Unemployment by Constituency, April 2014

• The number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance decreased by 30,400 between February 2014 and March 2014 to 1.14 million people aged 18 or over, the lowest level since November 2008.

• The unemployment rate was 6.9% in December 2013 to February 2014. The ILO measure of unemployment was 2.24 million people, down 77,000 from the previous quarter and down 320,000 from the previous year.

• The number of people in employment was 30.39 million in December 2013 to February 2014, up 239,000 from the previous quarter and up 691,000 from the previous year. The employment rate was 72.6%.