Labor Market Statistics May 2009

13 May 2009 CORRECTION First release: Regional labour market statistics May 2009 An error has been detected in Tables 16 and 17 of the regional labour market statistics release, originally published on 12 May 2009, affecting all regions identically. In the UK line, at the top of these pages, the rate for men was repeated in the column for women, while the correct figure for women appeared in the column for people. A corrected version of the release is attached. ONS apologises for any inconvenience caused. Issued by National Statistics Government Buildings Cardiff Road Newport NP10 8XG Telephone Media Relations Office 0845 604 1858 Public enquiries 0845 601 3034 13 May 2009 Coverage West Midlands Theme Labour Market Labour market statistics May 2009: West Midlands All data are not seasonally adjusted unless otherwise specified Labour Force Survey data for the West Midlands indicate that the trend in the employment rate is decreasing, and the rate in the latest period is significantly lower than a year ago. The trend in the unemployment rate is increasing, and the latest rate is significantly higher than a year ago. Working age employment rate Sampling variability ± 1.4% % of working age 74.0 73.5 73.0 72.5 72.0 71.5 71.0 70.5 70.0 69.5 69.0 68.5 Jan-M ar 2007 Jan-M ar 2008 Seasonally adj. series Jan-M ar 2009 Trend Data for the three months to March 2009 show the seasonally adjusted employment rate at 70.3 per cent, down 3.0 percentage points on a year earlier. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 9.3 per cent, up 3.0 percentage points on a year earlier. Issued by Office for National Statistics Government Buildings Cardiff Road Newport NP10 8XG Contact Media Relations 0845 604 1858 Media Relations on-call 07867 906553 Statisticians Employment* Regional and local data Labour Force Survey Claimant count Bob Watson 01633 455070 Nick Palmer 01633 455839 Bob Watson 01633 455070 Nick Barford 01633 456776 Unemployment** Economically active* Economically inactive+ Civilian workforce jobs (not seasonally adjusted) Claimant count Jan-Mar 09 Jan-Mar 09 Jan-Mar 09 Jan-Mar 09 Dec 2008 Apr 2009 2,416 246 2,662 727 2,629 173.6 Level (thousands) Unemployment rate Sampling variability ± 0.7% % of economically active 9.5 9.0 8.5 8.0 The seasonally adjusted claimant count was up in the year to April 2009. 7.5 7.0 6.5 6.0 5.5 5.0 Jan-M ar 2007 Jan-M ar 2008 Seasonally adj. series Jan-M ar 2009 Trend Data in this table are seasonally adjusted unless otherwise stated Rate (%) Change on year (level) Sampling variability (thousands) Change on year (rate) Sampling variability (%) 70.3 9.3 77.7 22.3 -88 80 -8 20 -36 ± 69 ± 28 ± 68 ± 69 .. -3.0 3.0 -0.6 0.6 ± 1.7 ± 1.0 ± 1.6 ± 1.6 Workforce jobs 6.3 ++ 78.1 2.8 Employment Information Unit Jobcentre Plus Ray Brookes 0121 452 5404 See note on page 8 on sampling variability. * Levels are for those aged 16 and over, rates are for those of working age (16-59/64). ** Levels and rates are for those aged 16 and over. Rate is as a proportion of economically active. + Levels and rates are for those of working age. ++ Denominator = claimant count + workforce jobs. For regional claimant count proportions, using resident working age populations see Tables 16 and 17. See Concepts and Definitions. .. Not available. www.statistics.gov.uk Next publication date 12 August 2009 New this month: January to March 2009 data: latest three-month average LFS results; April 2009 data: claimant count. First release: Labour Market, West Midlands May 2009 page 2 Employment and Jobs (tables 1 and 5) The seasonally adjusted LFS estimate of employment in the West Midlands was 70.3 per cent in the January to March 2009 period, down 3.0 percentage points on the same period a year earlier. The employment level was 2.42 million in the January to March 2009 period, down 88,000 on the same period a year earlier. LFS m ale em ploym ent ( s e a s o na lly a djus t e d) Sampling variabilit y ±72,000 1,390 Thousands 1,370 LFS estimates indicate a decrease in the level of male 1,350 employment, down 43,000 on the same period a year earlier to 1.32 million. The male working age employment rate decreased 2.8 percentage points on a year earlier to 74.6 per cent. Jan-M ar 2007 Jan-M ar 2008 1,330 1,310 Jan-M ar 2009 LFS estimates indicate a decrease in the level of female employment, down 45,000 on the same period a year earlier to 1.10 million. The female working age employment rate decreased 3.1 percentage points on a year earlier to 65.5 per cent. LFS fem ale em ploym ent ( s e a s o na lly a djus t e d) Sampling variability ±65,000 Thousands 1,170 1,150 1,130 1,110 Seasonally adjusted employee jobs figures were down 22,000 in the quarter to December 2008. Jan-M ar 2007 Jan-M ar 2008 1,090 Jan-M ar 2009 Not seasonally adjusted employee jobs were down 34,000 in the year to December 2008. This was due to a decrease in manufacturing and distribution sector jobs, partly offset by an increase in the construction and agriculture sectors jobs. Em ployee jobs by industry Change on year from December 2007 Thousands 20 10 10 Unemployment (table 1) The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the West Midlands was 9.3 per cent in the January to March 2009 period, up 3.0 percentage points on the same period a year earlier. The rates for men and women in January to March 2009 were 10.5 per cent and 7.7 per cent respectively. 0 -10 - 20 - 30 - 40 -34 -22 -21 Employee jobs Agr ic & const r (A, B, F) Product ion (C, D, E) Services (G- O) SIC2003 gr oups shown i n br ackets First release: Labour Market, West Midlands May 2009 page 3 Claim ant count Claimant count (tables 7 and 8) The seasonally adjusted claimant count rate in April 2009 was 6.3 per cent, up 0.3 percentage points from March 2009, and up 2.8 percentage points since April 2008. The seasonally ( s e a s o na lly a djus t e d) Thousands 170 150 130 adjusted number of claimants in April 2009 was 173,600, up 7,100 on March 2009, and up 78,100 since April 2008. Apr 2007 Apr 2008 110 90 Apr 2009 Economically active (table 1) The seasonally adjusted LFS estimate of economically active people in the West Midlands was 2.66 million in the January to March 2009 period. Economically inactive (table 1) The seasonally adjusted working age economic inactivity rate in the West Midlands in January to March 2009 was 22.3 per cent, up 0.6 from a year earlier. Working age economic inactivity Sampling variability ± 1.2% % of working age 23.5 23.0 22.5 22.0 21.5 21.0 20.5 The level of economically inactive people in the January to March 2009 period was 1.64 million, with 727,000 of these of working age, up 20,000 on the same period a year earlier. Jan-M ar 2007 Jan-M ar 2008 Seasonally adj. series Jan-M ar 2009 Trend Local area data (table 16) The claimant count as a proportion of the resident working age population was lowest in Malvern Hills and South Shropshire, both at 2.5 per cent. It was highest in Wolverhampton, at 7.7 per cent. First release: Labour Market, West Midlands May 2009 page 4 Claimant count as a proportion of the resident working age population, by County/UA April 2009 - West Midlands Percentage (%) 7.5 to less than 9.0 6.0 to less than 7.5 4.5 to less than 6.0 3.0 to less than 4.5 1.5 to less than 3.0 9 8 10 6 13 5 3 11 1 7 2 4 14 12 © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. ONS GD272183 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Birmingham Coventry Dudley Herefordshire, County of UA Sandwell Shropshire UA Solihull 7.6% 5.7% 5.6% 2.9% 7.2% 3.0% 4.4% 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent UA Telford and Wrekin UA Walsall Warwickshire Wolverhampton Worcestershire 4.1% 6.3% 4.9% 7.1% 3.8% 7.7% 4.1% First release: Labour Market, West Midlands May 2009 page 5 BASIC QUALITY INFORMATION REVISIONS There are no significant revisions to the data in this release. KEY QUALITY ISSUES Detailed information about sampling variability and trends can be found in the following pages. Summary Quality Report: A Summary Quality Report for this First Release can now be found on the website at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/article.asp?ID=1354 Common pitfalls in interpreting series: Expectations of accuracy and reliability in sample surveys are often too high. Revisions and sampling variability are inevitable consequences of the trade off between timeliness, accuracy and the burden on respondents. Details of sampling variability are included elsewhere in this release. Very few statistical revisions arise as a result of ‘errors’ in the popular sense of the word. All estimates, by definition, are subject to statistical ‘error’ but in this context the word refers to the uncertainty in any process or calculation that uses sampling, estimation or modelling. Most revisions reflect either the adoption of new statistical techniques or the incorporation of new information which allows the statistical error of previous estimates to be reduced. Only rarely are there avoidable ‘errors’ such as human or system failures, and such mistakes are made quite clear when they are discovered and corrected. RELIABILITY One indication of the reliability of the key indicators in this release can be obtained by monitoring the size of revisions. The tables below record the size and pattern of revisions over the last five years. Please note that these indicators only report summary measures for revisions. The revised data itself may be subject to sampling or other sources of error. The ONS standard presentation is to show five years worth of revisions (i.e. 60 observations for a monthly series, 20 for a quarterly series). The first table covers Employment, Unemployment and Claimant Count data first published from April 2002 to March 2007. The second table covers Workforce Jobs data first published from January 2000 to December 2005. First release: Labour Market, West Midlands May 2009 page 6 Spreadsheets giving these estimates and the calculations behind the averages in the table are available on the National Statistics website at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=5838 Key Indicator Value in latest period Number of observations (maximum 60) Employment rate (%) Unemployment rate (%) Claimant count (000s) Key Indicator 70.3 9.3 173.6 Value in latest period 60 60 60 Number of observations (maximum 20) Workforce jobs (000s) 2,629 20 Revisions between first publication and estimates one year later Average over the last five years (mean revision) -0.01 0.01 -0.08 Average over the last five years without regard to sign (average absolute revision) 0.06 0.03 0.28 Revisions between first publication and estimates three years later Average over the last five years (mean revision) 20.40 * Average over the last five years without regard to sign (average absolute revision) 21.40 A statistical test has been applied to the average revision to find out if the mean revision is significant. An asterisk (*) indicates where the mean revision has been found to be statistically significantly different from zero. Labour Market statistics are revised in line with our Revisions Policy which is published on the National Statistics website (http://www.statistics.gov.uk/about/Methodology_by_theme/downl oads/LM_revisionspolicy.pdf). More information about the revisions material in this release can also be found on the website (http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/article.asp?ID=793). THIS MONTH’S RELEASE Local labour market indicators Tables 12 to 15, the local labour market indicators tables, have been updated in this month's release with employment, unemployment and economic inactivity data from the October 2007 to September 2008 Annual Population Survey; model-based estimates of unemployment for local authorities; claimant count levels and proportions for October 2007 to September 2008; and job density estimates for 2007. Table 12 has also been updated to reflect the latest local government reorganisation. NEXT MONTH'S RELEASE OF TABLES The tables that accompany the current Regional First Release will be available from the National Statistics website at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=15084. First release: Labour Market, West Midlands May 2009 page 7 NEXT QUARTER’S FIRST RELEASE Model-Based Estimates of Unemployment for Parliamentary Constituencies Since July 2006 ONS has published model-based estimates of unemployment for Unitary and Local Authorities. Details of the methodology for these estimates is available at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_labour/User_Guide.pdf This methodology has now been extended to produce modelled estimates for Parliamentary Constituencies. The ONS intends to publish these alongside the July 2009 release of the Local Area Labour Market: Statistical Indicators publication as experimental statistics (http://www.statistics.gov.uk/STATBASE/Product.asp?vlnk14160) and from August 2009, in the regional first releases. SPECIAL Population estimates in the LFS On 21 August 2008 ONS published the 2007 based mid-year population estimates for the UK. These were followed by the 2008 Quarter 2 experimental quarterly population estimates for England and Wales on 29th September. These population estimates have been incorporated into the LFS estimates published in Table 1 of this month’s release. Consequently the estimates for the periods July-September 2006 onwards have been subject to revision. The LFS estimates have been updated to include the new population estimates using the interim reweighting adjustment methodology developed to take account of the 2001 Census results. Details of this methodology were published in the December 2002 edition of Labour Market Trends, which is available on the website at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/articles/labour_market_trends/Interim _lfs_estimates_Dec2002.pdf Population estimates in the APS Estimates from the Annual Population Survey are consistent with those published on 22 August 2007 and not the latest population estimates used by the LFS. All estimates using the APS data in this release will be inconsistent with the LFS estimates published in Table 1. Tables 12 to 15: Local labour market indicators Tables 12 to 15 present a framework of labour market statistics for local areas. Data are presented as indicators of labour supply, labour demand and benefits. This structure adheres to the labour First release: Labour Market, West Midlands May 2009 page 8 accounting system described in the Framework Review of Labour Market Statistics published on 5 August 2002 (see http://www.statistics.gov.uk/methods_quality/quality_review/ downloads/LMSFR_Final.doc). SAMPLING VARIABILITY AND TRENDS Some data in this release are based on statistical samples and, as such, are subject to sampling variability. If many samples were drawn, each would give a different result. The ranges shown for the LFS data in this release and in the following table represent '95 per cent confidence intervals'. It is expected that in 95 per cent of samples the range would contain the true value. For more information, see the Guide to Labour Market Statistics Releases. January to March 2009 Levels Quarterly changes Thousands Annual changes Lower LFS Upper Lower LFS Upper Lower LFS Upper limit estimate limit limit estimate limit limit estimate limit Employment Employment rate Unemployment Unemployment rate Economically active Economic activity rate Economically inactive 2,362 68.9% 224 8.5% 2,610 76.5% 674 2,416 2,470 -110 -40 -1.5% 42 1.6% 3 -0.2% 7 30 -157 -88 -19 70.3% 71.6% -3.3% 246 268 14 0.2% -4.7% 71 52 -3.0% -1.2% 80 3.0% -8 -0.6% 20 108 4.0% 60 1.0% 88 9.3% 10.0% 0.6% 2,662 2,715 -66 2.6% 2.1% 71 -76 77.7% 79.0% -1.8% 727 780 -62 1.4% -2.2% 76 -49 First release: Labour Market, West Midlands May 2009 page 9 Sampling variability of regional Labour Force Survey figures January to March 2009 Employment Level (000s) North East North West Yorks & Humber East Midlands West Midlands East London South East South West Wales Scotland ± 37 ± 62 ± 54 ± 43 ± 54 ± 55 ± 72 ± 65 ± 54 ± 42 ± 53 Unemployment Level (000s) ± 14 ± 23 ± 21 ± 17 ± 22 ± 21 ± 30 ± 22 ± 18 ± 15 ± 18 Economically Active Level (000s) ± 37 ± 61 ± 52 ± 43 ± 53 ± 54 ± 68 ± 64 ± 53 ± 42 ± 51 Working age Economically Inactive Level (000s) ± 38 ± 61 ± 52 ± 45 ± 53 ± 50 ± 68 ± 60 ± 51 ± 43 ± 50 Working age Employment Rate (%) ± 1.9 ± 1.2 ± 1.4 ± 1.4 ± 1.4 ± 1.2 ± 1.2 ± 1.0 ± 1.3 ± 1.9 ± 1.3 Unemployment Rate (%) ± 1.1 ± 0.7 ± 0.8 ± 0.8 ± 0.7 ± 0.7 ± 0.7 ± 0.5 ± 0.7 ± 1.1 ± 0.7 BACKGROUND NOTES 1. In addition to the data in this release, ONS can provide a wide range of detailed labour market data in a number of formats. In particular, data are available from Nomis®, at http://www.nomisweb.co.uk, at the same time as this release is published. Further Labour Force Survey data are also published in the Labour Force Survey Historical Quarterly Supplement (http://www.statistics.gov.uk/onlineproducts/default.asp#labour). Further Labour Market statistics data appears in Economic and Labour Market Review (http://www.statistics.gov.uk/elmr) and in the local area labour market statistical indicators web-based publication (http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=14160). 2. Further information on the topics covered in this release is available by contacting the Labour Market Statistics Helpline (tel: 01633 456901 or email labour.market@ons.gov.uk) or from the National Statistics website at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/onlineproducts/default.asp#labour 3. Details of the policy governing the release of new data are available from the press office. Also available is a list of the names of those given pre-publication access to the contents of this release. 4. National Statistics are produced to high professional standards set out in the UK Statistics Authority’s Code of Practice. They undergo regular quality assurance reviews to ensure that they meet customer needs. They are produced free from any political interference. © Crown Copyright 2009. First release: Labour Market, West Midlands May 2009 page 10 CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS Actual hours worked: See hours worked. Annual Population Survey: Annual Population Survey (APS) data are included in Tables 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and15. APS results will be published quarterly, but each publication will include data covering a 12-month period. The weighting of the APS is consistent with the weighting of the LFS micro-data. The quarterly, regional LFS data in this release have been interim reweighted to the latest population estimates, but for local area data such an interim reweighting is not possible. The APS data in Tables 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and15 are therefore not consistent with the quarterly LFS data published elsewhere in the release. The APS database is compiled by taking data from four quarters of the LFS and combining them with additional samples of interviews. The first sample boost (included in the annual LFS) was introduced in 2000 for some areas of England, in 2001, for all areas in Wales and in 2003 for Scotland. These increases in sample sizes have improved the accuracy of annual estimates for local areas. For further information see Volume 6 of the LFS User Guide, available from the National Statistics website at http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/product.asp?vlnk=1537. A wide range of annual local area data from the APS is available free from the Nomis® website at http://www.nomisweb.co.uk. Claimant count: The number of people claiming unemploymentrelated benefits - since October 1996 this has been the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance. The seasonally adjusted claimant count series, which goes back to 1971 for the United Kingdom, is estimated on a basis consistent with the current benefits regime, i.e. it has been adjusted for discontinuities in coverage. The non-seasonally adjusted series includes all claimants aged 16 and over while the seasonally adjusted series includes all claimants aged 18 and over. This difference in coverage exists because restricting the seasonally adjusted series to those aged 18 and over was the only realistic way of maintaining the consistent series back to 1971, following a rule change in 1988 which resulted in most 16-17 year olds becoming ineligible to claim unemployment-related benefits. From 24 November 2008, the eligibility for claiming lone parent income support changed. Lone parents who were previously eligible until their youngest child reached 16 have, since 24 November 2008, become ineligible once their youngest child reached 12. Further changes in the eligibility age to 10 and 7 years will occur in October 2009 and October 2010 respectively. Although this is not a change in the eligibility for Jobseeker's First release: Labour Market, West Midlands May 2009 page 11 Allowance, it is likely to have an impact on the level of the claimant count as lone parents who were not previously looking for work start to do so. DWP have created a series looking at the number of lone parents in the claimant count, spanning the period from before the rule change. This series is available in Table 10(1) of the national Labour Market First Release and on the DWP website: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/tabtool.asp Claimant count rate at national or regional level: The number of claimants resident in an area as a percentage of the sum of claimants and workforce jobs in the area. Claimant count rate at national or regional level: The number of claimants resident in an area as a percentage of the sum of claimants and workforce jobs in the country or region. The number of workforce jobs is mainly collected through postal employer surveys and comprises employee jobs, self-employment jobs, HM armed forces and government-supported trainees and is used to calculate rates for regions and the countries of the UK. For smaller areas, proportions are used. Claimant count proportion: The number of claimants resident in an area as a percentage of the working-age population resident in that area. Economically active: People aged 16 and over who are either in employment or unemployed. Economically inactive: People who are neither in employment nor unemployed. This includes those who want a job but have not been seeking work in the last four weeks, those who want a job and are seeking work but not available to start work, and those who do not want a job. Employment and jobs: There are two ways of looking at employment: the number of people with jobs, or the number of jobs. The two concepts are not the same as a person can have more than one job. The number of people with jobs is measured by the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and includes people aged 16 or over who did paid work (as an employee or self-employed), those who had a job that they were temporarily away from, those on government-supported training and employment programmes, and those doing unpaid family work. The number of jobs is measured by workforce jobs and is the sum of employee jobs (as measured by surveys of employers), selfemployment jobs from the LFS, those in HM Forces, and government-supported trainees. Vacant jobs are not included. The Review of Employment and Jobs Statistics highlighted differences between statistics on jobs produced from household and business surveys, and identified many of the reasons why First release: Labour Market, West Midlands May 2009 page 12 these differences occur. Following that review, a comparison of estimates of jobs from the LFS and the WFJ series is available from the Labour Market Statistics Overview document at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=1944 Full-time: In the Labour Force Survey, respondents are asked to self-classify their main job as either full-time or part-time. However, people on government supported employment and training programmes that are at college in the reference week are classified, by convention, as part-time. In employer surveys, jobs are generally classified as being part-time if the contracted hours of work are 30 hours or less per week. Hours worked: Actual hours worked: Actual hours worked statistics, shown at Table 7, measure how many hours were actually worked. These statistics are directly affected by changes in the number of people in employment and in the number of hours that individuals work. The figures also reflect public holidays, sickness and other absences from work during the reference period. Usual hours worked: Usual hours worked statistics, shown at Table 8, measure how many hours people usually work per week. Compared with actual hours worked, they are less affected by public holidays, sickness and other absences from work. In this respect they provide a better measure of working patterns. Inflows and Outflows: The claimant count records are analysed to provide information about inflows onto the count and outflows from the count on a monthly basis. To make comparisons over time consistent, these figures are standardised to a 41/3 week month before seasonal adjustment. These figures for people starting to or ceasing to claim Jobseeker’s Allowance can be helpful towards interpreting changes in the claimant count. Jobs density: The number of filled jobs per resident of working age. Labour Force Survey: The main source for information on the labour market in the UK. It is a random household survey of approximately 53,000 households every three months conducted by the Office for National Statistics. As well as private households, the survey includes people living in student residence halls and National Health Service accommodation. Model-based estimates of unemployment: For estimates of unemployment for local areas the Annual Population Survey does not have a sufficiently large sample to provide precise estimates for all areas. For this reason a statistical model has been developed to improve the annual LFS/APS estimates of unemployment, for small areas, by using supplementary information, mainly the numbers of claimants of Jobseekers’ Allowance (the claimant count). More information on First release: Labour Market, West Midlands May 2009 page 13 the model-based estimates can be found at http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_labour/LALM_Brief guide.pdf. A detailed user guide can be found at http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_labour/User_Guide .pdf Rates: Generally the preferred measure of Labour Market statistics as they allow changes in the labour market to be interpreted in a wider context by allowing for changes in the overall population. Sampling variability: Data based on statistical samples are subject to sampling variability. If many samples were drawn, each would give a different result. The ranges shown for the Labour Force Survey data in this release, for example, represent 95 per cent confidence intervals; in 95 per cent of samples the range would contain the true value. Seasonal adjustment: A process of estimating regularly occurring seasonal effects and removing them from the raw data. Unemployment: The number of unemployed people in the UK is measured through the Labour Force Survey following the internationally agreed definition recommended by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) – an agency of the United Nations. Unemployed people are: • • without a job, want a job, have actively sought work in the last four weeks and are available to start work in the next two weeks or; out of work, have found a job and are waiting to start it in the next two weeks. Further Concepts and Definitions are available from the website at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_labour/LMS_FR_H S_Concepts_Definitions.pdf First release: Labour Market, West Midlands May 2009 page 14 INDEX OF TABLES NATIONAL LABOUR MARKET SUMMARY, BY REGION Summary of Labour Force Survey (LFS) data (seasonally adjusted) Summary of other headline indicators REGIONAL DATA Summary of LFS headline indicators (seasonally adjusted).................................................................1 Summary of other headline indicators (seasonally adjusted) ...............................................................1a EMPLOYMENT AND JOBS Employment by age...............................................................................................................................2 Full-time, part-time and temporary workers .........................................................................................3 Civilian workforce jobs ..........................................................................................................................4 Employee jobs by industry ....................................................................................................................5 Actual and usual weekly hours of work.................................................................................................6 CLAIMANT COUNT Claimant count levels and rates (seasonally adjusted).........................................................................7 Claimant count by age and duration - computerised claims only .........................................................8 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND INACTIVITY Economic activity by age.......................................................................................................................9 Economic inactivity by age ....................................................................................................................10 Economic inactivity: reasons.................................................................................................................11 LOCAL AREA DATA Local labour market indicators by Unitary and Local Authority.............................................................12 Local labour market indicators by Parliamentary Constituency ............................................................13 Local labour market indicators by Travel-to-Work Area........................................................................14 Local labour market indicators by NUTS 3 area ...................................................................................15 Claimant count by Unitary and Local Authority .....................................................................................16 Claimant count by Parliamentary Constituency ....................................................................................17 The following symbols are used in the tables: .. p * not available provisional grossed up total less than 9,500 r nil or negligible revised Totals may differ from the sum of components because of rounding or separate adjustment of components. Regional summary of labour market headline indicators 1 Thousands, seasonally adjusted Headline estimates for January - March 2009 Economically active Age 16+ Level 1 Age 16-59/64 Rate (%)2 2 Employment Age 16+ Level 3 Age 16-59/64 Rate (%)2 4 Unemployment Age 16+ Level 5 Age 16+ Rate (%)3 6 Economically inactive Age 16-59/64 Level 7 Age 16-59/64 Rate (%)2 8 North East North West Yorkshire & the Humber East Midlands West Midlands East London South East South West England Wales Scotland Great Britain Northern Ireland United Kingdom 1,253 3,416 2,623 2,323 2,662 3,007 4,053 4,430 2,731 26,498 1,443 2,678 30,619 805 31,419 76.3 77.8 78.1 81.5 77.7 82.7 76.8 82.8 82.8 79.7 76.5 79.8 79.6 71.4 79.3 1,149 3,145 2,414 2,159 2,416 2,829 3,720 4,194 2,574 24,599 1,332 2,521 28,453 756 29,204 69.8 71.5 71.7 75.5 70.3 77.7 70.4 78.2 78.0 73.8 70.4 74.9 73.8 66.9 73.6 105 271 209 164 246 178 333 236 157 1,899 111 157 2,166 49 2,215 8.3 7.9 8.0 7.1 9.3 5.9 8.2 5.3 5.7 7.2 7.7 5.9 7.1 6.1 7.1 375 936 708 507 727 598 1,182 873 534 6,440 422 650 7,512 313 7,828 23.7 22.2 21.9 18.5 22.3 17.3 23.2 17.2 17.2 20.3 23.5 20.2 20.4 28.6 20.7 Change on quarter (change since October - December 2008) Economically active Age 16+ Level Age 16-59/64 Rate (%)2 Employment Age 16+ Level Age 16-59/64 Rate (%)2 Unemployment Age 16+ Level Age 16+ Rate (%)3 4 Economically inactive Age 16-59/64 Level Age 16-59/64 Rate (%)2 North East North West Yorkshire & the Humber East Midlands West Midlands East London South East South West England Wales Scotland Great Britain Northern Ireland United Kingdom -6 27 18 12 3 18 -18 1 30 84 7 9 100 -11 87 -0.4 0.6 0.6 0.1 -0.2 0.5 -0.5 -0.1 0.7 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 -1.3 0.1 -6 19 -18 -11 -40 5 -57 -17 0 -124 -4 -11 -138 -18 -157 -0.4 0.5 -0.6 -0.7 -1.5 0.1 -1.2 -0.5 -0.2 -0.5 -0.3 -0.5 -0.5 -1.9 -0.5 -1 8 36 23 42 13 38 18 30 207 11 20 238 7 244 0.0 0.2 1.3 0.9 1.6 0.4 1.0 0.4 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 1.0 0.8 6 -26 -17 -2 7 -16 26 6 -21 -38 -4 -3 -45 14 -29 0.4 -0.6 -0.6 -0.1 0.2 -0.5 0.5 0.1 -0.7 -0.1 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 1.3 -0.1 Change on year (change since January - March 2008) Economically active Age 16+ Level Age 16-59/64 Rate (%)2 Employment Age 16+ Level Age 16-59/64 Rate (%)2 Unemployment Age 16+ Level Age 16+ Rate (%)3 Economically inactive Age 16-59/64 Level Age 16-59/64 Rate (%)2 North East North West Yorkshire & the Humber East Midlands West Midlands East London South East South West England Wales Scotland Great Britain Northern Ireland United Kingdom 18 45 18 34 -8 63 43 27 54 294 13 13 320 -18 296 1.1 0.6 0.1 0.7 -0.6 1.2 0.3 -0.1 0.7 0.4 0.2 -0.6 0.3 -1.8 0.2 -7 -23 -59 -5 -88 18 -14 -37 -5 -219 -21 -22 -261 -29 -295 -0.5 -1.0 -2.2 -0.7 -3.0 0.0 -0.7 -1.3 -1.0 -1.2 -1.6 -1.6 -1.2 -2.7 -1.3 24 68 77 39 80 44 57 63 59 513 34 34 581 11 592 1.8 1.9 2.9 1.6 3.0 1.4 1.3 1.4 2.1 1.9 2.3 1.3 1.8 1.5 1.8 -17 -22 2 -15 20 -36 -6 7 -18 -86 -4 20 -70 21 -43 -1.1 -0.6 -0.1 -0.7 0.6 -1.2 -0.3 0.1 -0.7 -0.4 -0.2 0.6 -0.3 1.8 -0.2 Relationship between columns: 1=3+5 1. Labour Force Survey is tabulated by region of residence. 2. Denominator = all persons of working age. 3. Denominator = Total economically active. Source: Labour Force Survey Labour Market Statistics Helpline 01633 456901 4. Quarter on quarter changes at regional level are particularly subject to sampling variability and should be interpreted in the context of changes over several quarters rather than in isolation. The Labour Force Survey is a survey of the population in private households, student halls of residence and NHS accommodation. See Concepts and Definitions. Further regional and local area Labour Market statistics are available. See Background Note 1 for details. NATIONAL LABOUR MARKET SUMMARY, BY REGION Summary of other headline indicators Employer Surveys 1 Thousands 1 Jobcentre Plus administrative system Claimant count 2 (April 2009); seasonally adjusted Women Level 3 Total Level 4 Rate (%) 3 Civilian workforce jobs (December 2008); not seasonally adjusted Total Level 1 Men Level 2 Men Level 6 Rate (%) 3 Women Level 8 Rate (%) 3 5 7 9 North East North West Yorkshire & The Humber East Midlands West Midlands East London South East South West England Wales Scotland Great Britain Northern Ireland United Kingdom 1,174 3,402 2,502 2,146 2,629 2,815 4,737 4,331 2,653 26,388 1,345 2,692 30,426 839 623 1,819 1,327 1,157 1,398 1,499 2,581 2,256 1,370 14,031 691 1,384 16,105 446 551 1,582 1,175 989 1,230 1,316 2,156 2,075 1,283 12,358 654 1,308 14,320 394 83.0 189.4 147.7 108.6 173.6 116.7 206.3 148.3 93.7 1267.3 77.3 122.3 1466.9 46.1 6.9 5.4 5.6 4.9 6.3 4.0 4.2 3.3 3.4 4.6 5.5 4.4 4.6 5.3 64.1 144.6 112.9 80.7 130.4 84.9 140.6 107.7 69.2 935.1 59.1 92.9 1087.1 36.3 9.9 7.5 7.9 6.7 8.7 5.5 5.2 4.5 4.7 6.3 8.0 6.4 6.4 7.8 18.9 44.8 34.8 27.9 43.2 31.8 65.7 40.6 24.5 332.2 18.2 29.4 379.8 9.8 3.4 2.8 2.9 2.7 3.4 2.4 3.0 1.9 1.9 2.6 2.7 2.2 2.6 2.4 31,265 16,551 14,714 1513.0 4.7 1123.4 6.4 389.6 2.6 Changes on period (period specified below): Employer Surveys 1 Civilian workforce jobs (Change on December 2007); not seasonally adjusted Total Level Men Level Women Level Total Level Rate (%) 3 Jobcentre Plus administrative system Claimant count (Change on March 2009); seasonally adjusted Men Level Rate (%) 3 2 1 Women Level Rate (%) 3 North East North West Yorkshire & The Humber East Midlands West Midlands East London South East South West England Wales Scotland Great Britain Northern Ireland United Kingdom -1 -28 -54 -48 -36 5 -17 -79 -10 -267 -14 -16 -297 -9 -3 -16 -31 -13 -21 -9 -13 -61 -21 -188 -21 -16 -225 -5 2 -13 -23 -35 -14 15 -4 -17 11 -78 7 0 -71 -4 2.7 6.5 5.6 4.4 7.1 4.5 8.8 6.0 3.3 48.9 2.6 3.6 55.1 2.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 2.1 4.8 4.3 3.1 5.3 3.0 6.0 4.5 2.4 35.5 2.0 2.8 40.3 1.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.6 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.8 1.5 2.8 1.5 0.9 13.4 0.6 0.8 14.8 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 -305 -230 -75 57.1 0.2 41.9 0.2 15.2 0.1 Relationship between columns: 1= 2+3; 4= 6+8. Labour Market Statistics Helpline 01633 456901 1. Workforce jobs are tabulated by region of workplace. Claimant count is tabulated by region of claimant's residence. 2. Count of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance. 3. Denominator = Claimant count + Workforce jobs. REGIONAL DATA West Midlands 1 (thousands), seasonally adjusted 1 Summary of LFS headline indicators All aged 16 & over Total economically active 2 All aged 16 & over 1 Total in employment 3 Unemployed 4 Economically inactive 5 Economic activity rate (%) 6 Employment rate (%) 7 Unemployment rate (%) 8 Economic inactivity rate (%) 9 People Jan-Mar 2007 Jan-Mar 2008 Apr-Jun 2008 Jul-Sep 2008 Oct-Dec 2008 Jan-Mar 2009 YCHG 4,261 4,283 4,288 4,294 4,301 4,307 6 0.1 24 0.6 2,080 2,092 2,095 2,099 2,102 2,106 4 0.2 14 0.7 2,181 2,191 2,193 2,196 2,199 2,201 3 0.1 11 0.5 YCHT 2,646 2,670 2,648 2,625 2,660 2,662 3 0.1 -8 -0.3 YCIT 1,454 1,462 1,454 1,447 1,464 1,475 11 0.8 12 0.8 YCJG 1,192 1,208 1,194 1,178 1,196 1,188 -8 -0.7 -20 -1.7 YCJT 2,475 2,504 2,480 2,455 2,456 2,416 -40 -1.6 -88 -3.5 YCKT 1,353 1,362 1,345 1,339 1,336 1,320 -16 -1.2 -43 -3.1 YCLT 1,122 1,142 1,135 1,116 1,120 1,096 -24 -2.1 -45 -4.0 YCMT 171 166 168 170 204 246 42 20.8 80 48.1 YCNT 101 100 109 108 128 155 27 21.3 55 54.7 YCOT 70 66 58 62 76 91 15 20.0 25 38.2 1,615 1,613 1,641 1,669 1,641 1,645 4 0.2 32 2.0 HQQD 626 630 641 651 639 631 -7 -1.2 1 0.2 YCZQ 989 983 999 1,018 1,002 1,014 11 1.1 31 3.1 All aged 16 to 59/64 62.1 62.3 61.7 61.1 61.8 61.8 0.0 -0.5 58.1 58.5 57.8 57.2 57.1 56.1 -1.0 -2.4 YCNG 6.5 6.2 6.3 6.5 7.7 9.3 1.6 3.0 YCOG 7.0 6.8 7.5 7.5 8.7 10.5 1.8 3.7 YCPG 5.9 5.5 4.9 5.3 6.4 7.7 1.3 2.2 37.9 37.7 38.3 38.9 38.2 38.2 0.0 0.5 Change on quarter Change % Change on year Change % Men Jan-Mar 2007 Jan-Mar 2008 Apr-Jun 2008 Jul-Sep 2008 Oct-Dec 2008 Jan-Mar 2009 69.9 69.9 69.4 69.0 69.6 70.0 0.4 0.1 65.1 65.1 64.2 63.8 63.5 62.7 -0.9 -2.4 30.1 30.1 30.6 31.0 30.4 30.0 -0.4 -0.1 Change on quarter Change % Change on year Change % Women Jan-Mar 2007 Jan-Mar 2008 Apr-Jun 2008 Jul-Sep 2008 Oct-Dec 2008 Jan-Mar 2009 54.6 55.1 54.4 53.7 54.4 54.0 -0.5 -1.2 51.4 52.1 51.8 50.8 50.9 49.8 -1.1 -2.3 45.4 44.9 45.6 46.3 45.6 46.0 0.5 1.2 Change on quarter Change % Change on year Change % All aged 16 to 59/64 10 Total economically active 11 Total in employment 12 Unemployed 13 Economically inactive 14 Economic activity rate (%) 15 Employment rate (%) 16 Unemployment rate (%) 17 Economic inactivity rate (%) 18 People Jan-Mar 2007 Jan-Mar 2008 Apr-Jun 2008 Jul-Sep 2008 Oct-Dec 2008 Jan-Mar 2009 3,260 3,262 3,262 3,264 3,265 3,267 2 0.1 5 0.2 1,706 1,710 1,711 1,712 1,713 1,714 1 0.1 4 0.2 1,554 1,552 1,551 1,552 1,552 1,553 1 0.0 1 0.1 2,533 2,555 2,532 2,512 2,545 2,540 -5 -0.2 -15 -0.6 1,414 1,424 1,415 1,410 1,426 1,433 7 0.5 9 0.6 1,119 1,131 1,117 1,102 1,119 1,107 -12 -1.1 -24 -2.1 2,365 2,389 2,365 2,343 2,344 2,296 -48 -2.0 -93 -3.9 1,314 1,324 1,306 1,302 1,300 1,279 -21 -1.6 -44 -3.4 1,051 1,065 1,059 1,042 1,044 1,017 -27 -2.6 -48 -4.5 168 166 167 169 201 244 43 21.3 78 47.0 100 100 109 108 126 154 28 22.3 54 53.4 68 65 58 61 75 90 15 19.6 24 37.3 727 707 731 752 720 727 7 0.9 20 2.8 292 286 296 302 287 281 -6 -2.1 -5 -1.7 435 421 435 449 433 446 13 3.0 25 5.9 YCIG 77.7 78.3 77.6 77.0 77.9 77.7 -0.2 -0.6 HKLU 82.9 83.3 82.7 82.3 83.2 83.6 0.4 0.3 HKMG 72.0 72.9 72.0 71.0 72.1 71.3 -0.8 -1.6 YCKG 72.5 73.2 72.5 71.8 71.8 70.3 -1.5 -3.0 YCLG 77.0 77.4 76.3 76.0 75.9 74.6 -1.3 -2.8 YCMG 67.7 68.6 68.2 67.1 67.2 65.5 -1.8 -3.1 6.6 6.5 6.6 6.7 7.9 9.6 1.7 3.1 LWDR 22.3 21.7 22.4 23.0 22.1 22.3 0.2 0.6 LWED 17.1 16.7 17.3 17.7 16.8 16.4 -0.4 -0.3 LWEP 28.0 27.1 28.0 29.0 27.9 28.7 0.8 1.6 Change on quarter Change % Change on year Change % Men Jan-Mar 2007 Jan-Mar 2008 Apr-Jun 2008 Jul-Sep 2008 Oct-Dec 2008 Jan-Mar 2009 7.1 7.0 7.7 7.7 8.8 10.7 1.9 3.7 Change on quarter Change % Change on year Change % Women Jan-Mar 2007 Jan-Mar 2008 Apr-Jun 2008 Jul-Sep 2008 Oct-Dec 2008 Jan-Mar 2009 6.1 5.8 5.2 5.5 6.7 8.1 1.4 2.3 Change on quarter Change % Change on year Change % Relationship between columns: 1 = 2 + 5; 2 = 3 + 4; 6 = 2/1; 7 = 3/1; 8 = 4/2; 9 = 5/1; 10 = 11 + 14; 11 = 12 + 13; 15 = 11/10; 16 = 12/10; 17 = 13/11; 18 = 14/10 Source: Labour Force Survey Labour Market Statistics Helpline 01633 456901 1. The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is a survey of the population of private households, student halls of residence and NHS accommodation. See Concepts and Definitions. REGIONAL DATA West Midlands (thousands), seasonally adjusted 1a Summary of other headline indicators Civilian workforce jobs (not seasonally adjusted) Levels Total Males Females YXYE Dec 05 Dec 06 Dec 07 Mar 08 Jun 08 Sep 08 Dec 08 Change on year Change % 2,670 2,688 2,665 2,650 2,656 2,629 2,629 -36 -1.3 Levels Total Males YXYT 1,423 1,431 1,420 1,416 1,418 1,398 1,398 -21 -1.5 YXZI 1,247 1,257 1,245 1,234 1,239 1,231 1,230 -14 -1.1 Claimant count 1 Rates (%) Females Total 2 Males Females DPBC 2008 April May June# July August# September October November# December 2009 January February# March April Change on period Change % Change on year Change % 95.5 96.9 99.3 102.2 106.3 110.6 116.2 125.7 135.7 144.6 160.1 166.5 173.6 7.1 4.3 78.1 81.8 ZMPE 70.2 71.3 73.2 75.4 78.5 81.8 86.3 94.1 101.9 108.6 120.3 125.1 130.4 5.3 4.2 60.2 85.8 ZMPG 25.3 25.6 26.1 26.8 27.8 28.8 29.9 31.6 33.8 36.0 39.8 41.4 43.2 1.8 4.3 17.9 70.8 DPBN 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.5 4.9 5.2 5.8 6.0 6.3 0.3 2.8 ZMPF 4.7 4.8 4.9 5.0 5.2 5.5 5.8 6.3 6.8 7.3 8.0 8.4 8.7 0.4 4.0 ZMPH 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.8 3.1 3.3 3.4 0.1 1.4 (r) (p) 1. Count of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance. 2. Denominator = claimant count + workforce jobs. NB these are different from the proportions of the working age populations claiming Jobseeker's Allowance for local areas shown in Tables 16 and 17. See Concepts and Definitions. # Months where there are 5 weeks between count dates. All the rest are 4 week periods. Sources: Employer surveys, DfES Training Data System, Jobcentre Plus administrative system. Labour Market Statistics Helpline 01633 456901 EMPLOYMENT AND JOBS 2 Employment by age All aged 16 & over 1 16 - 59/64 2 16 - 17 3 18 - 24 4 25 - 34 5 West Midlands (thousands), not seasonally adjusted 35 - 49 6 50 - 64 (m) 50 - 59 (w) 7 65+ (m) 60+ (w) 8 Employed People Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 Change on year Change % Men Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 Change on year Change % Women Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 Change on year Change % 2,474 2,469 2,474 2,473 2,477 2,477 2,464 -9 -0.4 1,357 1,353 1,356 1,354 1,351 1,350 1,347 -9 -0.7 1,117 1,115 1,117 1,118 1,126 1,128 1,118 0 0.0 2,383 2,364 2,365 2,363 2,363 2,362 2,351 -15 -0.6 1,327 1,318 1,319 1,318 1,314 1,310 1,310 -9 -0.7 1,056 1,046 1,047 1,045 1,049 1,052 1,041 -6 -0.5 53 39 40 37 37 40 40 0 0.3 25 18 20 17 16 17 17 -3 -15.2 28 21 20 20 21 23 23 3 15.2 306 300 298 298 302 303 303 6 1.9 168 161 163 163 165 164 165 2 1.3 138 139 135 135 136 139 138 4 2.7 514 502 499 498 501 499 496 -3 -0.6 284 281 274 273 274 272 271 -3 -1.1 230 222 224 224 228 228 224 0 0.0 933 939 942 944 940 935 929 -12 -1.3 503 504 508 509 505 501 499 -9 -1.8 430 434 433 434 435 435 430 -3 -0.7 577 584 588 586 583 584 583 -5 -0.9 346 354 353 355 354 356 357 4 1.2 231 230 234 231 229 228 225 -9 -4.0 90 105 108 110 114 115 114 6 5.2 30 35 38 36 37 40 37 0 -0.9 61 70 70 73 76 75 76 6 8.6 Employment rates (%)1 People Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 Change on year Men Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 Change on year Women Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 Change on year 58.6 58.2 58.0 57.9 58.0 57.9 57.5 -0.5 66.0 65.4 65.2 65.0 64.8 64.6 64.4 -0.8 51.7 51.3 51.2 51.2 51.5 51.5 51.0 -0.2 73.6 72.6 72.5 72.4 72.4 72.4 72.0 -0.5 78.5 77.5 77.2 77.1 76.9 76.6 76.5 -0.7 68.2 67.3 67.4 67.3 67.5 67.7 67.0 -0.4 36.6 27.0 27.1 25.1 25.2 27.4 27.4 0.2 33.9 24.6 26.0 22.9 21.1 22.8 22.2 -3.7 39.3 29.4 28.3 27.4 29.5 32.2 32.8 4.4 63.6 61.1 59.8 59.6 60.2 60.3 60.1 0.4 68.5 64.4 64.3 63.9 64.7 64.2 64.3 0.0 58.5 57.7 55.1 55.2 55.4 56.3 55.8 0.7 78.0 77.2 77.3 77.3 77.8 77.4 76.7 -0.6 86.8 86.8 85.7 85.5 85.5 84.8 84.7 -1.0 69.3 67.7 69.1 69.3 70.2 70.1 68.9 -0.2 81.7 81.4 81.3 81.5 81.2 80.9 80.4 -1.0 88.6 87.9 88.2 88.4 87.7 87.0 86.8 -1.4 74.9 75.0 74.5 74.6 74.8 74.8 74.0 -0.5 71.0 71.7 72.2 72.1 71.7 71.9 71.8 -0.4 72.8 74.0 73.3 73.6 73.3 73.7 73.9 0.6 68.4 68.4 70.6 69.8 69.3 69.2 68.6 -2.0 9.2 10.6 10.8 10.9 11.3 11.3 11.2 0.4 8.2 9.5 10.1 9.7 9.9 10.4 9.8 -0.3 9.9 11.3 11.2 11.6 12.1 11.9 12.0 0.8 Relationship between columns: 1=2+8; 2= 3+4+5+6+7 1. Denominator = all persons in the relevant age group Source: Annual Population Survey Labour Market Statistics Helpline 01633 456901 EMPLOYMENT AND JOBS West Midlands (thousands), not seasonally adjusted 3 Full-time, part-time and temporary workers All in employment Governmentsupported training and employment programmes 5 Self Total 1 Employees1 2 employed1 3 Unpaid family workers 4 Full-time workers2 6 Part-time workers2 7 Workers with second jobs 8 Temporary employees 9 1 People Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 2,474 2,469 2,474 2,473 2,477 2,477 2,464 -9 -0.4 2,168 2,158 2,162 2,163 2,169 2,164 2,153 -9 -0.4 1,133 1,126 1,129 1,125 1,119 1,111 1,112 -17 -1.5 1,035 1,032 1,033 1,039 1,051 1,053 1,041 8 0.8 288 293 293 293 293 300 297 4 1.5 215 218 219 222 226 231 228 10 4.5 73 75 74 71 67 68 69 -5 -7.4 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 10 10 10 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 1,840 1,833 1,839 1,846 1,841 1,846 1,836 -3 -0.1 1,217 1,213 1,208 1,210 1,202 1,203 1,203 -6 -0.5 623 620 630 636 639 643 634 3 0.5 632 634 634 625 633 627 624 -10 -1.6 139 139 147 143 147 144 142 -6 -4.0 492 495 487 482 486 483 482 -4 -0.9 78 85 85 86 83 82 81 -4 -4.7 33 32 36 38 35 34 35 -2 -4.3 45 53 49 48 48 49 46 -2 -5.0 108 110 114 115 110 104 103 -10 -8.9 54 55 55 58 55 53 53 -2 -3.3 54 55 59 58 54 50 51 -8 -14.1 Change on year Change % Men Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 Change on year Change % Women Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 Change on year Change % 1,357 1,353 1,356 1,354 1,351 1,350 1,347 -9 -0.7 1,117 1,115 1,117 1,118 1,126 1,128 1,118 0 0.0 Temporary workers (reasons for temporary working) Did not want a permanent job 12 Part-time workers (reasons for part-time working) 4 Could not find full-time job 15 Total 3 Could not find permanent job 11 Other 13 Total 3 Did not want full-time job 16 Other 17 10 14 People Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 108 110 114 115 110 104 103 -10 -8.9 29 28 28 30 29 27 25 -3 -11.6 34 34 36 34 30 29 31 -5 -14.3 44 48 49 51 50 47 48 -2 -3.5 621 622 620 613 623 619 615 -6 -0.9 51 49 57 57 59 62 61 4 7.7 465 475 475 472 476 468 463 -12 -2.5 101 96 88 83 86 88 89 1 1.3 Change on year Change % Relationship between columns: 1=2+3+4+5 Source: Annual Population Survey Labour Market Statistics Helpline 01633 456901 1. Includes people who did not state whether they worked part-time or full-time. 2. The split between full-time and part-time employment is based on respondents' self-classification. 3. Includes people who did not state their reason for temporary/part-time working. 4. Employees and self-employed. EMPLOYMENT AND JOBS 4 Civilian workforce jobs 1 2 Civilian workforce jobs 1 West Midlands (thousands), not seasonally adjusted Selfemployment jobs 3 Employee jobs 2 Governmentsupported trainees 4 YXYE All jobs Dec 04 Dec 05 Dec 06 Dec 07 Mar 08 Jun 08 Sep 08 Dec 08 Change on year Change % Male jobs Dec 04 Dec 05 Dec 06 Dec 07 Mar 08 Jun 08 Sep 08 Dec 08 Change on year Change % Female jobs Dec 04 Dec 05 Dec 06 Dec 07 Mar 08 Jun 08 Sep 08 Dec 08 Change on year Change % Relationship between columns: 1=2+3+4 2,658 2,670 2,688 2,665 2,650 2,656 2,629 2,629 -36 -1.3 YXYP 1,417 1,423 1,431 1,420 1,416 1,418 1,398 1,398 -21 -1.5 YXZE 1,241 1,247 1,257 1,245 1,234 1,239 1,231 1,230 -14 -1.1 2,338 2,358 2,357 2,353 2,339 2,346 2,326 2,319 -34 -1.4 1,187 1,190 1,201 1,193 1,186 1,193 1,179 1,165 -29 -2.4 1,151 1,168 1,156 1,160 1,153 1,153 1,148 1,155 -5 -0.4 310 304 326 306 306 306 298 304 -2 -0.6 224 229 227 224 228 222 217 231 7 3.3 86 75 99 82 78 84 81 73 -9 -11.4 10 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 -4.9 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 -8.6 4 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 0 -0.7 Workforce jobs enquiries 01633 456776 1. Civilian Workforce Jobs figures are a measure of jobs rather than people. For example, if a person holds two jobs, each job will be counted in the Civilian Workforce Jobs total. For this reason, Self-employment Jobs (which come from LFS) will not equal the figures for Self-employed persons from the LFS. Civilian Workforce Jobs figures come form a variety of sources, and where possible, from the employer rather than the individual. Employee Jobs (which is the largest component of Civilian Workforce Jobs) come from quarterly surveys of employers carried out by ONS, and administrative sources. See Concepts and Definitions. Other data sources are as follows: Self-employment Jobs are provided by LFS Government-supported trainees are provided by administrative sources 2. There is a discontinuity in the employee jobs series between December 2005 and September 2006 due to improvements to the annual benchmark. Further information can be found at http://www.statistics.gov.uk/Statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=9765 EMPLOYMENT AND JOBS 5 Employee jobs1 by industry Standard Industrial Classification (2003) Mining Energy & Water Supplies Industries C,E West Midlands (thousands), not seasonally adjusted All jobs (seasonally adjusted) SIC 2003 SECTION All jobs A-O Agriculture Forestry & Fishing A,B Manufacturing Industries D Education, Distribution etc, transport health, public etc, finance admin & & business other services services Construction F G-K L-O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 All jobs Dec 05 Dec 06 Dec 07 Mar 08 Jun 08 Sep 08 Dec 08 2,339 2,340 2,336 2,350 2,349 2,328 2,306 -22 -0.9 -29 -1.2 2,358 2,357 2,353 2,339 2,346 2,326 2,319 16 15 22 22 25 25 23 14 12 12 13 13 13 13 360 346 326 324 322 314 304 107 115 116 118 116 117 125 1,122 1,128 1,144 1,133 1,138 1,123 1,116 739 742 732 729 732 734 739 Change on quarter Change % Change on year Change % Male jobs Dec 05 Dec 06 Dec 07 Mar 08 Jun 08 Sep 08 Dec 08 Change on quarter Change % Change on year Change % Female jobs Dec 05 Dec 06 Dec 07 Mar 08 Jun 08 Sep 08 Dec 08 Change on quarter Change % Change on year Change % -34 -1.4 1,190 1,201 1,193 1,186 1,193 1,179 1,165 1 2.6 11 11 15 15 18 18 17 0 1.7 9 8 8 8 9 9 8 -22 -6.7 275 266 252 250 248 243 234 9 7.9 90 96 99 100 99 99 105 -28 -2.5 593 602 607 604 609 598 590 7 0.9 210 218 212 208 212 212 210 1,182 1,193 1,184 1,193 1,194 1,177 1,159 -17 -1.5 -25 -2.1 1,157 1,147 1,151 1,157 1,154 1,152 1,147 -5 -0.4 -4 -0.4 -29 -2.4 1,168 1,156 1,160 1,153 1,153 1,148 1,155 2 11.0 5 4 7 8 7 7 6 0 0.9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 -19 -7.3 85 80 74 74 74 72 71 6 6.1 17 19 17 18 18 18 20 -16 -2.7 528 526 538 529 529 525 526 -2 -0.7 529 523 520 521 520 522 529 -5 -0.4 -1 -15.8 0 3.2 -3 -4.6 3 19.1 -12 -2.2 8 1.6 Relationship between columns: 2=3+4+5+6+7+8 Source: Employer surveys Workforce jobs enquiries 01633 456776 1. Employee jobs figures are of a measure of jobs rather than people. For example, if a person holds two jobs, each job will be counted in the employee jobs total. Employees jobs figures come from quarterly surveys of employers carried out by ONS and administrative sources. See Concepts and Definitions. There is a discontinuity in the employee jobs series. See Table 4, footnote 2 for further details. The quarterly employer surveys used to compile employee jobs figures do not collect data by Government Office Regions (GOR). Instead, Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) data are used to pro-rate the totals obtained form the quarterly surveys to generate GOR data. This technique can lead to the sum of the industry figures not matching the "All jobs" total in column 2. EMPLOYMENT AND JOBS 6(1) Actual weekly hours of work Total weekly hours (millions) 12 All workers 1 West Midlands (hours) not seasonally adjusted Average (mean) actual weekly hours of work Full-time 3 Part-time3 Workers with second jobs People Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 1 80 79 80 80 80 80 79 0 -0.3 2 32.1 32.1 32.2 32.4 32.3 32.3 32.2 0.0 0.0 36.9 36.9 36.8 37.2 37.0 37.1 36.9 0.1 0.2 26.4 26.3 26.5 26.6 26.6 26.6 26.5 0.0 -0.1 3 37.2 37.3 37.3 37.5 37.5 37.5 37.3 0.0 0.0 38.8 39.1 39.0 39.3 39.3 39.3 39.0 0.0 0.1 34.1 33.9 34.0 34.2 34.2 34.1 34.0 0.0 -0.1 4 15.7 15.7 16.0 15.8 15.8 15.9 15.9 -0.1 -0.9 16.0 15.7 16.4 16.1 16.3 16.4 16.1 -0.3 -1.6 15.6 15.7 15.9 15.7 15.7 15.8 15.8 -0.1 -0.7 5 10.4 8.7 10.0 10.1 9.9 10.0 10.1 0.2 1.5 12.3 8.6 10.2 10.6 11.0 11.2 10.9 0.7 6.9 9.1 8.8 9.8 9.8 9.1 9.1 9.5 -0.3 -2.7 Change on year Change % Men Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 0 -0.5 Change on year Change % Women Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 29 29 30 30 30 30 30 0 -0.1 Change on year Change % 1. Main and second job. Source: Annual Population Survey 2. Total actual weekly hours worked including paid and unpaid overtime. Labour Market Statistics Helpline 01633 456901 3. Main job only. The split between full-time and part-time employment is based on respondents' self-classification 6(2) Usual weekly hours of work1 not seasonally adjusted All in Employment (%) People Men Women People Employees (%) Men Women Self-Employed (%) People Men Women Oct 06 - Sep 07 Less than 6 Hours 6 up to 15 hours 16 up to 30 hours 31 up to 45 hours Over 45 hours Total (thousands) Jul 07 - Jun 08 Less than 6 Hours 6 up to 15 hours 16 up to 30 hours 31 up to 45 hours Over 45 hours Total (thousands) Oct 07 - Sep 08 Less than 6 Hours 6 up to 15 hours 16 up to 30 hours 31 up to 45 hours Over 45 hours 1.0 6.8 18.3 53.8 20.0 2,474 1.0 6.6 18.6 54.0 19.8 2,477 1.1 6.7 18.3 54.1 19.9 0.5 3.0 7.9 59.6 29.0 1,356 0.6 2.8 8.2 59.3 29.1 1,350 0.5 2.9 8.1 59.3 29.1 1.6 11.4 31.1 46.8 9.1 1,117 1.6 11.1 31.0 47.7 8.6 1,128 1.7 11.3 30.6 47.7 8.7 0.8 6.6 18.4 55.9 18.3 2,162 0.8 6.4 18.9 55.6 18.3 2,164 0.9 6.5 18.6 55.7 18.4 0.4 2.8 6.8 62.9 27.2 1,129 0.3 2.5 7.1 62.2 27.8 1,111 0.3 2.8 7.1 62.0 27.9 1.3 10.8 31.1 48.2 8.6 1,033 1.4 10.4 31.4 48.7 8.2 1,053 1.5 10.5 30.9 48.9 8.2 1,041 1.7 7.3 17.9 39.6 33.5 293 2.1 7.8 15.9 42.8 31.4 300 2.2 7.3 16.1 43.1 31.2 0.8 3.3 13.4 43.3 39.1 219 1.3 3.9 13.0 45.9 35.9 231 1.5 3.0 12.7 47.0 35.8 4.3 18.9 31.2 28.8 16.9 74 4.8 21.1 25.7 32.6 15.8 68 4.8 21.5 27.5 30.1 16.1 2,464 1,347 1,118 2,153 1,112 Total (thousands) 1. Total usual weekly hours worked in main job including paid and unpaid overtime 297 228 69 Source: Annual Population Survey Labour Market Statistics Helpline 01633 456901 CLAIMANT COUNT West Midlands (thousands), seasonally adjusted Claimant count (all aged 16+) (not seasonally adjusted) Level 5 Rate (%)2 6 Inflows: all aged 18+ Outflows: all aged 18+ (standardised 3) Level 4 7 Claimant count1 levels and rates Claimant count (all aged 18+) Level 1 Rate (%) 2 (standardised3) Level 3 2 People 2008 April May June# July August# September October November# December 2009 January February# March April DPBC 95.5 96.9 99.3 102.2 106.3 110.6 116.2 125.7 135.7 144.6 160.1 166.5 173.6 7.1 4.3 78.1 81.8 ZMPE 70.2 71.3 73.2 75.4 78.5 81.8 86.3 94.1 101.9 108.6 120.3 125.1 130.4 5.3 4.2 60.2 85.8 ZMPG 25.3 25.6 26.1 26.8 27.8 28.8 29.9 31.6 33.8 36.0 39.8 41.4 43.2 1.8 4.3 17.9 70.8 DPBN 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.5 4.9 5.2 5.8 6.0 6.3 0.3 22.4 23.2 24.4 26.0 27.1 28.2 29.5 31.8 34.9 35.2 38.8 37.5 38.0 0.5 1.3 15.6 69.6 21.9 22.0 21.9 23.2 23.4 23.9 24.1 23.1 24.4 24.9 26.5 28.8 29.7 0.9 3.1 7.8 35.6 BCKG 98.5 98.2 98.9 102.4 108.3 110.8 112.4 121.5 132.7 146.8 166.4 173.1 178.1 5.0 2.9 79.7 80.9 DPAR 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.4 4.8 5.3 6.0 6.3 6.4 0.2 (r) (p) Change on month Change % Change on year Change % Men 2008 April May June# July August# September October November# December 2009 January February# March April 2.8 2.9 ZMPF 4.7 4.8 4.9 5.0 5.2 5.5 5.8 6.3 6.8 7.3 8.0 8.4 8.7 0.4 15.8 16.4 17.3 18.6 19.4 20.3 21.3 23.2 25.4 25.2 27.8 26.8 27.0 0.2 0.7 11.2 70.9 15.5 15.4 15.4 16.3 16.4 16.9 17.0 16.3 17.4 17.6 18.7 20.3 20.7 0.4 2.0 5.2 33.5 72.6 72.6 73.0 75.1 78.9 80.8 82.6 90.7 100.4 110.8 125.4 130.4 133.9 3.5 2.7 61.3 84.5 4.8 4.8 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.4 5.5 6.1 6.7 7.4 8.4 8.7 8.9 0.2 (r) (p) Change on month Change % Change on year Change % Women 2008 April May June# July August# September October November# December 2009 January February# March April 4.0 4.1 ZMPH 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.8 3.1 3.3 3.4 0.1 6.6 6.8 7.1 7.4 7.7 7.9 8.2 8.6 9.5 10.0 11.0 10.7 11.0 0.3 2.8 4.4 66.7 6.4 6.6 6.5 6.9 7.0 7.0 7.1 6.8 7.0 7.3 7.8 8.5 9.0 0.5 5.9 2.6 40.6 25.9 25.6 25.9 27.3 29.4 30.0 29.8 30.7 32.3 36.0 41.0 42.7 44.2 1.5 3.5 18.3 70.8 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.2 3.4 3.5 0.1 (r) (p) Change on month Change % Change on year Change % 1.4 1.4 1. Count of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance. Source: Jobcentre Plus administrative system 2. Denominator = claimant count + workforce jobs. Labour Market Statistics Helpline 01633 456901 NB. These are different from the proportions of the working age populations claiming Jobseeker's Allowance for local areas shown in Tables 16 and 17. See Concepts and Definitions. 3. Flow figures are collected for 4 or 5 week periods between count dates; the figures are then converted to a standard 4 1/3 week month. Non-seasonally adjusted claimant flows for earlier months are available from Nomis® at: http://www.nomisweb.co.uk # Months where there are 5 weeks between count dates. All the rest are 4 week periods. CLAIMANT COUNT West Midlands 8(1) Claimant count1 by age and duration - computerised claims only2 (thousands), not seasonally adjusted All aged 16+ All computerised All claims2 Up to 6 months Over 6 and up to 12 months All over 12 months % claiming for over 12 months All over 24 months All computerised claims2 Up to 6 months 18-24 Over 6 and up to 12 months All over 12 months % claiming for over 12 months All over 24 months 1 People 2007 April# 2008 April May June# July August# September October November# December 2009 January February# March April Change on year Change % Men 2007 April# 2008 April May June# July August# September October November# December 2009 January February# March April Change on year Change % Women 2007 April# 2008 April May June# July August# September October November# December 2009 January February# March April Change on year Change % 27.9 25.9 25.6 25.9 27.3 29.4 30.0 29.8 30.7 32.3 36.0 41.0 42.7 44.2 18.3 70.8 79.7 72.6 72.6 73.0 75.1 78.9 80.8 82.6 90.7 100.4 110.8 125.4 130.4 133.9 61.3 84.5 107.5 98.5 98.2 98.9 102.4 108.3 110.8 112.4 121.5 132.7 146.8 166.4 173.1 178.1 79.7 80.9 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 106.9 98.1 97.8 98.3 101.8 107.9 110.2 111.9 120.9 132.2 146.3 165.9 172.5 177.4 79.4 81.0 63.4 64.7 64.6 65.5 69.8 74.9 77.1 79.2 88.0 97.9 108.9 125.6 129.0 130.4 65.7 101.6 21.1 17.2 17.3 17.2 16.7 17.8 17.9 17.7 18.0 19.0 21.8 24.0 26.8 30.0 12.8 74.8 22.5 16.2 15.9 15.6 15.3 15.2 15.2 15.0 14.9 15.2 15.6 16.2 16.7 17.1 0.8 5.2 21.1 16.6 16.3 15.9 15.0 14.1 13.8 13.4 12.3 11.5 10.7 9.8 9.7 9.6 -6.9 7.2 5.8 5.6 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 -1.2 -20.8 32.1 30.4 30.3 30.4 32.2 34.7 35.9 35.4 37.5 40.4 43.6 49.9 51.4 51.7 21.4 70.4 23.9 24.5 24.4 24.7 26.9 28.9 30.2 30.1 32.3 35.0 37.3 43.0 43.2 42.8 18.4 75.2 6.3 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.2 4.7 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.3 5.2 5.8 7.0 7.8 3.1 64.9 1.9 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 -0.1 -5.4 5.8 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.2 -1.8 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 -11.1 79.3 72.3 72.3 72.6 74.6 78.6 80.4 82.3 90.4 100.1 110.4 125.0 129.9 133.4 61.1 84.5 45.6 46.7 46.8 47.3 50.0 53.2 54.8 57.0 64.8 73.4 81.3 93.7 96.2 96.7 50.0 106.9 15.7 12.8 12.9 13.0 12.6 13.5 13.7 13.6 13.9 14.7 16.7 18.4 20.5 23.1 10.4 81.5 18.0 12.8 12.6 12.3 12.0 11.9 11.9 11.7 11.7 12.0 12.3 12.9 13.2 13.6 0.7 5.8 22.7 17.7 17.4 17.0 16.1 15.1 14.8 14.2 13.0 12.0 11.2 10.3 10.2 10.2 -7.6 5.9 4.7 4.5 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6 -1.1 -22.8 21.8 20.8 20.7 20.8 21.7 23.2 24.0 23.9 25.9 28.5 30.8 35.2 36.4 36.6 15.9 76.4 16.3 16.8 16.8 17.0 18.1 19.3 20.1 20.3 22.2 24.7 26.4 30.4 30.8 30.4 13.6 80.5 4.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.6 4.0 4.8 5.4 2.4 77.0 1.3 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 -0.1 -7.5 6.0 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.1 2.1 -1.9 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 -19.3 27.7 25.7 25.5 25.7 27.1 29.2 29.8 29.6 30.5 32.1 35.9 40.9 42.5 44.0 18.3 71.0 17.8 17.9 17.8 18.2 19.8 21.7 22.3 22.2 23.3 24.5 27.5 31.9 32.8 33.6 15.7 87.8 5.4 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.0 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.4 5.1 5.6 6.3 6.9 2.4 55.4 4.5 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.5 0.1 3.2 16.2 13.3 13.1 12.7 11.9 11.2 11.2 11.1 10.5 10.1 9.2 8.3 8.1 8.0 -5.3 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 -0.1 -12.1 10.2 9.6 9.5 9.6 10.5 11.5 11.9 11.5 11.6 11.9 12.8 14.7 15.0 15.1 5.5 57.4 7.5 7.6 7.6 7.7 8.8 9.6 10.1 9.8 10.0 10.2 10.9 12.5 12.5 12.4 4.8 63.5 2.1 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.7 2.1 2.3 0.7 42.0 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.0 -0.8 5.5 3.9 4.0 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.6 2.6 2.4 -1.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 8.9 Relationship between columns: 2= 3+4+5; 8= 9+10+11 1. Count of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance. Source: Jobcentre Plus administrative system Labour Market Statistics Helpline 01633 456901 2. Only computerised claims are analysed by age and duration on a monthly basis. These figures therefore differ in total from those given in Table 7. The latter include clerically processed claims which currently amount to less than 1 per cent of the total claimant count. # Months where there are 5 weeks between count dates. All the rest are 4 week periods. CLAIMANT COUNT West Midlands 8(2) Claimant count1 by age and duration - computerised claims only2 (thousands), not seasonally adjusted 25-49 All computerised claims 2 50 and over All over 12 months 17 % claiming for over 12 months 18 All over 24 months 19 All computerised claims 2 Up to 6 months 15 Over 6 and up to 12 months 16 Up to 6 months 21 Over 6 and up to 12 months 22 All over 12 months 23 % claiming for over 12 months 24 All over 24 months 25 14 20 People 2007 April# 2008 April May June# July August# September October November# December 2009 January February# March April Change on year Change % Men 2007 April# 2008 April May June# July August# September October November# December 2009 January February# March April Change on year Change % Women 2007 April# 2008 April May June# July August# September October November# December 2009 January February# March April Change on year Change % 56.7 52.5 52.5 52.9 54.1 56.9 58.0 59.5 64.6 71.0 78.9 89.0 92.8 96.2 43.7 83.3 30.4 31.4 31.4 31.8 33.5 35.8 36.6 38.2 43.1 48.6 54.8 63.1 65.4 66.6 35.2 112.2 11.7 10.1 10.2 10.2 10.0 10.5 10.7 10.7 11.0 11.6 13.0 14.3 15.5 17.3 7.3 72.3 14.6 11.0 10.9 10.8 10.6 10.7 10.7 10.6 10.6 10.8 11.2 11.6 11.9 12.2 1.2 11.0 25.7 21.0 20.7 20.4 19.6 18.7 18.5 17.8 16.3 15.3 14.2 13.0 12.8 12.7 -8.3 3.9 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.0 -0.4 -12.5 17.2 14.5 14.4 14.5 14.8 15.6 15.9 16.5 18.3 20.2 23.2 26.3 27.5 28.8 14.3 98.8 8.2 8.1 8.2 8.4 8.9 9.7 9.9 10.5 12.2 13.8 16.3 18.9 19.6 20.2 12.1 149.4 2.9 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 3.2 3.6 3.9 4.3 4.9 2.5 106.1 6.1 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.7 -0.3 -7.3 35.3 27.8 26.9 25.5 23.9 21.9 21.2 19.9 17.8 16.0 14.3 13.2 13.1 13.0 -14.8 2.9 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 -0.7 -36.9 44.4 40.9 41.0 41.1 42.0 44.0 44.8 46.3 50.9 56.3 62.2 70.1 72.9 75.2 34.3 84.0 23.1 24.0 24.1 24.2 25.5 27.0 27.7 29.2 33.5 38.3 42.8 49.2 50.7 51.2 27.2 113.3 9.3 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.0 8.4 8.6 8.6 8.8 9.3 10.4 11.5 12.5 14.1 6.1 76.0 12.0 8.9 8.8 8.7 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.5 8.5 8.7 9.0 9.4 9.7 9.9 1.0 11.7 27.0 21.7 21.5 21.2 20.4 19.4 19.1 18.3 16.7 15.5 14.5 13.4 13.3 13.2 -8.5 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 -0.4 -15.5 12.5 10.3 10.3 10.4 10.6 11.0 11.3 11.8 13.4 14.9 17.1 19.3 20.3 21.2 10.9 105.8 5.7 5.5 5.6 5.8 6.1 6.6 6.8 7.3 8.8 10.1 11.9 13.7 14.4 14.8 9.2 166.2 2.1 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.7 2.9 3.2 3.6 1.9 116.4 4.7 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 -0.2 -7.6 37.8 30.1 29.3 27.6 25.8 23.8 22.9 21.3 18.7 16.7 15.0 13.9 13.7 13.5 -16.6 2.4 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 -0.6 -36.6 12.3 11.6 11.5 11.7 12.1 12.9 13.1 13.2 13.8 14.7 16.7 18.9 20.0 21.0 9.4 81.1 7.3 7.4 7.3 7.6 8.0 8.7 8.9 9.0 9.5 10.3 12.0 14.0 14.7 15.4 8.0 108.4 2.4 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.8 3.0 3.3 1.2 58.0 2.6 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3 0.2 8.0 21.0 18.3 18.1 17.6 16.9 16.3 16.4 16.1 15.0 14.4 12.9 11.6 11.2 10.9 -7.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.0 2.0 4.7 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.9 5.2 6.1 7.0 7.2 7.6 3.4 81.6 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.5 3.7 4.5 5.1 5.3 5.5 2.9 113.1 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.3 0.6 81.1 1.3 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 -0.1 -6.2 28.5 22.0 20.9 20.2 19.1 17.3 17.0 16.4 15.4 14.1 12.3 11.4 11.4 11.4 -10.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 -0.2 -38.3 Relationship between columns: 14=15+16+17; 20=21+22=23 1. Count of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance. Source: Jobcentre Plus administrative system Labour Market Statistics Helpline 01633 456901 2. Only computerised claims are analysed by age and duration on a monthly basis. These figures therefore differ in total from those given in Table 7. The latter include clerically processed claims which currently amount to less than 1 per cent of the total claimant count. # Months where there are 5 weeks between count dates. All the rest are 4 week periods. ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND INACTIVITY 9 Economic activity by age All aged 16 & over 1 16 - 59/64 2 16 - 17 3 18 - 24 4 25 - 34 5 West Midlands (thousands), not seasonally adjusted 35 - 49 6 50 - 64 (m) 50 - 59 (w) 7 65+ (m) 60+ (w) 8 Economically active People Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 Change on year Change % Men Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 Change on year Change % Women Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 Change on year Change % 2,603 2,617 2,627 2,627 2,642 2,641 2,627 -1 0.0 1,430 1,442 1,449 1,446 1,449 1,448 1,443 -6 -0.4 1,173 1,175 1,178 1,182 1,193 1,194 1,184 6 0.5 2,512 2,509 2,518 2,516 2,528 2,525 2,511 -6 -0.2 1,400 1,406 1,411 1,409 1,412 1,408 1,405 -6 -0.4 1,111 1,104 1,107 1,107 1,116 1,117 1,107 0 0.0 68 61 59 56 55 57 52 -7 -11.2 33 32 31 28 25 26 23 -8 -25.7 35 29 28 28 30 31 29 1 4.7 347 343 343 343 350 351 351 8 2.3 191 187 191 191 195 193 194 3 1.6 156 156 153 152 155 157 157 5 3.0 538 532 531 530 534 532 527 -4 -0.8 297 298 295 292 294 293 291 -4 -1.5 240 234 236 238 240 239 236 0 0.1 964 972 976 978 981 977 974 -2 -0.2 520 524 527 528 528 523 524 -3 -0.6 443 448 449 450 453 454 450 1 0.3 595 601 608 609 608 608 607 -1 -0.2 359 366 368 370 371 372 374 6 1.7 237 236 241 239 238 236 233 -7 -3.1 91 107 110 111 115 116 115 6 5.1 30 36 38 37 38 40 38 0 -0.6 61 71 72 75 77 76 77 6 8.2 Economic activity rates (%)1 People Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 Change on year Men Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 Change on year Women Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 Change on year 61.7 61.7 61.6 61.6 61.8 61.7 61.3 -0.3 69.6 69.7 69.6 69.4 69.5 69.3 68.9 -0.7 54.2 54.1 54.0 54.1 54.6 54.5 54.0 0.0 77.5 77.1 77.2 77.1 77.5 77.4 76.9 -0.3 82.9 82.7 82.6 82.5 82.6 82.3 82.1 -0.5 71.7 71.0 71.2 71.3 71.8 71.9 71.2 0.0 46.9 41.9 40.0 38.0 37.3 38.9 35.7 -4.3 44.6 42.5 40.7 36.8 32.9 34.5 30.5 -10.2 49.3 41.4 39.3 39.4 42.0 43.5 41.3 2.0 72.2 70.0 68.9 68.7 69.8 69.7 69.6 0.6 77.9 74.8 75.1 75.2 76.2 75.5 75.4 0.3 66.2 65.1 62.5 62.0 63.1 63.6 63.5 1.0 81.6 81.7 82.4 82.3 82.9 82.5 81.6 -0.8 90.8 92.2 92.2 91.4 91.8 91.6 90.8 -1.4 72.4 71.3 72.8 73.4 74.0 73.7 72.6 -0.2 84.4 84.3 84.3 84.4 84.7 84.4 84.2 -0.1 91.6 91.4 91.4 91.6 91.7 90.9 91.0 -0.4 77.2 77.4 77.2 77.3 77.9 78.0 77.5 0.3 73.2 73.8 74.7 74.8 74.9 74.9 74.8 0.0 75.4 76.3 76.3 76.6 76.8 77.1 77.3 1.0 70.2 70.1 72.5 72.3 72.0 71.7 71.1 -1.4 9.4 10.9 10.9 11.1 11.4 11.4 11.3 0.4 8.2 9.7 10.2 9.8 9.9 10.4 9.9 -0.3 10.0 11.5 11.4 11.8 12.2 12.0 12.1 0.7 Relationship between columns: 1=2+8; 2=3+4+5+6+7 1. Denominator = all persons in the relevant age group. Source: Annual Population Survey Labour Market Statistics Helpline 01633 456901 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND INACTIVITY 10 Economic inactivity by age All aged 16 & over 1 16 - 59/64 2 16 - 17 3 18 - 24 4 25 - 34 5 West Midlands (thousands), not seasonally adjusted 35 - 49 6 50 - 64 (m) 50 - 59 (w) 7 65+ (m) 60+ (w) 8 Economically inactive People Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 Change on year Change % Men Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 Change on year Change % Women Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 Change on year Change % 1,615 1,625 1,636 1,641 1,630 1,638 1,658 22 1.4 625 628 633 638 637 642 650 17 2.7 989 998 1,003 1,002 993 996 1,008 5 0.5 728 745 744 746 735 739 753 9 1.3 290 294 297 300 298 302 306 10 3.2 439 451 447 447 438 437 447 0 0.0 77 84 88 92 92 90 94 6 6.4 41 43 45 48 51 49 52 7 16.2 36 42 43 43 41 40 42 -2 -3.7 134 147 155 156 152 153 154 -1 -0.8 54 63 63 63 61 63 63 0 0.0 80 84 92 93 91 90 90 -1 -1.3 122 119 113 114 110 113 119 5 4.8 30 25 25 28 26 27 30 4 17.8 92 94 88 86 84 86 89 1 1.1 178 181 182 180 177 180 182 0 0.2 47 50 49 48 48 52 52 2 4.3 131 131 132 132 129 128 131 -2 -1.3 218 214 206 205 204 204 205 -1 -0.4 117 113 114 113 112 111 110 -4 -3.8 100 100 91 92 92 93 95 3 3.8 886 880 892 894 895 899 905 13 1.4 336 333 336 338 340 340 344 8 2.3 551 547 556 556 555 559 561 5 0.9 Economic inactivity rates (%)1 People Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 Change on year Men Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 Change on year Women Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 Change on year Relationship between columns: 1=2+8; 2=3+4+5+6+7 1. Denominator = all persons in the relevant age group. 38.3 38.3 38.4 38.4 38.2 38.3 38.7 0.3 30.4 30.3 30.4 30.6 30.5 30.7 31.1 0.7 45.8 45.9 46.0 45.9 45.4 45.5 46.0 0.0 22.5 22.9 22.8 22.9 22.5 22.6 23.1 0.3 17.1 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.4 17.7 17.9 0.5 28.3 29.0 28.8 28.7 28.2 28.1 28.8 0.0 53.1 58.1 60.0 62.0 62.7 61.1 64.3 4.3 55.4 57.5 59.3 63.2 67.1 65.5 69.5 10.2 50.7 58.6 60.7 60.6 58.0 56.5 58.7 -2.0 27.8 30.0 31.1 31.3 30.2 30.3 30.4 -0.6 22.1 25.2 24.9 24.8 23.8 24.5 24.6 -0.3 33.8 34.9 37.5 38.0 36.9 36.4 36.5 -1.0 18.4 18.3 17.6 17.7 17.1 17.5 18.4 0.8 9.2 7.8 7.8 8.6 8.2 8.4 9.2 1.4 27.6 28.7 27.2 26.6 26.0 26.3 27.4 0.2 15.6 15.7 15.7 15.6 15.3 15.6 15.8 0.1 8.4 8.6 8.6 8.4 8.3 9.1 9.0 0.4 22.8 22.6 22.8 22.7 22.1 22.0 22.5 -0.3 26.8 26.2 25.3 25.2 25.1 25.1 25.2 0.0 24.6 23.7 23.7 23.4 23.2 22.9 22.7 -1.0 29.8 29.9 27.5 27.7 28.0 28.3 28.9 1.4 90.6 89.1 89.1 88.9 88.6 88.6 88.7 -0.4 91.8 90.3 89.8 90.2 90.1 89.6 90.1 0.3 90.0 88.5 88.6 88.2 87.8 88.0 87.9 -0.7 Source: Annual Population Survey Labour Market Statistics Helpline 01633 456901 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND INACTIVITY 11 Economic inactivity: reasons Total aged 16-59/64 Looking after family / Student home Economic Inactivity by reason Long-term sick Temp sick Discouraged Retired West Midlands (thousands), not seasonally adjusted Other Does not want job Wants a job 1 People Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 Change on year Change % Men Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 Change on year Change % Women Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 Change on year Change % 728 745 744 746 735 739 753 9 1.3 290 294 297 300 298 302 306 10 3.2 439 451 447 447 438 437 447 0 0.0 2 166 189 195 198 202 201 209 13 6.7 79 92 96 100 103 106 111 15 16.1 87 96 100 99 98 96 98 -2 -2.3 3 225 229 224 228 226 225 231 7 3.1 20 22 20 21 21 22 22 2 10.8 205 208 204 206 205 204 209 5 2.3 4 17 14 18 21 17 16 17 -1 -5.7 * * * * * * 11 * * * * 11 12 10 * * * * 5 186 183 177 173 170 178 180 2 1.2 105 100 96 95 96 100 99 2 2.4 81 83 81 78 74 79 81 0 -0.2 6 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 7 60 52 57 54 54 52 49 -8 -13.2 42 36 42 38 39 37 33 -9 -21.3 18 16 15 15 15 15 17 1 8.9 8 71 71 66 66 61 61 63 -3 -4.3 33 33 32 32 27 27 28 -4 -13.2 38 38 34 35 34 33 35 1 4.1 9 581 591 577 584 575 579 581 4 0.6 224 229 226 231 229 232 233 7 3.3 357 363 352 353 346 347 348 -4 -1.1 10 147 154 167 163 160 160 172 6 3.5 66 65 71 69 69 70 73 2 2.9 82 88 96 94 91 90 99 4 3.9 Percentage of economically inactive (%) People Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 Men Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 Women Oct 2004 - Sep 2005 Oct 2005 - Sep 2006 Oct 2006 - Sep 2007 Jan 2007 - Dec 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 Oct 2007 - Sep 2008 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 22.7 25.3 26.3 26.6 27.4 27.3 27.7 27.3 31.4 32.2 33.3 34.8 34.9 36.3 19.7 21.3 22.3 22.1 22.4 22.0 21.8 30.9 30.8 30.1 30.5 30.7 30.5 30.6 6.7 7.3 6.6 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.1 46.8 46.1 45.7 46.2 46.8 46.7 46.8 2.4 1.9 2.5 2.8 2.4 2.2 2.3 * * * * * * 3.5 * * 2.5 2.7 2.2 * * 25.6 24.5 23.9 23.1 23.2 24.2 23.8 36.3 33.8 32.5 31.7 32.3 33.0 32.2 18.5 18.5 18.1 17.4 17.0 18.1 18.1 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 8.2 7.0 7.7 7.2 7.3 7.0 6.6 14.5 12.2 14.1 12.7 13.2 12.2 10.7 4.0 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.7 9.7 9.6 8.8 8.9 8.3 8.2 8.3 11.5 11.1 10.8 10.6 8.9 9.1 9.1 8.6 8.5 7.6 7.7 7.9 7.7 7.9 79.8 79.3 77.6 78.2 78.2 78.4 77.1 77.4 77.8 76.1 77.1 76.8 76.9 76.2 81.4 80.4 78.6 79.0 79.1 79.4 77.8 20.2 20.7 22.4 21.8 21.8 21.6 22.9 22.6 22.2 23.9 22.9 23.2 23.1 23.8 18.6 19.6 21.4 21.0 20.9 20.6 22.2 Relationship between columns: 1=2+3+4+5+6+7+8; 1=9+10 Source: Annual Population Survey Labour Market Statistics Helpline 01633 456901 LOCAL AREA DATA West Midlands 12 Local labour market indicators by Unitary and Local Authority not seasonally adjusted mid-2007 Population 1 2 October 2007 to September 2008 Labour supply Employment Unemployment Total 16+ (000s) 3 2006 Working age benefits Labour demand 7 Jobs Total (000s) 8 Economic inactivity Total 16-59/64 (000s) 2 Claimant count 5 16-59/64 (000s) Total 16+ (000s) 16-59/64 Rate (%) Rate4 (%) 16-59/64 Rate (%) Level Proportion6 (%) Jobs Density 16-59/64 (ratio) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 United Kingdom total 37,904 29,350 74.4 1,643 5.3 8,048 21.3 845,136 2.2 33,580 0.89 Regional total 3,285 2,464 72.0 162 6.2 753 23.1 99,852 3.0 2,832 0.86 Herefordshire, County of UA Stoke-on-Trent UA Telford and Wrekin UA 103 149 101 85 107 79 77.5 69.8 74.5 3 7 5 3.9 6.5 5.4 20 38 22 19.8 25.7 21.2 1,493 4,782 2,239 1.4 3.2 2.2 112 121 95 1.09 0.81 0.94 Shropshire Bridgnorth North Shropshire Oswestry Shrewsbury and Atcham South Shropshire 171 31 35 24 57 23 138 25 27 18 48 20 77.6 79.4 74.8 72.0 82.2 73.9 1 1 1 2 1 3.6 4.4 4.6 3.8 3.4 32 5 7 6 8 5 18.9 17.7 21.3 25.7 14.3 21.2 2,470 393 559 441 800 277 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.4 1.2 137 22 28 18 51 18 0.81 0.71 0.80 0.74 0.89 0.79 Staffordshire Cannock Chase East Staffordshire Lichfield Newcastle-under-Lyme South Staffordshire Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Tamworth 506 59 66 58 78 64 76 57 48 411 43 53 52 58 54 61 48 42 78.1 69.3 77.9 84.0 74.7 78.8 79.1 79.0 83.4 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 5.7 4.3 3.5 5.2 4.0 4.2 3.5 4.5 92 15 13 8 14 10 13 11 7 18.3 24.7 20.4 13.3 18.9 16.2 17.8 19.9 14.5 8,236 1,235 1,057 791 1,426 1,051 1,057 676 943 1.6 2.1 1.6 1.4 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 2.0 382 41 60 49 49 40 72 37 35 0.76 0.69 0.91 0.83 0.63 0.62 0.96 0.65 0.73 Warwickshire North Warwickshire Nuneaton and Bedworth Rugby Stratford-on-Avon Warwick 322 38 74 54 69 86 266 31 59 46 62 68 77.8 74.9 75.1 80.1 81.4 76.9 1 4 2 2 3 4.4 5.7 3.9 3.0 4.3 59 6 15 10 10 18 18.4 16.7 19.8 17.7 14.7 21.4 5,722 606 1,938 1,083 733 1,362 1.8 1.6 2.6 2.0 1.1 1.6 292 39 44 49 76 85 0.91 1.02 0.59 0.89 1.10 0.99 Birmingham Coventry Dudley Sandwell Solihull Walsall Wolverhampton 630 194 184 175 121 150 144 406 141 141 113 96 111 97 62.6 70.0 74.0 63.2 74.9 70.3 65.3 42 10 10 12 5 9 10 9.4 6.9 6.5 9.3 5.2 7.6 9.5 193 48 38 51 25 34 38 30.9 24.9 20.6 29.2 20.5 22.9 26.9 33,662 6,680 5,590 7,480 2,592 5,763 7,264 5.3 3.4 3.0 4.3 2.1 3.8 5.1 572 170 153 148 118 124 131 0.91 0.88 0.83 0.85 0.98 0.83 0.91 Worcestershire Bromsgrove Malvern Hills Redditch Worcester Wychavon Wyre Forest 336 55 42 51 59 69 59 275 47 36 40 46 59 47 77.7 83.9 78.8 74.0 76.3 79.5 73.8 2 1 2 2 2 2 3.9 3.1 5.2 5.0 3.6 4.7 63 7 8 11 13 12 13 19.0 12.1 18.3 21.0 22.4 17.7 22.4 5,880 965 461 1,102 1,292 944 1,116 1.8 1.8 1.1 2.2 2.2 1.4 1.9 275 43 34 46 56 57 38 0.82 0.79 0.82 0.91 0.94 0.82 0.65 Relationship between columns: 9=8/1; 11=10/1. Source: Annual Population Survey, Jobcentre Plus administrative system, Annual Business Inquiry 1. Official estimate of the resident population. Labour Market Statistics Helpline 01633 456901 2. Annual Population Survey (APS) data. The APS is a survey of the population of private households, student halls of residence and NHS accommodation. 3. Model-based estimates of unemployment - see Concepts and Definitions. 4. Unemployment rates calculated as percentage of 16+ economically active population. 5. Count of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance. Averaged over 12 month period. 6. Percentage of resident working age population of area. NB. These are different from the national and regional claimant rates shown in Tables 1a, 7 and the summary of other headline indicators. See Concepts and Definitions. 7. Labour demand in this table includes jobs only. Suitable comprehensive estimates of job vacancies are not available at local level. 8. Jobs data are mainly employees from the Annual Business Inquiry which refers to December of each year; they also include self-employed, HM Forces and government-supported trainees. Jobs densities are calculated as the number of jobs per resident of working age (16-59/64). # Sample size too small to provide estimates. ~ less than 500. LOCAL AREA DATA West Midlands 13 Local labour market indicators by Parliamentary Constituency not seasonally adjusted mid-2007 Population 1 Employment2 Total 16+ (000s) 16-59/64 Rate (%) October 2007 to September 2008 Labour supply Unemployment2 Total 16+ (000s) Rate3 (%) 2006 Working age benefits Labour demand 6 Jobs7 Jobs Density 16-59/64 (ratio) Economic inactivity 2 Total 16-59/64 (000s) 16-59/64 Rate (%) Claimant count 4 Proportion5 (%) 16-59/64 (000s) Level Total (000s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 United Kingdom total 37,904 29,350 74.4 1,643 5.3 8,048 21.3 845,136 2.2 33,580 0.89 Regional total 3,285 2,464 72.0 162 6.2 753 23.1 99,852 3.0 2,832 0.86 Aldridge - Brownhills Birmingham, Edgbaston Birmingham, Erdington Birmingham, Hall Green Birmingham, Hodge Hill Birmingham, Ladywood Birmingham, Northfield Birmingham, Perry Barr Birmingham, Selly Oak Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath Birmingham, Yardley Bromsgrove Burton Cannock Chase Coventry North East Coventry North West Coventry South Dudley North Dudley South Halesowen & Rowley Regis Hereford Leominster Lichfield Ludlow Meriden Mid Worcestershire Newcastle-under-Lyme North Shropshire North Warwickshire Nuneaton Redditch Rugby & Kenilworth Shrewsbury & Atcham Solihull South Staffordshire Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Stoke-on-Trent Central Stoke-on-Trent North Stoke-on-Trent South Stone Stourbridge Stratford-on-Avon Sutton Coldfield Tamworth Telford Walsall North Walsall South Warley Warwick & Leamington West Bromwich East West Bromwich West West Worcestershire Wolverhampton North East Wolverhampton South East Wolverhampton South West 46 57 57 48 46 75 47 63 63 72 43 55 63 62 65 65 64 54 52 50 56 53 51 46 63 57 55 59 60 59 53 65 57 58 53 55 53 49 47 57 53 50 64 55 59 52 54 51 49 72 48 55 48 48 42 54 40 35 36 40 25 37 38 41 33 32 39 47 50 44 44 53 44 39 36 42 46 44 43 38 52 50 41 45 52 42 43 56 48 44 44 49 41 34 30 45 43 39 58 51 53 39 35 35 31 58 31 36 40 36 25 36 79.8 69.0 66.2 64.8 47.8 49.4 76.1 60.8 58.6 48.2 73.3 83.9 77.5 67.8 64.8 76.7 68.1 70.9 75.8 71.2 77.6 77.4 82.9 76.4 73.9 78.8 73.2 73.7 73.8 76.5 75.0 80.4 82.2 76.1 80.8 79.7 78.3 63.1 71.3 75.4 79.1 73.6 80.7 83.9 84.6 73.3 69.6 62.3 62.6 77.3 63.0 64.0 79.4 66.3 58.0 70.3 2 4 3 6 4 8 2 5 4 3 # 2 1 5 6 2 2 3 2 4 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 2 5 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 3 5 5 1 4 3 1 4 4 4 5.2 9.1 7.4 12.5 12.7 18.3 6.1 10.8 9.7 9.8 # 4.4 2.2 9.7 11.4 3.4 5.3 7.5 5.5 8.0 3.2 3.4 2.6 5.2 6.3 3.2 6.3 4.0 8.9 4.5 5.6 2.5 4.0 4.7 3.7 3.9 4.1 10.0 5.3 2.6 4.0 6.4 3.9 2.3 2.6 5.5 8.9 11.4 12.9 2.5 11.4 7.8 3.5 10.2 12.7 8.8 8 11 15 15 23 29 9 21 18 30 13 7 13 15 17 14 17 13 9 13 11 10 7 9 14 11 12 14 12 10 11 12 8 11 8 10 9 16 10 13 9 11 10 8 8 12 11 15 13 15 14 16 8 13 14 11 15.6 23.7 28.5 26.1 45.0 39.3 18.8 31.6 34.7 46.4 25.0 12.1 20.7 24.6 26.5 20.6 27.9 23.5 19.6 22.3 19.6 19.8 14.8 19.1 21.1 18.5 21.8 23.1 18.5 19.6 20.2 17.6 14.3 19.8 15.8 16.9 18.7 29.8 24.6 22.5 17.4 21.2 15.7 13.9 13.0 22.3 23.3 29.1 27.9 20.7 28.6 30.4 17.8 25.8 33.6 22.5 1,107 2,417 3,344 1,921 3,246 6,843 1,887 3,386 2,260 5,300 2,176 965 1,044 1,305 2,793 1,918 1,969 2,051 1,547 1,667 929 615 682 574 1,788 788 1,091 1,000 1,166 1,434 1,115 1,164 800 804 878 885 717 1,880 1,424 1,518 531 1,286 700 882 1,065 1,442 2,293 2,363 2,170 1,257 1,951 2,398 569 2,345 2,401 2,518 2.4 4.2 5.9 4.0 7.1 9.1 4.0 5.3 3.6 7.3 5.1 1.8 1.7 2.1 4.3 3.0 3.1 3.8 3.0 3.3 1.7 1.2 1.4 1.3 2.8 1.4 2.0 1.7 1.9 2.4 2.1 1.8 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.6 1.4 3.8 3.0 2.7 1.0 2.6 1.1 1.6 1.8 2.7 4.3 4.6 4.5 1.7 4.0 4.3 1.2 4.8 5.7 4.7 28 46 41 20 22 206 28 32 50 45 34 42 59 42 45 38 85 44 54 45 67 46 41 35 55 48 41 45 52 36 48 56 51 68 31 60 31 65 26 30 35 30 68 44 48 59 32 58 35 75 39 54 38 40 29 62 0.61 0.81 0.71 0.42 0.48 2.74 0.61 0.51 0.80 0.62 0.80 0.77 0.95 0.68 0.69 0.58 1.33 0.81 1.04 0.90 1.19 0.87 0.81 0.76 0.87 0.85 0.74 0.76 0.87 0.62 0.92 0.87 0.90 1.16 0.58 1.09 0.60 1.31 0.56 0.53 0.66 0.59 1.06 0.80 0.81 1.12 0.60 1.14 0.71 1.04 0.81 0.97 0.80 0.82 0.68 1.16 LOCAL AREA DATA West Midlands 13 Local labour market indicators by Parliamentary Constituency not seasonally adjusted mid-2007 Population 1 Employment2 Total 16+ (000s) 16-59/64 Rate (%) October 2007 to September 2008 Labour supply Unemployment2 Total 16+ (000s) Rate3 (%) 2006 Working age benefits Labour demand 6 Jobs7 Jobs Density 16-59/64 (ratio) Economic inactivity 2 Total 16-59/64 (000s) 16-59/64 Rate (%) Claimant count 4 Proportion5 (%) 16-59/64 (000s) Level Total (000s) 1 Worcester Wrekin, The Wyre Forest Relationship between columns: 9=8/1; 11=10/1. 59 58 58 2 46 46 45 3 76.3 76.3 73.4 4 # 2 2 5 # 4.3 4.8 6 13 11 13 7 22.4 20.1 22.7 8 1,292 893 1,099 9 2.2 1.5 1.9 10 57 47 37 11 0.96 0.81 0.64 Source: Annual Population Survey, Jobcentre Plus administrative system, Annual Business Inquiry Labour Market Statistics Helpline 01633 456901 1. Official estimate of the resident population. Population estimates for Parliamentary Constituencies are mid-2006 population estimates 2. Annual Population Survey (APS) data. The APS is a survey of the population of private households, student halls of residence and NHS accommodation. 3. Unemployment rates calculated as percentage of 16+ economically active population. 4. Count of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance. Averaged over 12 month period. 5. Percentage of resident working age population of area. NB. These are different from the national and regional claimant rates shown in Tables 1a, 7 and the summary of other headline indicators. See Concepts and Definitions. 6. Labour demand in this table includes jobs only. Suitable comprehensive estimates of job vacancies are not available at local level. 7. Jobs data are mainly employees from the Annual Business Inquiry which refers to December of each year; they also include self-employed, HM Forces and government-supported trainees. Jobs densities are calculated as the number of jobs per resident of working age (16-59/64). # Sample size too small to provide estimates. ~ less than 500. LOCAL AREA DATA 14 Local labour market indicators by Travel-to-Work Area mid-2007 Population 1 Employment2 Total 16+ (000s) 16-59/64 Rate (%) West Midlands not seasonally adjusted October 2007 to September 2008 Labour supply Unemployment2 Total 16+ (000s) Rate3 (%) 2006 Working age benefits Labour demand 6 Jobs7 Jobs Density 16-59/64 (ratio) Economic inactivity 2 Total 16-59/64 (000s) 16-59/64 Rate (%) Claimant count 4 Proportion5 (%) 16-59/64 (000s) Level Total (000s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 United Kingdom total 37,904 29,350 74.4 1,643 5.3 8,048 21.3 845,136 2.2 33,580 0.89 Regional total 3,285 2,464 72.0 162 6.2 753 23.1 99,852 3.0 2,832 0.86 Birmingham Burton upon Trent Coventry Dudley & Sandwell Hereford & Leominster Kidderminster Ludlow Oswestry Rugby Shrewsbury Stafford Stoke-on-Trent Telford & Bridgnorth Walsall & Cannock Warwick & Stratford-upon-Avon Wolverhampton Worcester & Malvern Relationship between columns: 9=8/1; 11=10/1. 1,000 105 335 285 88 65 24 37 51 74 76 320 137 218 141 233 155 700 81 256 207 72 51 20 31 41 59 66 242 109 168 119 162 130 67.4 75.3 72.8 69.7 78.1 74.2 75.1 73.3 79.8 79.6 79.0 74.1 75.1 72.9 77.7 68.4 78.9 60 2 16 17 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 13 6 15 4 14 4 7.9 2.9 6.0 7.6 3.5 4.2 4.6 4.1 2.8 4.1 3.9 5.0 5.0 8.1 3.3 7.9 3.3 263 23 75 69 16 14 5 9 9 12 14 68 29 45 28 58 29 26.6 22.3 22.3 24.3 19.0 22.2 20.9 23.4 17.9 16.8 17.7 21.8 20.9 20.3 19.5 25.6 18.3 42,421 1,573 9,558 10,079 1,275 1,180 265 645 1,032 980 1,052 7,316 2,766 6,149 1,990 9,713 2,514 4.2 1.5 2.9 3.5 1.4 1.8 1.1 1.8 2.0 1.3 1.4 2.3 2.0 2.8 1.4 4.2 1.6 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Source: Annual Population Survey, Jobcentre Plus administrative system, Annual Business Inquiry Labour Market Statistics Helpline 01633 456901 1. Official estimate of the resident population. Population estimates for Travel-to-work Areas are mid-2006 population estimates 2. Annual Population Survey (APS) data. The APS is a survey of the population of private households, student halls of residence and NHS accommodation. 3. Unemployment rates calculated as percentage of 16+ economically active population. 4. Count of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance. Averaged over 12 month period. 5. Percentage of resident working age population of area. NB. These are different from the national and regional claimant rates shown in Tables 1a, 7 and the summary of other headline indicators. See Concepts and Definitions. 6. Labour demand in this table includes jobs only. Suitable comprehensive estimates of job vacancies are not available at local level. 7. Jobs data are mainly employees from the Annual Business Inquiry which refers to December of each year; they also include self-employed, HM Forces and government-supported trainees. Jobs densities are calculated as the number of jobs per resident of working age (16-59/64). # Sample size too small to provide estimates. ~ less than 500. LOCAL AREA DATA 15 Local labour market indicators by NUTS 3 area mid-2007 Population 1 West Midlands not seasonally adjusted October 2007 to September 2008 Labour supply Employment2 Unemployment Total 16+ (000s) 2 2006 Working age benefits Labour demand 6 Jobs7 5 Economic inactivity2 Total 16-59/64 (000s) 16-59/64 Rate (%) Claimant count4 Proportion (%) 16-59/64 (000s) Total 16+ (000s) 16-59/64 Rate (%) Rate3 (%) Level Total (000s) Jobs Density 16-59/64 (ratio) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 United Kingdom total 37,904 29,350 74.4 1,643 5.3 8,048 21.3 845,136 2.2 33,580 0.89 Regional total 3,285 2,464 72.0 162 6.2 753 23.1 99,852 3.0 2,832 0.86 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire Herefordshire, County of Worcestershire Warwickshire 103 336 322 86 274 266 77.7 77.7 77.8 3 11 12 3.4 4.1 4.7 20 63 59 19.7 19.1 18.4 1,493 5,880 5,722 1.4 1.8 1.8 112 275 292 1.09 0.82 0.91 Shropshire and Staffordshire Telford & Wrekin Shropshire CC Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire CC 101 171 149 506 79 138 107 411 74.5 77.6 69.8 78.1 4 6 7 18 5.4 4.4 6.0 4.5 22 32 38 92 21.2 18.9 25.7 18.3 2,239 2,470 4,782 8,236 2.2 1.4 3.2 1.6 95 137 121 382 0.94 0.81 0.81 0.76 West Midlands Birmingham Solihull Coventry Dudley & Sandwell Walsall & Wolverhampton 630 121 194 358 294 406 96 141 254 208 62.6 74.9 70 68.7 67.9 41 6 10 23 21 9.4 5.9 6.8 8.6 9.7 193 25 48 89 73 30.9 20.5 24.9 24.8 24.9 33,662 2,592 6,680 13,070 13,027 5.3 2.1 3.4 3.6 4.4 572 118 170 301 256 0.91 0.98 0.88 0.84 0.87 Relationship between columns: 9=8/1; 11=10/1. Source: Annual Population Survey, Jobcentre Plus administrative system, Annual Business Inquiry 1. Official estimate of the resident population. Labour Market Statistics Helpline 01633 456901 2. Annual Population Survey (APS) data. The APS is a survey of the population of private households, student halls of residence and NHS accommodation. 3. Unemployment rates calculated as percentage of 16+ economically active population. 4. Count of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance. Averaged over 12 month period. 5. Percentage of resident working age population of area. NB. These are different from the national and regional claimant rates shown in Tables 1a, 7 and the summary of other headline indicators. See Concepts and Definitions. 6. Labour demand in this table includes jobs only. Suitable comprehensive estimates of job vacancies are not available at local level. 7. Jobs data are mainly employees from the Annual Business Inquiry which refers to December of each year; they also include self-employed, HM Forces and government-supported trainees. Jobs densities are calculated as the number of jobs per resident of working age (16-59/64). # Sample size too small to provide estimates. ~ less than 500. LOCAL AREA DATA 16 Claimant count1 by Unitary and Local Authority CLAIMANT COUNT ON 09 APRIL 2009 Levels Men 1 United Kingdom total 1,156,895 Women 2 400,721 People 3 1,557,616 Percentage of Pop2 Men Women 4 5.9 5 2.2 People 6 4.1 Men 7 545,223 Levels Women 8 177,208 People 9 722,431 West Midlands not seasonally adjusted Change on year Percentage 2 Men 10 2.8 Women 11 1.0 People 12 1.9 Regional total 133,927 44,181 178,108 7.8 2.8 5.4 61,348 18,307 79,655 3.6 1.2 2.4 Herefordshire, County of UA Stoke-on-Trent UA Telford and Wrekin UA 2,245 7,241 3,684 793 2,187 1,255 3,038 9,428 4,939 4.1 9.3 7.0 1.6 3.1 2.6 2.9 6.3 4.9 1,189 3,437 2,104 378 957 606 1,567 4,394 2,710 2.2 4.4 4.0 0.8 1.3 1.3 1.5 3.0 2.7 Shropshire UA Bridgnorth North Shropshire Oswestry Shrewsbury and Atcham South Shropshire 3,846 626 790 660 1,355 415 1,345 246 293 251 396 159 5,191 872 1,083 911 1,751 574 4.2 3.7 4.1 5.2 4.5 3.3 1.7 1.8 1.8 2.2 1.5 1.5 3.0 2.8 3.1 3.8 3.1 2.5 2,108 375 391 348 761 233 663 122 145 128 184 84 2,771 497 536 476 945 317 2.3 2.2 2.0 2.8 2.5 1.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.7 0.8 1.6 1.6 1.5 2.0 1.7 1.4 Staffordshire Cannock Chase East Staffordshire Lichfield Newcastle-under-Lyme South Staffordshire Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Tamworth 15,331 2,550 2,104 1,587 2,537 1,633 1,855 1,303 1,762 5,270 875 770 565 780 583 597 403 697 20,601 3,425 2,874 2,152 3,317 2,216 2,452 1,706 2,459 5.7 8.3 6.0 5.1 6.2 4.8 4.6 4.3 7.0 2.2 3.1 2.5 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.7 1.5 3.0 4.1 5.8 4.4 3.7 4.3 3.5 3.2 3.0 5.1 9,564 1,755 1,360 1,071 1,479 883 1,097 825 1,094 2,924 501 489 328 359 284 315 214 434 12,488 2,256 1,849 1,399 1,838 1,167 1,412 1,039 1,528 3.6 5.7 3.9 3.4 3.6 2.6 2.7 2.7 4.4 1.2 1.8 1.6 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.9 2.5 3.8 2.8 2.4 2.4 1.8 1.9 1.8 3.2 Warwickshire North Warwickshire Nuneaton and Bedworth Rugby Stratford-on-Avon Warwick Birmingham Coventry Dudley Sandwell Solihull Walsall Wolverhampton 9,052 1,129 2,916 1,676 1,322 2,009 36,552 8,435 7,843 9,555 3,880 8,090 8,204 3,108 422 925 614 466 681 11,530 2,581 2,522 3,052 1,461 2,649 2,796 12,160 1,551 3,841 2,290 1,788 2,690 48,082 11,016 10,365 12,607 5,341 10,739 11,000 5.3 5.5 7.4 5.8 3.6 4.4 11.3 8.1 8.1 10.6 6.2 10.4 10.9 2.1 2.3 2.6 2.4 1.4 1.7 3.8 2.9 2.9 3.6 2.5 3.7 4.1 3.8 4.0 5.2 4.2 2.6 3.1 7.6 5.7 5.6 7.2 4.4 7.1 7.7 5,035 721 1,590 875 808 1,041 11,661 3,384 3,922 4,265 2,050 3,964 2,836 1,504 243 387 321 251 302 3,510 984 1,014 1,059 773 1,117 821 6,539 964 1,977 1,196 1,059 1,343 15,171 4,368 4,936 5,324 2,823 5,081 3,657 2.9 3.5 4.1 3.0 2.2 2.3 3.6 3.3 4.1 4.7 3.3 5.1 3.8 1.0 1.3 1.1 1.3 0.8 0.8 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.2 2.0 2.5 2.7 2.2 1.5 1.6 2.4 2.2 2.7 3.0 2.3 3.4 2.5 Worcestershire Bromsgrove Malvern Hills Redditch Worcester Wychavon Wyre Forest 9,969 1,536 765 2,079 2,002 1,701 1,886 3,632 528 289 770 659 662 724 13,601 2,064 1,054 2,849 2,661 2,363 2,610 5.6 5.3 3.4 7.8 6.5 4.6 6.0 2.3 2.0 1.5 3.2 2.3 2.0 2.6 4.1 3.7 2.5 5.6 4.5 3.4 4.4 5,829 853 439 1,274 1,047 1,073 1,143 1,997 292 167 480 333 361 364 7,826 1,145 606 1,754 1,380 1,434 1,507 3.3 2.9 2.0 4.8 3.4 2.9 3.6 1.3 1.1 0.9 2.0 1.2 1.1 1.3 2.3 2.1 1.5 3.4 2.3 2.1 2.5 Relationship between columns = 3=1+2; 9=7+8 1. Count of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance. of other headline indicators. See Concepts and Definitions. Source: Jobcentre Plus administrative system Labour Market Statistics Helpline 01633 456901 2. Percentages of resident working age population of area. NB. These are different from the national and regional claimant count rates shown in Tables 1a, 7 and the Summary LOCAL AREA DATA 17 Claimant count1 by Parliamentary Constituency CLAIMANT COUNT ON 09 APRIL 2009 Levels Men 1 United Kingdom total Regional total Aldridge - Brownhills Birmingham, Edgbaston Birmingham, Erdington Birmingham, Hall Green Birmingham, Hodge Hill Birmingham, Ladywood Birmingham, Northfield Birmingham, Perry Barr Birmingham, Selly Oak Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath Birmingham, Yardley Bromsgrove Burton Cannock Chase Coventry North East Coventry North West Coventry South Dudley North Dudley South Halesowen & Rowley Regis Hereford Leominster Lichfield Ludlow Meriden Mid Worcestershire Newcastle-under-Lyme North Shropshire North Warwickshire Nuneaton Redditch Rugby & Kenilworth Shrewsbury & Atcham Solihull South Staffordshire Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Stoke-on-Trent Central Stoke-on-Trent North Stoke-on-Trent South Stone Stourbridge Stratford-on-Avon Sutton Coldfield Tamworth Telford Walsall North Walsall South Warley Warwick & Leamington West Bromwich East West Bromwich West West Worcestershire Wolverhampton North East Wolverhampton South East Wolverhampton South West Worcester Wrekin, The Wyre Forest 1,156,895 133,927 1,919 2,668 4,006 2,241 3,559 6,523 2,146 3,599 2,446 5,236 2,734 1,536 2,069 2,669 3,329 2,602 2,504 2,594 2,184 2,255 1,459 881 1,408 877 2,560 1,451 1,867 1,450 2,013 2,146 2,102 1,797 1,355 1,320 1,350 1,459 1,400 2,619 2,218 2,465 1,072 2,025 1,271 1,394 1,976 2,276 3,202 2,969 2,552 1,825 2,577 3,211 933 2,844 2,707 2,653 2,002 1,572 1,850 Women 2 400,721 44,181 598 817 1,224 729 1,109 1,972 682 1,150 862 1,574 894 528 739 905 1,024 785 772 827 684 692 485 346 522 342 921 573 592 544 716 677 779 644 396 540 489 478 412 740 647 818 344 668 444 517 771 757 1,059 992 873 627 823 1,007 343 915 997 884 659 561 712 People 3 1,557,616 178,108 2,517 3,485 5,230 2,970 4,668 8,495 2,828 4,749 3,308 6,810 3,628 2,064 2,808 3,574 4,353 3,387 3,276 3,421 2,868 2,947 1,944 1,227 1,930 1,219 3,481 2,024 2,459 1,994 2,729 2,823 2,881 2,441 1,751 1,860 1,839 1,937 1,812 3,359 2,865 3,283 1,416 2,693 1,715 1,911 2,747 3,033 4,261 3,961 3,425 2,452 3,400 4,218 1,276 3,759 3,704 3,537 2,661 2,133 2,562 Percentage of Pop2 Men 4 5.9 7.8 7.9 9.3 13.8 9.2 15.3 16.5 9.1 11.0 7.5 14.0 12.3 5.3 6.3 8.3 9.6 7.6 7.2 9.2 8.0 8.6 5.0 3.1 5.3 3.6 7.9 4.8 6.5 4.6 6.4 6.9 7.7 5.3 4.5 4.3 4.8 4.9 5.0 10.1 9.0 8.4 3.8 7.6 3.7 4.9 6.3 8.4 11.5 11.3 10.1 4.7 10.3 11.3 3.7 11.3 12.3 9.3 6.5 5.1 6.0 Women 5 2.2 2.8 2.7 2.9 4.4 3.1 4.9 5.5 2.9 3.7 2.8 4.5 4.3 2.0 2.5 3.1 3.3 2.6 2.6 3.2 2.8 2.9 1.8 1.4 2.2 1.6 3.0 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.5 2.4 3.1 2.1 1.5 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.7 3.2 2.9 3.0 1.4 2.8 1.5 1.9 2.7 3.0 4.1 4.0 3.8 1.8 3.5 3.8 1.5 3.9 5.0 3.5 2.3 2.1 2.6 People 6 4.1 5.4 5.5 6.1 9.2 6.2 10.2 11.3 6.0 7.5 5.3 9.4 8.5 3.8 4.5 5.8 6.7 5.2 5.1 6.3 5.5 5.9 3.5 2.3 3.8 2.7 5.5 3.5 4.5 3.4 4.6 4.8 5.5 3.8 3.1 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.4 6.8 6.1 5.8 2.7 5.4 2.7 3.5 4.6 5.8 7.9 7.8 7.1 3.4 7.0 7.6 2.7 7.8 8.8 6.6 4.5 3.7 4.4 Men 7 545,223 61,348 1,132 895 1,527 895 1,053 1,303 754 1,106 819 1,306 1,194 853 1,333 1,818 1,200 1,172 1,012 1,166 1,086 1,089 793 456 962 504 1,286 933 1,077 739 1,193 1,209 1,291 925 761 764 743 810 850 1,140 1,046 1,286 706 1,124 780 809 1,230 1,253 1,541 1,291 967 928 1,212 1,543 527 1,133 952 751 1,047 955 1,118 Levels Women 8 177,208 18,307 304 267 447 252 384 396 208 333 272 346 311 292 459 509 359 332 293 290 266 239 220 182 314 174 448 317 262 273 382 272 485 333 184 325 239 237 214 271 243 449 206 303 238 294 478 347 465 348 312 279 346 317 188 282 302 237 333 291 358 People 9 722,431 79,655 1,436 1,162 1,974 1,147 1,437 1,699 962 1,439 1,091 1,652 1,505 1,145 1,792 2,327 1,559 1,504 1,305 1,456 1,352 1,328 1,013 638 1,276 678 1,734 1,250 1,339 1,012 1,575 1,481 1,776 1,258 945 1,089 982 1,047 1,064 1,411 1,289 1,735 912 1,427 1,018 1,103 1,708 1,600 2,006 1,639 1,279 1,207 1,558 1,860 715 1,415 1,254 988 1,380 1,246 1,476 West Midlands not seasonally adjusted Change on year Percentage 2 Men 10 2.8 3.6 4.7 3.1 5.3 3.7 4.5 3.3 3.2 3.4 2.5 3.5 5.4 2.9 4.0 5.7 3.5 3.4 2.9 4.1 4.0 4.2 2.7 1.6 3.6 2.1 4.0 3.1 3.8 2.3 3.8 3.9 4.7 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.7 3.0 4.4 4.3 4.4 2.5 4.2 2.3 2.8 3.9 4.6 5.6 4.9 3.8 2.4 4.8 5.4 2.1 4.5 4.3 2.6 3.4 3.1 3.7 Women 11 1.0 1.2 1.4 0.9 1.6 1.1 1.7 1.1 0.9 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.5 1.1 1.6 1.7 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.7 1.3 0.8 1.5 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.0 1.9 1.1 0.7 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.6 0.8 1.3 0.8 1.1 1.7 1.4 1.8 1.4 1.3 0.8 1.5 1.2 0.8 1.2 1.5 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.3 People 12 1.9 2.4 3.1 2.0 3.5 2.4 3.1 2.3 2.1 2.3 1.7 2.3 3.5 2.1 2.9 3.8 2.4 2.3 2.0 2.7 2.6 2.6 1.8 1.2 2.5 1.5 2.8 2.2 2.4 1.7 2.6 2.5 3.4 1.9 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.9 2.7 3.1 1.7 2.8 1.6 2.0 2.9 3.0 3.7 3.2 2.6 1.7 3.2 3.4 1.5 2.9 3.0 1.8 2.3 2.2 2.6 Relationship between columns = 3=1+2; 9=7+8 Source: Jobcentre Plus administrative system 1. Count of claimants of Jobseeker's Allowance. Labour Market Statistics Helpline 01633 456901 2. Percentages of resident working age population of area. The population denominators for Parliamentary Constituencies are based on 2006 mid year estimates. NB. These percentages are different from the national and regional claimant count rates shown in Tables 1a, 7 and the summary of other headline indicators. See concepts and Definitions.