PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Jobseeker's Allowance: Older People (21 July 2014)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average length of time claimants over 50 spent on jobseeker's allowance in each year since 2009.
Asked by:
Sir Stephen Timms (Labour)
Asked by:
Sir Stephen Timms (Labour)
Answer
Information we have for the number of Jobseeker’s allowance (JSA) claimants, aged 50 and over, by median duration of a completed spell of unemployment, in each year since 2009 is available at:
https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/Default.asp
Guidance for users can be found at:
https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp
Note:
Median is a better measure of "average" than arithmetic mean for skewed
distributions such as duration of claim.
Answered by:
Esther McVey (Conservative)
1 September 2014
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