Why Does The Above Summary Sheet Table Not Contain Official Labour Force Survey Figures?
Unemployment figures sourced via the Labour Force Survey for smaller areas, such as Districts and Wards, are often based on survey samples of insufficient size to provide reliable figures. On such occasions, the figures are suppressed and not released for publication. This results in gaps in local Labour Market information. Figures sourced via the Claimant Count, however, although no longer ‘Official’, are not sample based and continue provide a fairly consistent, timely and useful measure of the Labour Market at the local level. In light of the availability of the Claimant Count data at the local level, Lancashire County Council will continue to publish figures sourced via the Claimant Count to maintain a local labour market perspective. Please note the ONS published the mid-year population estimate (MYE) for 2003 on 9th September 2004, along with revised mid-year population estimates for 2001 and 2002. These estimates incorporate revisons in relation to the underestimation of the pop
