CLAIMANT COUNT                                 

Table 8(b) - Percentage of People Claiming the Jobseeker's Allowance Benefit for a Year or More1,2                                 

Per Cent GO Region/Country
  United Kingdom North East North West Yorkshire and the Humber East Midlands West Midlands East of England London South East South West England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland
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 14.6 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
2005 March 14.2 11.5 12.2 10.8 13.4 16.0 11.4 19.0 12.7 9.4 13.9 12.6 14.1 22.7
 June 14.3 12.1 12.5 10.9 13.8 15.2 11.9 18.4 12.5 10.0 14.0 12.9 14.8 21.7
 September 14.2 12.6 12.4 11.1 14.0 15.4 12.7 18.0 12.6 10.1 14.0 12.3 14.8 20.6
 December 14.5 13.5 12.8 11.4 14.0 16.3 13.1 18.2 12.6 10.4 14.3 12.1 14.5 21.6
2006 March 14.2 13.6 12.6 11.8 13.4 16.7 12.7 18.3 12.3 10.2 14.2 12.0 13.4 20.9
 June 15.9 15.4 14.2 13.5 14.9 19.0 14.6 19.5 14.0 11.6 15.9 13.7 15.0 21.4
 September 16.8 15.9 15.1 14.9 15.4 20.3 15.4 20.2 15.6 12.3 16.9 14.2 16.1 20.8
 December 17.1 15.8 15.7 15.3 16.1 21.1 15.8 20.6 15.8 12.2 17.3 14.1 16.2 21.6
 

1 Not seasonally adjusted.
2 People who have been claiming for more than 12 months, as a percentage of total computerised claim records. Only computerised JSA claim records are analysed by duration of claim. The number of claims not handled by computer (clerical claims) currently accounts for less than 1 per cent of the total claimant count.

Source: Labour Market Division, Office for National Statistics