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Lancashire Focus
Unemployment
There are two distinct ways of measuring unemployment:
• Official Unemployment Figures
For old data, visit the Unemployment Archive.
Official Unemployment Figures
| Latest data: | |
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| Official Unemployment Figures for the UK and North West Region: | |
| Official Unemployment Statistics for the United Kingdom and the North West Region | 3 months ending April 2008 |
| Graph of Backdated Official Unemployment Rates for the UK and North West of England | 2008, 1st Quarter |
| Official Unemployment Figures below the Regional Level: Official unemployment figures below the regional level, for districts, unitary authorities, metropolitan boroughs and county councils, for example, are normally produced four or five months after the First Release data at the UK and Regional Levels – Figures at these smaller geographical levels can be accessed via the links below where available and statistically reliable. |
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| Official Unemployment Statistics for Lancashire, Districts and Sub-Regions (Yearly Averages - Produced Quarterly) | year ending June 2007 |
| Age Breakdown of All Persons Official Unemployment Statistics for Lancashire, Districts and Sub-Regions (Yearly Averages - Produced Quarterly) | year ending June 2007 |
| Age Breakdown of Males Official Unemployment Statistics for Lancashire, Districts and Sub-Regions (Yearly Averages - Produced Quarterly) | year ending June 2007 |
| Age Breakdown of Females Official Unemployment Statistics for Lancashire, Districts and Sub-Regions (Yearly Averages - Produced Quarterly) | year ending June 2007 |
| Model-Based Estimates of Unemployment for Local Authority Districts and Unitary Authorities: To overcome missing and imprecise unemployment data at the district level within the Annual Population Survey - Labour Force Survey, the Office for National Statistics has developed an annual model-based methodology that has enhanced the quality of ILO unemployment at the local level and enabled more reliable and precise unemployment estimates to be produced for local authority districts and unitary authorities. The new estimates are now accredited as National Statistics. The model based unemployment data is only available for total unemployment and is not subdivided by age or sex. |
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| Model-Based Estimates of Unemployment for Local Authority Districts and Unitary Authorities | year ending June 2007 |
| Official Unemployment Figures at the Ward Level: Official unemployment figures at the ward level are not available, owing to the insufficient sample sizes at that geographical level. |
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| Notes: | |
| Missing Datasets Owing to a methodological error concerning the Labour Force Survey Statistics, the Office for National Statistics has delayed the publication of the July 2004 to June 2005 dataset until it can be corrected. This undertaking has caused some delay in the publication of data for subsequent quarters. Please refer to the NOMIS realease dates for details. |
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| Reduced Coverage at the District Level and Above The Annual Population Survey (APS) was introduced in 2004, comprising the annual Labour Force Survey supplemented by an extra boost (the APS(B)), designed to obtain a sample of 500 economically active adults in each local authority district. As a cost saving measure, the APS(B) was scaled back in mid-2005 and was withdrawn from January 2006. This means that Official Unemployment data at the district level (and possibly some larger geographies for data broken down by age and gender) will no longer be available for the majority of districts in Lancashire owing to small sample sizes for the data ending in the year to March 2006. APS estimates for the April 2005 to March 2006 period onwards will therefore revert to the sample used for the previous annual local area Labour Force Survey. The last APS period which contains APS(B) cases is that covering January to December 2005, as this is the last period for which a complete year's boost is available. |
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| UK Backdated Series: | |
| UK Monthly Backdated Series - February 1971 to January 2006 | January 2006 |
| UK Quarterly Backdated Series - 1971 Q1 to 2005 Q4 | 2005, 4th Quarter |
| UK Annual Backdated Series - 1971 to 2005 | 2005 |
| North West Backdated Series: | |
| North West Monthly Backdated Series - April 1992 to January 2006 | January 2006 |
| North West Quarterly Backdated Series - 1992 Q2 to 2005 Q4 | 2005, 4th Quarter |
Claimant Count Figures
For further details, please contact:
Paul Ayre
Corporate Research and Intelligence Team
Policy Unit
Christchurch Precinct
PO Box 78
County Hall
Preston
PR1 8XJ
Tel 01772 534158
Email Paul.Ayre@lancashire.gov.uk
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