Labour Market Figures - March 2003

 

East Midlands

February 2003  March 2003
 

Employment

2,067,000 2,009,000
  76.6% 76.0%
   

Unemployment

91,000 93,000
4.2% 4.4%
   

Economically active

2,158,000 2,102,000
  80.0% 79.6%
   

Economically inactive

522,000 522,000
  20.0% 20.4%
   

Claimant count (seasonally adjusted)

57,600 58,200
  2.9% 2.9%
   

Claimant count (unadjusted)

63,705 62,576
  2.5% 2.4%
 

United Kingdom

February 2003

March 2003

     

Employment

27,815,000 27,811,000
74.6% 74.5%
   

Unemployment

1,459,000 1,494,000
5.0% 5.1%
   

Economically active

29,274,000 29,305,000
78.6% 78.6%
   

Economically inactive

7,733,000 7,722,000
21.4% 21.4%
   

Claimant count (seasonally adjusted)

935,300 939,900
3.1% 3.1%
     

Claimant count (unadjusted)

1,012,828 992,288
2.8% 2.7%

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 March'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
14 May 2003