Unemployment by Constituency, February 2011

This paper presents labour market data for Parliamentary Constituencies. A summary of the latest national and regional labour market data is given, along with a selection of relevant constituency-level indicators including the latest Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimant count data.
The latest data show: JSA claimant count unemployment increased by 2,400 in January 2011 to 1.46 million The wider ILO measure of unemployment was 2.49 million in the period October-December 2010, a rise of 44,000 from the last quarter. The unemployment rate was 7.9%, 0.1 percentage points higher than the last quarter. The number of people who have been unemployed (ILO measure) for longer than twelve months increased by 17,000 over the last quarter to 833,000.