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Friday, 30 July 2010
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The number of people out of work in the UK in the three months to June 2009 jumped by 220,000 to 2.43 million - the highest in 11 years.  The number of unemployed people, the unemployment rate and the claimant count have all increased. The employment rate for people of working age was 72.7 per cent for the three months to June 2009, down 0.9 from the previous quarter and down 2.0 over the year. The total number of people in employment for the three months to June 2009 was 28.93 million, down 271,000 over the quarter and down 573,000 over the year. The unemployment rate was 7.8 per cent for the three months to June 2009, up 0.7 over the previous quarter and up 2.4 over the year. The number of unemployed people increased by 220,000 over the quarter and by 750,000 over the year, to reach 2.43 million. The claimant count, which measures the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, reached 1.58 million in July 2009. It has not been higher since May 1997. The count is up 24,900 over the previous month and up 709,000 over the year. The number of redundancies in the three months to June 2009 was 277,000, down 9,000 over the quarter but up 150,000 over the year. There were 427,000 job vacancies in the three months to July 2009. This is the lowest figure since comparable records began in 2001 and it is down 26,000 over the previous quarter and down 203,000 over the year. Most sectors have shown falls in vacancies over the quarter with the largest fall occurring in finance and business services (down 13,000).  The inactivity rate for people of working age was 21.0 per cent for the three months to June 2009, up 0.3 over the previous quarter and up 0.1 over the year. The number of economically inactive people of working age rose by 127,000 over the quarter and by 83,000 over the year to reach 7.95 million. Average earnings, both including and excluding bonuses, increased by 2.5 per cent in the three months to June 2009 compared with the previous year. The excluding bonuses annual growth rate is the lowest since comparable records began in 2001. |
