Labour Market Statistics - January 2008

East Midlands
December 2007
January 2008
 

No.

%
No.
%
Employment
2 143 000
75.8
2 144 000
75.7
Unemployment
120 000
5.3
119 000
5.2
Economically active
2 263 000
80.2
2 262 000
80.0
Economically inactive
538 000
19.8
542 000
20.0
Claimant count (seasonally adjusted)
53 800
2.5
52 600
2.4
Claimant count (unadjusted)*
52 147
1.9
54 643
2.0
 
United Kingdom
December 2007
January 2008
 
No.
%
No.
%
Employment 29 355 000 74.7
29 938 000
74.7
Unemployment 1 649 000 5.3
1 606 000
5.2
Economically active 31 004 000 79.0
31 004 000
79.0
Economically inactive 7 909 000 21.0
7 91 9000
21.0
Claimant count (seasonally adjusted) 807 000 2.5
79 4600
2.5
Claimant count (unadjusted)* 790 400 2.4
830 542
2.2
 
Selected Travel To Work Areas (1998 TTWAs)
December 2007
January 2008
Claimant count (unadjusted)*
No.
%
No.
%
Derby 4 521 2.1
4 749
2.2
Leicester 9 320 2.4
9 740
2.5
Nottingham 11 638 2.5
11 965
2.6
 
High and Low TTWAs (1998)
December 2007
January 2008
Claimant count (unadjusted)*
No.
%
No.
%
Skegness & Mablethorpe 1 338 4.0
1 336
4.0
Gainsborough 704 3.4
706
3.4
Nottingham 11 638 2.5
11 965
2.6
Melton Mowbray & Oakham 263 1.0
269
1.0
Matlock 345 1.0
381
1.0
Stamford 477 0.9
492
1.0
 
* - as a proportion of the resident working age population  
Data supplied by the Office for National Statistics
     
     
Queries to: The Ministerial and Analysis Team, Government Office for the East Midlands - 0115 971 2763
     

Next Release Date
19 March 2008