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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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| The number of unemployed in the UK rose by 15,000 in the first quarter of the year with the total unemployment rate jumping up to 7.8%. | |
| The latest release from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) also shows that regular pay rose by just 0.8% compared with January to March 2012 - this is the lowest growth rate since comparable records began in 2001. Phillip Inman writes today: | |
| />Total pay rises, which include bonuses, was even lower than average pay rises, said the Office for National Statistics, increasing by only 0.4% at a time when inflation remains stubbornly high at 2.8%. | |
| 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 unemployment | Total unemployment |
| The jobless total stands at 2.52m, up 15,000 from October to December 2012. The UK unemployment rate was 7.8%, up up 0.1 percentage />points from October to December 2012. Although the unemployment rate has remained fairly steady, it is still considerably higher than the lows of 4.7% seen in late 2004 and early 2005. | |
| Public sector employment | Public sector employment |
| Public sector jobs are at 5.72m according to the latest release. 19.2% of the UK workforce is in the public sector. The number of people employed in the public sector fell by 313,000 and the number of people employed in the private sector increased by 904,000 between December 2011 and December 2012. The ONS state that 'these large annual movements reflect the reclassification of some educational bodies from the public sector to the private sector.' | Public sector jobs are at 5.72m according to the latest release. 19.2% of the UK workforce is in the public sector. The number of people employed in the public sector fell by 313,000 and the number of people employed in the private sector increased by 904,000 between December 2011 and December 2012. The ONS state that 'these large annual movements reflect the reclassification of some educational bodies from the public sector to the private sector.' |
| Youth unemployment | Youth unemployment |
| Unemployment among the under-25s has remained below 1m and has decreased by 17,000 from October to December 2012. The jobless rate among 16 to 24-year-olds was 20.7% for January to March 2013, down 0.1 percentage points from October to December 2012. | |
Video | Video |
| The ONS has this great video explaining their labour statistics: | The ONS has this great video explaining their labour statistics: |
| Benefit claimants | Benefit claimants |
| The ONS says the number claiming Jobseeker's Allowance last month was 1.52m, down 7,300 from March 2013 and down 67,800 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 breakdown | Constituency breakdown |
| Birmingham, Ladywood remains the constituency with the highest claimant rate at 10.9% with Belfast West following closely behind at 9.7%. Some of the other key numbers from this analysis are: | |
/>• Highest % of women: Birmingham Ladywood, 7.1% • Biggest %-point increase over the year: />• Biggest % change on month: />• Biggest %-point decrease over the year: Knowsley, down | • Highest % of men claiming benefits: Belfast West, 14% />• Highest % of women: Birmingham Ladywood, 7.1% • Biggest %-point increase over the year: Ynys Mon, 0.5%points />• Biggest % change on month: Gordon, up 2.6% />• Biggest %-point decrease over the year: Knowsley, down 1% 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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| Data summary | Data summary |
| Benefit claimants by constituency for April 2013 | |
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