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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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UK unemployment is down again with the number of unemployed at 2.5m, down 14,000 from July to September 2012. The number of unemployed in the UK rose in the three months to January with the total number of unemployed now reaching 2.52m.
The latest release from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) also shows that there has been a high rise in the number of people in employment. The Guardian writes today: The latest release from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) also shows that total pay and regular pay rose by 1.2% compared with November 2011 to January 2012. Phillip Inman writes today:

The number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance has fallen to a near two-year low after a huge increase in employment.
The number of people out of work nudged up 7,000 to 2.52 million in the three months to the end of January, according to official figures.
Almost 30 million people were in work at the end of 2012, an increase of 154,000 on the quarter to September and the highest total since records began, in 1971, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed on Wednesday. The surprise fall came despite a jump in the number of people in employment. According to official figures a steady rise in employment over the past 18 months continued after 131,000 people gained a job in the three months.
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 unemploymentTotal unemployment
The jobless total stood at 2.5m for October to December 2012, dropping by 14,000 from July to September 2012. The UK unemployment rate was 7.8% for October to December, down 0.6% from the previous year. Although there has been a drop in the unemployment rate it is still considerably higher than the lows of 4.7% seen in late 2004 and early 2005. The jobless total stood at 2.52m for November 2012 to January 2013, up 7,000 from August to October 2012. The UK unemployment rate was 7.8% November 2012 to January 2013, unchanged from August to October 2012. Although the unemployment rate has remained steady, it is still considerably higher than the lows of 4.7% seen in late 2004 and early 2005.
Public sector employmentPublic sector employment
Public sector jobs are at 5.7m according to the latest release. 19.4% of the UK workforce is in the public sector, a slight increase from the 19.2% figure we saw for June 2012 but still lower than the same time last year. 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 unemploymentYouth unemployment
Unemployment among the under-25s has stayed below 1m but today's release shows the figure to be up 11,000 from July to September. The jobless rate among 16 to 24-year-olds was 20.8% for October to December 2012, virtually unchanged from July to September. Unemployment among the under-25s has stayed below 1m but today's release shows the figure to be up 48,000 from August to October 2012. The jobless rate among 16 to 24-year-olds was 21.2% for November 2012 to January 2013, up 0.9 percentage points from August to October 2012.
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The ONS has this great video explaining their labour statistics:The ONS has this great video explaining their labour statistics:
Benefit claimantsBenefit claimants
The ONS says the number claiming Jobseeker's Allowance last month was 1.54m, down 12,500 from December 2012 and down 64,000 from a year earlier. The ONS says the number claiming Jobseeker's Allowance last month was 1.54m, down 1,500 from January 2013 and down 67,500 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 breakdownConstituency breakdown
Birmingham Ladywood remains the constituency with the highest claimant rate at 10.9% with Hodge Hill following closely behind once more at 9.9%. Some of the other key numbers from this analysis are: Birmingham Ladywood remains the constituency with the highest claimant rate at 11.1% with Belfast West following closely behind at 9.8%. Some of the other key numbers from this analysis are:
• Highest % of men claiming benefits: Belfast West, 15.2%
• Highest % of women: Birmingham Ladywood, 7.1%
/>• Biggest %-point increase over the year: Belfast West, 0.8%points
/>• Biggest % change on month: Inverclyde, up 21.5%
/>• Biggest %-point decrease over the year: Milton Keynes South, down 0.8% point		 • Highest % of men claiming benefits: Belfast West, 15.2%
• Highest % of women: Birmingham Ladywood, 7.2%
/>• Biggest %-point increase over the year: Belfast West, 0.7%points
/>• Biggest % change on month: Livingston, up 13%
/>• Biggest %-point decrease over the year: Knowsley, down 1% point
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