Unemployment

Indicator 8

Table 8(b)(i)- Claimant Count Rate (%) - Seasonally Adjusted

Rate %

GO region/country

Seasonally adjusted

UK

NE

NW

Y&H

EM

WM

E

L

SE

SW

EN

W

SC

NI

1996

Jan

7.4

10.6

7.8

7.9

6.9

7.3

6.1

8.7

5.3

6.3

7.2

8.0

7.5

11.0

Apr

7.3

10.4

7.7

7.9

6.8

7.2

6.0

8.5

5.2

6.2

7.1

8.0

7.5

11.0

Jul

7.1

10.0

7.5

7.6

6.5

7.0

5.7

8.3

4.9

5.9

6.9

7.8

7.4

11.1

Oct

6.7

9.5

7.2

7.3

6.2

6.6

5.4

7.9

4.6

5.6

6.5

7.5

7.2

10.5

1997

Jan

6.1

8.8

6.7

6.8

5.5

6.0

4.7

7.2

4.0

5.1

5.9

7.1

6.9

9.1

Apr

5.6

8.3

6.2

6.3

5.0

5.6

4.2

6.6

3.5

4.5

5.4

6.5

6.5

8.3

Jul

5.2

8.1

5.8

6.1

4.6

5.2

3.9

6.1

3.2

4.1

5.0

6.1

6.1

7.8

Oct

4.9

7.9

5.4

5.8

4.3

5.0

3.6

5.7

3.0

3.7

4.7

5.8

5.8

7.8

1998

Jan

4.7

7.6

5.3

5.6

4.1

4.7

3.4

5.2

2.7

3.6

4.5

5.6

5.7

7.6

Apr

4.6

7.3

5.1

5.4

3.9

4.6

3.3

5.1

2.6

3.4

4.3

5.4

5.5

7.3

Jul

4.5

7.1

5.1

5.4

3.9

4.5

3.2

5.0

2.6

3.4

4.3

5.4

5.5

7.3

Oct

4.4

7.1

5.0

5.3

3.9

4.5

3.1

4.9

2.5

3.3

4.2

5.3

5.5

7.1

1999

Jan

4.4

7.3

4.8

5.3

3.8

4.6

3.1

4.7

2.4

3.3

4.1

5.3

5.3

7.1

Apr

4.3

7.2

4.7

5.2

3.8

4.6

3.0

4.6

2.4

3.2

4.1

5.2

5.3

7.0

Jul

4.1

7.0

4.6

5.0

3.7

4.5

2.9

4.4

2.3

3.0

3.9

5.0

5.1

6.3

Oct

4

6.7

4.5

4.9

3.6

4.4

2.8

4.3

2.2

2.9

3.8

4.8

5.0

5.9

2000

Jan

3.9

6.6

4.4

4.7

3.6

4.2

2.7

4.1

2.0

2.7

3.7

4.6

4.9

5.6

Apr

3.7

6.4

4.2

4.5

3.5

4.1

2.6

3.9

1.9

2.6

3.5

4.4

4.8

5.4

Jul

3.6

6.2

4.1

4.3

3.4

4

2.4

3.7

1.8

2.5

3.4

4.4

4.5

5.2

Oct

3.5

6.1

4.0

4.2

3.4

4.0

2.3

3.6

1.7

2.3

3.3

4.3

4.5

5.2

2001

Jan

3.3

5.8

3.8

4.1

3.3

3.9

2.2

3.4

1.6

2.2

3.1

4.2

4.4

5.2

Apr

3.2

5.5

3.8

4.0

3.3

3.8

2.1

3.3

1.6

2.2

3.1

4.1

4.2

5.1

Jul

3.2

5.3

3.7

3.9

3.2

3.6

2.1

3.2

1.5

2.1

3.0

3.8

4.1

5.0