Labour Market Statistics - March 2005

East Midlands February 2005 March 2005
No. % No. %
Employment 2 075 000 76.5 2 082 000 76.5
Unemployment 90 000 4.2 98 000 4.5
Economically active 2 166 000 79.9 2 180 000 80.2
Economically inactive 528 000 20.1  521 000 19.8
Claimant count (seasonally adjusted) 49 700 2.4 51 400 2.5
Claimant count (unadjusted)* 54 920 2.1 55 715 2.1
     
United Kingdom February 2005 March 2005
  No. % No. %
Employment 28 567 000 74.9 28 639 000 75.0
Unemployment 1 410 000 4.7 1 430 000 4.8
Economically active 29 977 000 78.7 30 068 000 78.8
Economically inactive 7 835 000 21.3 7 781 000 21.2
Claimant count (seasonally adjusted) 813 300 2.6 828 700 2.7
Claimant count (unadjusted)* 884 997 2.4 882 298 2.4
     
Selected Travel To Work Areas (TTWAs) February 2005 March 2005
Claimant count (unadjusted)* No. % No. %
Derby 5 018 2.3 5 170 2.4
Leicester 10 715 2.8 11 051 2.8
Nottingham 11 293 2.5 11 322 2.5
         
High and Low TTWAs  February 2005 March 2005
Claimant count (unadjusted)*     No. %
Skegness & Mablethorpe 1 215 3.7 1 116 3.4
Gainsborough 703 3.4 695 3.4
Chesterfield 3 055 2.8 3 083 2.8
Leicester 10 715 2.8 11 051 2.8
Stamford 418 0.8 416 0.8
Melton Mowbray and Oakham 284 1.0 298 1.1
Matlock 388 1.0 410 1.1
         
* - as a proportion of the resident working age population  
Data supplied by the Office for National Statistics
     
April's ONS Labour Market First Release for the East Midlands can be viewed by clicking here.
     
Queries to: The Regional Director's Office, Government Office for the East Midlands - 0115 971 2495
or e-mail -  bpt.goem@go-regions.gsi.gov.uk
     

Next Release Date
18th May 2005