Labour Market Figures - June 2003

East Midlands

May 2003 June 2003
 

Employment

2,023,000 2,019,000
  76.3% 76.1%
   

Unemployment

86,000 88,000
4.1% 4.2%
   

Economically active

2,109,000 2,108,000
  79.6% 79.4%
   

Economically inactive

523,000 527,000
  20.4% 20.6%
   

Claimant count (seasonally adjusted)

59,600 60,400
  2.9% 3.0%
   

Claimant count (unadjusted) as a proportion of resident working age population

60,846 59,644
  2.4% 2.3%
 

United Kingdom

May 2003

June 2003

     

Employment

27,886,000 27,913,000
74.6% 74.7%
   

Unemployment

1,495,000 1,474,000
5.1% 5.0%
   

Economically active

29,361,000 29,387,000
78.6% 78.7%
   

Economically inactive

7,712,000 7,699,000
21.4% 21.3%
   

Claimant count (seasonally adjusted)

950,800 952,000
3.1% 3.1%
     

Claimant count (unadjusted) as a proportion of resident working age population

957,787 939,159
2.6% 2.6%

Travel To Work Areas (TTWAs)

Percentages of resident working age population claiming Jobseeker's Allowance for Travel to Work Areas will be published once the 2001 Census ward level data are available

Data supplied by the Office for National Statistics

The whole of July's ONS Labour Market Press Release for the East Midlands can be viewed by clicking here.

Queries to: Business Improvement Team, Government Office for the East Midlands, 0115 971 2495, intelligence.goem@go-regions.gsi.gov.uk

Next Release Date
13 August 2003