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<p>Estimates of the number of people who are unemployed for sub-regional geographies
in the UK are compiled by the independent Office for National Statistics (ONS). This
is done using the Annual Population Survey (APS), a large household survey of people
in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) – along with the
Department for Education; the Ministry of Defence; Public Health England; the Welsh
Government; and the Scottish Government – contributes funding for the ONS to conduct
the APS. The department’s officials work with the ONS to offer advice on the design
and delivery of the survey.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to produce robust estimates
of the number of people who are long-term unemployed (12 months or more) for parliamentary
constituency areas, due to the size of the survey sample at this level of geography.</p><p>
</p><p>It is also not considered technically feasible to alter the APS to allow for
the production of robust monthly estimates of the number long-term unemployed people
at parliamentary constituency area.</p><p> </p><p>The ONS are working on alternative
approaches to producing labour market estimates, as part of the ONS’s Census and Data
Collection Transformation Programme. The outcome of this work may enable the requested
data to be produced, however this programme is still in its research and development
stage.</p><p> </p><p>The DWP publishes, via its Stat Xplore website, official statistics
on the duration people have claimed Universal Credit by parliamentary constituency
area.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found
at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html"
target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p>
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