, the return may be mistakenly coded as if no remand had taken place. For magistrates' court proceedings, the number of remands and more importantly, the number which are in custody, are believed to be under-recorded in total. As the breakdown of remands into bail and custody cases for a number of forces is not accurate for a number of forces, estimates had to be made to provide national figures.
Prepared by Justice Statistics Analytical Services within the Ministry of Justice.
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