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Unemployment figures 2008-2012 (claimant count)

Unemployment Figures 2008 - 2012 (Claimant Count)

 

Year/month

 Watford - claimant count number Watford - long term claimants by number and as (% of all claimants in Watford) Watford - claimant count as % proportion of Watford's resident working age population 

Hertfordshire County - claimant count as % proportion of Herts resident working age population

Great Britain -  claimant count as % proportion of GB's resident working age population 

2008

 

 

 

 

 

January

736

105 (14%)

1.3

1.1

2.1

April

716

90 (11.9%)

1.3

1.2

2.1

July

780

75 (9.6%)

1.4

1.2

2.2

October

853

60 (7%)

1.5

1.4

2.4

2009

 

 

 

 

 

January

1,269

45 (3.5%)

2.3

2.0

3.2

April

1,735

75 (4.3%)

3.1

2.7

3.9

July

1,795

105 (3.5%)

3.2

2.8

3.9

October

1,757

140 (3.4%)

3.1

2.8

3.9

2010

          

January

1,896

210 (3.6%)

3.3

2.8

4.1

April

1,854

240 (12.9%)

3.2

2.8

3.9

July

1,685

205 (12.2%)

2.9

2.4

3.5

October

1,704

220 (12.9%)

2.9

2.4

3.5

2011

 

 

 

 

 

January

1,669

200 (12.0%)

2.7

2.4

3.6

April

1,749

205 (11.7%)

2.9

2.5

3.7

July

1,773

245 (13.8%)

2.9

2.5

3.7

October

1,815

280 (15.4%)

3.0

2.5

3.8

2012

          

January

1,875

325 (17.3%)

3.1

2.6

4.0

April

1,830

390 (21.3%)

3.0

2.5

3.9

July

1,816

405 (22.3%)

3.0

2.4

3.8

October

1,830

436 (23.8%)

3.0

2.4

3.7

 Source: National Statistics (NOMIS) Crown Copyright

N.B 

From August 2010, there has been a change to the definition of working age population to include both males and females aged 16-64 (adding females aged 60-64).  This means that the total claimant count proportions will have been adjusted downwards.  This has also been applied retrospectively to historic data.

Unemployment

Total Claimant Count July 2008-2012 in Watford and Hertfordshire and change 2011-12

 

Location July 2008 July 2009 July 2010 July 2011 July 2012

Change 2011 - 2012

Nos                         %
Watford 780   1,795   1,685 1,773 1,816

   

43                         +2.4%

 
Hertfordshire 8,681 19,680 17,500 18,136 17,576

 

-560                     -3.1%

 

 The July 2012 claimant count proportion is 3% in Watford, higher than the 2.4% in Hertfordshire and lower than the 3.8% in Great Britain. 

Source:  Crown Copyright. Office for National Statistics via nomisweb.co.uk 

 
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