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| Unemployment benefit claimants constituency by constituency: full data | Unemployment benefit claimants constituency by constituency: full data |
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| The UK unemployment rate has fallen, and employment has increased, for the first time since the three months to May 2011 according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics today. | |
| The employment rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 70.4%. There were 29.17 million people in employment aged 16 and over, up 53,000 on the quarter. The unemployment rate was 8.3% of the economically active population. There were 2.65 million unemployed people, down 35,000 on the quarter. | |
| The number of people in work has led to hopes of economic spring bounce. | |
| The figures confirmed the loss of public sector jobs: 270,000 cut in 2011. Heather Stewart wrote last month that: | |
| In total, 270,000 public sector jobs were lost in 2011, reducing the total workforce to 5.94 million. The civil service payroll shrank by almost 7% over the year, while 71,000 roles disappeared in education, and 31,000 in the National Health Service | In total, 270,000 public sector jobs were lost in 2011, reducing the total workforce to 5.94 million. The civil service payroll shrank by almost 7% over the year, while 71,000 roles disappeared in education, and 31,000 in the National Health Service |
| Unemployment among the under-25s has also continued to rise, with 1.04m 16 to 24-year-olds unemployed in the three months to January. That took Britain's youth unemployment rate to 22.5%, a record high since 1992. | Unemployment among the under-25s has also continued to rise, with 1.04m 16 to 24-year-olds unemployed in the three months to January. That took Britain's youth unemployment rate to 22.5%, a record high since 1992. |
| The charts above show that not only is the total unemployment rate at a record high but that the rate of youth unemployment is at the highest level since 1992. | The charts above show that not only is the total unemployment rate at a record high but that the rate of youth unemployment is at the highest level since 1992. |
| The increasing rate of youth unemployment in the UK means that we are catching up with the rest of Europe which has had high youth unemployment for a while. See the chart above to see how we compare, the full data can be found for this on our Eurozone debt crisis article. | The increasing rate of youth unemployment in the UK means that we are catching up with the rest of Europe which has had high youth unemployment for a while. See the chart above to see how we compare, the full data can be found for this on our Eurozone debt crisis article. |
| Our figures, not seasonally adjusted, from NOMIS show 1.66 million people claiming unemployment benefits in March, down 19,130 on a month earlier. | |
| Birmingham Ladywood remains the constituency with the highest claimant rate at 11.5% with Hodge Hill following closely behind once more at just over 10%. The biggest increase on the month was seen in Bradford West, West Midlands where the number of people claiming beenfits rose by 31.6% in the last year to 5,388, or 7.4% of the working population. Some ofthe other key numbers from this analysis are: | Birmingham Ladywood remains the constituency with the highest claimant rate at 11.5% with Hodge Hill following closely behind once more at just over 10%. The biggest increase on the month was seen in Bradford West, West Midlands where the number of people claiming beenfits rose by 31.6% in the last year to 5,388, or 7.4% of the working population. Some ofthe other key numbers from this analysis are: |
• Highest % of women: Birmingham Ladywood, 6.8% • Biggest %-point increase over the year: />• Biggest % change on month: />• Biggest %-point decrease over the year: | • Highest % of men claiming benefits: Birmingham Ladywood, 16.2% • Highest % of women: Birmingham Ladywood, 6.8% • Biggest %-point increase over the year: Derby South, 1.7%points />• Biggest % change on month: Basingstoke, up 4% />• Biggest %-point decrease over the year: Glasgow East, down 0.5%point |
| The figures below, out each month, show benefit claimants in each UK parliamentary constituency and come from the Office for National Statistics Thanks to the powerful ONS Nomis database, we can now give them to you by constituency. | The figures below, out each month, show benefit claimants in each UK parliamentary constituency and come from the Office for National Statistics Thanks to the powerful ONS Nomis database, we can now give them to you by constituency. |
| We've gone for claimants rather than unemployed numbers because – although the numbers are lower – they are bang up to date and available at a really local level, so you can see exactly what's happening near where you live. | We've gone for claimants rather than unemployed numbers because – although the numbers are lower – they are bang up to date and available at a really local level, so you can see exactly what's happening near where you live. |
| These are not seasonally adjusted - which explains the slight difference with the totals. The figures, broken down constituency by constituency, do not take into account seasonal variations so show a difference from the seasonally adjusted figures released today. We have added youth unemployment figures and total unemployment which is further broken down. | These are not seasonally adjusted - which explains the slight difference with the totals. The figures, broken down constituency by constituency, do not take into account seasonal variations so show a difference from the seasonally adjusted figures released today. We have added youth unemployment figures and total unemployment which is further broken down. |
| Download the data and in the second tab you can see our rankings by constituency - with highest rates by men and women and a host of other bits of analysis. | Download the data and in the second tab you can see our rankings by constituency - with highest rates by men and women and a host of other bits of analysis. |
| To help out, we've also done some percentage changes too. We've also worked out the percentage changes for men and women. | To help out, we've also done some percentage changes too. We've also worked out the percentage changes for men and women. |
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| Data summary | Data summary |
| Benefit claimants by constituency for March 2012 | |
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