Nationally

Key facts from the latest Labour Market Statistics published on Wednesday 18th January 2012

• Unemployment is 2,685,000, up 47,000 from last month's published figure, and the unemployment rate is 8.4%, up 0.1 percentage points on last month.
• The number of claimant unemployed is 1,597,000, up 1,200 and the claimant rate is 5.0%.
• Youth unemployment (not including students) is 729,000, up 8,000 in the quarter, 10 % of the youth population (up 0.1 percentage points in the quarter).
• Youth unemployment (including students) is 1,042,000, up 52,000 on the quarter.
• There are 5.8 unemployed people per vacancy. Inclusion estimates it will stay at 5.8 next month.
• Employment was up 18,000 in the quarter to 29.1 million. Employment is up 12,000 on last month's published figure.
• The employment rate is 70.3% (the same as last month's published figure and down 0.1% in the preferred quarterly measure).

To view and download the full set of statistics and commentary from the Centre for Social Inclusion (CESI) go to their website (opens in a new window).

Locally

• The local employment figures, also released on 18th January, show that there are now 13,598 people in Nottingham City claiming Job Seeker's Allowance and 21,108 people in Greater Nottingham.
• Unemployment rates still stand at 6.1% in the City and 4.6% in Greater Nottingham.
• Unemployment was virtually unchanged in the last month in the City and saw a small increase, in line with the national average, in Greater Nottingham.

Follow this link to see Nottingham City Councils Employment Figures in full, including breakdowns via age and gender along with wards (opens in a new window).

For the full ONS Economic and Labour Market Review, published January 2012 see the document below.