Local Growth Deals
This note looks at the creation of the Single Local Growth Fund and the process of allocating Growth Deal funding to Local Enterprise Partnerships.

This paper contains labour market figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest national and regional statistics.
Unemployment by Constituency, October 2013 (1 MB , PDF)
• The number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance decreased by 41,700 between August and September 2013 to 1.35 million people aged 18 or over, the lowest level since January 2009.
• The ILO measure of unemployment was 2.49 million people in June-August 2013, down 18,000 from the previous quarter and down 40,000 from the previous year. The unemployment rate was 7.7%.
• The number of people in employment was 29.87 million in June-August 2013, up 155,000 from the previous quarter and up 279,000 on the previous year. The employment rate was 71.7%.
Unemployment by Constituency, October 2013 (1 MB , PDF)
This note looks at the creation of the Single Local Growth Fund and the process of allocating Growth Deal funding to Local Enterprise Partnerships.
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