Unemployment by Constituency, July 2014

The number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance decreased by 36,300 between May 2014 and June 2014, to 1.04 million people aged 18 or over, the lowest level since October 2008.

The unemployment rate was 6.5% in March-May 2014. The ILO measure of unemployment was 2.12 million people, down 121,000 from the previous quarter and down 383,000 from the previous year.

The number of people in employment was 30.64 million in March-May 2014, up 254,000 from the previous quarter and up 929,000 from the previous year. The employment rate was 73.1% and is now higher than its pre-recession peak of 73.0% in March-May 2008.