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Unemployment: the key UK data and benefit claimants for every constituency Unemployment: the key UK data and benefit claimants for every constituency
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UK unemployment is down again with the number of unemployed at 2.49m, down 37,000 from June to August 2012. UK unemployment is down again with the number of unemployed at 2.5m, down 14,000 from July to September 2012.
The latest release from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) also shows that the employment rate for those aged from 16 to 64, for September to November 2012, was 71.4% .Phillip Inman writes today: The latest release from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) also shows that there has been a high rise in the number of people in employment. The Guardian writes today:
/>A record number of people were also in work last year after a boost to full-time and part-time working. Almost 30 million adults were in a job in the quarter to last November, up by more than half a million on the previous year.
/>The number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance has fallen to a near two-year low after a huge increase in employment.
The figure, giving an employment rate of 71%, is the highest since records began in 1971. Almost 30 million people were in work at the end of 2012, an increase of 154,000 on the quarter to September and the highest total since records began, in 1971, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed on Wednesday.
So how is it changing? Scroll down the page to see full details on youth unemployment, claimant count where you live and public sector jobs.So how is it changing? Scroll down the page to see full details on youth unemployment, claimant count where you live and public sector jobs.
Total unemploymentTotal unemployment
The jobless total stood at 2.49m for September to November 2012, dropping by 37,000 from June to August 2012. The UK unemployment rate in the three months to November was 7.7%, down 0.7% from the previous year. This is the lowest rate since March to May 2011, but still considerably higher than the lows of 4.7% seen in late 2004 and early 2005. The jobless total stood at 2.5m for October to December 2012, dropping by 14,000 from July to September 2012. The UK unemployment rate was 7.8% for October to December, down 0.6% from the previous year. Although there has been a drop in the unemployment rate it is still considerably higher than the lows of 4.7% seen in late 2004 and early 2005.
Public sector employmentPublic sector employment
Public sector jobs are at 5.7m according to the latest release. 19.4% of the UK workforce is in the public sector, a slight increase from the 19.2% figure we saw for June 2012 but still lower than the same time last year.Public sector jobs are at 5.7m according to the latest release. 19.4% of the UK workforce is in the public sector, a slight increase from the 19.2% figure we saw for June 2012 but still lower than the same time last year.
Youth unemploymentYouth unemployment
Unemployment among the under-25s has stayed below 1m but today's release shows the figure to be up 1,000 from June to August. The jobless rate among 16 to 24-year-olds was 20.5% for September to November 2012, unchanged from June to August. Unemployment among the under-25s has stayed below 1m but today's release shows the figure to be up 11,000 from July to September. The jobless rate among 16 to 24-year-olds was 20.8% for October to December 2012, virtually unchanged from July to September.
Click on the image above to explore youth unemployment around the UK.

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The ONS has this great video explaining their labour statistics:The ONS has this great video explaining their labour statistics:
Benefit claimantsBenefit claimants
The ONS says the number claiming Jobseeker's Allowance last month was 1.56m, down 12,100 from November 2012 and down 40,500 from a year earlier. The ONS says the number claiming Jobseeker's Allowance last month was 1.54m, down 12,500 from December 2012 and down 64,000 from a year earlier.
Our figures, not seasonally adjusted, from NOMIS, show benefit claimants in each UK parliamentary constituency.Our figures, not seasonally adjusted, from NOMIS, show benefit claimants in each UK parliamentary 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.
Constituency breakdownConstituency breakdown
Birmingham Ladywood remains the constituency with the highest claimant rate at 10.9% with Hodge Hill following closely behind once more at 9.7%. Some of the other key numbers from this analysis are: Birmingham Ladywood remains the constituency with the highest claimant rate at 10.9% with Hodge Hill following closely behind once more at 9.9%. Some of the other key numbers from this analysis are:
• Highest % of men claiming benefits: Belfast West, 14.8%
/>• Highest % of women: Birmingham Ladywood, 7.1%
• Biggest %-point increase over the year: Belfast West, 1%points
/>• Biggest % change on month: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, up 18.3%
/>• Biggest %-point decrease over the year: Hackney South and Shoreditch, down 0.9% point		 • Highest % of men claiming benefits: Belfast West, 15.2%
/>• Highest % of women: Birmingham Ladywood, 7.1%
• Biggest %-point increase over the year: Belfast West, 0.8%points
/>• Biggest % change on month: Inverclyde, up 21.5%
/>• Biggest %-point decrease over the year: Milton Keynes South, down 0.8% point
Download the full 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 full 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.
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