1. Sinclair Sutherland www.nomisweb.co.uk Labour supply: Finding and using statistics

2. NE Government Office Region

3. Sunderland: 2003 CAS Wards

4. Hendon Ward: Output Areas

5. Super Output Areas (SOA): lower

6. Sources of labour supply statistics Annual Population Survey (APS) / Labour Force Survey (LFS) Census of Population Administrative Sources –Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) claimant count –DWP benefits data NOT included: –business surveys e.g. Annual Business Inquiry

7. Annual Population Survey New survey first published in July 2005 primary source of labour supply statistics at local authority level Household survey by interview Incorporates existing LFS data, local LFS boosts, plus a new APS boost survey target of 500+ economically active per district (sampling errors)

8. APS: Information available Census type questions: household composition, ethnicity, tenure Labour market topics: economic status, qualifications, training Provide better info on housing, employment, ethnicity & education, at a local level Data at local authority level (no ward data) Published quarterly Available through Nomis http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/

9. Census of Population Every 10 years: 1991, 2001 … Self-completed questionnaire Smallest geography: output areas Data includes estimates for non-responders Data subject to disclosure control Available through: –Neighbourhood Statistics (one-dimension tables) http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ –Nomis (multi-dimensional tables) http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/

10. Claimant count numbers claiming Jobseekers Allowance not an official measure of unemployment updated monthly, one month after count small geographical areas: wards / SOAs analyses by age, duration, occupation, on- flows, of-flows, reasons for leaving 100% count; no sampling errors Available through Nomis http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/

11. DWP Benefits Main data sets published quarterly; cover all main benefit types Currently based on 5% sample of claims; moving to 100% shortly Local authority level data available on Nomis –use wizard/advanced query Ward data (annual summary statistics) http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/neighbourhood/neighbourhood.asp Information on 100% data http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/statistics.asp

12. Regional First Release http://www.statistics.gov.uk/onlineproducts/lms_regional.asp

13. First Release: headline figures (NE)

14. Nomis www.nomisweb.co.uk

15. Local authority profile

16. LA profile: population

17. LA Economically Active

18. Confidence Intervals

19. LA: Economically inactive

20. LA: Exploring the figures

21. LA: time series

22. LA: all areas in region

23. Ward profile: selecting ward

24. Ward: Economically Active

25. Qualifications Ward profile (Census data) Local authority profile (APS data)

26. Profiles: Additional Functionality

27. Directly linking to profiles

28. More detailed statistics

29. LFS Data Service

30. Neighbourhood Statistics http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/

31. Summary Nomis profiles show most appropriate source of data at different geographic levels –Regional: LFS –Local authority: APS –Ward: Census Generally LFS/APS preferred source Use Census when –areas below local authority required –numbers in LFS/APS too small for reliable estimates Admin sources useful supporting material

32. Contact Sinclair Sutherland sinclair.sutherland@durham.ac.uk Nomis helpdesk: tel: 0191 334 2680 email: support@nomisweb.co.uk