CLAIMANT COUNT

Table 8(b) - Percentage of People Claiming the Jobseeker's Allowance Benefit for a Year or More1,2
Per Cent UKGO Region/CountryENG 
NE NW Y&H; EM WM E L SE SW WAL SC NI
1999 March 24.9 25.1 22.2 23.1 21.1 26.1 22.4 31.5 22.0 20.7 24.6 21.9 21.7 43.1
 June 25.6 25.7 22.7 23.9 22.9 26.5 23.6 31.4 23.3 22.4 25.4 22.7 22.4 41.8
 September 24.3 25.2 21.5 22.7 22.0 25.4 22.4 29.5 21.8 20.4 24.1 22.0 22.1 37.4
 December 24.1 25.0 21.5 21.8 21.7 26.7 22.1 29.6 21.2 19.1 23.9 21.4 22.0 36.2
2000 March 22.2 22.7 19.8 20.2 19.6 25.4 20.3 28.2 19.7 17.4 22.2 19.8 19.9 33.0
 June 23.1 23.4 20.8 21.1 20.6 25.7 21.3 28.3 20.8 18.6 23.1 20.7 21.0 32.4
 September 22.2 23.1 20.4 20.3 20.0 24.3 20.3 26.9 19.5 17.8 22.1 19.5 20.9 30.3
 December 21.1 22.1 19.4 19.2 18.9 23.5 18.8 26.0 18.1 16.1 21.0 18.6 20.0 30.8
2001 March 19.7 21.3 18.1 17.8 17.3 21.7 16.6 24.7 16.8 14.8 19.5 17.5 18.3 31.3
 June 20.6 22.4 19.2 18.7 18.4 22.7 17.6 24.3 17.3 15.9 20.3 19.7 18.9 32.2
 September 19.7 21.3 18.9 18.1 18.2 21.8 16.1 22.9 15.5 14.8 19.4 18.9 18.0 30.7
 December 18.0 18.7 17.7 16.9 16.9 20.7 14.2 21.0 13.0 13.0 17.7 17.0 15.9 30.8
2002 March 16.3 17.4 16.1 15.4 15.1 18.9 12.4 19.8 11.3 11.8 16.1 15.3 14.0 27.6
 June 16.7 18.1 16.6 15.7 16.1 19.0 12.8 19.6 11.8 13.1 16.6 16.3 14.1 26.2
 September 16.1 18.1 16.3 14.9 15.4 17.7 12.3 19.2 11.7 12.6 16.0 15.2 14.2 23.3
 December 15.7 17.0 15.8 14.3 14.5 17.1 12.2 19.3 11.9 11.7 15.6 14.8 14.1 22.8
2003 March 14.6 15.1 14.60 13.0 13.1 15.6 11.1 18.9 11.0 10.8 14.5 13.5 13.0 22.0
 June 15.2 15.2 15.1 13.7 13.6 15.9 12.0 19.3 12.2 11.8 15.2 14.5 13.2 21.8
 September 15.4 14.5 15.3 13.7 14.5 16.0 12.7 19.6 12.5 11.9 15.4 14.3 13.7 21.5
 December 15.8 14.2 15.4 13.9 15.4 16.7 13.3 19.9 13.0 11.9 15.7 13.8 13.9 24.5
2004 March 15.2 13.7 14.5 13.0 15.0 16.3 12.4 19.7 12.9 11.3 15.2 12.9 13.5 25.3
 June 16.4 14.8 15.2 13.8 16.3 17.4 13.7 20.3 14.6 12.9 16.3 14.4 14.9 26.2
 September 16.1 13.9 14.3 13.1 16.0 17.2 13.6 20.1 14.5 12.2 15.9 14.0 15.3 25.0
 December 15.6 12.8 13.8 12.3 14.9 17.1 12.9 20.1 13.9 10.8 15.3 13.9 15.2 25.2

1 Not seasonally adjusted.
2 People who have been claiming a year or more (computerised claims only), as a percentage of total computerised claimants.
Source: Labour Market Division, ONS